1st Maine Cavalry
Muster In: October 31, 1861
Muster Out: August 1, 1865
Length of Service: Three Years
Engagements:
Middleton, VA. May 24, 1862*
Winchester, VA May 25, 1862*
Luray, VA June 1862
Cedar Mountain VA August 9, 1862*
Brandy Station, VA August 20, 1862
near Warrenton, VA August 22, 1862
Rappahannock Station, VA August 24, 1862
Thoroughfare Gap, VA August 28, 1862
2nd Bull Run, VA August 28-29, 1862*
Frederick, MD September 12, 1862
South Mountain, MD September 13-14, 1862*
Antietam, MD September 17, 1862*
Fredericksburg, VA December 12-13, 1862*
Dumfries, VA December 28, 1862
Rappahannock Station, VA April 14, 1863*
Louisa Court House, VA May 2, 1863
Stoneman's Raid, VA May 5-7, 1863
Bealton, VA May 10, 1863
Brandy Station, VA June 9, 1863*
Aldie, VA June 17, 1863*
Middleburg, VA June 17, 1863*
Upperville, VA June 21, 1863*
near Aldie, VA June 22, 1863
Gettysburg, PA July 2-3, 1863*
Halltown, WV July 15, 1863
Shepardstown, WV July 16, 1863*
Sulphur Springs, VA October 12, 1863*
Mine Run, VA November 30, 1863*
Fortifications of Richmond*
Dahlgren Raid, VA February 29 - March 2, 1864
Strasburg, VA May 1, 1864
Todd's Tavern, VA May 8, 1864*
Beaver Dam Station, VA May 10, 1864
Ground Squirrel Bridge, VA May 11, 1864*
Sheridan's Raid, VA
Hawe's Shop, VA May 28, 1864*
Cold Harbor, VA June 2, 1864*
Trevillian Station, VA June 11, 1864*
St. Mary's Church, VA June 24, 1864*
Malvern Hill, VA July 28-29, 1864
Berryville, VA August 14, 1864
White Tavern, VA August 15, 1864
Deep Bottom , VA August 16, 1864*
Charles City Crossroads, VA August 18, 1864
Reams Station, VA August 23-25, 1864*
Stony Creek, VA September 16, 1864
Wyatt Farm, VA September 29, 1864*
Vaughan Road, VA October 1, 1864
Boydton Plank Road, VA October 27, 1864*
Bellefield, VA December 10, 1864*
Hatcher's Run, VA February 5, 1865
Dinwiddie Court House, VA March 31, 1865
Fame's Crossroads, VA April 5, 1865
Lee's Train, VA April 6, 1865
Sailor's Creek, VA April 6, 1865
Farmville, VA April 7, 1865
Appomattox Court House, VA April 9, 1865
Total Enrollment: 3,226
Casualties:
Killed In Action: 101
Died of Wounds: 53
Died of Disease: 171
Died in Prison: 165
Note: The engagements that are marked with an asterisk represent the official "Battle Honors" awarded to the 1st Maine Cavalry by the War Department under General Order No.10, 1865. The official list of Battle Honors indeed adds up to just about the longest list accorded to any unit, a fact partly explained by the regiment having been broken into separate, independent battalions and squadrons from time-to-time. Not content with the official list, the regimental historian created the list that appears here, in which he apparenty included every skirmish and every location where any shot was fired at them in anger. Far be it from us to short-change them, so we used his roster.
Civil War Records Common To All Regiments
Civil War Correspondence
Civil War Index for Soldiers and Sailors
Civil War Regimental Rolls
Civil War Obituaries and Misc. Articles
Civil War Photos - mostly officers
Post Civil War P.O. Address Books
General Law Pension
Cemetery Index
Graves Registration Cards
Civil War Records Unique to the 1st Maine Cavalry
Enlistment Papers, 1862-1864
Muster and Descriptive Rolls, 1863-1864
List of the 1st and 2nd Cavalry regiments, November 1863
List of men in the 1st Me. Cav. mustered out on a single muster roll
Roster of Officers, 1861
Consolidated Morning Report, 1861-February 1862
Consolidated Morning Report, February 1862-July 1865
Clothing Books (all companies) 1861-1865, 6 volumes
Civil War Diary: Sumner A. Holway, Co.H 1862-1863, 2 small vols.
Manuscript re: the Battle of Aldie by William Howe, c. 1896 Oakland, CA, 23 pages
Typescript re: war service of Daniel W. Hall, Co. H by Henry Hall, c. 1896 4 pages
Letter re: war service of Lt. Jonathan F. McKusick, Co. I by Mrs. Emma McKusick c. 1896 2 pages
Manuscript re: war service of Capt. George Prince, Co. K, 1896 Boston, MA, 8 pages
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