1/4 Plate Tintype of a 1st Maine Cavalry Soldier with Burnside Carbine and Colt
Rare 1/4 Plate Tintype of a 1st Maine Cavalry Soldier with Burnside carbine, Colt Pistol and Sword in beautiful Gutta Percha Case!
1st Maine Cavalry
The 1st Maine Cavalry was mustered for three years' service on October 31, 1861 and mustered out on August 1, 1865. Of the 3226 men enrolled in the regiment, 154 were killed or died of wounds, 171 died of disease, and 165 died in Confederate prisons. This regiment lost the greatest number killed in action of any cavalry regiment in the entire army.
They served in the following engagements:
First Bull Run - July 21, 1861
Middleton, VA. - May 24, 1862
Winchester, VA - May 25, 1862
Luray, VA - June 1862
Cedar Mountain VA - August 9, 1862
Brandy Station, VA - August 20, 1862
Rappahannock Station, VA - August 24, 1862
Thoroughfare Gap, VA - August 28, 1862
2nd Bull Run, VA - August 28-29, 1862
Frederick, MD - September 12, 1862
South Mountain, MD - September 13-14, 1862
Antietam, MD - September 17, 1862
Fredericksburg, VA - December 12-13, 1862
Dumfries, VA - December 28, 1862
Rappahannock Station, VA - April 14, 1863
Louisa Court House, VA - May 2, 1863
Stoneman's Raid, VA - May 5-7, 1863
Bealton, VA - May 10, 1863
Brandy Station, VA - June 9, 1863
Aldie, VA - June 17, 1863
Middleburg, VA - June 17, 1863
Upperville, VA - June 21, 1863
Aldie, VA - June 22, 1863
Gettysburg, PA - July 1 - 3, 1863
Halltown, WV - July 15, 1863
Shepardstown, WV - July 16, 1863
Sulphur Springs, VA - October 12, 1863
Mine Run, VA - November 30, 1863
Fortification of Richmond
Dahlgren Raid, VA - February 29 - March 2, 1864
Strasburg, VA - May 1, 1864
Todd's Tavern, VA - May 8, 1864
Beaver Dam Station, VA - May 10, 1864
Ground Squirrel Bridge, VA - May 11, 1864
Sheridan's Raid, VA
Hawe's Shop, VA - May 28, 1864
Cold Harbor, VA - June 2, 1864
Trevillian Station, VA - June 11, 1864
St. Mary's Church, VA - June 24, 1864
Malvern Hill, VA - July 28-29, 1864
Berryville, VA - August 14, 1864
White Tavern, VA - August 15, 1864
Deep Bottom , VA - August 16, 1864
Charles City Crossroads, VA - August 18, 1864
Reams Station, VA - August 23-25, 1864
Stony Creek, VA - September 16, 1864
Wyatt Farm, VA - September 29, 1864
Vaughan Road, VA - October 1, 1864
Boydton Plank Road, VA - October 27, 1864
Bellefield, VA - December 10, 1864
Hatcher's Run, VA - February 5, 1865
Dinwiddie Court House, VA - March 31, 1865
Fame's Crossroads, VA - April 5, 1865
Lee's Train, VA - April 6, 1865
Sailor's Creek, VA - April 6, 1865
Farmville, VA - April 7, 1865
Appomattox, VA - April 9, 1865