United States Regiments & Batteries > New Hampshire
The 1st New Hampshire Cavalry Regiment lost 5 officers and 28 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 2 officers and 112 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
1861 | |
October 24 to December 21 | First organized at Concord, N.H., as a Battalion of four Companies attached to 1st New England Cavalry. Later designated 1st Rhode Island Cavalry, Companies I, K, L & M. (see history for 1861 – 1864) |
1864 | |
January 7 | Battalion detached from 1st Rhode Island Cavalry to form 1st New Hampshire Volunteer Cavalry. |
February to April | Moved to New Hampshire and on Veteran furlough and organizing Regiment |
April 23 | 7 Companies organized and ordered to Washington, D.C. |
At Camp Stoneman, D.C. | |
May 17 | Moved to Belle Plains, Va. Guard Aquia Creek and Fredericksburg S. R., and at Belle Plains. Atached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac |
June 1-12 | Part of Regiment at Hanover Court House and Cold Harbor |
June 6 | Moved to White House |
June 12 | Long Bridge |
June 13 | Riddle’s Shop and White Oak Swamp |
June 15 | Smith’s Store |
June 22-30 | Wilson’s Raid on Southside & Danville Railroad |
June 22 | Ream’s Station |
June 23 | Nottaway Court House and Black and White Station |
June 25 | Staunton Bridge (or Roanoke Station) |
June 28-29 | Sappony Church (or Stony Creek) |
June 29 | Ream’s Station |
June 30-August 8 | On picket duty at Light House Point and City Point |
July | Five Companies complete organization and ordered to Washington, D.C. for guard and patrol duty and operations against Mosby’s guerrillas in the Defenses of Washington independent of regiment |
August to December | Sheridan’s Shenandoah Valley Campaign Attached to Army of the Shenandoah, Middle Military Division |
August 17 | Winchester |
August 20-21 | Summit Station |
August 21 | Berryville |
August 25 | Kearneysville |
September 3 | Darkesville |
September 7 | Near Brucetown and Winchester |
September 13 | Abram’s Creek |
September 19 | Third Battle of Winchester (Battle of Opequan) |
September 20 | Near Cedarville |
September 21 | Front Royal |
September 22 | Fisher’s Hill and Milford |
September 29 and October 2 | Waynesboro |
October 2 | Mt. Crawford |
October 7 | Near Columbia Furnace |
October 8-9 | Tom’s Brook (“Woodstock Races”) |
October 19 | Battle of Cedar Creek |
November 10 | Near Kernstown |
November 12 | Newtown and Cedar Creek |
November 22 | Rude’s Hill, near Mr. Jackson |
December 19-22 | Expedition from Kernstown to Lacy Springs |
December 20-21 | Lacy Springs |
1865 | |
January-February | Duty at Winchester |
February 27-March 3 | Sheridan’s Raid into Virginia |
March 2 | Battle of WaynesboroThe regiment led a charge on the enemy’s works, capturing with the sabre 1,500 prisoners, all their artillery and the flag of every Comfederate regiment engaged. |
March 4 | Detached from Division to guard prisoners back to Winchester, Mt. Jackson |
March 5 | Mt. Sidney and Lacy Springs |
March 6 | New Market |
March | Duty at and in the vicinity of Winchester, in the Dept. of the Shenandoah, and at Poolesville, Md. Main regiment joined by 5 companies in Washington |
July | Mustered out |