Wisconsin 1st Cavalry (Union)
1861-09-01
Organized - Wisconsin 1st Cavalry - Wisconsin
1862-07-23
Battle - West Prairie, Missouri
1863-04-26
Battle - Cape Girardeau - Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri
1863-04-26
Battle - Cape Girardeau, Missouri
1863-06-24
Battle - Middleton, Tennessee
1863-09-19
Battle - Chickamauga - Catoosa County, Georgia; Walker County, Georgia
After the successful Tullahoma Campaign, Maj. Gen. William Rosecrans continued the Union offensive, aiming to force Gen. Braxton Bragg's Confederate army out of Chattanooga. Through a series of skillful marches towards the Confederate-held city, Rosecrans forced Bragg out of Chattanooga and into Georgia. Determined to reoccupy the city, Bragg followed the Federals north, brushing with Rosecrans' army at Davis' Cross Roads. While they marched on September 18th, his cavalry and infantry skirmished with Un…READ MORE
1863-12-29
Battle - Mossy Creek - Jefferson County, Tennessee
1864-01-17
Battle - Dandridge - Jefferson County, Tennessee
1864-04-13
Battle - Cleveland, Tennessee
1864-05-26
Battle - Burnt Church, Georgia
1864-06-06
Battle - Big Shanty, Georgia
1864-07-28
Battle - Campbellton, Georgia
1865-04-02
Battle - Selma - Selma, Alabama
The war was almost over when Union troops under the leadership of Gen. James H. Wilson and 13,500 cavalry and mounted infantry (the Raiders) invaded Alabama. Anticipating invasion, Selma prepared as best it could. But Lt. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest's highly outnumbered 2,000 men, consisting of mostly old men and boys, could not hold Wilson's Raiders. The people of Selma were doomed even before the battle started on April 2, 1865. Selma has the largest historic district in Alabama, and it is the second-old…READ MORE
1865-04-16
Battle - Fort Tyler, Georgia
1865-04-16
Battle - West Point - West Point, Georgia
1865-07-19
Mustered Out - Wisconsin 1st Cavalry - Wisconsin
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