New York 15th Cavalry (Union)
6/6/62
Battle - Good's Farm - Harrisonburg, Virginia
8/8/63
Organized - New York 15th Cavalry - New York
2/20/64
Battle - Upperville, Virginia
5/14/64
Battle - New MARket, Virginia
5/15/64
Battle - New Market - Shenandoah County, Virginia
In conjunction with other spring 1864 offensives against strategic points in the Confederacy, Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant ordered Maj. Gen. Franz Sigel to move up the Shenandoah Valley along the Valley Turnpike to destroy the railroad and canal complex at Lynchburg. Union control of the strategic and agriculturally rich valley was a crucial part of Grant's plans. Receiving word that the Union Army had entered the valley, Maj. Gen. John C. Breckinridge pulled together all available troops to repulse the invad…READ MORE
6/5/64
Battle - Piedmont - Augusta County, Virginia
6/10/64
Battle - Staunton, Virginia
6/17/64
Battle - Lynchburg - Lynchburg, Virginia
The Union threat forced Robert E. Lee to dispatch General Jubal Early with his Second Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia to defend Lynchburg. On June 17 and 18, the opposing forces clashed, resulting in a Union retreat all the way into West Virginia, leaving the Valley open for another Confederate advance into the North.READ MORE
7/9/64
Battle - Monocacy - Frederick County, Maryland
After marching north down the Shenandoah Valley from Lynchburg, the Confederate army of Lt. Gen. Jubal A. Early side-stepped the Federal garrison at Harpers Ferry and crossed the Potomac River at Shepherdstown into Maryland on July 5-6th, 1864. On July 9th, a makeshift Union force under Maj. Gen. Lew Wallace attempted to stop Early's invading Confederate divisions along the Monocacy River, just east of Frederick. The strategic area was near the junction of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and the Georgetown…READ MORE
7/10/64
Battle - Monocacy, Maryland
3/31/65
Battle - Dinwiddie Court House - Dinwiddie County, Virginia
4/1/65
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel John J. Coppinger
ColonelJohn J. Coppinger
4/1/65
Leadership Change - Brigade - undefined Bvt BG William Wells
4/1/65
Leadership Change - Division - undefined Bvt MG George Armstrong Custer
4/1/65
Battle - Five Forks - Five Forks, Virginia
The Union victory along the White Oak Road on March 31st threatened to destabilize the entire Confederate line west of Petersburg. General Robert E. Lee ordered Maj. Gen. George Pickett with his infantry division and the cavalry divisions of Col. Thomas Munford, Maj. Gen. W.H.F. Lee, and Maj. Gen Thomas Rosser to hold the vital crossroads of Five Forks, along the White Oak Road five miles west of the previous fighting there. Pickett's defensive line was not well constructed, and much of his cavalry force w…READ MORE
4/3/65
Battle - Namozine Church - Namozine, Virginia
4/9/65
Battle - Appomattox Court House - Appomattox Court House, Virginia
Between 26,000 and 28,000 Confederate soldiers surrendered and were paroled.READ MORE
6/17/65
Mustered Out - New York 15th Cavalry - New York
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