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First Maine Cavalry

Engagements

  • First
  • 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

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
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 longe

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