New York 1st Cavalry, Company I (Union)
16/06/61
Organized - New York 1st Cavalry, Company I - New York
13/06/63
Battle - Second Winchester - Frederick County, Virginia; Winchester County, Virginia
13/05/64
Battle - New MARket, Virginia
15/05/64
Battle - New Market - Shenandoah County, Virginia
In conjunction with other spring 1864 offensives against strategic points in the Confederacy, Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant ordered Maj. Gen. Franz Sigel to move up the Shenandoah Valley along the Valley Turnpike to destroy the railroad and canal complex at Lynchburg. Union control of the strategic and agriculturally rich valley was a crucial part of Grant's plans. Receiving word that the Union Army had entered the valley, Maj. Gen. John C. Breckinridge pulled together all available troops to repulse the invad…READ MORE