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1st WISCONSIN CAVALRY REGIMENT

Colonels Edward Daniels, Oscar H. LaGrange; Lieutenant Cols. Oscar H. LaGrange (promoted col.), Henry Pomeroy, William H. Torrey, Henry Harnden, Majors Oscar H. LaGrange (promoted ltcol.), Henry S. Eggleston, Thomas H. Mars, Nathan Paine, Stephen V. Shipman,
Henry Pomeroy (promoted ltcol.), Henry Harnden (promoted ltcol.), Newton Jones, William H. Torrey (promoted ltcol.), Levi Howland.

Regiment had a total of 2620 officers and men
Company F had a total of 202 officers and men

Organized at Rippon and Kenosha, Wis., Sept. 1, 1861 to Feb. 2, 1862. Mustered in March 10, 1862. Left State for St. Louis, Mo., March 17, 1862, and at Benton Barracks, Mo. until April 28. Moved to Camp Girardeau, Mo., April 28.

Scout and patrol duty in Southeast Missouri until October, 1862. Expedition to Bloomfield, Mo., May 10-11. Action at Bloomfield May 10. Chalk Bluffs May 15. Operations in Dunklin County May 16-20. Expedition to Madison, Ark., July 9-22. Scatterville July 10. Guerrilla Campaign against Porter's and Poindexter's forces July 20-September 10. West Prairie July 23. Bloomfield July 29. Jonesboro, Ark., August 2-3 (2nd Battalion). Jackson, Langnelle's Ferry and Scatterville August 3. At Cape Girardeau until Oct. 3. Scout to Wayne, Stoddard and Dunklin Counties August 20-27 (Detachment). Bloomfield August 29 and September 11. Moved to Greenville October 3, then to Patterson October 19. Expedition after Greene's guerrillas October 20-November 3. at Patterson until January, 1863. Moved to Alton and West Plains January. At West Plains, Pilot Knob and St. Genevieve until March. Batesville Feb. 4. Moved to Cape Girardeau March 10. Scout from Bloomfield to Scatterville March 24-April 1. Operations against Marmaduke April 17-May 2. Whitewater River April 24 (Co. E). Cape Girardeau April 26. Near Whitewater Bridge April 27. Castor River, near Bloomfield, April 29. Bloomfield April 29-30. Chalk Bluff, St. Francis River, April 30-May 1. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., May 31-June 13. Triune June 19. Middle Tennessee or Tullahoma Campaign June 23-July 7. Eaglesville and Rover June 23. Middleton June 24. Fosterville, Guy's Gap and Shelbyville June 27. Bethpage Bridge, Elk River, July 2. Expedition to Huntsville July 13-22. At Huntsville and Fayetteville, Ala., until Aug. 15. At Larkinsville until August 31. Chickamauga, Ga. Campaign. Reconnoissance toward Rome, Ga.. September 11. Apine and Dirt Town September 12. Near Stevens' Gap September 18. Battle of Chickamauga September 19-20. Boy Valley and Lookout Church September 22. Missionary Ridge and Shallow Ford Gap September 22. Operations against Wheeler and Roddy Sept. 30-Oct. 17. Anderson's Cross Roads October 2. Maysville, Ala., October 13. Camp at Winchester till November 20. Movement to Murfreesboro, then into East Tennessee Nov. 20-Dec. 14. Operations about Dandridge and Mossy Creek November 24-28. Mossy Creek Station Dec. 24. Pack's House, near New Market, December 24. Mossy Creek December 26. Talbot Station December 28. Mossy Creek, Talbot Station, December 29. Near Mossy Creek January 11-12, 1864. Operations about Dandridge January 16-17. Bend of Chucky Road, near Dandridge, January 16. Dandridge January 17. Operations about Dandridge Jan. 26-28. Fair Garden Jan. 27. Swann's Island Jan. 28. Expedition from Motley's Ford to Murphey, N. C., Feb. 17-22. Cleveland April 2. Mink Springs, near Cleveland, April 13. Atlanta, Ga. Campaign May 1-Sept. 8. Catoosa Springs May 3. Varnell's Station May 7 and 9. Demonstrations on Dalton May 9-13. Tilton May 13. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Cassville May 19. Stilesboro May 23. Burnt Hickory May 24. About Dallas May 25-June 5. Burned Church May 26 and May 30-June 1. Ackworth June 3-4. Big Shanty June 6. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Howell's Ferry July 1. Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Chattahoochie River July 6-17. Beachtown July 22. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. McCook's Raid on Atlanta & West Point Railroad July 27-31. Campbellton July 28. Newnan July 30-31. Expedition to Jasper Aug. 11-15. At Cartersville Aug. 18-Oct. 17. Rousseau's pursuit of Wheeler September 1-8. At Calhoun until Nov. 14. Ordered to Louisville, Ky., Nov. 14, and there until Dec. 4. Pursuit of Lyon from Paris to Hopkinsville, Ky., then march to Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 6, 1864-Jan. 8, 1865. Action at Hopkinsville, Ky., Dec. 16. At Chickasaw, Ala., until March, 1865. Wilson's Raid from Chickasaw, Ala., to Macon, Ga., March 22-April 24. Centreville April 1. Selma April 2. Lowndesborough April 10 (Cos. A and B). Montgomery April 12. Columbus Road, near Tuskegee, April 14. Fort Tyler, West Point, Ga., April 16. Macon April 20. Irwinsville, Ga., May 10. Capture of Jeff Davis. At Macon and Nashville, Tenn., until July. Mustered out at Edgefield, Tenn., July 19, 1865.

Regiment lost 6 Officers and 67 enlisted men killed or died of wounds and 7 Officers and 321 enlisted men died of disease or other non-battle causes=401.

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