Pennsylvania 14th Cavalry (Union)
24/11/1862
Organized - Pennsylvania 14th Cavalry - Pennsylvania
06/08/1863
Battle - Moorefield, West Virginia
10/05/1864
Battle - Wytheville, 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
17/07/1864
Battle - MARtinsburg, West Virginia
07/08/1864
Battle - Moorefield - Hardy County, West Virginia
19/09/1864
Battle - Third Winchester - Frederick County, Virginia; Winchester, Virginia
To clear the Shenandoah River valley of Confederates, Maj. Gen. Phil Sheridan moved on Winchester in mid-September 1864. Sheridan's force of over 39,000 men was more than twice the size of Maj. Gen. Jubal Early's Confederate army defending the valley. After Brig. Gen. Joseph Kershaw's division left Winchester to rejoin Robert E. Lee's army at Petersburg, Early renewed his raids on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at Martinsburg in the lower valley, dispersing his four remaining infantry divisions. On Septem…READ MORE
19/10/1864
Battle - Cedar Creek - Frederick County, Virginia; Shenandoah County, Virginia; Warren County, Virginia
Also known as: Cedar Creek, Belle GroveREAD MORE
22/11/1864
Battle - Mount Jackson, Virginia
17/12/1864
Battle - Millwood, Virginia
24/08/1865
Mustered Out - Pennsylvania 14th Cavalry - Pennsylvania
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