Pennsylvania 8th Cavalry (Union)
1861-09-17
Organized - Pennsylvania 8th Cavalry - Pennsylvania
1862-05-31
Battle - Seven Pines - Henrico County, Virginia
Gen. Joseph E. Johnston withdrew his army from the Virginia Peninsula toward the Confederate capital of Richmond as Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan's army pursued him. By the end of May, Johnston held a defensive position seven miles east of the city on the Richmond and York River Railroad. McClellan's army facing Johnston straddled the Chickahominy River and stretched south. Capturing the initiative from his Union foe, Johnston attempted to overwhelm two Federal corps isolated south of the river. The Confed…READ MORE
1862-07-01
Battle - Malvern Hill - Henrico County, Virginia
On June 30th, the retreating Federal Army of the Potomac finally stopped at the James River at the end of seven days of fighting outside of Richmond.READ MORE
1862-09-17
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain Peter Keenan
CaptainPeter Keenan
1862-09-17
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel John F. Farnsworth
ColonelJohn F. Farnsworth
1862-09-17
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Alfred Pleasonton
Brigadier GeneralAlfred Pleasonton
1862-11-10
Battle - Amissville, Virginia
1863-04-30
Leadership Change - Regiment - Major Pennock Huey
MajorPennock Huey
1863-04-30
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Thomas Devin
ColonelThomas Devin
1863-04-30
Battle - Chancellorsville - Spotsylvania County, Virginia
On April 27, 1863, Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker launched a turning movement designed to pry Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia out of its lines at Fredericksburg.READ MORE
1863-10-12
Battle - Sulphur Springs, Virginia
1864-05-05
Battle - Wilderness - Spotsylvania County, Virginia; Orange County, Virginia
The first battle between Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Gen. Robert E. Lee erupted late in the morning of May 5, 1864, as Maj. Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren's Union V Corps attacked Lt. Gen. Richard S. Ewell's Second Corps on the Orange Turnpike southwest of the old Chancellorsville battlefield. Although Federal infantry managed to break through at several points, the Confederate line held. Fighting shifted to the south as Lt. Gen. A.P. Hill's Third Corps engaged Maj. Gen. Winfield S. Hancock's II Corps and ele…READ MORE
1864-06-11
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel Pennock Huey
ColonelPennock Huey
1864-06-11
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel John Irvin Gregg
ColonelJohn Irvin Gregg
1864-06-11
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General David McM. Gregg
Brigadier GeneralDavid McM. Gregg
1864-06-11
Battle - Trevilian Station - Louisa County, Virginia
In June of 1864, hoping to draw attention away from Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's movement south, destroy supply lines, and join up with Brig. Gen. David Hunter in Charlottesville, Union cavalry commander Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan embarked on a cavalry raid. Near Trevilian Station, Virginia, he clashed with Confederate cavalry under Maj. Gens. Wade Hampton and Fitzhugh Lee. On June 11th, while Hampton's men struggled against Union forces on one road, Lee's men advancing on a parallel road fell back, allow…READ MORE
1864-06-24
Battle - Saint Mary's Church - Charles City, Virginia
1864-10-27
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Michael Kerwin
ColonelMichael Kerwin
1864-10-27
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General David M. Gregg
Brigadier GeneralDavid M. Gregg
1864-10-27
Battle - Boydton Plank Road - Dinwiddie County, Virginia
1865-03-31
Battle - Dinwiddie Court House - Dinwiddie County, Virginia
1865-04-05
Battle - Amelia Springs - Amelia County, Virginia
1865-04-06
Battle - Sailor's Creek - Amelia County, Virginia; Prince Edward County, Virginia; Nottoway County, Virginia
Five days after Robert E. Lee's men retreated from the trenches of Petersburg, cavalry under Maj. Gen. Phil Sheridan effectively cut off three separate corps of Lee's army near Sailor's Creek, a tributary of the Appomattox River, while the Union Second and Sixth Corps approached from the east. On April 6th, two brigades of Andrew H. Humphrey's Second Corps overwhelmed two brigades of Maj. Gen. John B. Gordon's division as the Confederates struggled to move their supply and artillery trains across the creek…READ MORE
1865-04-09
Battle - Appomattox Court House - Appomattox Court House, Virginia
Between 26,000 and 28,000 Confederate soldiers surrendered and were paroled.READ MORE
1865-07-24
Mustered Out - Pennsylvania 8th Cavalry - Pennsylvania
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