Pennsylvania 9th Cavalry, Company K (Union)
10/1/61
Organized - Pennsylvania 9th Cavalry, Company K - Pennsylvania
11/22/64
Battle - Griswoldville - Griswoldville, Georgia
Griswoldville
Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman departed from Atlanta, Georgia November 15, 1864, on a march towards the Atlantic coast at Savannah. The right wing of Sherman's 60-mile wide column was the Army of the Tennessee, commanded by Maj. Gen. Oliver O. Howard. On November 21st, a screening column of Union cavalry captured a train full of military supplies near the industrial community of Griswoldville and, in accordance with Sherman's desire to "make Georgia howl," burned some factories there as well. The next day, a…READ MORE
7/18/65
Mustered Out - Pennsylvania 9th Cavalry, Company K - Pennsylvania
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regiment -Pennsylvania 9th Cavalry (Union)
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