1st Wisconsin Cavalry

== Regimental History and Service Record ==
Organized at Rippon and Kenosha, Wis., September 1, 1861, to February 2, 1862. Mustered in March 10, 1862. Left State for St. Louis, Mo., March 17, 1862, and duty at Benton Barracks, Mo., until April 28. Moved to Camp Girardeau, Mo., April 28. Attached to Vandever's Brigade, District of Southeast Missouri, Dept. of Missouri, to October, 1862. Cavalry Brigade, District of Southeast Missouri, Dept. of Missouri, to June, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1864. 2nd Brigade; 1st Division, Wilson's Cavalry Corps, Military Division Mississippi, to July, 1865.
SERVICE.--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 October 3. Scout to Wayne, Stoddard and Dunklin Counties August 20-27 (Detachment). Bloomfield August 29 and September 11. Moved to Greenville October 3, thence to Patterson October 19. Expedition after Greene's guerrillas October 20-November 3. Duty at Patterson until January, 1863. Moved to Alton and West Plains January. At West Plains, Pilot Knob and St. Genevieve until March. Batesville February 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 August 15. At Larkinsville until August 31. 
* August 16-September 22, 1863 - The Chickamauga Campaign
** September 10, 1863 - Reconnaissances from Alpine, Georgia 
** September 12, 1863 - Skirmish at Alpine, Georgia
** Dirt Town September 12. 
** Near Stevens' Gap September 18. 
** September 19-September 20, 1863 - Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia
* Boy Valley and Lookout Church September 22. 
* Missionary Ridge and Shallow Ford Gap September 22. 
* Operations against Wheeler and Roddy September 30-October 17. 
** October 2, 1863 - Action near Anderson's Crossroads, Tennessee
Maysville, Ala., October 13. Camp at Winchester until November 20. Movement to Murfreesboro, thence into East Tennessee November 20-December 14. Operations about Dandridge and Mossy Creek November 24-28. Mossy Creek Station December 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 January 26-28. Fair Garden January 27. Swann's Island January 28. Expedition from Motley's Ford to Murphey, N. C., February 17-22. Cleveland April 2. Mink Springs, near Cleveland, April 13. 
* May 1-September 8, 1864 - The Atlanta Campaign
** Catoosa Springs May 3. 
** Varnell's Station May 7 and 9. 
** May 9-13, 1864 - Demonstration on Dalton, Georgia
** Tilton May 13. 
** May 14-May 15, 1864 - Battle of Resaca, Georgia
** Cassville May 19. 
** Stilesboro May 23. 
** Burnt Hickory May 24. 
** May 25-June 5, 1864 - Operations in Bartow County, Georgia
** Burned Church May 26 and May 30-June 1. 
** June 3, 1864 - Skirmish at Ackworth, Georgia
** June 3-June 4, 1864 - Skirmishes at Ackworth, Georgia
** June 4, 1864 - Engagement at Ackworth, Georgia
** 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. 
** July 22-August 25, 1864 - Siege of Atlanta, Georgia
** July 27-31, 1864 - McCook's Raid on Atlanta, Georgia 
** Campbellton July 28. 
** Newnan July 30-31. 
** Expedition to Jasper August 11-15. 
** At Cartersville August 18-October 17. 
** Rousseau's pursuit of Wheeler September 1-8. 
** At Calhoun until November 14. 
* Ordered to Louisville, Ky., November 14, and duty there until December 4. 
Pursuit of Lyon from Paris to Hopkinsville, Ky., thence march to Nashville, Tenn., December 6, 1864, to January 8, 1865. Action at Hopkinsville, Ky., December 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.
== Regimental Roster ==
== Regiment Statistical Information ==
* Regiment lost during service 6 Officers and 67 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 7 Officers and 321 Enlisted men by disease. Total 401.
== Legacy ==
== Notes ==
== Sources == 
* (Pages 700, 701, 704, 705, 707, 708, 715, 716, 860, 863, 1666-1667)
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