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NAME.
RANK.
DATE OF ENLISTMENT OR MUSTER IN.
DATE OF MUSTER OUT OR DISCHARGE.
REMARKS.
Martin, Michael
Private.
Jan. 1, 1862
Jan. 6,
1865 Veteran. Transferred to 1st Eastern Shore, Maryland Infantry.
Deserted, October 24, 1862.
Moffett, Wm. E.
Private.
Aug. 13, 1862
Murphy, John
Private.
Aug. 2,
1862
Mitchell, William
Private.
Aug. 20,
1862
Jan. 26, 1863
Mathews,
Henry C.
Private.
Aug. 15, 1862
Moffett,
Alexander Jas. McBride, Edward
Private.
Aug. 12,
1862
McCann, Charles
Private.
Aug. 29, 1862
McGee, John
Private.
Aug. 28,
1862
McDonald, Thos.
Private.
Aug. 15, 1862
July 23, 1862
Nov. 19,
1861
Private.
July 23,
1862
Private.
Aug. 30,
1862
Patterson, Thos. Pflager, Morris
Private.
Private. Corporal.
Feb. 4,
1862
May 21, 1862
Disability.
Veteran. Transferred to 1st Eastern Shore, Maryland Infantry.
Pitcock, Benj. F. Poplar, William
Private. Private.
Oct. 23,
1862
Dec. 27, 1862
Sept. 14, 1862
July 17, 1865
Pfister, Louis
Private. Private.
June 23, 1862
Pearsall, John Phelps,
John Walter
Private. Private.
Aug. 19,
1862
Rodman, Benj.
Private.
Aug. 30,
1862
Ryan, Henry
Private.
Private.
Sept. 4,
1861
May 21,
1862 Disability.
Singer, John A.
Private. Private.
Mar. 21,
1862
Deserted, June 29, 1862.
Springer, Vania P.
Private.
Jan. 1,
1862
Deserted, April 23, 1862.
Smith, John H.
Private.
Nov. 11,
1861
Deserted, December 29, 1861.
Sullivan, John H. Smith, Richard
Private. Private.
Dec. 11,
1861
Deserted, December 21, 1861.
Smith, John
Private.
Sept. 26, 1861 July 17, 1865
Veteran. Transferred to 1st Eastern Shore, Maryland Infantry; transferred to Company H, 11th Maryland Infantry.
Sills, Richard
Private.
Oct. 8,
1861
Deserted, January 1, 1863.
Sills, Jacob
Private.
Oct. 14,
1861
Feb. 21,
1865
Stephenson, Alex.
Private.
Feb. 4,
1862 July 17,
1865
Sabins, Joseph M. Private.
Feb. 4, 1862
July 17,
1865 Veteran. Transferred to 1st Eastern Shore, Maryland Infantry.
Scullins, James
Private.
Feb. 4,
1862
July 17,
1865 Veteran. Transferred to 1st Eastern Shore, Maryland Infantry.
Smyth, James H.
Private.
Feb. 20,
1862
July 17, 1865
Springstead.
Charles
Private. Private.
Aug. 30,
1862
William H.
Private. Private.
Aug. 19,
1862
Suter, Nicholas A.
Private.
Aug. 26,
1862
June 9, 1863
Smith, Jasper
Private.
Aug. 28,
1862
May 26,
Soaper, Wright
Private.
Feb. 4,
1862 May 21,
1862
1865 Transferred to 1st Eastern Shore, Maryland Infantry. Disability.
Stockham, Chas. Simpson, Wm. Schmitt, John Thornton, Stephen
Private. Private.
Feb. 4,
1862
May 21,
1862
Disability.
Feb. 8, 1862 Sept. 11, 1862 Disability.
Oct. 25, 1861
July 17, 1865
Veteran.
Feb. 20,
1862 July 17,
1865
Veteran. Transferred to 1st Eastern Shore, Maryland Infantry.
Markle, Theodore
Private.
July 21,
1862
Transferred to 1st Eastern Shore, Maryland Infantry. Deserted, October 24, 1862.
Murphy, James
Private.
Aug. 15, 1862
Transferred to 1st Eastern Shore, Maryland Infantry.
Transferred to 1st Eastern Shore, Maryland Infantry.
Private.
Aug. 23,
1862
Transferred to 1st Eastern Shore, Maryland Infantry. Deserted, October 24, 1862.
Transferred to 1st Eastern Shore, Maryland Infantry. Transferred to 1st Eastern Shore, Maryland Infantry. Deserted, February 12, 1864.
Transferred to 1st Eastern Shore, Maryland Infantry. Deserted, January 23, 1862.
Musgrave, Chas. Mullins, Michael Magaw, John F. O'Farrell, Thos. Place, Chas. H.
Private. Private. Private.
Dec. 27,
1861
Deserted, April 23, 1862.
Transferred to 1st Eastern Shore, Maryland Infantry. Deserted, October 2, 1862.
Deserted, March 11, 1862.
Pitcock, Chas. H.
Oct. 14, 1861
Veteran. Transferred to 1st Eastern Shore, Maryland Infantry.
Transferred to 1st Eastern Shore, Maryland Infantry. Transferred to 1st Eastern Shore, Maryland Infantry.
Transferred to 1st Eastern Shore, Maryland Infantry. Transferred to 1st Eastern Shore, Maryland Infantry. Transferred to 1st Eastern Shore, Maryland Infantry. Deserted, October 1, 1862.
Transferred to 1st Eastern Shore, Maryland Infantry.
Willlam
Feb. 4. 1862
Sept. 21, 1861
July 17, 1865 Veteran. Transferred to 1st Eastern Shore, Maryland Infantry.
Veteran. Transferred to 1st Eastern Shore, Maryland Infantry.
Simonds, Wesley Singleton.
July 22, 1862
Deserted, October 30, 1864.
Transferred to 1st Eastern Shore, Maryland Infantry.
Aug. 13, 1862
Transferred to 1st Eastern Shore, Maryland Infantry Deserted, January 1, 1863.
Shear, Abram
Aug. 20, 1862
Rogers, Michael
Aug. 15, 1862
Sept. 27, 1862
Rhinehart, Lewis Ramsbottom,
Sept. 24, 1861
Private. Private.
Transferred to 1st Eastern Shore, Maryland Infantry. Veteran. Transferred to 1st Eastern Shore, Maryland Infantry.
649
SECOND REGIMENT EASTERN SHORE INFANTRY-COMPANY H.
NAME.
RANK.
DATE OF ENLISTMENT OR MUSTER IN.
DATE OF MUSTER OUT OR DISCHARGE.
REMARKS.
Townsley, Lewis
Private.
Feb. 24, 1862
July 17,
1865
Veteran. Transferred to 1st Eastern Shore, Maryland Infantry.
Todd, William T.
Private.
Mar. 8,
1862
July 17, 1865
Udderzook, Wm.
Sergeant.
Dec. 1, 1861
May 26,
1865
Veteran. Transferred to 1st Eastern Shore, Maryland Infantry.
Udderzook, Marshall J.
Sergeant.
Nov. 29, 1861
Veteran. Transferred to 1st Eastern Shore, Maryland Infantry.
Webber, Theodore Private. Woolford, Wm. H. Private.
Oct. 1,
1861
May 3,
July 17,
1865
Wood, Lewis
Private.
Feb. 4,
1862
July 17,
1865
Veteran. Transferred to 1st Eastern Shore, Maryland Infantry.
Transferred to 1st Eastern Shore, Maryland Infantry. Deserted, January 15, 1862.
White, John D. Williams, Henry
Private. Private.
Aug. 19, 1862 Jan. 15,
1862
Veteran. Transferred to 1st Eastern Shore, Maryland Infantry.
1865 Transferred to 1st Eastern Shore, Maryland Infantry. Veteran. Transferred to 1st Eastern Shore, Maryland Infantry.
Oct. 18,
1861
INDEPENDENT COMPANY INFANTRY, "PATAPSCO GUARDS."
HE Patapsco Guards Infantry, Maryland Volunteers, an Independent Company of Infantry, was organized at Ellicott's Mills, Mary- land, September 25, 1861, to serve three years. On the expira- tion of its term of service the original men, except veterans, were mustered out and the organization, composed of veterans and recruits, retained in service until August 17, 1865, when it was mustered out of the military service of the United States by reason of the close of the war and by orders of the War Department.
The Patapsco Guards performed guard and provost duty at Ellicott's Mills, Md., and at York, Harrisburg and Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. During the Gettysburg cam- paign it took part in a skirmish with the enemy at Wrightsville, Pennsylvania, June 28, 1863, and again, during the McCauseland raid, near Chambersburg, Pa., July 30, 1864.
The casualties from death in this independent company during its term of ser- vice was four enlisted men, who died of disease.
651
INDEPENDENT COMPANY INFANTRY, "PATAPSCO GUARDS."
ROSTER. COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
NAME.
RANK.
DATE OF ENLISTMENT OR MUSTER IN.
DATE OF MUSTER OUT OR DISCHARGE.
REMARKS.
Thomas S.
McGowan Captain.
Sept. 16, 1861 June 20, 1865
Jacob Timanus
1st Lieut.
Sept. 16,
1861 Dec. 22,
1862
Alex. F. McCrone
1st Lieut.
Sept. 16, 1861 Oct. 17,
1864 Entered the service as private; promoted Sergeant; 1st Lieutenant, January 7, 1863.
John Downey
1st Lieut.
Sept. 16, 1861
Aug. 17,
1865 Entered the service as private; promoted 1st Sergeant; 1st Lieutenant, October 26, 1864; veteran volunteer.
Lemuel Bewley Ailen T. Fort
2nd Lieut. 2nd Lieut.
Oct. 11,
1861 Oct. 17,
1864
Sept. 16, 1861
Aug. 17, 1865 Entered the service as private; promoted 1st Sergeant; 2nd Lieutenant, November 18, 1864; veteran volun- teer.
ENLISTED MEN.
Alexander, Adam
Private.
Nov. 21,
1862
Aug. 17, 1865
Alexander, Henry Private.
Nov. 21,
1862
Aug. 17,
1865
Bush, John E.
Private.
Sept. 16, 1861
Aug. 17,
1865
Veteran.
Bormann, Henry
Private.
Dec. 9, 1861
Aug. 17, 1865
Veteran.
Burton, Basil
Sergeant.
Sept. 16,
1861 Oct. 17,
1864
Private.
Sept. 16, 1861
Oct. 17,
1864
Private.
Sept. 16,
1861
Oct. 17,
1864
Private.
Sept. 26,
1861
Oct. 17,
1864
Basman, Jas. F. Borton, Nathan
Private.
Feb. 19,
1862
Private.
Private.
Sept. 16,
1861
June 12,
1862
Dishonorably.
Private.
Sept. 16,
1861
Aug. 17, 1865
Veteran.
Private.
Dec. 25,
1862 Aug. 17,
1865
Cary, William H.
Private.
Sept. 16, 1861
Oct. 17, 1864
Cugle, Horace
Private.
Sept. 16,
1861
Oct. 17, 1864
Clark, Henry C.
Private.
Sept. 16,
1861
Oct. 17.
1864
Private.
Sept. 27,
1861
Oct. 17,
1864
Oct. 3,
1861
Oct. 17,
1864
Sept. 16,
1861
Aug. 17,
1865 Veteran.
Sept. 16,
1861
Aug. 17,
1865
Veteran.
Duvall, George W. Private. Day, Richard Private. Day, Samuel
Private.
Sept. 30,
1861
Aug. 17,
1865
Veteran.
Davis, George A.
Private.
Oct. 4,
1861
Aug. 17,
1865
Veteran.
Dolin, John J.
Private.
Sept. 16,
1861
Aug. 17,
1865
Dwyer, James
Private.
Oct. 4,
1861
Aug. 4,
1862
Disability.
Private.
Sept. 16,
1861
Oct. 17,
1864
Private.
Oct. 11,
1861
Aug. 17,
1865
Veteran.
Private.
Sept. 16,
1861
Aug. 17,
Veteran.
Private.
Sept. 16,
1861
Oct. 17,
1865 1864
Corporal. Corporal.
Sept. 16,
1861
Nov. 17,
1862
Private.
Nov. 13,
1862
Aug. 17,
1865
Private.
Sept. 16,
1861
Oct. 17,
1864
Private.
Sept. 16,
1861
Aug. 17,
1865
Veteran.
Corporal.
Nov. 21,
1862 Aug. 17,
1865
Sept. 16, 1861 Oct. 17,
1864
Private. Private.
Oct. 4,
1861 Oct. 17,
1864
1861
Feb. 6,
1865 Dishonorably.
Private. Private.
Oct. 9,
1861
Died, December 4, 1861, of disease contracted in service. Deserted, February 21, 1862. Deserted, November 23, 1862.
Carroll, Nicholas Carr, Francis P. Private. Private. Dunn, William Disney, Beal Y. J. Private.
Sept. 16,
1861 Aug. 17,
1865
Veteran.
Sept. 16,
1861
Aug. 17,
1865
Veteran.
Diffey, Alexander Engel, August Elder, Perry G. Edler, Peter
Sept. 16,
1861
June 12,
1862 Dishonorably.
Feather, Jacob J. Fort, Edward S. Fishel, John M. Fix, Michael
Disability.
Gaylor, John Gladfelter, Jesse Ginneman, John Grady, John
Nov. 22,
1862
Banks, Henry Brown, James Conley, Michael Cooper, John Cole, James
Barrett, Henry Binnix, Henry Belt, Amos
Sept. 16,
652
INDEPENDENT COMPANY INFANTRY, "PATAPSCO GUARDS."
NAME.
RANK.
DATE OF ENLISTMENT OR MUSTER IN.
DATE OF MUSTER OUT OR DISCHARGE.
REMARKS.
Ginaven, Thomas Grey, William O.
Private.
Oct. 23,
1861
Oct. 28,
1864
Harn, Thomas B.
Corporal.
Dec. 16,
1861
Aug. 17,
1865
Veteran.
Hobbs, James
Private.
Mar. 21,
1864
Aug. 17,
1865
Harn, Edwin W.
Corporal.
Jan. 1,
1862 Jan. 1,
1865
Hinton, James M. Harwood, Edw.
Private. Private.
Oct. 16,
1861
Oct. 17,
1864
Hinton, Zachariah Private.
Private.
Oct. 3,
1861
June 12,
1862
Dishonorably.
Jackson, Joseph
Private.
Oct. 16,
1861
June 12,
1862
Dishonorably.
Jeffers, Wm. H.
Corporal.
Mar. 30,
1864
Aug. 17,
1865
Johnson, Wm. J.
Sergeant.
Oct. 3,
1861 Oct. 17,
1864
Jones, Andrew J.
Private.
Nov. 12,
1861
Nov. 12,
1864
King, Charles
Private.
Sept. 16,
1861
June 12,
1862 Dishonorably.
King, Philip
Private.
Oct. 5,
1861
June 12,
1862
Dishonorably.
King, Jacob
Private.
Oct. 5,
1861
June 12,
1862
Dishonorably.
King, John
Private.
Oct. 5,
1861
June 12,
1862
Dishonorably.
Keith, Andrew J.
Private.
Jan. 1,
1862
June 12,
1862
Dishonorably.
Patrick Private.
Dec. 2,
1861
Aug. 17, 1865
Veteran.
Kirby, George W.
1st Sergt.
Sept. 16,
1861
Aug. 17,
1865
Veteran.
Kimble, John W.
Private.
Aug. 23,
1862
Aug. 17,
1865
King, Frederick
Private.
Oct. 5,
1861
Oct. 17,
1864
King, George W.
Private.
Dec. 16,
1861
Dec. 16,
1864
Lilly, John
Private.
Sept. 16, 1861
Oct. 17,
1864
Myers, Joseph D.
Sergeant.
Sept. 16,
1861
Aug. 17,
1865
Veteran.
Myers, Samuel N. Sergeant.
Sept. 16,
1861
Aug. 17,
1865
Veteran.
Miller, Joseph
Sergeant.
Sept. 16,
1861
Aug. 17,
1865
Veteran.
Miller, Ferdinand
Corporal.
Sept. 16,
1861
Aug. 17,
1865
Veteran.
Musgrave, Jas. H.
Corporal.
Oct. 19,
1861
Aug. 17,
1865
Veteran.
Musgrave, Wm. T. Corporal. McDermitt,
Nov. 4,
1861 Aug. 17,
1865
Veteran,
Michael Corporal.
Mar. 21,
1864 Aug. 17,
1865
Miller, Augustus
Corporal.
Nov. 12,
1862 Aug. 17,
1865
Monro, Wm. M.
Corporal.
Sergeant.
Jan. 11,
1862
Jan. 1,
1865
Charles W.
Private.
Oct. 3, 1861
June 12, 1862
Dishonorably.
Mckenzie,
George W.| Private.
Oct. 3,
1861|
June 12,
1862
Dishonorably.
McKitrick, Saml.
Private.
Dec. 19, 1861
June 12,
1862
Dishonorably.
Veteran; deserted, June 17, 1864.
William H.
Corporal. Corporal.
Sept. 16,
1861 Oct. 17, 1864
Dec. 16,
1861 |Dec. 16,
1864
Jesse, Jr.
Private.
Oct. 3,
1861 Oct. 17,
1864
McKinzie,
Jesse, Sr. Private.
Oct. 3, 1861
Aug. 26,
1862 |D'sability.
McNally, Daniel
Private. Private.
Oct. 8.
1861
Nov. 18, 1861
Mentzer, John
Nov. 13, 1861
Deserted, September 21, 1862.
Norton,
Hammersley
Private.
Sept. 16, 1861 June 12, 1862
Dishonorably.
Parsley,
Richard A.
Private.
Nov. 7, 1861
June 12,
1862 Dishonorably.
Pierpont,
Charles V.
Private. Private.
Nov. 29, 1861
Nov. 29, 1864
Sylvanus
Private.
Oct. 9, 1861
Oct. 5,
1861 June 12, 1862
Sept. 16, 1861 Aug. 17, 1865
Sept. 16,
1861
Nov. 29, 1862 3. 17, 1865
Sept. 16, 1861 Oct. 17, 1864
Sept. 16, 1861 June 12,
1862 Dishonorably.
Sept. 16, 1861 June 12,
1862 Dishonorably.
1861
Oct. 17,
1864
Hipsley, William
Corporal.
Oct. 8,
1861|Aug. 26,
1862 Disability.
Sept. 16,
Sept. 16,
1861
Nov. 6,
1862
Isaacs, Andrew J.
Private.
Oct. 11,
1861 Oct. 17,
1864
Deserted, May 22, 1865. Dishonorably.
Renna, Frederick Private. Redmon, Geo. C. Private. Redman, John T. Private. Private. Reed, Louis
Veteran. Veteran; died, December 3, 1864, of wounds.
Rimmey, Wm. H. Corporal. Stegler, Andrew Private. Private. Schmidt, Fred.
Sept. 16, 1861 Oct. 17,
1864
Peddicord, Wm. Peddicord,
Nov. 13,
1862
Aug. 17,
1865
McKinzie, Israel Mckenzie,
Private.
Oct. 28,
1861
Knight, Wm. H.
Died, November 28, 1861, of wounds.
McCauley, Joshua Sergeant. McCauley,
Sept. 16, 1861
Moorehouse, Geo. McKinzie,
Kavanagh,
653
INDEPENDENT COMPANY INFANTRY, "PATAPSCO GUARDS."
NAME.
RANK.
DATE OF ENLISTMENT OR MUSTER IN.
DATE OF MUSTER OUT OR DISCHARGE.
REMARKS.
Stevens,
Ferdinand Private.
Oct. 1,
1861
June 12, 1862 Dishonorably.
Shindoller, John
Private.
Dec. 21,
1861
June 12,
1862
Dishonorably.
Severns, Lewis
Private.
April 10,
1862
June 12,
1862
Dishonorably.
Seity, Michael J.
Private.
Nov. 12,
1862
Aug. 17,
1865
Sweeney, Solomon
Private.
Nov. 20,
1862
Aug. 17,
1865
Smith, Norris
Private.
Nov. 26,
1862
Aug. 17,
1865
Shoff, Frederick
Private.
Nov. 29,
1862
Aug. 17,
1865
Shane, Daniel G.
Corporal.
Oct. 10,
1861
Oct. 17,
1864
Stier, George H.
Private.
Sept. 16,
1861 Oct. 17,
1864
Schmidt, Adam
Private.
Oct. 3,
1861 Oct. 17,
1864
Thompson, Jas. A.
Private.
Nov. 20, 1862
Deserted, January 1, 1863.
Terry, John
Private.
Sept. 16,
1861 Oct. 17,
1864
Taylor, John
Private.
Sept. 16,
1861 Oct. 17,
1864
Tracy, Thomas J.
Private.
Sept. 16,
1861
Oct. 17,
1864
Tracy, Samuel
Private.
Sept. 16,
1861
Oct. 17.
1864
Toole, Martin
Private.
Sept. 3;
1861
Thompson, Alex.
Private.
Nov. 26,
1862
Dishonorably.
Veteran.
Warns, Henry
Private.
Mar. 30,
1864
Aug. 17,
1865
Warns, Francis
Private.
Mar. 21,
1864
Aug. 17,
1865
Wheeler, John
Private.
Mar. 21,
1864
Aug. 17,
1865
Weiser, Saml. R.
Sergeant.
Nov. 21.
1862
Aug. 17,
1865
Weeks, Hezekiah
Sergeant.
Jan. 11,
1862
Jan. 1,
1865
Wagner, Henry
Private.
Sept. 16,
1861 Oct. 17,
1864
Young, Caleb
Private.
Oct. 21,
1861 Aug. 17,
1865 |Veteran.
Yingling, Henry
Private.
May 23,
1863
Aug. 17,
1865
Young, Joshua
Private.
Sept. 16,
1861 Aug. 25,
1862
Accidentally killed, April 28, 1862. Deserted, January 1, 1863.
Walker, John R.
Private.
Sept. 16,
1861 June 12, 1862
Waters, Wm. H.
Private.
Sept. 16,
1861
Aug. 17, 1865
BALTIMORE OR DIX LIGHT INFANTRY.
HE command known as the Baltimore or Dix Light Infantry, consisting of five companies of infantry, was organized at Bal- timore, Maryland, in November and December, 1861, to serve three years.
It was contemplated to increase this command to a full regi- inent of picked men, under the supervision of General John A Dix, then in command of the Department of Maryland.
The project did not meet with the response anticipated, and the original five companies were consolidated into two companies and transferred May 24, 1862, to the 3d Regiment of Infantry, Maryland Volunteers. This consolidation and transfer necessitated the discharge of all the field and company officers, save and except the complement of officers necessary for the two companies transferred.
"COLE'S CAVALRY," FIRST REGIMENT POTOMAC HOME BRIGADE CAVALRY.
OMPANIES A, C and D of this regiment were organized at Fred- erick City, Frederick County, and Company B at Cumberland, Md., from August 10, 1861, to November 27, 1861.
The original Company A was named "Cole's Cavalry," after its commanding officer, Captain Henry A. Cole, who was subse- quently promoted Major, Lieutenant-Colonel and Colonel, re- speotively.
The other original companies, viz., B, C and D, assumed the name of "Cole's Cavalry," and were so designated, officially, by the commanders of the armies with which they served, as well as their comrades in arms in other branches of the military service with whom they came in contact.
The four original companies, A, B, C and D, were consolidated into a battalion, and Captain Henry A. Cole was promoted Major and assigned to the command thereof.
The original companies, A, B, C and D, re-enlisted for the war in February, 1864, and authority was then given by the War Department to augment the battalion of four companies to a full regiment of twelve companies.
The remaining companies, viz., E, F, G, H, I, K, L and M, were recruited from all parts of Maryland, and organized at Frederick and Baltimore, Md., from February 9th to April 23, 1864, to serve three years.
On the expiration of the term of service of Companies A, B, C and D, the original members (except veterans) were mustered out.
Company D having been reduced below the minimum number in January, 1865, an independent company of cavalry that had been raised at Cumberland, Maryland, in the summer of 1864 by Captain Tappan W. Kelly was assigned to the regiment, and the remnants of Company D consolidated with them, this company being thereafter known as Company D.
The regiment, composed of veterans and recruits, was retained in service until June 28, 1865, when it was mustered out of the military service of the United States, in accordance with the orders of the War Department, by reason of the close of the Civil War.
The personnel of the Old Battalion included loyal Virginians and Pennsylvanians from the border land; nevertheless, they were almost exclusively from Western Maryland. They were farmers' and planters' sons, mainly, in good circumstances, who owned good horses, which they brought with them into the military service.
They were, in the main, young, unmarried men, intelligent, enthusiastic, accustomed to the use of firearms, of fine physique-in fact, the very best material for cavalrymen.
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656
"COLE'S CAVALRY," FIRST REGIMENT POTOMAC HOME BRIGADE CAVALRY.
Their thorough knowledge of the topography of the country, which became, to a great extent, the seat of the war in Western Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia, rendered their services to the Union cause invaluable. During the four long years of war from 1861 to 1865, they were almost constantly in the saddle, and from Gettysburg, in Penn- sylvania, to Lynchburg, on the James, in Virginia, they scouted and fought with untiring zeal.
Companies A, C and D occupied the left bank of the Potomac with the Union Armies in the winter of 1861-2, the Confederate forces occupying the right bank of the same river. Company B entered on active duty in West Virginia during the same period.
In the early part of January, 1862, General (Stonewall) Jackson, with a Confederate Army, made a rapid mid-winter march from Winchester, Va., to Hancock, Maryland, and endeavored to cross the Potomac river at that point. A portion of the old battalion received a flag of truce and summons to surrender, and they, with a small Union force under General Lander, gallantly and successfully defended the town and river crossings. The balance of the battalion arrived during the night of January 7, 1862, having marched long distances all night, on one of the coldest nights of mid-winter, over the mountains and through a pitiless snowstorm. The timely arrival also of other Union forces, including the First Maryland Infantry Regiment, checked Jackson's farther advance.
The Confederate Army soon retired to their winter quarters near Winchester, when a detachment of "Cole's Cavalry," under Lieutenant Vernon, crossed the Potomac and fol- lowed them up, to ascertain definitely their whereabouts, numbers, etc., and, although an effort was made by the Confederate Cavalry to capture this detachment on its return from Winchester, the skillful pilotage of comrades, who knew every road and bypath, enabled them to return safely, and inspired that confidence so useful to themselves and the army in subsequent movements.
On the second day of March, 1862, Cole's Battalion crossed the Potomac river at Wil- liamsport with Williams' Brigade, of Banks' Division, and, as the advance guard, marched to Martinsburg, Va.
On the 5th day of March, 1862, the battalion had quite a lively skirmish at Bunker Hill, Va., with the enemy's cavalry, capturing a number of prisoners.
On the 7th day of March, the battalion had a cavalry fight between Bunker Hill and Winchester, Va., in which the enemy were finally driven from the field; Captain Cole's horse was killed under him, private Stull was killed, and privates Keedy and Staley wounded. This was the first bloodshed in the opening of the campaign of 1862 in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. This engagement demonstrated to the command their ability to successfully cope with equal and even superior forces of Confederate Cavalry, which, at the commencement of the Civil War, was considered superior to the Federal Cavalry, by reason of the fact that the people in the Southern States were more accus- tomed to horseback riding and the use of firearms.
General Williams, their Brigade Commander, who had already tested the scouting qualities of "Cole's Cavalry," deemed the engagement of sufficient importance to issue to them the following congratulatory epistle :
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"COLE'S CAVALRY," FIRST REGIMENT POTOMAC HOME BRIGADE CAVALRY.
HEADQUARTERS 3D BRIGADE, GENERAL BANKS' DIVISION.
March 8, 1862.
CAPT. H. A. COLE, Commanding Cavalry.
Captain :- I take great pleasure in offering you and your command my thanks and congratulations on the good conduct and gallantry displayed in the affair of yes- terday in advance of this town.
My staff officers who were with you speak in high terms of the cool and steady conduct of yourself and Lieutenant Vernon, and of all your non-commissioned officers and men.
Be pleased to make known to your command my appreciation of their good ser- vices, and. my regret that three of your brave fellows suffered wounds.
I am, Captain, with much respect, Your obedient servant,
(Signed)
A. S. WILLIAMS, Brigadier-General Commanding.
On the 11th day of March, 1862, the battalion, with the Brigade, had an engagement with the enemy at Stephenson's Depot. On the 12th day of March, 1862, the battalion, being the advance guard of Banks' Division, made a cavalry charge through Winchester, Va., capturing a number of prisoners.
On the 22d day of March, 1862, Companies A and C, with General Williams' Brig- ade, marched from Winchester to Berryville on their way to join McDowell's Army Corps in Eastern Virginia, leaving Companies B and D, with General Shields' Division, at Winchester.
General (Stonewall) Jackson, learning of the withdrawal of a portion of General Banks' command from Winchester, made a forced march and impetuous attack upon Shield's Division, but was defeated in the battle that ensued on the 22d day of March, 1862, in advance of Winchester at Kernstown. Companies B and D took part in the battle, and Companies A and C speedily returned to Winchester on hearing the guns from the battlefield and joined in the pursuit of the enemy.
The battalion remained in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia with General Banks' Division until September, 1862. After the unfortunate Peninsular Campaign under Mcclellan, and the ensuing campaign under General Pope, in Northern Virginia, the battalion, under Major Cole, in its efforts to impede the march of Lee's Confed- erate Army into Maryland, had a severe engagement at Leesburg, Va., September 2, 1862, in which the battalion, after driving a superior force of the enemy's cavalry, was over- whelmed by a Brigade of Confederate cavalry, and suffered heavily in killed, wounded and prisoners, inflicting, however, equal loss upon the enemy.
The battalion fell back to Harper's Ferry, Va., which stronghold was soon sur- rounded by an overwhelming force of the Confederate Army under General (Stonewall) Jackson. When it was rumored that Harper's Ferry would be surrendered, "Cole's Cav- alry," through their officers, respectfully but firmly advised Colonel Miles, U. S. Army, Acting Division Commander of the beleaguered garrison, "that under no circumstances would 'Cole's Cavalry' surrender," and offered to head and pilot the entire cavalry force of besieged in their efforts to cut their way through the enemy's lines.
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"COLE'S CAVALRY," FIRST REGIMENT POTOMAC HOME BRIGADE CAVALRY.
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