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New York 1st Veteran Cavalry (Union)

17/09/1863

Organized - New York 1st Veteran Cavalry - New York

20/02/1864

Battle - Upperville, Virginia

06/03/1864

Battle - Snickersville, Virginia

15/05/1864

Battle - New Market - Shenandoah County, Virginia

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New Market

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

06/06/1864

Battle - Harrisonburg, Virginia

10/06/1864

Battle - Staunton, Virginia

03/07/1864

Battle - MARtinsburg, West Virginia

06/07/1864

Battle - MARyland Heights, Maryland

25/07/1864

Battle - MARtinsburg, West Virginia

13/08/1864

Battle - Strasburg, Virginia

20/07/1865

Mustered Out - New York 1st Veteran Cavalry - New York

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