1st New York Cavalry Regiment

Unit of the Union Army in the American Civil War 1st New York Cavalry Regiment 1stCavalryStandard2006 0315.jpg Regimental banner of 1 NY Cav September 1861 to June 1865 United States Union Cavalry American Civil War 1862: Siege of Yorktown, Glendale, Malvern Hill, Antietam 1863: Second Winchester, Williamsport 1864: New Market, Lynchburg, Kernstown II, Moorefield det. of 386, Third Winchester, Fisher's Hill, Cedar Creek, Action at Nineveh 1865: Waynesboro, Dinwiddie Court House, Five Forks, Namozine Church, Sailor's Creek, Appomattox Station, Appomattox Court House Andrew T. McReynolds Colonel Alonzo Adams Colonel Jenyns B. Battersby Lt. Colonel The 1st New York Cavalry Regiment was a regiment in the Union Army in the American Civil War. It was also known as the Lincoln Cavalry, Carbine Rangers, Sabre Regiment, and 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry.http://dmna.ny.gov/historic/reghist/civil/cavalry/1stCav/1stCavMain.htm 1st NY Cavalry Regiment during the Civil War February 8, 2018 dmna.ny.gov 2019-03-26 Service It was mustered in from July 16 to August 31, 1861. It was mustered out June 27, 1865.thumb|A Confederate flag captured by the regiment August 7, 1864 Moorefield West Virginia Casualties The regiment sustained 25 officers and men killed in action, 134 wounded, of whom 23 died and 111 recovered, 384 missing in action, and 120 died of disease and other causes, for a total of 168 casualties.http://dmna.ny.gov/historic/reghist/civil/cavalry/1stCav/1stCavTable.htm 1st New York Cavalry - Battles and Casualties during the Civil War March 15, 2006 dmna.ny.gov NY Military Museum and Veterans Research Center 2019-03-26 Among its losses were 1st Lieut. Henry B. Hidden, killed March 9, 1862, one of the first Union cavalry officers killed in the Civil War, and Corporal William H. Rihl, the first soldier killed in combat north of the Mason–Dixon line, on June 22, 1863. Gallery See also List of New York Civil War units References Further reading Beach William Harrison The First New York (Lincoln) Cavalry from April 19, 1861, to July 7, 1865 Lincoln Cavalry Association 1902 New York 448 https://archive.org/details/firstnewyorklin00beac Nineveh Powell chased. 44089779 Stevenson James H. Boots and Saddles: A History of the First Volunteer Cavalry of the War, Known as the First New York (Lincoln) Cavalry, and also as the Sabre Regiment Patriot Pub. Co. 1879 Harrisburg, PA https://archive.org/details/bootssaddleshist00stev 31947777 Cavalry 001 Category:1861 establishments in New York (state) Category:Military units and formations established in 1861 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1865