Pennsylvania 22nd Cavalry (Union)
1862-11-09
Battle - Moorefield, West Virginia
1863-07-01
Organized - Pennsylvania 22nd Cavalry - Pennsylvania
1863-12-16
Battle - Upperville, Virginia
1864-02-01
Battle - Burlington, West Virginia
1864-05-15
Battle - New Market - Shenandoah County, Virginia
In conjunction with other spring 1864 offensives against strategic points in the Confederacy, Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant ordered Maj. Gen. Franz Sigel to move up the Shenandoah Valley along the Valley Turnpike to destroy the railroad and canal complex at Lynchburg. Union control of the strategic and agriculturally rich valley was a crucial part of Grant's plans. Receiving word that the Union Army had entered the valley, Maj. Gen. John C. Breckinridge pulled together all available troops to repulse the invad…READ MORE
1864-06-05
Leadership Change - Regiment - Major Henry A. Meyers
MajorHenry A. Meyers
1864-06-05
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel John Wynkoop
ColonelJohn Wynkoop
1864-06-05
Battle - Piedmont - Augusta County, Virginia
1864-06-06
Battle - Moorefield, West Virginia
1864-07-08
Battle - Sandy Hook, Maryland
1864-07-23
Battle - Kernstown, Virginia
1864-07-25
Battle - MARtinsburg, West Virginia
1864-09-19
Battle - Third Winchester - Frederick County, Virginia; Winchester, Virginia
To clear the Shenandoah River valley of Confederates, Maj. Gen. Phil Sheridan moved on Winchester in mid-September 1864. Sheridan's force of over 39,000 men was more than twice the size of Maj. Gen. Jubal Early's Confederate army defending the valley. After Brig. Gen. Joseph Kershaw's division left Winchester to rejoin Robert E. Lee's army at Petersburg, Early renewed his raids on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at Martinsburg in the lower valley, dispersing his four remaining infantry divisions. On Septem…READ MORE
1864-10-19
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Andrew J. Greenfield
Lieutenant ColonelAndrew J. Greenfield
1864-10-19
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Alpheus S. Moore
ColonelAlpheus S. Moore
1864-10-19
Leadership Change - Division - Colonel William H. Powell
ColonelWilliam H. Powell
1864-10-19
Battle - Cedar Creek - Frederick County, Virginia; Shenandoah County, Virginia; Warren County, Virginia
Also known as: Cedar Creek, Belle GroveREAD MORE
1865-06-24
Mustered Out - Pennsylvania 22nd Cavalry - Pennsylvania
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