Maryland 1st Potomac Brigade Cavalry (Union)
10/08/1861
Organized - Maryland 1st Potomac Brigade Cavalry - Maryland
07/03/1862
Battle - Winchester, Virginia
02/09/1862
Battle - Leesburg, Virginia
15/06/1863
Battle - Williamsport, Maryland
01/01/1864
Battle - Rectortown, Virginia
13/05/1864
Battle - New MARket, Virginia
13/05/1864
Battle - Woodstock, Virginia
14/05/1864
Battle - New MARket, Virginia
15/05/1864
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
17/06/1864
Battle - Lynchburg - Lynchburg, Virginia
The Union threat forced Robert E. Lee to dispatch General Jubal Early with his Second Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia to defend Lynchburg. On June 17 and 18, the opposing forces clashed, resulting in a Union retreat all the way into West Virginia, leaving the Valley open for another Confederate advance into the North.READ MORE
19/07/1864
Battle - Winchester, Virginia
25/07/1864
Battle - Kernstown, Virginia
29/07/1864
Battle - Hagerstown, Maryland
30/07/1864
Battle - Hagerstown, Maryland
05/08/1864
Battle - Keedysville, Maryland
28/06/1865
Mustered Out - Maryland 1st Potomac Brigade Cavalry - Maryland
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