New York 21st Cavalry (Union)
25/08/1863
Battle - Brownsville Arkansas - Brownsville, Arkansas
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28/08/1863
Organized - New York 21st Cavalry - New York
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
05/06/1864
Battle - Piedmont - Augusta County, Virginia
22/06/1864
Battle - Salem, Virginia
24/06/1864
Battle - Winchester, Virginia
03/07/1864
Battle - MARtinsburg, West Virginia
03/07/1864
Battle - Buckton, Virginia
09/07/1864
Battle - Monocacy - Frederick County, Maryland
After marching north down the Shenandoah Valley from Lynchburg, the Confederate army of Lt. Gen. Jubal A. Early side-stepped the Federal garrison at Harpers Ferry and crossed the Potomac River at Shepherdstown into Maryland on July 5-6th, 1864. On July 9th, a makeshift Union force under Maj. Gen. Lew Wallace attempted to stop Early's invading Confederate divisions along the Monocacy River, just east of Frederick. The strategic area was near the junction of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and the Georgetown…READ MORE
16/07/1864
Battle - Heaton's Crossroads - Purcellville, Virginia
23/07/1864
Battle - Kernstown, Virginia
12/11/1864
Battle - Ninevah, Virginia
06/12/1864
Battle - White Post, Virginia
22/12/1864
Battle - Liberty Mills, Virginia
23/06/1866
Mustered Out - New York 21st Cavalry - New York
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