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1st Maine Volunteer Cavalry Regiment

1st Maine Volunteer Cavalry Regiment
Active October 31, 1861 – August 1, 1865
Country  United States
Allegiance Union
Branch Cavalry

The 1st Maine Volunteer Cavalry Regiment was one of the Maine units used during the American Civil War.

Organized in Augusta, Maine, on October 31, 1861, for three years. The original members were mustered out on November 25, 1864, when their service was up, but later recruits, along with members of the 1st District of Columbia Cavalry and those who chose to reenlist, were retained in the regiment until its mustering out at Petersburg, Virginia, on August 1, 1865.

The official list of battles in which the regiment bore a part:

Middletown
Winchester
Cedar Mountain
2nd Bull Run
South Mountain
Antietam
Fredericksburg
Rappahannock Station
Brandy Station
Aldie
Middleburg
Upperville
Gettysburg
Shepardstown
Sulphur Springs
Mine Run
Fortification of Richmond
Old Church
Todd's Tavern
Ground Squirrel Bridge (called Church in )
Hawe's Shop
Cold Harbor
Trevillian Station
St Mary's Church
Deep Bottom
Ream's Station
Wyatt's Farm
Boydton Road
Bellefield


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