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Massachusetts 1st Volunteer Cavalry (Union)

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Muster
  • Muster In Date:03 Sep 1861
  • Muster Out Date:24 Jul 1865
Other
  • Leaders:
    • Army of the Potomac
    • Brigadier General Alfred Pleasonton
    • Brigadier General David M. Gregg
    • Brigadier General David McMurtrie Gregg
    • Brigadier General Henry E. Davies
    • Brigadier General William W. Averell
    • Captain Caspar Crowninshield
    • Colonel Alfred N. Duffié
    • Colonel Horace B. Sargent
    • Colonel John B. McIntosh
    • Colonel John F. Farnsworth
    • Colonel Louis P. Di Cesnola
    • Colonel William Stedman
    • Lieutenant Colonel Greely S. Curtis
Battles
Name
Start Date
End Date
Duration
Place
Yellow Tavern11 May 186411 May 1864< 1 dayHenrico, Virginia
Brandy Station09 Jun 186309 Jun 1863< 1 dayCulpeper County, Virginia
Aldie17 Jun 186317 Jun 1863< 1 dayLoudoun County, Virginia
Crater30 Jul 186430 Jul 1864< 1 dayPetersburg, Virginia
Gettysburg01 Jul 186303 Jul 18632 daysGettysburg, Pennsylvania
Antietam17 Sep 186217 Sep 1862< 1 daySharpsburg, Maryland
Vaughan Road01 Oct 186401 Oct 1864< 1 dayDinwiddie County, Virginia
Kelly's Ford17 Mar 186317 Mar 1863< 1 dayCulpeper County, Virginia; Fauquier County, Virginia
Second Petersburg15 Jun 186418 Jun 18643 daysPetersburg, Virginia
Fredericksburg13 Dec 186213 Dec 1862< 1 dayFredericksburg, Virginia
Cold Harbor31 May 186412 Jun 186412 daysHanover County; near Mechanicsville, Virginia
Saint Mary's Church24 Jun 186424 Jun 1864< 1 dayCharles City, Virginia
Boydton Plank Road27 Oct 186428 Oct 18641 dayDinwiddie County, Virginia
Second Auburn14 Oct 186314 Oct 1863< 1 dayFauquier County, Virginia
Spotsylvania Court House08 May 186421 May 186413 daysSpotsylvania County, Virginia
Wilderness05 May 186407 May 18642 daysSpotsylvania County, Virginia; Orange County, Virginia
Globe Tavern18 Aug 186421 Aug 18643 daysPetersburg, Virginia
First Deep Bottom27 Jul 186429 Jul 18642 daysHenrico County, Virginia
Secessionville16 Jun 186216 Jun 1862< 1 dayCharleston, South Carolina
Chancellorsville30 Apr 186306 May 18636 daysSpotsylvania County, Virginia
Cedar Creek19 Oct 186419 Oct 1864< 1 dayFrederick County, Virginia; Shenandoah County, Virginia; Warren County, Virginia
Malvern Hill, Virginia14 Aug 186414 Aug 1864< 1 dayMalvern Hill, Virginia
Malvern Hill, Virginia18 Aug 186418 Aug 1864< 1 dayMalvern Hill, Virginia
Stevensburg, Virginia09 Jun 186309 Jun 1863< 1 dayStevensburg, Virginia
Malvern Hill, Virginia16 Aug 186416 Aug 1864< 1 dayMalvern Hill, Virginia
First Pocotaligo29 May 186229 May 1862< 1 dayPocotaligo, South Carolina
Aldie, Virginia17 Jun 186317 Jun 1863< 1 dayAldie, Virginia

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