previous next

District of Columbia Volunteers.


1st District of Columbia Regiment Cavalry

Organized (4 Cos., “A,” “B,” “C” and “E” ) at Washington, D. C., June to December, 1863, for special service in District of Columbia and to be subject only to orders of War Department.

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

Cavalry Brigade, U. S. Forces, Yorktown, Va., Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to April, 1864.

(8 Cos. organized at Augusta, Me., January to March, 1864, and ordered to report at Norfolk, Va.) 1st Brigade, Kautz's Cavalry Division, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to June, 1864.

2nd Brigade, Kautz's Cavalry Division, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to January, 1865.

2nd Brigade, Cavalry Division, Dept. of Virginia, to August, 1865.

Cavalry, Dept. of Virginia, to October, 1865.


Service.

Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C., till January, 1864.

Skirmish near Annandale, Va., October 22, 1863 (Detachment).

Bealeton, Va., October 24.

Ordered to Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, and on duty at Yorktown, and a portion of the Regiment at Portsmouth, Va., dismounted, till May, 1864.

Kautz's Raid on Petersburg & Weldon R. R. May 5-11, 1864.

Double Bridges May 5.

Stony Creek Station May 7.

White's Bridge, Nottaway Creek and Nottaway R. R. Bridge May 8.

White's Bridge May 9, [1019] Kautz's Raid on Richmond & Danville R. R. May 12-17.

Belcher's Mills May 16.

Petersburg June 9.

Assaults on Petersburg June 15-19.

Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865.

Wilson's Raid on Southside & Danville R. R. June 22-30, 1864.

Staunton River Bridge, or Roanoke Station, June 25.

Sappony Church, or Stony Creek, June 28-29.

Ream's Station June 29-July 3.

Demonstration on North Side of James River, with engagements at Deep Bottom, Darbytown and New Market Roads July 27-28.

Sycamore Church August 9.

Ream's Station August 21-23.

Dinwiddie Road, near Ream's Station, August 23.

Ream's Station August 24-25.

(Cos. “D,” “F,” “G,” “H,” “I,” “K” and “L” transferred to 1st Maine Cavalry August 27, 1864.

Other Cos. consolidated to a Battalion of 2 Cos.) Prince George Court House September 1.

Sycamore Church and Blackwater River September 3.

Sycamore Church September 15.

Cox's Mill September 15.

Coggin's Point September 16.

Darbytown Road October 7 and 13.

Fair Oaks October 27-28.

Russell's Mills November 23.

Bellefield Raid December 7-12.

Expedition to Fernsville and Smithfield February 11-15, 1865.

Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9, 1865.

Dinwiddie Court House March 30-31.

Five Forks April 1.

Gravelly Ford on Hatcher's Run April 2.

Near Amelia Court House April 4-5.

Dinwiddie Road and Sailor's Creek April 6.

Farmville and Prince Edward Court House April 7.

Appomattox Station April 8.

Appomattox Court House April 9.

Surrender of Lee and his army.

Expedition to Danville April 23-27.

Duty in the Dept. of Virginia till October.

Mustered out October 26, 1865.


Owens' Militia Cavalry Company.

Organized at Washington, D. C., April 26, 1861, for the defence of the Capital.

Mustered out July 19, 1861.


1st District of Columbia Regiment Infantry.

Organized at Washington, D. C., July 23 to October 25, 1861.

Attached to Provisional Brigade, Casey's Division, Army of the Potomac, to November, 1861.

Robinson's Brigade, Army of the Potomac, to December, 1861.

Railroad guard, Bladensburg, Md., to May, 1862.

Miles' Command, Harper's Ferry, W. Va., to June, 1862.

2nd Brigade, Sigel's Division, Dept. of the Shenandoah, to July, 1862.

2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army of Virginia, to August, 1862.

3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army of Virginia, to September, 1862.

3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 12th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to October, 1862.

District of Alexandria, Defenses of Washington, D. C., to February, 1863.

Slough's Command, Defenses of Alexandria, 22nd Army Corps, Dept. of Washington, to February, 1865.


Service.

Duty in the Defenses of Wasnington, D. C., till December, 1861.

Guard R. R. near Bladensburg, Md., till May, 1862.

Ordered to Harper's Ferry, W. Va.

Defence of Harper's Ferry, W. Va., May 24-30.

Operations in the Shenandoah Valley, Va., till August.

Battle of Cedar Mountain August 9.

Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August 16-September 2.

Fords of the Rappahannock August 28-26.

Plains of Manassas August 27-29.

Battle of Bull Run August 29-30 (Reserve).

Moved to Washington, D. C., and duty in the defenses of that city and Alexandria, Va., till February, 1865.

Repulse of Early's attack on Washington July 11-13, 1864.

Consolidated with 2nd Regiment District of Columbia Infantry February 28, 1865.


2nd District of Columbia Regiment Infantry.

Organized at Washington, D. C., February 26, 1862.

Attached to Samuel D. Sturgis' Brigade, Military District of Washington, D. C., to February, 1863, and 22nd Army Corps, Dept. of Washington, to March, 1864.

1st Brigade, Tyler's Division, 22nd Army Corps, to May, 1864.

District of Alexandria, 22nd Army Corps, to September, 1865.


Service.

Duty in the Defenses of Washington and Alexandria entire term except participated in the Maryland Campaign September 6-22, 1862.

Attached temporarily to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac.

Battle of Antietam September 16-17.

Sharpsburg, Shepherdstown Ford and near Williamsport September 19.

Near Shepherdstown September 20.

Mustered out September 12, 1865.


2nd District of Columbia Battalion Infantry.

Organized at Washington, D. C., for the defence of that city April, 1861.

Attached to Mansfield's Command, Dept. of Washington, to June, 1861.

Stone's Expedition to July, 1861.


Service.

Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C., till June, 1861.

Expedition to Rockville, Md., June 10-July 7.

Seneca Mills June 14.

Great Falls July 7, 1861.

Mustered out July, 1861.


3rd District of Columbia Battalion Infantry.

Organized at Washington, D. C., for the defence of that city April, 1861.

Attached to Mansfield's Command, Dept. of Washington, to June, 1861.

Stone's Expedition to July, 1861.


Service.

Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C., till June, 1861.

Expedition to Rockville, Md., June 10-July 7.

Great Falls July 7.

Mustered out July, 1861.


5th District of Columbia Battalion Infantry.

Organized at Washington, D. C., for the defence of that city April, 1861.

Attached to Mansfield's Command, Dept. of Washington, to June, 1861.

Stone's Expedition to July, 1861.


Service.

Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C., till June, 1861.

Expedition to Rockville, Md., June 10-July 7.

Great Falls July 7.

Mustered out July.

1861.


8th District of Columbia Battalion Infantry.

Organized at Washington, D. C., for the defence of that city April, 1861.

Attached to Mansfield's Command, Dept. of Washington, D. C., to June, 1861.

Rockville Expedition to July, 1861.


Service.

Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C., till June, 1861.

Expedition to Rockville, Md., June 10-July 7.

Action at Seneca Mills June 17.

Great Falls July 7.

Mustered out July, 1861.


Boyd's Company Militia Infantry.

Organized at Washington, D. C., for defence of that city April 18, 1861.

Mustered out July 16, 1861.


Callan's Company Militia Infantry.

Organized at Washington, D. C., for defence of that city April 22, 1861 Mustered out July 22, 1861.


Carrington's Company Militia Infantry.

Organized at Washington, D. C., for the defence of that city April 13, 1861.

Mustered out July 10, 1861.


Clarke's Company Militia Infantry.

Organized at Washington, D. C., for defence of that city April 24, 1861.

Mustered out July 24, 1861.


Cross' Company Militia Infantry.

Organized at Washington, D. C., for defence of that city April 22, 1861.

Mustered out July 15, 1861.


Degge's Company Militia Infantry.

Organized at Washington, D. C., for defence of that city April 17, 1861.

Mustered out July 17, 1861.


Elder's Company Militia Infantry.

Organized at Washington, D. C., for defence of that city April 20, 1861.

Mustered out July 20, 1861.


Ferguson's Company Militia Infantry.

Organized at Washington, D. C., for defence of that city April 22, 1861.

Mustered out July 22, 1861.


Fletcher's Company Militia Infantry.

Organized at Washington, D. C., for defence of that city April 24.

1861, Mustered out July 24, 1861.


[1020]

Foxwell's Company Militia Infantry.

Organized at Washington, D. C., for defence of that city April 15, 1861.

Mustered out July 15, 1861.


Gerhardt's Company Militia Infantry.

Organized at Washington, D. C., for defence of that city April 11, 1861.

Mustered out July 11, 1861.


Goddard's Company Militia Infantry.

Organized at Washington, D. C., for defence of that city April 17.

1861.

Mustered out July 17, 1861.


Grinnell's Company Militia Infantry.

Organized at Washington, D. C., for defence of that city April 22, 1861.

Mustered out June 11, 1861.


Kelly's Company Militia Infantry.

Organized at Washington, D. C., for defence of that city April 11, 1861.

Mustered out July 11, 1861.


King's Company Militia Infantry.

Organized at Washington, D. C., for defence of that city April 15, 1861.

Mustered out July 15, 1861.


Knight's Company Militia Infantry.

Organized at Washington, D. C., for defence of that city April 18, 1861.

Mustered out July 18, 1861.


Kyrzanowski's Company Militia Infantry.

Organized at Washington, D. C., for defence of that city April 22, 1861.

Mustered out July 22, 1861.


Loeffler's Company Militia Infantry.

Organized at Washington, D. C., for defence of that city April 11, 1861.

Mustered out July 11, 1861.


Mark's Company Militia Infantry.

Organized at Washington, D. C., for defence of that city April 17, 1861.

Mustered out July 17, 1861.


Miller's Company Militia Infantry.

Organized at Washington, D. C., for defence of that city April 17, 1861.

Mustered out July 17, 1861.


Morgan's Company Militia Infantry.

Organized at Washington, D. C., for the defence of that city April 17, 1861.

Mustered out July 17, 1861.


Morrison's Company Militia Infantry.

Organized at Washington, D. C., for defence of that city April 23, 1861.

Mustered out July 16, 1861.


McBlair's Company Militia Infantry.

Organized at Washington, D. C., for the defence of that city April 23, 1861.

Mustered out July 23, 1861.


McClelland's Company Militia Infantry.

Organized at Washington, D. C., for defence of that city April 20, 1861.

Mustered out July 20, 1861.


McDermott's Company Militia Infantry.

Organized at Washington, D. C., for defence of that city April 18, 1861.

Mustered out July 18, 1861.


McKim's Company Militia Infantry.

Organized at Washington, D. C., for defence of that city April 11, 1861.

Mustered out July 11, 1861.


Nally's Company Militia Infantry.

Organized at Washington, D. C., for defence of that city April 11, 1861.

Mustered out July 11, 1861.


Powell's Company Militia Infantry.

Organized at Washington, D. C., for defence of that city April 20, 1861.

Mustered out July 17, 1861.


Rodier's Company Militia Infantry.

Organized at Washington, D. C., for defence of that city April 13, 1861.

Mustered out July 13, 1861.


Rutherford's Company Militia Infantry.

Organized at Washington, D. C., for defence of that city pril 11, 1861.

Mustered out July 11, 1861.


Smead's Company Militia Infantry.

Organized at Washington, D. C., for defence of that city April 15, 1861.

Mustered out July 15, 1861.


Thistleton's Company Militia Infantry.

Organized at Washington, D. C., for defence of that city April 11, 1861.

Mustered out July 11, 1861.


Williams' Company Militia Infantry.

Organized at Washington, D. C., for the defence of that city April 10, 1861.

Mustered out July 10, 1861.

Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License.

An XML version of this text is available for download, with the additional restriction that you offer Perseus any modifications you make. Perseus provides credit for all accepted changes, storing new additions in a versioning system.

hide People (automatically extracted)
Sort people alphabetically, as they appear on the page, by frequency
Click on a person to search for him/her in this document.
Kautz (4)
Stone (3)
Wilson (1)
Cerro Gordo Williams (1)
Tyler (1)
Thistleton (1)
Samuel D. Sturgis (1)
Smead (1)
Slough (1)
Sigel (1)
Rutherford (1)
Rodier (1)
Robinson (1)
Powell (1)
John Pope (1)
Owens (1)
Nally (1)
Morrison (1)
Miles (1)
McKim (1)
McDermott (1)
McClelland (1)
McBlair (1)
Mark (1)
Loeffler (1)
Baker Lee (1)
Kyrzanowski (1)
Knight (1)
King (1)
Kelly (1)
Grinnell (1)
Goddard (1)
Gerhardt (1)
Foxwell (1)
Fletcher (1)
Champ Ferguson (1)
Elder (1)
Early (1)
Degge (1)
Cross (1)
Casey (1)
Carrington (1)
Callan (1)
Nottaway R. R. Bridge (1)
Boyd (1)
hide Dates (automatically extracted)
Sort dates alphabetically, as they appear on the page, by frequency
Click on a date to search for it in this document.
June, 1861 AD (8)
July 11th, 1861 AD (7)
July, 1861 AD (7)
July 7th (7)
July 17th, 1861 AD (6)
April 11th, 1861 AD (6)
April 22nd, 1861 AD (5)
July 15th, 1861 AD (4)
April 17th, 1861 AD (4)
April, 1861 AD (4)
1861 AD (4)
June 10th (4)
January, 1864 AD (3)
July 22nd, 1861 AD (3)
April 20th, 1861 AD (3)
April 18th, 1861 AD (3)
April 15th, 1861 AD (3)
February, 1865 AD (2)
May, 1864 AD (2)
March, 1864 AD (2)
February, 1863 AD (2)
May, 1862 AD (2)
December, 1861 AD (2)
July 24th, 1861 AD (2)
July 20th, 1861 AD (2)
July 18th, 1861 AD (2)
July 16th, 1861 AD (2)
July 10th, 1861 AD (2)
April 23rd, 1861 AD (2)
April 13th, 1861 AD (2)
September 16th (2)
September 15th (2)
August 29th (2)
August 23rd (2)
August 9th (2)
June 29th (2)
October 26th, 1865 AD (1)
October, 1865 AD (1)
September 12th, 1865 AD (1)
September, 1865 AD (1)
August, 1865 AD (1)
April 9th, 1865 AD (1)
April 2nd, 1865 AD (1)
February 28th, 1865 AD (1)
February 15th, 1865 AD (1)
February 11th, 1865 AD (1)
January, 1865 AD (1)
August 27th, 1864 AD (1)
July 13th, 1864 AD (1)
July 11th, 1864 AD (1)
June 30th, 1864 AD (1)
June 22nd, 1864 AD (1)
June 16th, 1864 AD (1)
June, 1864 AD (1)
May 11th, 1864 AD (1)
May 5th, 1864 AD (1)
April, 1864 AD (1)
December, 1863 AD (1)
October 22nd, 1863 AD (1)
June, 1863 AD (1)
October, 1862 AD (1)
September 22nd, 1862 AD (1)
September 6th, 1862 AD (1)
September, 1862 AD (1)
August, 1862 AD (1)
July, 1862 AD (1)
June, 1862 AD (1)
February 26th, 1862 AD (1)
November, 1861 AD (1)
October 25th, 1861 AD (1)
July 23rd, 1861 AD (1)
July 19th, 1861 AD (1)
July 13th, 1861 AD (1)
July 7th, 1861 AD (1)
June 11th, 1861 AD (1)
April 26th, 1861 AD (1)
April 24th, 1861 AD (1)
April 10th, 1861 AD (1)
December 12th (1)
December 7th (1)
November 23rd (1)
October 28th (1)
October 27th (1)
October 24th (1)
October 13th (1)
October 7th (1)
October (1)
September 20th (1)
September 19th (1)
September 17th (1)
September 3rd (1)
September 2nd (1)
September 1st (1)
August 30th (1)
August 28th (1)
August 27th (1)
August 26th (1)
August 25th (1)
August 24th (1)
August 21st (1)
August 16th (1)
August (1)
July 28th (1)
July 27th (1)
July 23rd (1)
July 3rd (1)
July (1)
June 28th (1)
June 25th (1)
June 19th (1)
June 17th (1)
June 15th (1)
June 14th (1)
June 9th (1)
May 30th (1)
May 24th (1)
May 17th (1)
May 16th (1)
May 12th (1)
May 9th (1)
May 8th (1)
May 7th (1)
May 5th (1)
April 27th (1)
April 24th (1)
April 23rd (1)
April 17th (1)
April 9th (1)
April 8th (1)
April 7th (1)
April 6th (1)
April 5th (1)
April 4th (1)
April 2nd (1)
April 1st (1)
March 31st (1)
March 30th (1)
March 28th (1)
hide Display Preferences
Greek Display:
Arabic Display:
View by Default:
Browse Bar: