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20th Pennsylvania Regiment Cavalry


181st Volunteers: six months.

Organized at Harrisburg June to August, 1863, for six months.

March to Greencastle July 7, 1863.

Scouting into Maryland and pursuit of Lee July 8-24.

Moved to Falling Water and picket shores of the Potomac till August.

Ordered to Sir John's Run, W. Va., and assigned to guard duty on Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. Companies “F” and “I” at Berkeley Springs. Companies “D” and “E” at Bloomery Gap.

Skirmish at Bloomery Gap September 1.

Companies “A” and “H” at Great Cacapon Bridge.

Skirmish at Bath September 1.

Company “C” at Hancock. The five Emergency [1568] Companies on duty at Philadelphia, Reading and Pottsville, Pa. Regiment concentrated at Sir John's Run, W. Va., September, 1863.

Duty there and at Springfield till December.

Scout in Hampshire, Hardy, Frederick and Shenandoah Counties December 7-11 (Detachment).

Regiment moved to Harrisburg, Pa., December 24 and mustered out January 7, 1864.


3 years.

Organized at Harrisburg and Philadelphia February, 1864.

Reported to Sigel at Martinsburg, W. Va., March, 1864.

Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Dept. West Virginia, to August, 1864.

1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, West Virginia, to November, 1864.

2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Shenandoah, to February, 1865, and Army of the Potomac to June, 1865.


Service.

Sigel's Expedition to New Market, Va., April 30-May 16, 1864.

Rude's Hill and New Market May 14.

Battle of New Market May 15.

Hunter's Expedition to Lynchburg May 26-July 1.

Harrisonburg June 4.

Piedmont, Mount Crawford, June 5.

Occupation of Staunton June 6.

Staunton June 10.

Midway June 11.

Cedar Creek June 12.

Piney River near Amherst C. H. June 12.

Near Glasgow June 14.

Lynchburg June 17-18.

Retreat to Kanawha Valley, thence to Parkersburg and Martinsburg June 19-July 15.

Catawba Mountains and about Salem June 21.

Martinsburg July 17.

Snicker's Ferry July 17-18.

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

Ashby's Gap July 21.

Near Kernstown July 23.

Kernstown, Winchester, July 24.

Bunker Hill and Martinsburg July 25.

Ordered to Harper's Ferry July 30.

Duty at Halltown, Pleasant Valley and Cumberland, Md., till December.

Expedition from Winchester to Gordonsville December 19-28.

Madison C. H. December 21.

Liberty Mills December 22.

Near Gordonsville December 23.

Sheridan's Expedition from Winchester February 27-March 25.

Swoope's Depot and Staunton March 2.

Waynesboro March 2.

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.

Expedition to Danville April 23-29.

March to Washington, D. C., May.

Grand Review May 23.

Consolidated with 2nd Pennsylvania Cavalry June 17, 1865, to form 1st Provisional Cavalry.

Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 22 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 100 Enlisted men by disease. Total 128.

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's Run, W. Va. (West Virginia, United States) (2)
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