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Wisconsin 1st Cavalry (Union)

01/09/1861

Organized - Wisconsin 1st Cavalry - Wisconsin

23/07/1862

Battle - West Prairie, Missouri

26/04/1863

Battle - Cape Girardeau - Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri

26/04/1863

Battle - Cape Girardeau, Missouri

24/06/1863

Battle - Middleton, Tennessee

19/09/1863

Battle - Chickamauga - Catoosa County, Georgia; Walker County, Georgia

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Chickamauga

After the successful Tullahoma Campaign, Maj. Gen. William Rosecrans continued the Union offensive, aiming to force Gen. Braxton Bragg's Confederate army out of Chattanooga. Through a series of skillful marches towards the Confederate-held city, Rosecrans forced Bragg out of Chattanooga and into Georgia. Determined to reoccupy the city, Bragg followed the Federals north, brushing with Rosecrans' army at Davis' Cross Roads. While they marched on September 18th, his cavalry and infantry skirmished with Un…READ MORE

29/12/1863

Battle - Mossy Creek - Jefferson County, Tennessee

17/01/1864

Battle - Dandridge - Jefferson County, Tennessee

13/04/1864

Battle - Cleveland, Tennessee

26/05/1864

Battle - Burnt Church, Georgia

06/06/1864

Battle - Big Shanty, Georgia

28/07/1864

Battle - Campbellton, Georgia

02/04/1865

Battle - Selma - Selma, Alabama

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Selma

The war was almost over when Union troops under the leadership of Gen. James H. Wilson and 13,500 cavalry and mounted infantry (the Raiders) invaded Alabama. Anticipating invasion, Selma prepared as best it could. But Lt. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest's highly outnumbered 2,000 men, consisting of mostly old men and boys, could not hold Wilson's Raiders. The people of Selma were doomed even before the battle started on April 2, 1865. Selma has the largest historic district in Alabama, and it is the second-old…READ MORE

16/04/1865

Battle - Fort Tyler, Georgia

16/04/1865

Battle - West Point - West Point, Georgia

19/07/1865

Mustered Out - Wisconsin 1st Cavalry - Wisconsin

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