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15th New York Regiment Cavalry

Organized at Syracuse, N. Y., and mustered in as follows: Companies “A,” “B,” “C” August 8; “D,” “F,” “G,” August 26; “E” August 15; “H” September 5; “K” October 15; “I” November 30, 1863; “L” January 20, and “M” January 24, 1864.

Left State for Washington, D. C. Companies “A” to “G” September, 1863.

“H” and “K” October, 1863.

“I” November, 1863, and “L” and “M” January, 1864.

Attached to 22nd Army Corps, Dept. of Washington, D. C., to January, 1864.

Cavalry Brigade, 1st Division. Army of West Virginia, to April, 1864.

2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Army of West Virginia, to August, 1864.

Remount Camp Cumberland, Md., to October, 1864.

2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Shenandoah, and Army of the Potomac to June, 1865.

Service.

Duty at Camp Stoneman, Defenses of Washington, till January, 1864.

Action at Hillsboro, Va., January 22.

Operations in Hampshire and Hardy Counties, West Virginia, January 27-February 7.

Upperville February 20.

Expedition to Petersburg and destruction of Salt Works near Franklin, West Va., February 29-March 5.

Sigel's Expedition from Martinsburg to New Market April 30-May 16.

Moorefield May 12.

Luray Gap, Mount Jackson, and near New Market May 13.

New Market May 14-15.

Front Royal May 22.

Newtown May 25.

Hunter's Raid to Lynchburg, Va., May 26-July 1.

Woodstock May 27.

Newtown May 29-30.

Mount Jackson June 4.

Piedmont June 5.

Occupation of Staunton June 6.

Waynesboro June 10.

Lexington [1380] June 11.

New London June 16.

Diamond Hills June 17.

Lynchburg June 17-18.

Liberty June 19-20.

Catawba Mountains and Salem June 21, Newtown June 28.

Bunker Hill July 2.

Bolivar Heights July 2.

Leetown and Martinsburg July 3.

Near Hillsboro July 15-16.

Snicker's Ferry July 17-18.

Ashby's Gap and Berry's Ford July 19.

Near Kernstown July 23.

Kernstown, Winchester, July 24.

Bunker Hill and Martinsburg July 25.

Strasburg August 11.

Near Charlestown August 21-22.

Ordered to Cumberland, Md., August 24, and duty at Remount Camp till October.

Green Springs Run November 1 (Detachment).

Expedition to Lacy Springs December 19-21.

Lacy Springs December 21.

Near Harrisonburg December 31.

Sheridan's Raid from Winchester February 27-March 25, 1865.

Waynesboro March 2.

Occupation of Staunton March 2.

Charlottesville March 3.

Ashland March 15.

Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9.

Dinwiddie Court House March 30-31.

Five Forks April 1.

Fall of Petersburg April 2.

Namozine Church April 3.

Jettersville April 4.

Sailor's Creek April 6.

Appomattox Station April 8.

Appomattox Court House April 9.

Surrender of Lee and his army.

Expedition to Danville April 23-29.

March to Washington, D. C., May.

Grand Review May 23.

Consolidated with 6th New York Cavalry June 17, 1865, to form 2nd Regiment Provisional Cavalry.

Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 35 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 5 Officers and 126 Enlisted men by disease. Total 168.

1908.

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