Pennsylvania 12th Cavalry (Union)
01/12/1861
Organized - Pennsylvania 12th Cavalry - Pennsylvania
28/08/1862
Battle - Second Bull Run - Prince William County, Virginia
After the early summer collapse of the Union Peninsula Campaign offensive to capture Richmond, Robert E. Lee sought to move his army north and threaten Washington DC before Union forces could regroup.READ MORE
13/06/1863
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel Lewis B. Pierce
ColonelLewis B. Pierce
13/06/1863
Battle - Second Winchester - Frederick County, Virginia; Winchester County, Virginia
06/07/1864
Battle - Antietam, Maryland
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
21/03/1865
Battle - Hamilton, Virginia
20/07/1865
Mustered Out - Pennsylvania 12th Cavalry - Pennsylvania
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