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Muster In: Organized at Harrisburg and Philadelphia February, 1864.1
Muster Out: Consolidated with 2nd Pennsylvania Cavalry June 17, 1865, to form 1st Provisional Cavalry.2
Commander(s):
Lieutenant Colonel Gabriel Middleton
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Commander 2
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First Offensive Order of Battle:
- Not yet present at the Siege of Petersburg.3
Second Offensive Order of Battle:
- Not yet present at the Siege of Petersburg.4
Third Offensive Order of Battle:
- Not yet present at the Siege of Petersburg.5
Fourth Offensive Order of Battle:
- Not yet present at the Siege of Petersburg.6
Fifth Offensive Order of Battle:
- Not yet present at the Siege of Petersburg.7
Sixth Offensive Order of Battle:
- Not yet present at the Siege of Petersburg.8
Seventh Offensive Order of Battle:
- Not yet present at the Siege of Petersburg.9
Eighth Offensive Order of Battle:
- Not yet present at the Siege of Petersburg.10
Ninth Offensive Order of Battle: Second Brigade | First Division | Cavalry | Army of the Shenandoah | Union Army11,12
- Commander: Lieutenant Colonel Gabriel Middleton (March 31, 1865)13
- 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 Battles14:
- Goochland C. H. March 11.
- Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9.
- Dinwiddie C. H. March 30-31.
- Five Forks April 1.
- Scott’s Cross Roads April 2.
- Tabernacle Church or Beaver Pond Creek April 4.
- Sailor’s Creek April 6.
- Appomattox Station April 8.
- Appomattox C. H. April 9.
- Surrender of Lee and his army.
Bibliography:
Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:
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) ↩
- 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) ↩
- 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 XLVI, Part 1 (Serial Number 95), page 575: “Organization of the Union Forces” (March 31, 1865) ↩
- 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” ↩
- 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) ↩
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩