1st Maryland Cavalry Regiment

1st Maryland Cavalry Battalion, Potomac Home Brigade 1st Maryland Cavalry Battalion (Confederate) 1st Maryland Cavalry Regiment Flag of Maryland.svg April/August, 1861 to August 8, 1865 United States Union Cavalry Battle of Greenbrier RiverBattle of Ball's BluffBattle of HancockFirst Battle of WinchesterBattle of Cedar MountainFirst Battle of Rappahannock StationSecond Battle of Bull RunBattle of ChantillyBattle of Harpers FerryBattle of Fredericksburg (present but not engaged)Chancellorsville CampaignStoneman's 1863 RaidBattle of Brandy StationBattle of AldieBattle of MiddleburgBattle of GettysburgBristoe CampaignMine Run CampaignSecond Battle of Deep BottomSiege of PetersburgBattle of Chaffin's FarmBattle of Darbytown and New Market RoadsBattle of Darbytown RoadBattle of Fair Oaks & Darbytown RoadAppomattox Campaign 50px V Corps (referred to as II Corps Army of Virginia) 50px XI Corps 50px X Corps 50px VIII Corps The 1st Maryland Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment of the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service Companies organized and mustered in between April and August 1861 in Baltimore and Pennsylvania, and served in the Department of West Virginia and the Army of the Potomac; in Hatch's Cavalry Brigade, Department of the Shenandoah, from March, 1862; in the Cavalry Brigade, 2nd Corps (really the old 5th Corps), Army of Virginia, from June 1862; with the Cavalry Brigade, 11th Corps, Army of the Potomac, from September 1862; various brigades/divisions, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac, from January 1863; Provost Marshal General's Command, Army of the Potomac, from October 1863; from June 1864 in 10th Corps, Army of the James, then in the 3rd Brigade of the Cavalry Division, Army of the James, until April, 1865; cavalry and duty in the Department of Virginia until mustered out in August 1865.Civil War in the East 1st Maryland Cavalry Regiment The regiment particularly distinguished itself at the cavalry battles of Brandy Station and Gettysburg. During part of its time in 10th Corps, the regiment fought dismounted, and for the remainder was brigaded with the 1st Regiment New York Mounted Rifles. Total strength and casualties The regiment lost 3 officers and 65 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 3 officers and 130 enlisted men to disease.Civil War in the East 1st Maryland Cavalry Regiment Commanders Lieutenant Colonel James Monroe Deems (at Gettysburg) See also American Civil War Maryland List of Maryland Civil War units Notes References The Civil War Archive External links FamilySearch 1st Regiment, Maryland Cavalry (Union) Civil War in the East 1st Maryland Cavalry Regiment Stone Sentinels 1st Maryland Cavalry Monument at Gettysburg Category:Units and formations of the Union army from Maryland Category:Military units and formations established in 1861 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1865 Category:1865 disestablishments in Maryland Category:1861 establishments in Maryland