Maryland 1st Potomac Brigade Cavalry (Union)
8/10/61
Organized - Maryland 1st Potomac Brigade Cavalry - Maryland
3/7/62
Battle - Winchester, Virginia
9/2/62
Battle - Leesburg, Virginia
6/15/63
Battle - Williamsport, Maryland
1/1/64
Battle - Rectortown, Virginia
5/13/64
Battle - New MARket, Virginia
5/13/64
Battle - Woodstock, Virginia
5/14/64
Battle - New MARket, Virginia
5/15/64
Battle - New Market - Shenandoah County, Virginia
In conjunction with other spring 1864 offensives against strategic points in the Confederacy, Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant ordered Maj. Gen. Franz Sigel to move up the Shenandoah Valley along the Valley Turnpike to destroy the railroad and canal complex at Lynchburg. Union control of the strategic and agriculturally rich valley was a crucial part of Grant's plans. Receiving word that the Union Army had entered the valley, Maj. Gen. John C. Breckinridge pulled together all available troops to repulse the invad…READ MORE
6/17/64
Battle - Lynchburg - Lynchburg, Virginia
The Union threat forced Robert E. Lee to dispatch General Jubal Early with his Second Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia to defend Lynchburg. On June 17 and 18, the opposing forces clashed, resulting in a Union retreat all the way into West Virginia, leaving the Valley open for another Confederate advance into the North.READ MORE
7/19/64
Battle - Winchester, Virginia
7/25/64
Battle - Kernstown, Virginia
7/29/64
Battle - Hagerstown, Maryland
7/30/64
Battle - Hagerstown, Maryland
8/5/64
Battle - Keedysville, Maryland
6/28/65
Mustered Out - Maryland 1st Potomac Brigade Cavalry - Maryland
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