Michigan 6th Volunteer Cavalry, Company B (Union)
28/05/1862
Organized - Michigan 6th Volunteer Cavalry, Company B - Michigan
06/07/1863
Battle - Williamsport - Washington County, Maryland
Williamsport
During the night of July 4-5th, General Robert E. Lee's battered army began its retreat from Gettysburg, moving southwest toward Hagerstown and the Potomac River crossing at Williamsport, screened by Maj. Gen. J. E. B. Stuart's cavalry. Lee's infantry reached the rain-swollen Potomac but could not cross, the pontoon bridge having been destroyed by a cavalry raid. On July 11th, Lee entrenched a line protecting the river crossings at Williamsport and waited for Maj. Gen. George G. Meade's army to advance. On…READ MORE
24/11/1865
Mustered Out - Michigan 6th Volunteer Cavalry, Company B - Michigan
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regiment -Michigan 6th Volunteer Cavalry (Union)
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