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TABLE
Giving the dates and places of muster of Michigan Regiments, Batteries and Companies, the dates at which they left the State, together with the dates and places of muster out, and the dates at which they returned to the State.
MUSTERED IN.
MUSTERED OUT.
RETURNED TO STATE.
REGIMENTS.
Date.
Place.
Date.
Place.
Date.
Place,
1st Eng. & Mech., Ist Cavalry, .... 2d .
Sept. 13, 1861,
Detroit,.
Sept. 29, '61
Mar. 10, '65 Salt Lake City, Utah,
3d
..
Nov. 1, 1861, . .
Nov. 28, '61 Feb. 12, 1866 San Antonio, Texas, . Sept. 26, '62 July 1, 1865 Nashville, Tenn., .
July 10, 1865 Detroit,
5th
...
Aug. 30, 1862,
66
Dec. 4, 1862 June 22, '65 Ft. Leavenworth, Ka.
6th
...
Jan. 16, 1863, . 0
Feb. 20, 1863 May, 1863
Dec. 15, 1865 Sept. 22, '65 Nashville, Tenn.,
Sept. 22, '65 =
8th
..
¥
May 19, 1863, .
Coldwater,
May 20, 1863
July 21, 1864 Lexington, N. C.,
July 30, 1865 Detroit,
10th
Nov. 18, 1863, .
Grand Rapids, ..
Dec. 1, 1863 Nov. 11, 1865 Memphis, Tenn.,
Kalamazoo,
Dec. 17, 1863 June 16, '65 Knoxville, Tenn.,
Coldwater, .
June 1, 1861 July 28, 1865 Jackson, Mich.,
June 14, 1865 Detroit, Mich.,
June 13, '65
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F, Jan. 9, 1862, . .
Coldwater, .
July 1, 1865
Aug. 6, 1865
Aug. 2, 1865
66
= H, March 6, 1862, Monroe, .
Mar. 13, 1862 July 22, 1865
Dec. 4, 1862 July 14, 1865 Detroit,
July 6, 1865 Detroit,
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Sept. 28, '65
1st Lt. Art'y, A,
. May 28, 1861, .
B, Nov. 26, 1861, .
Grand Rapids, ..
Dec. 17, 1861 Dec. 17, 1861 Dec. 9, 1861 Dec. 17, 1861 March 3, '62
June 22, 1865
White Pigeon, ..
Aug. 3, 1865 Jackson, Mich.,
July 22, 1865 Jacksou. July 16, 1865
June 24, '65 66
G, Jan. 17, 1862, . Kalamazoo,
. I, Aug. 29, 1862 Detroit, ....
Left the State.
Oct. 29, 1861, . Marshall,
Dec. 17, 1861 Sept. 22, '65 Nashville, Tenn.
Sept. 26, '65 Jackson, Mich. P'd & disb'd at Salt L. City, Aug. 26, '65 Jackson, Mich. March 10, '66
4th
Aug. 29, 1862, Detroit,.
July 1, 1865
Nov. 30, 1865 Jackson,
7th
Oct. 13, 1862, . Grand Rapids,
Dec. 10, 1862| |Nov. 24, '65
Dec. 20, 1865
9th
... .
. .
11th
Dec. 10, 1863, .
July 12, 1865
June 6, 1865 Detroit,
C, Nov. 28, 1861, .
D Sept. 17, 1861, E, Dec. 6, 1861. . Marshall, .
July 30, 1865
Feb. 12, 1862
July 4, 1865
May 2, 1863, .. |Mt. Clemens, .
Nov. 15, '65 Jackson,
Oct. 2, 1861, .. Grand Rapids,
Nov. 14, '61 Aug. 17, '65 Macon, Ga.,
1st Lt. Art'y, K, Feb. 20, 1863, . |Grand Rapids, . . |February, '63|July 22, 1865|Detroit, Mich.,
L, April 16, 1863, Coldwater, . .. .. May, 1863 Aug. 22, '65 Jackson,
July, 1863 Aug. 1, 1865
Feb. 3, 1864 July 1. 1865
Feb. 1, 1864
July 1, 1865
Sept. 3, 1861 |Sept. 21, '65 Nashville, Tenn.,
Sept. 3, 1861 Sept. 21, '65
Sept, 21, '65
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Ist Int., 3 mos.,. . |May 1, 1861, .. Sept. 16, 1861, May 25, 1861, . |Detroit,
Ann Arbor, ..
Sept. 16, '61 June 5, 1861 June 13, 1861
June 20, '64 Detroit, Mich.,
May 25, 1866 Victoria, -Texas,
June 28, 1864 Detroit, Mich., .
June 26, '64
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4th Inf., reorg'z'd Oct. 14, 1864,
66
Oct. 20, 1864 June 25, 1861 Oct. 22, '64
May 26, 1866 Houston, Texas,
June 10, '66
5th Infantry, .... 6th H. A.,
Aug. 20, 1861,
Kalamazoo,
Aug. 30, 1861 Sept. 5, 1861 Sept. 27, '61 July 30, 1865 Delaney House, D. C., Oct. 25, 1861 Sept. 15, '65 Nashville, Tenn.,
July 19, 1865 Louisville, Ky.,
July 22, 1865
Sept. 25, '64 Sturgis, Sept. 23, '65 Jackson, 66
Feb. 27, 1866
July 27, 1865
13th
14th
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15th
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Monroe,
March 27, '62
Aug. 13, '65 Little Rock, Ark., . . July 8, 1865 Jeffersonville, Ind., ..
July 12, 1865
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Sept. 8, 1861, . . .
Detroit,
Sept. 16, '61
17th
18th
Aug. 21, 1862, .. Aug. 26, 1862, Hillsdale, .
Aug. 27, '62 June 3, 1865 Delaney House, D. C., June 7, 1865
Sept. 4, 1862 June 26, '65 Nashville, Tenn., .... ||July 2, 1865 Jackson,
July 12, 1865|Detroit, Mich. Aug. 19, '65 Jackson, .
July 12, 1865 . June 22, '65 . June 21, '65
P'd & disband'd at Nashville.
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Detroit,
March 27, '62
May 13, 1861 Aug. 7, 1861 Detroit, Mich.,
July 9, 1865 Jeffersonville, Ind., July 28, 1865 Delaney House, D. C.,
Aug. 1, 1865 Detroit,
June 20, '64
June 10, '66
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8th
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10th
11th
11th Inf., reorg'd, 12th Infantry, ..
Sept. 23, 1861, Oct. 15, 1861, . Feb. 6, 1862, . . Sept. 24, 1861, March 16, 1865, March 5, 1862, Jan. 17, 1862, . Feb. 13, 1862, .
Flint,
April 22, '62
White Pigeon
Dec. 9, 1861 Sept. 30, '64 Sturgis Mich.,
Jackson, March 18, '65 Sept. 16, '65 Nashville, Tenn., .
Niles, March 18, '62 Feb. 15, 1866 Little Rock, Ark.,
Kalamazoo,
Feb. 12, 1862
July 25, 1865 Louisville, Ky., .
July 21, 1865 Detroit, .
Ypsilanti,.
April 17, '62 July 18, 1865
Aug. 20, 1865 New Orleans, La., ... July 7, 1865 July 5, 1865 Jeffersonville, Ind.,. . Aug. 3, 1865 Detroit, Sept. 19, '65 Jackson,
July 8, 1865 66
Aug. 28, 1861, Detroit,
Sept. 11, '61 July 5, 1865 Jeffersonville, Ind., ..
Aug. 30, '65 Jackson,
7th Infantry, . .
Aug. 22, 1861, Monroe,
Detroit,
Grand Rapids, ..
3d
3d Inf., reorg'z'd, 4th Infantry, ...
June 10, 1861, Oct. 15, 1864, . June 10, 1861, . Adrian,
Aug. 6, 1861 Detroit, Mich. July 12, 1865 Jackson,
3 years, . 2d Infantry, .
M, June 30, 1863,. Mt. Clemens, Jan. 28, 1864, . .. Grand Rapids, .. Kalamazoo, . Fayette, Mo.,
13th Battery, .... 14th Jan. 5, 1864, . . Sept. 6, 1861, .
Merrill Horse, H,
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TABLE-CONTINUED.
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REGIMENTS.
MUSTERED IN.
MUSTERED OUT.
RETURNED TO STATE.
Date.
Place.
Date.
Place.
Date.
Place.
19th Infantry, ...
20th
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21st
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Sept. 4, 1862, . Ionia,
June 13, '65 Detroit,
22d
Aug. 29, 1862, . Pontiac. .
23d
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Sept. 13, 1862, E. Saginaw,.
Sept. 18, '62
June 28, '62 Salisbury, N. C., . July 7, 1865 ·
24th
Aug. 15, 1862, . Detroit, ..
Aug. 29, '62 June 30, '65 Detroit, Mich ..
June 20, '65
25th
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26th
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¡Sept. 22, 1862, Dec. 12, 1862, . April 10, 1863,
Kalamazoo,
Sept. 29, '62 June 24, '65 Salisbury, N, C., . .. Dec. 13, 1862 June 4, 1865 Alexandria, Va., .
June 7, 1865
27th =
...
28th 6.5.
Nov. 10, 1864, . Oct. 3, 1864, . .
Saginaw, .
Oct. 6, 1864 Sept. 6, 1865 Murfreesboro, Tenn.,
Sept. 12, '65
30th
Jan. 9, 1865, . .
Detroit,
Did not leave June 30, '65 Detroit, Mich., ..
P'd and disbanded at Detroit.
Ist S. S.,. ·
July 7, 1863, . . Dearborn,.
July 31, 1865 Jackson, Mich.
102d U. S. C. T.,
Feb. 17, 1864, . Detroit,
July, 1863 July 28, 1865 Delaney House, D. C., Mar. 28, '64 Sept. 30, '65 Charleston, S. C., ...
Oct. 17, 1865 Detroit,
..
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Jackson,
Ypsilanti,. . Kalamazoo,
April 12, '63 July 26, 1865 Delaney House, D. C., Oct. 26, 1864
June 5, 1865 Raleigh, N. C., . . June 8, 1866
July 29, 1865 Detroit,
29th
...
...
Sept. 25, 1862, Dowagiac, . .
June 13, $65 Detroit, Mich.
Aug. 19, 1862, Jackson,
Sept. 14, '62 June 10, '65 Washington, D. C ... Sept. 1, 1862 May 30, 1865 Delaney House, D. C., Sept. 12, '62 Sept. 4, 1862 June 26, '62 Nashville, Tenn., . June 8, 1862 Washington, D. C., .. · June 30, '65
June 4, 1865 Jackson,
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July 2, 1865 Jackson,
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Left the State.
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In connection with the last preceding table, it may be inter- esting to know the dates at which the last Regiment of the fol- lowing named States arrived in their respective States, viz:
New Hampshire,
.,Dec. 19, 1865
Rhode Island,
.Dec. 22, 1865
Kansas, . .Jan. -- 1866
Kentucky,
March 11, 1866
Vermont,
. April 6, 1866
Indiana, .April 9, 1866 New Jersey, April 30, 1866
Connecticut, .May 1, 1866
Pennsylvania, .May 14, 1866
*Michigan, June 10, 1866
Illinois, June 13, 1866
Wisconsin June 15, 1866
Iowa, June 22, 1866
Missouri, . July 3, 1866
New York, July 7, 1866
Maine, . July 12, 1866
Massachusetts,
July 14, 1866
Ohio,
July 18, 1866
TABLE,
Showing the number of Commissions issued to Officers of the va- rious grades in Michigan Regiments, &c., from Nov. 1, 1864, to June 10, 1866, and also from commencement of war to its close:
RANK. No.
Colonels,
44
Lieutenant Colonels,
Majors, 51
Surgeons,
14
Assistant Surgeons, 32
$First Michigan Cavalry Musterod out at Salt Lake, March 10, 1866. A detachment of 53: mon of that Regiment, who declined to muster out with the Regiment, arrived in the State June 30, 1866.
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Chaplains, 7
Adjutants, . 36
Quartermasters,
7
Commissary's of Cavalry 4
Captains, .
297
First Lieutenants, 489
Second Lieutenants,
562
Total, 1556
Total from Nov. 1, 1863, to Nov. 1, 1864, 1308
" from commencement of war to Nov. 1, 1863,
3835
Aggregate during the war, .6699
Of the above, 1836 were issued to men promoted from the ranks, after the Regiments had gone to the field.
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MICHIGAN TROOPS IN THE FIELD.
In the preceding Annual Reports of this Department, have been included, sketches of the services of the various organiza- tions during the periods which the reports referred to cover, and the subjoined sketches embrace, so far as reported, their services from Nov. 1st, 1864, to the date of their muster out of service, which, together with those in previous Reports, give a brief outline of their services and operations during the whole time which they were in the field.
Following the sketches in this report are recorded the Bat- tles and Skirmishes in which each organization has partici- pated during the war.
The Regiments having all been mustered out of service pre- vious to the date of this Report, the names of the officers and enlisted men who were serving with them at the time of their muster out, are included in the list of causalties reported in the Appendix.
ENGINEERS AND MECHANICS.
On the 31st October, 1864, the original term of the Regi_ ment expired, and such Officers as desired to leave the service were mustered out, also the enlisted men whose term of enlist- ment had expired. The reenlisted veterans, together with the recruits who had joined the Regiment, enabled it to maintain its full strength and organization entire. From the 1st to the 15th of November, the Regiment, with the exception of Com- panies L and M, was stationed at Atlanta, Ga., and was em- ployed in constructing? defences, destroying rebel works, de- pots, rolling mills, foundries, gas works and other rebel property, tearing up and rendering useless the various railroad
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tracks in the vicinity. On the 16th Nov., attached to the 14th Army Corps, it marched from Atlanta as a part of the Engi -- neer force of Gen. Sherman's Army, to Sandersville, Ga.,. thence moved with the 20th Army Corps to Horse Creek, where it received orders to join the 17th Corps, with which it marched to Savannah, reaching there December 10th During the march the Regiment was required to keep pace with the movements of the Army, traveling over 20 miles a day, and. during the time was employed in tearing up Railroad track,. twisting rails, destroying bridges, repairing and making roade through marshes, and building and repairing bridges. On the 10th and 11th December, the Regiment built a dam across the Ogechee Canal, under fire of the rebel batteries. From that time- until after the evacuation of Savannah by the enemy, the Regi- ment was constantly at work taking up Railroad track and de- stroying the rails of the several Railroads leading out of the city, and in constructing long stretches of corduroy road for passing and re-passing wagon trains. On the 23d December it moved into the city, and on the 28th commenced work on the fortifications laid out by direction of Gen. Sherman. These works, constructed by and under the supervision of the Regi- ment, were over two miles in length, and included several strong batteries and Lunettes. January 3d, 1865, the Regiment was again in motion, marching to Pooler's Station, to convert the Railroad into a wagon road, and again returning to Savan- nah. On the 26th it embarked on transports for Beaufort, S. C., and on the 31st started with the Army on its march to Goldsboro, N. C. The Regiment moved with the 15th Corps to Banbury, S. C., and thence with the 20th Corps to Colum -- bia, then with the 17th Corps to Fayetteville, and thence to Goldsboro with the 20th Corps, where it arrived on the 23d March. It is estimated that during this campaign, besides making and repairing a great distance of corduroy road, the Regiment destroyed and twisted the rails of thirty miles of Rail- road track, and built eight or ten important bridges and cross- ings. At Edisto the bridge was constructed under fire from
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the enemy's Sharp-Shooters. At Hughes, Little and Big Lynch Creeks, the bridges and crossings were built by working : in the night. At the latter place the water was waist deep, and where a foot crossing was made in one night nearly a mile in length, and the next day the same distance was corduroyed for the Army trains to pass over. At Columbia the Regiment was employed in destroying factories and stores; at Cheraw, Ordnance and stores; at Fayetteville the arsenal shops and stores.
Companies Land M, which had been detached from the Regiment early in the summer of 1864, and placed upon the defences at Stevenson, Ala., having completed these defences, which consisted of a system of eight Block Houses, were re -. tained in the Army of the Cumberland, to be employed on the defences of the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad, and on the 28th Nov. were moved to Elk River Bridge, and stationed in detachments along the line of the Railroad, to Fort Rose- crans, at Murfreesboro, engaged when not interrupted by Hood's Army, in building Block Houses. During most of the month of December, these detachments, except the one at Elk River Bridge, were doing duty in Fort Rosecrans while Nash- ville and Murfreesboro was invested by the forces under Hood and Forrest, and were engaged in completing and repairing the works at the Fort. On the 15th December, a detachment of Company L, with several Companies of an Illinois Regiment which had been sent out to assist in bringing in a Railroad train of provisions sent from Stevenson, Ala., were captured, after six hours hard fighting. Companies L and M left Mur- freesboro March 1st, 1865, to join the Regiment, and proceeded by rail via Louisville, Indianapolis, Crestline, Pittsburgh and. Philadelphia, to New York, where they took Steamer to Beau- fort, N. C., and thence by rail to Newbern, joining the Regi- ment at Goldsboro, on the 25th of March.
On the 10th of April General Sherman's Army broke camp- at Goldsboro, the Regiment moving with the 20th Corps and soon after reached Raleigh, where it remained until the nego --
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tiations were completed for the surrender of Johnston's Army, and on the 30th moved with the 17th Corps, on the march to Washington, crossing the Roanoake River at Monroe, and pass- ing through the cities of Petersburg, Richmond and Alexan- dria, Va. On the 24th the Regiment passed in the review of the Armies at Washington, and went into camp near George- town, D. C. Early in June it was ordered to Louisville, Ky., to report to Major General Thomas, commanding the Depart- ment of the Cumberland, and was ordered to Nashville, Tenn., where it arrived July Ist. There the Regiment was employed upon the defenses until September 22d, when it was mustered out of service and ordered to this State, arriving at the ren- dezvous, at Jackson, September 25th, and on the Ist of Octo- ber was paid off and disbanded.
BATTLES AND SKIRMISHES.
Mill Springs, Ky., Jan. 19, 1862. Farmington, Miss., May 9, 1862. Siege of Corinth, May 10 to 31, 1862. Perryville, Ky, Oct. 8, 1862. Lavergne, Tenn., Jan. 1, 1863.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Oct. 6, 1863. Siege of Atlanta, Ga., July 22 to Sept. 2, 1864. Savannah, Ga., Dec. 11 to 21, 1864. Bentonville, N. C., March 19, 1865.
FIRST CAVALRY.
This Regiment, on the 1st of November, 1864, was with Gen. Sheridan's army in the Shenandoah Valley, and lay at Camp Russell, near Winchester, Va., making preparations to go into winter quarters, and engaged on picket duty and in making reconnaissance until February 27th, 1865, when it broke camp and moved with the Cavalry Corps towards Stanton, Va., being · the commencement of General Sheridan's celebrated raid to the James River. On the 8th of March the regiment became engaged with a portion of Rosser's Cavalry, near Louisa Court House, and assisted in routing the rebel force, capturing the town, in which was destroyed a large amount of property; the , railroad depot, with rolling stock and telegraph office was also destroyed. The Regiment also participated in tearing up the track and burning the railroad property along the line of the . Lynchburg and Gordonsville. Railroad, and in destroying and
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rendering useless the locks, aqueducts and mills on the line of the James River Canal. The command reached White House Landing on the 19th of March, and soon after, with the Cav- alry Corps, joined the Army of the Potomac, and proceeded to the left of the line. On the 30th of March the Regiment be- came engaged with the rebel cavalry, and assisted in driving them within their works at Five Forks. The 31st of March and Ist of April it was engaged with the enemy at Five Forks, and on the 2d at the South Side Railroad; on the 4th at Duck Pond Mills; on the 6th at the battle of the Ridges, or- Sailor's Creek, and on the 8th and 9th at Appomattox Court House.
After the surrender of Lee the Regiment moved with the" Cavalry Corps to Petersburgh, Va., where it remained for & short time, and then went with the Army into North Carolina; from thence it marched to Washington, D. C., and participated in the review of the Army of the Potomac on the 23d of May, and immediately thereafter, with the Michigan Cavalry Brig- ade, was ordered West, and proceeded by rail via the Balti- more & Ohio Railroad and Ohio and Mississippi Rivers by steamer, to St. Louis, and thence by steamer via the Missouri River, to Fort Leavenworth, where it was made known that its future operations were to be on the Plains, and in the vicinity of the Rocky Mountains, amongst the hostile Indians then in- festing that region of country .. The reception of the informa+ tion that in addition to the many arduous campaigns through which it had already passed, and in all of which it had done so much faithful and gallant service, another had been laid out for it, produced much justifiable dissatisfaction and indignation *; but the Regiment having always been awarded a high reputa. tion for good discipline and subordination, and not forgetting the honor of its State, would not then disobey the orders it re- ceived, but began its march across the Plains, reaching Camp Collins, at the base of the Rocky Mountains, July 26th, being seventy miles west of Denver City, and distant seven hundred . miles from Fort Leavenworth. About the last of July, Co. A.
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was detached from Camp Collins to hold a position at Willow Springs, where it had a skirmish with the Indians, in which Privates Samuel L. Matthews and Walter Cotton were killed, the Company again joining the command at Fort Bridger, where the Regiment had arrived Nov. 10th. At that point the Regiment was consolidated with the 6th and 7th Michigan Cavalry, and forming an organization designated as the 1st Regiment Michigan Veteran Cavalry! After the consolidation was effected, eight companies were sent forward to Camp Douglas, at Salt Lake City, four companies being retained at Fort Bridger. The Regiment garrisoned these two stations until March 10, 1866, when it was mustered out of service, paid off and disbanded. In a Special Report from this Depart- ment to His Excellency the Governor, and which is herein in- · · cluded, will be found a detailed statement of the consolidation and muster out of the Regiment, and showing the great injus- tice done it in that consolidation, and in its retention in service, and also in its final discharge and payment.
BATTLES AND SKIRMISHES.
· Winchester, Va., March 23, 1862.
· Middletown,
25,
· Strasburg, 60 " 27,
Winchester,
May 24, 66
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Milford,
66 27, "
· Orange Ct. House, Va., June 16, 1862.
· Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9,
& Bull Run, 2nd, "' 30,
Occoquan, Va., Feb. - , 1863.
. Thoroughfare Gap, Va., May 21, 1863.
· Greenwich,
"' 30,
Coal Harbor, Va., July 21, 1864.
" Winchester, " August 11,
Front Royal,
66 16, 66
. Leetown,
66 25,
· Shepardstown, 66 66 25, 66 29,
Smithfield,
. Berryville, Sept. 3,
· Boonsboro, 66
6,
· Summitt,
4,
· Hagerstown,
6,
· Opequan,
19,
· Williamsport, 66
6, Winchester,
19,
· Boonsboro, 66
8,
·Luray,
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. Monterey, Md.,
· Cavetown,
65
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· Smithtown, 66
· Hanover, " June 30,
· Hunterstown, Penn., July 2,
· Gettysburg,
·, Wilderness, Va., May 6 and 7, 1864.
.Beaver Dam Station, Va., May 9, 1864.
Yellow Tavern, Va., May 10, 11, " Harrisonburg, April 22,
· Meadow Bridge, 68 12, "
Hawe's Shop, 66 28, “
Baltimore X Roads, " 29, “
. Coal Harbor, Va., May 30, June 1, "
Travillian Station, Va., June 11, 12, 1864.
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· · Hagerstown, Md., July 10, 1863s Port Republic, Va., July 26, 27, 28, 1864.
· Williamsport, 10,
, Falling Waters, “ 14, Mount Crawford, Va., Oct. 2, 1864.
· Snicker's Gap, Va., :6 19,
· Kelly's Ford, 16 . Sept. 13, 66 Cedar Creek, 66 " 19,
· Culpepper Ct. House, Va., Sept. 14, Madison Ct. House, " 1863.
· Louisa Ct. House, " Mar. 8, 1865.
. Raccoon Ford, Va., Sept. 16, 1863. Five Forks, Va., March 30, 31, April
· White's Ford, 66
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· Jack's Shop, " 26, 66
. James City, 66 Oct. 12,
· Brandy Station, 13,
. Buckland's Mills, 44
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South Side R. R., Va., April 2, 1865. Duck Pond Mills, “ 4, 11 Ridges, or Sailor's Creek, Va., April 6, 1865.
· Stevensburg, Nov. 19, 66 Appomattox Ct. House, Va., April 8, · Morton's Ford, Va., Nov. 26, 1863. Richmond, Va., March 1, 1864. 9, 1865. Willow Springs, D. T., Aug. 12, 1865.
SECOND CAVALRY.
The Regiment was serving in Tennessee, Oct. 31, 1864. On November Ist it marched from Blue Waters towards Shoal Creek, Alabama, and was attacked by the enemy at that point on the 5tb, and after a gallant defense was forced back to Four Mile Creek, sustaining a heavy loss. From the 9th to the 14th, it was in camp doing ordinary scouting and picket duty. On the 15th, it broke camp and made a reconnoissance to the right of its position, and encamped at Taylor's Springs, and remained there until the 20th, when it marched to Lexington, Tenn., and on the 21st to Lawrenceburg, where it was attacked by the enemy on the afternoon of that day, and fell back to- wards Campbellsville and near Columbia, skirmishing at both these points. The 25th it crossed Duck River, and the 28th was in line of battle near the Lewisburg Pike. On the 29th it retired to Spring Hill, and was engaged in skirmishing during the day at that place and at Bethesda Church. On the 30th it was engaged at Franklin, fighting all day, sustaining a loss of one killed, seventeen wounded and three missing. The Regi- ment marched from near Franklin, December Ist, to within a few miles of Nashville, and was in line of battle during the night. On the 2d, passed through that city, crossing the Cum- berland River, went into camp at Edgefield, and remained
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there until the 12th, when it re-crossed the Cumberland, pass. ing through Nashville, and encamped on the Charlotte Pike. On the 15th it advanced about two miles, dismounted and skirmished during that day and next; at sunset mounted and proceeded in the direction of the Harpeth River, swimming that stream, and thence marching to Spring Hill. Crossing Duck River on the 23d, and passing through Columbia, on the 24th, it met the enemy at Richland Creek, and fought him all day, charging and driving him sixteen miles, losing one killed and six wounded; skirmishing at Pulaski on the 25th, and at Sugar Creek on the 26th, passing Taylor's Springs on the 28th, reaching Waterloo on the 31st, remaining there until the 17th January, 1865, when it broke camp, crossing the Tennessee River, and passing through Eastport, Iuka and Burnsville, Miss., taking six prisoners; thence proceeded to Corinth and Farmington on the 19th, and returning via Iuka, taking five prisoners, and thence, via Eastport, crossing the Tennessee River, reached Waterloo on 21st, and remained there until March the 11th, when breaking camp, it re-crossed the Tenn- essee River, marched to Chickasaw, Ala., and was there in camp until the 22d, when it again broke camp, passing through Frankfort and Russellville on the 24th, crossed Big Ford Creek on the 25th, reaching Eldridge on the 26th, passed Jasper and crossed the Mulberry River on the 28th, and Black Warrior River on the 29th, and on the 30th reached Elyton. Crossed Black Warrior again on April Ist, at Johnston's Ferry, swim- ming .the horses. Skirmished with the enemy on the 2d, at Trion, and on the 3d arrived at Tuscaloosa, surprising and taking prisoners the pickets, capturing the city, three cannon, and taking a large number of prisoners. After destroying & large number of buildings containing rebel stores, and burning the bridge, the Regiment marched to Bridgeville, where it was attacked on the 6th, and after a brisk engagement, with a loss of three wounded, repulsed the enemy. Continuing the march towards Northport, passed it and Windham's Springs. On the 13th, crossed Wolf Creek; on the 14th, Lost Creek and Black
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