Washington County Cavalry Company
Regimental History and Service Record
Organized at Wheeling, W. Va., August 19, 1861. Attached to Army of Occupation, West Virginia, to November, 1861. Railroad District, Mountain Dept., West Virginia, to January, 1862. Lander's Division, West Virginia, to March, 1862. Hatch's Cavalry Command, Banks' 5th Corps, to April, 1862. Railroad District, Mountain Dept.. to July, 1862. Railroad District, 8th Corps, Middle Dept., to January, 1863. Romney, Defenses Upper Potomac, 8th Corps, to March, 1863. 4th Brigade, 1st Division, 8th Corps, to June, 1863. Campbell's Brigade, Scammon's Division, Dept. West Virginia, to December, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Dept. West Virginia, to February, 1864.
SERVICE.---Greenbrier River October 3-4, 1861. Expedition to Blue's Gap January 6-7, 1862. Hanging Rock Pass, Blue's Gap, January 7. Advance on Winchester March 7-15. Strasburg March 18.
Columbia Furnace April 16. Two Churches and Rood's Hill April 17. Guard and scout duty in Railroad District of West Virginia and Defenses of the Upper Potomac until February, 1864. Actions at North River Mills August 15, 1862. Wire Bridge August 16. Moorefield August 23. Glenville September 30. South Branch Potomac, Moorefield, November 9. Romney December 1. Green Springs Run March 7, 1863.
Fairview July 9. Hedgesville and Martinsburg July 18-19. Whitehall July 22. Burlington August 4. Descent upon Salem December 16. Jackson River, near Covington, December 19. Petersburg January 10, 1864. Operations in Hampshire and Hardy Counties January 27-February 7. Moorefield February 4.
- Consolidated with Ringgold Cavalry Battalion February 9, 1864.
This regiment was organized at Wheeling, West Va., August 19, 1861, to serve three years. It was consolidated with the Ringgold Battery and Lafayette Cavalry, (Pennsylvania vols.) and transferred to the 22d Pa. cavalry, February 24, 1864.
Regimental Roster
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Rank | Name | City/Town | Commission From | Muster Date |
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Colonel | [[]] | ?, PA | ? | ? |
Captain
Andrew J. Greenfield
First Lieutenant
John Dabinett
Second Lieutenant
George W. Jenkins
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Notes
Sources
- Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 762, 897, 1570)
- Source: Official Army Register of the Volunteer Force of the U. S. Army for the years 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864, and 1865, Part III. Published by order of the Secretary of War, in Compliance with the Joint Resolution of the Senate and House of Representatives, Approved March 9, 1865, Adjutant General's Office, Washington, DC, April 31, 1865.