Pennsylvania 16th Cavalry (Union)
18/11/1862
Organized - Pennsylvania 16th Cavalry - Pennsylvania
25/02/1863
Battle - Hartwood Church, Virginia
30/04/1863
Battle - Chancellorsville - Spotsylvania County, Virginia
On April 27, 1863, Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker launched a turning movement designed to pry Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia out of its lines at Fredericksburg.READ MORE
09/06/1863
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain John K. Robison
CaptainJohn K. Robison
09/06/1863
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel John I. Gregg
ColonelJohn I. Gregg
09/06/1863
Leadership Change - Division - Colonel Alfred N. Duffié
ColonelAlfred N. Duffié
09/06/1863
Battle - Brandy Station - Culpeper County, Virginia
> *As we emerged from the woods into an open space or field where our mounted skirmishers were deployed, it was clearly discovered that our troops were confronted with a heavy line of infantry, who, with weapons of a longer range than that of our carbines, were dismounting our men at a fearful rate, whilst they were unable to inflict any punishment upon the enemy. As Colonel Devin approached the skirmish line, he at once became the target for the Rebel sharp shooters and, the way the minnie balls were whiz…READ MORE
18/06/1863
Battle - Aldie, Virginia
19/06/1863
Battle - Middleburg, Virginia
01/07/1863
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel John K. Robison
Lieutenant ColonelJohn K. Robison
01/07/1863
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel John Irvin Gregg
ColonelJohn Irvin Gregg
01/07/1863
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General David McMurtrie Gregg
Brigadier GeneralDavid McMurtrie Gregg
01/07/1863
Battle - Gettysburg - Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
In the summer of 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee launched his second invasion of the Northern states. Lee sought to capitalize on recent Confederate victories and defeat the Union army on Northern soil, which he hoped would force the Lincoln administration to negotiate for peace. Lee also sought to take the war out of the ravaged Virginia farmland and gather supplies for his Army of Northern Virginia. Using the Shenandoah Valley as cover for his army, Lee was pursued first by Union Maj. Gen. Joseph Ho…READ MORE
12/10/1863
Battle - Sulphur Springs, Virginia
14/10/1863
Battle - Second Auburn - Fauquier County, Virginia
Federal and Confederate cavalry engaged at the First Battle of Auburn on October 13, and left General James Ewell Brown Stuart's men trapped. Stuart concealed 3,000 men in a ravine overnight before getting word to Lee. Lee sent General Richard S. Ewell to Stuart's aid, and his force engaged a Federal rearguard under General Gouverneur K. Warren in the Second Battle of Auburn on October 14.READ MORE
11/06/1864
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General David McM. Gregg
Brigadier GeneralDavid McM. Gregg
11/06/1864
Battle - Trevilian Station - Louisa County, Virginia
In June of 1864, hoping to draw attention away from Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's movement south, destroy supply lines, and join up with Brig. Gen. David Hunter in Charlottesville, Union cavalry commander Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan embarked on a cavalry raid. Near Trevilian Station, Virginia, he clashed with Confederate cavalry under Maj. Gens. Wade Hampton and Fitzhugh Lee. On June 11th, while Hampton's men struggled against Union forces on one road, Lee's men advancing on a parallel road fell back, allow…READ MORE
27/10/1864
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Michael Kerwin
ColonelMichael Kerwin
27/10/1864
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General David M. Gregg
Brigadier GeneralDavid M. Gregg
27/10/1864
Battle - Boydton Plank Road - Dinwiddie County, Virginia
31/03/1865
Battle - Dinwiddie Court House - Dinwiddie County, Virginia
01/04/1865
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel John K. Robinson
Lieutenant ColonelJohn K. Robinson
01/04/1865
Leadership Change - Brigade - undefined Bvt BG John I. Gregg
01/04/1865
Leadership Change - Division - Major General George Crook
Major GeneralGeorge Crook
01/04/1865
Battle - Five Forks - Five Forks, Virginia
The Union victory along the White Oak Road on March 31st threatened to destabilize the entire Confederate line west of Petersburg. General Robert E. Lee ordered Maj. Gen. George Pickett with his infantry division and the cavalry divisions of Col. Thomas Munford, Maj. Gen. W.H.F. Lee, and Maj. Gen Thomas Rosser to hold the vital crossroads of Five Forks, along the White Oak Road five miles west of the previous fighting there. Pickett's defensive line was not well constructed, and much of his cavalry force w…READ MORE
05/04/1865
Battle - Amelia Springs - Amelia County, Virginia
06/04/1865
Battle - Sailor's Creek - Amelia County, Virginia; Prince Edward County, Virginia; Nottoway County, Virginia
Five days after Robert E. Lee's men retreated from the trenches of Petersburg, cavalry under Maj. Gen. Phil Sheridan effectively cut off three separate corps of Lee's army near Sailor's Creek, a tributary of the Appomattox River, while the Union Second and Sixth Corps approached from the east. On April 6th, two brigades of Andrew H. Humphrey's Second Corps overwhelmed two brigades of Maj. Gen. John B. Gordon's division as the Confederates struggled to move their supply and artillery trains across the creek…READ MORE
11/08/1865
Mustered Out - Pennsylvania 16th Cavalry - Pennsylvania
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