1st New York Cavalry Regiment

The 1st New York Cavalry Regiment was a regiment in the Union Army in the American Civil War. It was also known as the Lincoln Cavalry, Carbine Rangers, Sabre Regiment, and 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry.

1st New York Cavalry Regiment
Regimental banner of 1 NY Cav
Active	September 1861 to June 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Cavalry
Engagements	American Civil War 1862: Siege of Yorktown, Glendale, Malvern Hill, Antietam 1863: Second Winchester, Williamsport 1864: New Market, Lynchburg, Kernstown II, Moorefield det. of 386, Third Winchester, Fisher's Hill, Cedar Creek, Action at Nineveh 1865: Waynesboro, Dinwiddie Court House, Five Forks, Namozine Church, Sailor's Creek, Appomattox Station, Appomattox Court House
Commanders
Colonel	Andrew McReynolds
Colonel	Alonzo Adams
Lt. Colonel	Jenyns B. Battersby

Service

It was mustered in from July 16 to August 31, 1861.

It was mustered out June 27, 1865.

A Confederate flag captured by the regiment August 7, 1864 Moorefield West Virginia

Casualties

The regiment sustained 25 officers and men killed in action, 134 wounded, of whom 23 died and 111 recovered, 384 missing in action, and 120 died of disease and other causes, for a total of 168 casualties. Among its losses were 1st Lieut. Henry B. Hidden, killed March 9, 1862, one of the first Union cavalry officers killed in the Civil War, and Corporal William H. Rihl, the first soldier killed in combat north of the Mason–Dixon line, on June 22, 1863.

Gallery

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  Carl Schultz
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  Henry B Hidden
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  A list of the regiment's battles and casualties
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  The regiment's list of battles and casualties, cont. (Page 2)
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  The regiment's list of battles and casualties, page 3.

See also

• List of New York Civil War units

Further reading

• Beach, William Harrison (1902). The First New York (Lincoln) Cavalry from April 19, 1861, to July 7, 1865. New York: Lincoln Cavalry Association. p. 448. OCLC 44089779. Nineveh Powell chased.
• Stevenson, James H. (1879). Boots and Saddles: A History of the First Volunteer Cavalry of the War, Known as the First New York (Lincoln) Cavalry, and also as the Sabre Regiment. Harrisburg, PA: Patriot Pub. Co. OCLC 31947777.