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Muster In: Organized at Rochester, N.Y., and mustered in by Companies as follows: Company “A” December 20, 1863; Companies “B” and “C” January 5; Companies “D,” “E” and “F” January 10; Companies “G,” “H” and “I” February 2; Company “K” February 6; Company “L” February 12, and Company “M” February 23, 1864.1
Muster Out: Mustered out August 1, 1865.2
Commander(s):
Colonel Samuel J. Crooks
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Major Caleb Moore
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Commander 3
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First Offensive Order of Battle: Second Brigade | Third Division | Cavalry Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army3,4
- Commander:
- Unit Strength:
- Weapons:
- Note: A detachment (of what size?) of the 22nd New York Cavalry was serving temporarily with the Sixth Corps, Army of the Potomac during this time.5
Second Offensive Order of Battle: Second Brigade | Third Division | Cavalry Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army6,7
- Commander:
- Unit Strength:
- Weapons:
- Note: A detachment (of what size?) of the 22nd New York Cavalry was serving temporarily with the Sixth Corps, Army of the Potomac during this time.10
Third Offensive Order of Battle: Second Brigade | Third Division | Cavalry Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army11,12
- Commander: Major Caleb Moore (July 31, 1864)13
- Unit Strength: ~150 officers and men PFD (mid-July 1864)14
- Weapons:
Fourth Offensive Order of Battle: Second Brigade | Third Division | Cavalry Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army
- Commander:
- Unit Strength:
- Weapons:
- Note: The Third Cavalry Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac was ordered to Washington, D. C. on August 4-5, 1864 and embarked on or near August 6-7, 1864.1516
Fifth Offensive Order of Battle:
- No longer present at the Siege of Petersburg.17
Sixth Offensive Order of Battle:
- No longer present at the Siege of Petersburg.18
Seventh Offensive Order of Battle:
- No longer present at the Siege of Petersburg.19
Eighth Offensive Order of Battle:
- No longer present at the Siege of Petersburg.20
Ninth Offensive Order of Battle:
- No longer present at the Siege of Petersburg.21
Dyer’s/Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Siege of Petersburg Battles22:
- Long Bridge June 12.
- Riddle’s Shop June 13.
- White Oak Swamp June 13.
- Malvern Hill June 15.
- Wilson’s Raid on South Side & Danville Railroad June 22-30.
- Ream’s Station June 22.
- Jerusalem Plank Road June 22-23 (Detachment).
- Dinwiddie Court House June 22.
- Black and White Station June 23.
- Nottaway Court House June 23.
- Stony Creek Station June 23.
- Staunton River Bridge (or Roanoke Station) June 25.
- Sappony Church (or Stony Creek) June 28.
- Ream’s Station June 29-30.
- Before Petersburg until July 30.
Bibliography:
Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:
- LT: June 21, 1864 “H. E. H.” (50th NY Engineers)
- NP: July 14, 1864 Brockport (NY) Republic: 22nd New York Cavalry in Wilson-Kautz Raid
- NP: July 21, 1864 Brockport (NY) Republic: Strength of the 22nd NY Cavalry
- NP: August 11, 1864 Brockport (NY) Republic: The 22nd New York Cavalry
- OR XL P1 #240: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Johnson B. Brown, 22nd NY Cav, June 22-July 2, 1864
Sources:
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 1 (Serial Number 80), p. 232 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 2 (Serial Number 81), p. 551 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 1 (Serial Number 80), p. 228. ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 1 (Serial Number 80), p. 232 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 2 (Serial Number 81), p. 551 ↩
- “The 22d Cavalry.” Brockport (NY) Republic. July 14, 1864, p. 3 col. 1 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 2 (Serial Number 81), p. 551 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 1 (Serial Number 80), p. 228. ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 1 (Serial Number 80), page 262 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 3 (Serial Number 82), page 736 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 3 (Serial Number 82), page 736 ↩
- No Title. Brockport (NY) Republic. July 21, 1864, p. 3 col. 3: “Sergt. Maj. E. A. Dayton, of the 22d N. Y. Cavalry, writes to Hon. Jerome Fuller of this village, that the regiment is reduced to one hundred and fifty men…” ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 2 (Serial Number 88), pages 61, 76 “Organization of the Army of the Potomac…August 31, 1864” ↩
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩