Cavalry Division, Army of the Potomac
Division · United States · September 2, 1862 – February 12, 1863
The cavalry division of the Army of the Potomac, consolidated in September 1862 under George Stoneman and then Alfred Pleasonton. It screened the army in the Maryland and Fredericksburg campaigns and became the Cavalry Corps on February 12, 1863.
View on map Fought in American Civil War
Served with
- November 14, 1862 – February 5, 1863 Right Grand Division, Army of the Potomac Grand-division attachment under General Orders No. 184, November 14, 1862; grand divisions abolished February 5, 1863
People who served 2
Movements
Moved with Right Grand Division, Army of the Potomac.
- September 17, 1862 Battle of Antietam
- December 11, 1862 – December 15, 1862 Battle of Fredericksburg Map