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New York 5th Cavalry (Union)

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Muster
  • Muster In Date:15/08/1861
  • Muster In Place:
    • New York City, New York
  • Muster Out Date:19/07/1865
Other
  • Aliases:
    • 1st Ira Harris Guard, New York
    • Ira Harris Cavalry, New York
  • Leaders:
    • Brigadier General Elon J. Farnsworth
    • Brigadier General George Armstrong Custer
    • Brigadier General Judson Kilpatrick
    • Colonel Alexander Cummings McWhorter Pennington Jr.
    • Colonel Nathaniel P. Richmond
    • Major John Hammond
    • Major Theodore A. Boice
battles
Name
Start Date
End Date
Duration
Place
Williamsport6/07/186316/07/186310 day(s)Washington County, Maryland
Front Royal23/05/186223/05/1862< 1 dayWarren County, Virginia
Gettysburg1/07/18633/07/18632 day(s)Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Hanover30/06/186330/06/1863< 1 dayHanover, Pennsylvania
Cold Harbor31/05/186412/06/186412 day(s)Hanover County; near Mechanicsville, Virginia
Third Winchester19/09/186419/09/1864< 1 dayFrederick County, Virginia; Winchester, Virginia
Boonsboro8/07/18638/07/1863< 1 dayWashington County, Maryland
First Rappahannock Station22/08/186225/08/18623 day(s)Culpeper County, Virginia; Fauquier County, Virginia
Cedar Mountain9/08/18629/08/1862< 1 dayCulpeper County, Virginia
Wilderness5/05/18647/05/18642 day(s)Spotsylvania County, Virginia; Orange County, Virginia
First Winchester25/05/186225/05/1862< 1 dayWinchester, Virginia
Second Bull Run28/08/186230/08/18622 day(s)Prince William County, Virginia
Cedar Creek19/10/186419/10/1864< 1 dayFrederick County, Virginia; Shenandoah County, Virginia; Warren County, Virginia
Gainesville17/08/186417/08/1864< 1 dayGainesville, Florida
Columbia Furnace, Virginia7/10/18647/10/1864< 1 dayColumbia Furnace, Virginia
White Post, Virginia3/09/18643/09/1864< 1 dayWhite Post, Virginia
Middletown, Virginia24/05/186224/05/1862< 1 dayMiddletown, Virginia
Hanover, Pennsylvania30/06/186330/06/1863< 1 dayHanover, Pennsylvania
Chantilly, Virginia23/03/186323/03/1863< 1 dayChantilly, Virginia
Hagerstown, Maryland6/07/18636/07/1863< 1 dayHagerstown, Maryland
James City, Virginia10/10/186310/10/1863< 1 dayJames City, Virginia
Fairfax Court House (1861)1/06/18611/06/1861< 1 dayFairfax Court House, Virginia
Greenwich, Virginia30/05/186330/05/1863< 1 dayGreenwich, Virginia
Orange Court House, Virginia2/08/18622/08/1862< 1 dayOrange Court House, Virginia
Good's Farm6/06/18626/06/1862< 1 dayHarrisonburg, Virginia
Bowling Green, Virginia21/05/186421/05/1864< 1 dayBowling Green, Virginia
Cedar Creek, Virginia12/11/186412/11/1864< 1 dayCedar Creek, Virginia

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