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1st Michigan Cavalry

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Muster In: Organized at Detroit, Mich., August 21 to September 6, 1861. Mustered in September 13, 1861.1
Muster Out: Mustered out March 10, 1866.2

Commander(s):
Lieutenant Colonel Peter Stagg
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Lieutenant Colonel George R. Maxwell
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Captain Edward L. Negus
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First Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | First Division | Cavalry Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army3,4,5

  • Commander:
  • Unit Strength:
  • Weapons:
  • Note: A detachment of the 1st Michigan Cavalry under Lieutenant William H. Wheeler served as the personal escort for Major General Gouverneur K. Warren and was probably located at Fifth Corps Headquarters.6

Second Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | First Division | Cavalry Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army7,8,9

  • Commander: Lieutenant Colonel Peter Stagg (June 30, 1864)10
  • Unit Strength:
  • Weapons:
  • Note: A detachment of the 1st Michigan Cavalry under Lieutenant William H. Wheeler served as the personal escort for Major General Gouverneur K. Warren and was probably located at Fifth Corps Headquarters.11

Third Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | First Division | Cavalry Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army12,13

  • Commander: Lieutenant Colonel Peter Stagg (July 31, 1864)14
  • Unit Strength:
  • Weapons:
  • Note: A detachment of the 1st Michigan Cavalry under Lieutenant William H. Wheeler served as the personal escort for Major General Gouverneur K. Warren and was probably located at Fifth Corps Headquarters.15

Fourth Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | First Division | Cavalry Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army

  • Commander:
  • Unit Strength:
  • Weapons:
  • Note: The First Brigade, First Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac was ordered to Washington, D. C. and embarked on August 3, 1864.16,17

Fifth Offensive Order of Battle:

  • No longer present at the Siege of Petersburg.18

Sixth Offensive Order of Battle:

  • No longer present at the Siege of Petersburg.19

Seventh Offensive Order of Battle:

  • No longer present at the Siege of Petersburg.20

Eighth Offensive Order of Battle:

  • No longer present at the Siege of Petersburg.21

Ninth Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | First Division | Cavalry | Army of the Shenandoah | Union Army22,23

  • Commander:
    • Lieutenant Colonel George R. Maxwell  (wounded April 1)(March 31-April 1, 1865)24
    • Captain Edward L. Negus (April 1, 1865)25
  • Unit Strength:
  • Weapons:
  • Note: Sheridan’s cavalry from the Army of the Shenandoah, formerly the 1st and 3rd Divisions, Cavalry Corps, AotP, crossed the James River from the north side on March 26, 1865 to rejoin the Union Armies operating against Richmond and Petersburg.

Dyer’s/Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Siege of Petersburg Battles26:

  • Sheridan’s Trevillian Raid June 7-24.
  • Trevillian Station June 11-12.
  • Newark, or Mallory’s Cross Roads, June 12.
  • Black Creek, or Tunstall’s Station, and White House, or St. Peter’s Church, June 21.
  • Jones’ Bridge June 23.
  • Demonstration north of the James River July 27-29.
  • Deep Bottom July 27-28.
  • Ordered to Washington, D.C., August.
  • …away…
  • Hanover Court House March 15.
  • Appomattox Court House March 28-April 9. Dinwiddie Court House March 30-31. Five Forks April 1. Scott’s Cross Roads April 2. Tabernacle Church, or Beaver Creek Pond, April 4. Sailor’s Creek April 6. Appomattox Station April 8. Appomattox Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army.

Bibliography:

    Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:

    Sources:

    1. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
    2. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
    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. 231 ↩
    4. 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. 550 ↩
    5. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XXXVI, Part 1 (Serial Number 67), p. 186. ↩
    6. 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 223 ↩
    7. 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. 231 ↩
    8. 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. 550 ↩
    9. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XXXVI, Part 1 (Serial Number 67), p. 186. ↩
    10. 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. 550 ↩
    11. 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 223 ↩
    12. 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 261 ↩
    13. 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 735 ↩
    14. 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 735 ↩
    15. 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 254 ↩
    16. Kidd, James B. Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman with Custer’s Michigan Cavalry Brigade in the Civil War (Ionia, MI: Sentinel Publishing Co., 1908), page 373 ↩
    17. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
    18. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
    19. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
    20. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
    21. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
    22. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 1 (Serial Number 95), page 575: “Organization of the Union Forces” (March 31, 1865) ↩
    23. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 1 (Serial Number 95), page 591: “Return of casualties in the Union Forces commanded by Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, March 29-April 9, 1865” ↩
    24. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 1 (Serial Number 95), page 575: “Organization of the Union Forces” (March 31, 1865) ↩
    25. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 1 (Serial Number 95), page 575: “Organization of the Union Forces” (March 31, 1865) ↩
    26. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩

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