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New York 1st Mounted Rifles Cavalry (Union)

1/08/61

Organized - New York 1st Mounted Rifles Cavalry - New York

20/01/63

Battle - Jacksonville, North Carolina

30/01/63

Battle - Deserted House - Suffolk, Virginia

9/03/63

Battle - Windsor, Virginia

11/04/63

Battle - Siege of Suffolk - Suffolk, Virginia

28/07/63

Battle - Jackson, North Carolina

9/05/64

Battle - Swift Creek - Chesterfield County, Virginia

31/05/64

Battle - Cold Harbor - Hanover County; near Mechanicsville, Virginia

Cold Harbor
Cold Harbor

After two days of inconclusive fighting along Totopotomoy Creek northeast of Richmond, Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Gen. Robert E. Lee turned their sights on the crossroads of Cold Harbor. Roads emanating through this critical junction led to Richmond as well as supply and reinforcement sources for the Union army. On May 31, 1864, Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan's cavalry captured Cold Harbor. The next day, Sheridan held the crossroads against a Confederate attack. With reinforcements from both armies arriving…READ MORE

5/06/64

Battle - West Point, Virginia

27/07/64

Battle - First Deep Bottom - Henrico County, Virginia

First Deep Bottom
First Deep Bottom

Two weeks after Union forces arrived to invest the Confederate defenders of Petersburg, the battle lines of both sides settled into a stalemate. Since Cold Harbor, Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant was reluctant to mount a large frontal attack against well-entrenched Confederates. By late June, Grant's lines covered most of the eastern approaches to Petersburg, but neither side seemed ready to risk an offensive move. Determined to break the stalemate, Grant agreed to plans to blow up part of the Confederate def…READ MORE

20/09/64

Battle - Chaffin's Farm - Henrico County, Virginia

13/10/64

Battle - Darbytown Road - Sandston, Virginia

16/04/65

Battle - West Point - West Point, Georgia

21/07/65

Mustered Out - New York 1st Mounted Rifles Cavalry - New York

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