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
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
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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