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William Perkins, Co. II; disch. for disability. George Pridmore, Flushing, Co. C; died of disease at Fort Collins, C. T., Dec. 22, 1865. Felix F. Randall, Co. H; disch. for disability. Amasa Rogers, Co. C; disch. to re-enl. as veteran, Dec. 21, 1863. Austin Stow, Co. C; missing in action at Fairfield Gap, July 4, 1863. Robert Sackner, Fenton, Co. G; must. out March 10, 1866. Seymour P. Thompson, Co. C; disch. for disability. Orange Thomas, Co. H; disch. to re-enl. as veteran, Dec. 21, 1863. W. C. Thomas, Co. C; trans. to Vet. Res. Corps, Feb. 15, 1864. William H. Teeples, Co. C; died of wounds at Brentsville, Va., Jan. 9, 1863. Samuel H. Thomas, Co. C; died of wounds at Gettys- burg, Pa., Aug. 5, 1863. Charles Waldo, Co. B; must. out March 10, 1866. John Waldo, Co. B; must. out March 10, 1866. William R. W Scott, Genesee, Co. H; must. out March 31, 1866. Louis S. Wesson, Fenton, Co. K; must. out June 30, 1866. Henry Yates, Fenton, Co. A; must. out March 10, 1866. Tracy G. Merrill, Richfield, Co. A; trans. from Co. H, 7th Cav .; must. out at Salt Lake, March 10, 1866. Alexion Thayer, Flush- ing, Co. A; trans. from Co. H; must. out June 26, 1865. Hosea Birdsall, Co. C, corp; must. out May 2, 1862. Simeon P. McFarland, Gaines, Co. K; trans. from Co. G; must. out by order, July 12, 1865. Thaddeus W. Lockwood, Co. C; trans. to Mulligan's Brigade.
THIRD CAVALRY.
The Third Cavalry Regiment was raised in the summer and fall of 1861, having its rendezvous at Grand Rapids. The Genesee county men serving in its ranks were sufficient in aggregate number to make up the majority of a full company. They were distributed among several companies of the regiment, though most numerous in Company I.
The Third Cavalry left Grand Rapids more than a thousand strong,
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November 18, 1861, and proceeded to St. Louis, Missouri, where it remained in winter quarters at the Benton Barracks. In 1862 it moved south and participated in the operations at New Madrid and Island No. 10, also in the siege of Corinth, and the subsequent campaign in northern Mississippi, where it remained during the entire season. In that series of operations it captured twelve hundred and eighty-six prisoners of the enemy, among whom were five field- and thirty-two line-officers. It passed the winter in northern Mississippi, and in 1863 was again employed in that state and western Ten- nessee in almost continuous marching, fighting and raiding, and by the Ist of November in that year had taken an additional number of prisoners sufficient to make the whole number captured by it since its commencement of service two thousand one hundred, of whom about fifty were officers. "During the year [ from January I to November 1, 1863] the regiment marched a distance of ten thousand eight hundred miles, exclusive of marches by separate companies and detachments." Accompanying the third in its movements was a light battery of twelve-pound howitzers. On the Ist of January, 1864, the regiment arrived at La Grange, Tennessee, where it pre- pared winter quarters, and where during January nearly six hundred of its members re-enlisted as veterans and received the usual furlough-to rendez- vous at Kalamazoo. From that place they moved, with their numbers largely augmented by recruits, to St. Louis, where they remained about two months on provost duty in the city while awaiting the arrival of new horses and equipments. Still dismounted, the regiment moved May 18, and pro- ceeded to Arkansas, there joining the army of General Steele. It was mounted and armed with the Spencer repeating-carbine on the Ist of August, and from that time until winter was engaged in scouting and outpost duty in that state. Its winter quarters were at Brownsville Station, on the Mem- phis & Little Rock railroad. On the 14th of March it was transferred from Arkansas to the military division of West Mississippi, under General Canby, to move with the forces designed to operate against Mobile. After the fall of that city the regiment was employed on outpost duty till after the sur- render of Lee and Johnston, and was then detailed as the escort of General Canby, on the occasion of his receiving the surrender of the Confederate General Taylor and his army. It moved across the country from Mobile to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, arriving there May 22, 1865. On Sheridan's assuming command of the division of the Southwest, the Third was ordered to join troops destined for Texas, and left Baton Rouge June 10, moving by way of Shreveport, and across Texas to San Antonio, where it remained
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employed in garrison duty, scouting expeditions for the protection of the frontier, and other similar duty till February 15, 1866, when it was dis- mounted and mustered out of service. The men returned via Victoria, Indianola, New Orleans, and Cairo, Illinois, to Jackson, Michigan, and there received their final payment, March 15, 1866.
MEMBERS OF THE THIRD CAVALRY FROM GENESEE COUNTY.
William Dunham, Fenton; capt. Co. I; enl. Sept. 7, 1861; res. May 11, 1862.
Orrin W. Rowland, Fenton; sergt. Co. C; 2d lieut. Co. E, April 29, 1863; 1st lieut. Co. I, Oct. 24, 1864; capt. Co. C, Nov. 17, 1864; hon. disch. June 6, 1865.
Jacob W. Miller, Fenton; sergt. Co. I; 2d lieut. Co. K, Sept. 18, 1864; hon. disch. June 6, 1865.
Andrew Hickey, 2d lieut .; pro. to 1st lieut. Co. I; died of disease, Feb. 16, 1863. Clarence L. Miles, Fenton, qr .- mr. sergt. ; pro. to 1st lieut. Co. - , 9th Cav.
Company I.
David S. Anderson, disch. for disability, Oct. 10, 1862. Charles O. Adams, sergt., Fenton ; disch. for disability, Feb. 12, 1862. George Borden, disch. for disability, Feb. 14, 1862; must. out Sept. 14, 1865. William Battay, died of disease at New Madrid, Mo., March 14, 1862. George Borden, must. out Sept. 14, 1865. Merrill Cherry, Fenton ; veteran ; must. out Feb. 12, 1866. Wililam Chestnut, Fenton; must. out Jan. 23, 1866. Stephen H. Calkins, veteran; disch. for disability, Sept. 25, 1865. Harry B. Camp. Flint; died of disease at Brownsville, Ark., Sept. 3, 1864. Barnard Duff, died of disease at Duvall's Bluff, Ark., Oct. 13, 1864. Carlton Fosket, died of disease at Jackson, Sept. 22, 1862. Rensselaer C. Fuller, must. out Feb. 12, 1866. John Huntley, died of disease at St. Louis, Mo., April 28, 1862. George R. Horton, musician, Fenton; disch. to re-enl. as vet. Jan. 19, 1864. John W. Kipp, Fenton; died of disease at Corinth, Miss. Edward L. Mott, disch. July 21, 1862. Cornelius Quick, died of disease at Benton Barracks, Dec. 25, 1861. John W. Snell, must. out Feb. 12, 1866. Guy Shaw, must. out Feb. 12, 1866. Harrison Traphagan, Fenton, corp .; died of disease at New Madrid, Mo., April 9, 1862. Levi W. Thatcher, disch. for disability, March 25, 1864. George Tanner, disch. June 21, 1862. Legrand P. Williams, disch. at end of service, Oct. 24, 1864. Edward Wellover, died of disease at Memphis, Tenn., July 26, 1864. Jonathan M. Willover, died of disease at Holly, Mich., Dec. 10, 1861.
George Baine, Co. D; died of disease at Kalamazoo, Mich., April 17, 1864. James Buell, Co. M; disch. to re-enl. as vet. Jan. 19, 1864; must. out Feb. 12, 1866. William H. Borst, Co. B; must. out June 21, 1865. Charles M. Brown, Co. B; must. out Feb. 12, 1866. George Buell, Co. M; must. out Feb. 12, 1866. David Buell, Co. M; must. out Aug. 1865. Jesse Cooper, Co. D; must. out Feb. 12, 1866. Andrew J. Chappell, Co. M; died of disease at St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 5, 1862. Edward C. Fiero, Co. E; died of disease at Brownsville, Ark., Sept. 6, 1864. William W. Flowers, Co. F, Genesee ; died of disease at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., Nov. 18, 1864. John W. Fouts, Co. C; disch. Dec. 7, 1864. Wallace Gilbert, Co. F, Thetford; disch. for disability, Nov. 6, 1864. Nelson B. Hicks, Co. M; died of disease at Jackson, Oct. 19, 1862. Robert Hacket, Co. L, Flint; must. out Feb. 12, 1866. Jas. L. Lee, Co. H; disch. Aug. 26, 1865. . Henry Marvin, Co. M; disch. to re-enl. as vet. Jan, 19, 1864. Charles Maseman, Co. A; must. out Aug. 23, 1865. George W. Smith, Co. M; disch. for disability, Jan. 3, 1863. Linus B. Smith, Wagoner, Co. M; disch. for disability, April 19, 1864. William Styles, Co. E; died of disease at Chicago, Ill., Aug. 12, 1864. George W. Swain, Co. M; disch. to
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re-enl. as vet. Jan. 19, 1864. Calvin H. Swain, Co. A ; must. out Feb. 12, 1866. Mathew White, Co. M; died of disease at New Madrid, Mo., March 8, 1862. Francis Wait, Co. M : disch. at end of service, Oct. 24, 1864.
FOURTH CAVALRY.
The raising of this regiment was authorized in the early part of July, 1862, as a part of Michigan's quota of eleven thousand six hundred and eighty-six men to be furnished under the President's call for troops to retrieve the disasters of the Seven Days' battles before Richmond. The rendezvous of the Fourth was established at Detroit, and the regiment, having its ranks filled to the maximum, was there mustered for three years' service on the 29th of August. Its colonel was Robert G. Minty, promoted from the lieutenant-colonelcy of the Third Cavalry. The surgeon of the regiment was Dr. George W. Fish, of Flint, and about eighty other residents of Gen- esee county were found in its ranks distributed among nearly all its companies.
The Fourth left Detroit, September 26, 1862, and moved to the seat of war in Kentucky, by way of Louisville. Being fully armed, mounted, and equipped, it was placed in active service without much delay. It was in the advance in the attack on the guerrillas of John Morgan, at Stanford, Ken- tucky, and joined in the pursuit of those raiders to Crab Orchard. In the attack on Lebanon, Kentucky, November 9, it also led the advance, charging into the town two miles ahead of the infantry, driving out Morgan with an equal or superior force, and capturing a large quantity of stores. On the 13th of December, by a forced march, the regiment surprised and cap- tured the enemy's pickets at Franklin, Tennessee, driving out a large rebel force with heavy loss. It led the advance on Murfreesboro, and, after the capture of that place, was engaged in numerous expeditions, driving back the enemy's cavalry which infested the country, and capturing several hun- dred prisoners.
In May, 1863, followed by detachments of other regiments the Fourth led a gallant charge into the camps of three Confederate regiments of cavalry, routed them and took fifty-five prisoners and the colors of the First Alabama. When the Army of the Cumberland advanced south from Murfreesboro in June, 1863, the Fourth Cavalry was again in the lead, and repeatedly engaged with . the enemy. In these fights and skirmishes it was always successful until it reached the vicinity of Chattanooga, where it was several times repulsed. The season's service was so severe that on the Ist of November only about three hundred of the men remained mounted.
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After constant service through the winter -- mounted and dismounted- among the mountains of southeastern Tennessee, the regiment returned about the last of March, 1864, to Nashville, where it received fresh horses, and was newly equipped. It then returned to Sherman's army, which it accom- panied in the Georgia campaign, constantly engaged in the same kind of arduous service before described. Its hardest conflict was on the 20th of June, at Lattimore's Mills, when with the Seventh Pennsylvania Cavalry it engaged three cavalry brigades of the enemy, twice charging with the sabre, and repelling several determined assaults on its own line. Having finally fallen back on its supports, it aided in repelling an attack by General Wheel- er's whole force, which was driven back with heavy loss. In this fight the regiment, which had about three hundred men present, lost thirty-seven in killed and wounded.
After the capture of Atlanta the mounted men of the regiment followed Hood's army northward nearly to the Tennessee river, harassing his rear and taking many prisoners. By this time only about one hundred of their horses remained fit for service. They were turned over to another com- mand, and the Fourth dismounted, concentrated at Nashville in October. It was remounted at Louisville, Kentucky, and by the last of January, 1865, was back on duty at Gravelly Spring, Alabama.
Leaving there March 12, it joined with other regiments in a long raid through Alabama, swimming rivers, building corduroy roads, fighting the rebel cavalry General Forrest. and finally capturing the city of Selma, Ala- bama, which was defended by at least seven thousand of Forrest's men behind very strong fortifications. At one point fifteen hundred dismounted cavalry, of which the Fourth formed a part, charged the intrenchments and captured them in twenty minutes, having had three hundred and twenty-four men killed and wounded. This was on the 2d of April. On the 20th, after numerous adventures, the command reached Macon, Georgia, where the news of the surrender of Lee was the signal to cease fighting.
The Fourth, however, gained still another title to renown, by the capture of Jefferson Davis, near Abbeville, Georgia, April 10, 1865. The regiment soon after marched to Nashville, where it was mustered out on the Ist of July, and nine days later was disbanded at Detroit. The list of the battles and skirmishes of the Fourth Regiment numbered ninety-four. Few of them, it is true, were very severe, but their number shows that the regiment was full of energy and valor.
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OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE FOURTH CAVALRY FROM GENESEE COUNTY.
Geo. W. Fish, Flint, surg .; enl. July 26, 1862; must. out Aug. 15, 1865. Jacob Bedtelyou, Atlas, sergt .; 2d lieut. Co. K, Feb. 18, 1863; 1st lieut. Sept. 13, 1863; wound- ed in action at Cleveland, Tenn., Dec. 9, 1863; capt. Aug. 14, 1864; res. Jan. 8, 1865. Geo. F. Fish, Flint, sergt. Co. F; 2d lieut. Co. L, July 21, 1864; 1st lieut. Co. F, Dec. 10, 1864; must. out Aug. 15, 1865. Ansel Adams, Atlas, com .- sergt .; must. out July 1, 1865. Ira F. Austin, Co. L; died of disease at New Albany, Ind., Nov. 17, 1862. Albert Adams, Forest, Co. B; must. out Aug. 15, 1865. John C. Brown, Flint, Co. E; must. out Aug. 15, 1865. Henry M. Brown, Forest, Co. H; must. out Aug. 15, 1865. Abel H. Berry, Flushing, Co. H; must. out Aug. 15, 1865. Benjamin F. Bump, Clayton, Co. H; must. out Aug. 15, 1865. Henry E. Barnhart, Flushing, Co. M; must. out Aug. 15, 1865. G. Brown, Flint, Co. B; disch. for disability, Nov. 13, 1863. Almon Barrow, Atlas, Co. K; disch. for disability, Sept. 11, 1863. John W. Calkins, Flushing, Co. H; died of disease at Cartersville, Ga., July 31, 1864. Franklin A. Carim, Flint, Co. B; must. out Aug. 15, 1865. Alonzo Curtis, Fenton, Co. C; disch. by order, Aug. 29, 1865. Wm. H. Conover, Forest, Co. H; disch. by order, Aug. 26, 1865. John Douglass, Co. B; disch. by order, June 27, 1865. Orrin Dunning, Atlas, Co. H; must. out Aug. 15, 1865. Rufus N. Davison, Gaines, Co. L; must. out Aug. 15, 1865. Francis M. Eddy, Flint, Co. L; must. out Aug. 15, 1865. Herbert O. Farnum, Flint, Co. A; must. out Aug. 15, 1865. Dennis Fally, Flushing, Co. K; must. out Aug. 15, 1865. Nathaniel Gallagher, Fenton, Co. B; must. out Aug. 15, 1865. James A. Giles, Fenton, Co. B; must. out Oct. 7, 1865. Gerard A. Gordon, Flint, Co. I; must. out Aug. 15, 1865. John L. Green, Flushing, Co. B; disch. by order, July 10, 1865. Truman Henderson, Atlas, Co. K; disch. by order, July 27, 1865. John A. Hopkins, Flint, Co. B; disch. for disability, June 15, 1864. Jo- seph Hershey, Flint, Co. B; disch. for disability, Dec. 16, 1864. Homer G. Hazleton, Flint, Co. F; must. out Aug. 15, 1865. Louis B. Hopkins, Flint, Co. H; must. out Aug. 15, 1865. William S. Herrick, Atlas, Co. H; must. out Aug. 15, 1865. Silas J. Harper, Flint, Co. M; must. out Aug. 15, 1865. Decatur Jacox, Atlas, Co. K; must. out Aug. 15, 1865. Eli Jennings, Atlas, Co. K; disch. for disability, Sept. 18, 1863. Sirenus Lane, Atlas, Co. K; disch. by order May 27, 1865. Edwin Lurvey, Fenton, Co. A; died of disease at Nashville, Tenn. Nicholas Munson, Co. L; died of disease at Columbia, Tenn., July 24, 1864. Benjamin McIllroy, Flushing, Co. C; must. out Aug. 15, 1865. Henry Murry, Gaines, Co. C; must. out Aug. 15, 1865. William H. G. Martin, Flushing, Co. D; must. out Aug. 15, 1865. Jacob E. Munn, Flushing, Co. D; must. out Aug. 15, 1865. John McIllroy, Flushing, Co. K; must. out Aug. 15, 1865. John Morrish, Clayton, Co. K; must. out Aug. 15, 1865. George M. Miles, Flint, Co. F; must. out May 25, 1865. Harlan P. Niles, Flushing, Co. K; disch. by order, June 23, 1865. Milton Oldfield, Atlas, Co. K; disch. by order, June 2, 1865. Charles W. Pettengill, Flushing, Co. K; died of disease at Chattanooga, Tenn., Aug. 1, 1864. Barrett Pierson, Genesee, Co. F; must. out Aug. 15, 1865. George Raab, Flint, Co. F; must. out Aug. 15, 1865. Ransler Ransom, Flushing, Co. K; must. out Aug. 15, 1865. Charles Stark, Fenton, Co. B; must. out Aug. 15, 1865. Francis St. John, Flushing, Co. K; must. out Aug. 15, 1865. Eugene M. Seeley, Forest, Co. M; must. out Aug. 15, 1865. Harlan Sykes, Co. A; disch. by order, Aug. 21, 1865. Reuben C. Stern, Vienna, Co. K; died at Rome, Ga., after being captured, May 15, 1864. Henry Trickey, Flint, Co. F; must. out Aug. 15, 1865. George R. Vantine, Atlas, Co. K; must. out July 1, 1865. John R. Van Housten, Clayton, Co. M; died of disease at Nashville, Tenn., April 20, 1864. Robert van Tiffin, Burton, Co. M; discharged by order, Aug. 25, 1865. Levi S. Warren, Flint, Co. F; disch. for pro- motion, Dec. 10, 1864. Edward A. Whitman, Flint, Co. F; must. out Aug. 15, 1865. Andrew J. Ward, Flint, Co. F; must. out Aug. 15, 1865. William C. Whitman, Flint.
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Co. F; must. out Aug. 15, 1865. Samuel Whitman, Grand Blanc, Co. F; must. out Aug. 15, 1865. William Wood, Davison, Co. K; must. out July 1, 1865. James D. Haight, Flint, Co. B; must. out on detached service. Chas. D. Summers, Flint, Co. F; killed in battle at Noonday Creek, Ga., June 20, 1864. Rufus A. Stacy, Flint, Co. F; must. out Aug. 15, 1865. Charles A. Ward, Flint, Co. F; must. out Aug. 15, 1865. Geo. B. Walker, Flint, Co. I; on detached service with S. C. Troops. David E. Cranston, Co. I; on de- tached service. Alvin Fox, Atlas, Co. K; died of disease at Murfreesboro, Tenn., May 10, 1863. John Richards, Atlas, Co. K; trans. to Invalid Corps, Sept. 1. 1863. Charles A. Petty, Flushing, Co. K; absent, sick; not must. out with company. Seymour Lewis. Co. K; must. out Aug. 15, 1865. Martin Wilcox, Co. M; absent, sick; not must. out with company. Martin L. Harper, Flint, Co. M; must. out Aug. 15, 1865.
FIFTH CAVALRY.
The Fifth Regiment of Cavalry was raised in the summer of 1862, under authority from the war department and the governor of the state to Joseph T. Copeland, then lieutenant-colonel of the First Cavalry. The rendezvous of the Fifth was at Detroit, where it was mustered into the service of the United States, under Colonel Copeland, on the 30th of August in the year named. About seventy men of Genesee county served in the ranks of its several companies, more of these being in Company K than in any of the others.
For about three months after muster the Fifth remained at the head- quarters waiting for arms, and at the time of its departure-December 4- the men had been but partially armed, though fully equipped. From Detroit the command moved to Washington, D. C., and remained there through the winter. In the spring of 1863, after being fully armed, it was attached to the Second Brigade of the Third Division of the Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac.
As it is impracticable to furnish a detailed account of its almost innum- erable marches and constantly changing movements and counter-movements during the campaign of 1863, we give in brief a list of the engagements with the enemy in which the regiment took part during that eventful year, namely-Hanover, Virginia, June 30; Hunterstown, Pennsylvania, July 2; Gettysburg, July 3; Monterey, Maryland, July 4; Cavetown, Maryland, July 5; Smithtown, Maryland, July 6; Boonsboro, Maryland, July 6; Hagers- town, Maryland, July 7; Williamsport, Maryland, July 7; Boonsboro (2d), July 8; Hagerstown (2d), July 10; Williamsport, July 10; Falling Waters, Virginia, July 14; Snicker's Gap, Virginia, July 19; Kelly's Ford, Virginia, September 13; Culpeper Court House, Virginia, September 14; Raccoon Ford, Virginia, September 16; White's Ford, Virginia, September 21 ; Jack's
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Shop, Virginia, September 26; James City, Virginia, October 12; Brandy Station, Virginia, October 18; Buckland's Mills, Virginia, October 19; Stevensburg, Virginia, November 19; Morton's Ford, Virginia, November 26.
At the close of the active operations of 1863 the Fifth went into camp at Stevensburg, Virginia, passing the winter there and along the line of the Rapidan. About the Ist of March it took part in the raid of General Kil- patrick to the defenses of Richmond, where it was attacked, March 2, by the enemy in large force, and obliged to retire to New Kent Court House, where it joined General Butler.
A detachment of the regiment had accompanied Colonel Dahlgren in the famous raid in which he lost his life. It advanced to within five miles of Richmond, and drove the enemy from his first and second lines of defense, but was finally compelled to retreat behind the Chickahominy. At Old Church the body containing the detachment of the Fifth was attacked and compelled to cut its way to White House Landing, which was reached on the following day. On the IIth it embarked at Yorktown, moved by the York and Potomac rivers to Alexandria, and thence to the camp at Stevens- burg. It was then transferred from the Third to the First Cavalry Division at Culpeper Court House.
The Fifth took active part in the memorable campaign of General Grant in 1864. It crossed the Rapidan May 5, and on the 6th and 7th was hotly engaged with the enemy in the Wilderness. It was in Sheridan's great cavalry expedition against the rebel communications, fighting at Beaver Dam Station, May 9, at Yellow Taverns, May 10 and II, and at Meadow Bridge on the 12th. On the 14th it crossed the Chickahominy at Bottom's Bridge, marched thence to Malvern Hill, and from there to Hanover Court House, destroying railroad track and bridges. It crossed the Pamunkey river at White House on the 22d, and marching by way of Aylett's and Concord Church, rejoined the Army of the Potomac near Chesterfield on the 25th.
It was in the action at Hawes' Shop, May 28, at Baltimore Cross-Roads on the 29th, and at Cold Harbor and Old Church Tavern on the 30th. Again, on the raid along the line of the Virginia Central railroad, it fought at Trevillian Station, June II, where the enemy were driven several miles, leaving in the hands of the Union troops about six hundred prisoners, fifteen hundred horses, one stand of colors, six caissons, forty ambulances, and fifty wagons. On the 12th it was engaged a few miles nearer Louisa Court House, on the Gordonville road, and, passing thence towards the James river,
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crossed that stream and marched to Jerusalem plank-road, south of Peters- burg. On the 4th of August it embarked for Washington, and moved thence through Maryland and across the Potomac, to Halltown and Berryville, Vir- ginia. It fought at Winchester on the IIth and at Front Royal on the 16th of August. On the 19th a squadron of the regiment was attacked by Mosby's guerrillas, and was driven to the main body, with a loss of sixteen .killed and mortally wounded.
Among the subsequent engagements of the regiment during the Valley campaign of 1864 were Leetown and Shepardstown, August 25; Opequan Creek, August 28; Smithfield, August 29; Berryville, September 3; Summit, September 4; Opequan, September 19 (where it routed the enemy's cavalry, broke his infantry lines, and captured two battle-flags and four hundred prisoners) ; Mount Crawford, Virginia, October 2; Woodstock, October 9; Cedar Creek, October 19 (capturing a great number of prisoners and driv- ing the enemy in great confusion) ; and Newtown, November 12, where it fought an entire brigade of the enemy.
After the last named action the regiment returned to Camp Russell, near Winchester, where it remained until February 27, 1865, when it moved southeast, as part of Sheridan's force, on the famous raid of that general to the James river. . It was engaged in action at Louisa Court House, March 18, 1865, and joining the Army of the Potomac before Petersburg, fought under Sheridan at Five Forks, Virginia, March 30 and 31 and April I. On the 2d of April it was engaged with the enemy on the Southside railroad; on the 4th, at Duck Pond Mills; on the 6th, at Sailor's creek; and then took part in the closing events at Appomattox Court House, from the 6th to the 9th of April, 1865.
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