History of Pennsylvania volunteers, 1861-5; prepared in compliance with acts of the legislature, by Samuel P. Bates.

112 0 EIGHTIETH REGIME-NT-SEVENTH CAVALRY. 18S64
equipments for the entire regiment, and, when freshly mounted, as it was at
Nashville, it was well prepared for active service.
On the 30th of April, the regiment, under command of Colonel Sipes, broke
camp, and, joining Garrard's Division, set forward with Sherman towards Atlanta. On the 15th of May it was engaged at Rome, and on the 27th, at Dallas and Villa Rica Road, at the latter place, having a sharp skirmish, losing
three killed, six wounded, and one taken prisoner; at Big Shanty on June 9th,
with one killed, two wounded and two prisoners; at M'Afee Cross Roads, on
the 11th, with two killed, and four prisoners; at Monday Creek, on the 20th,
with one killed, ten wounded, and six prisoners; at Kenesaw Mountain on the
27th; in a raid on the Augusta and Atlanta Railroad on the 18th of July; in
a raid on Covington, and the destruction of the railroad, on the 21st; at Flat
Rock, on the 28th, with a loss of two wounded; and on the 1st of August entered the trenches in front of Atlanta. On the 17th, it moved with Kilpatrick
on his raid; on the 19th had a skirmish at Fairburn and Jonesboro; and, on the
20th, a sharp engagement at Lovejoy Station, in which Captain James G. Taylor and Lieutenant Chauncey C. Hemans were among the killed. The loss in
this raid was five killed, twenty-four wounded, and fifteen missing. On the
12th of October it was engaged in the battle alt Rome, and, on the following
day, made a charge with the sabre on infantry, routing them and capturing
two pieces of artillery, losing one killed and four wounded. Two weeks later
it was engaged at Lead's Cross Roads, which closed the campaign.
The regiment having suffered severely in men, horses, and equipments, during a campaign rarely equalled for severity, was no longer fit for the field, and
was ordered to Louisville, Kentucky, to be remounted, equipped, and prepared
again for active duty. While here, many of the officers, whose three years'
term of service had expired, were mustered out. Promotions were, accordingly,
made, and, as re-organized, the field officers were, Charles C. M'Cormick, Colonel; James F. Andress, Lieutenant Colonel; Benjamin S. Dartt, Charles L.
Greeno, and Uriah C. Hartranft, Majors.
After the battle of Nashville, in which General Thomas defeated and put
to rout the rebel army under Hood, the regiment was stationed at Gravelly
Springs, Alabama, on the Tennessee River, where it was engaged in drilling
and completing its organization and equipment for the spring campaign of 1865.
On the 22d of march, it joined the command of General James H. Wilson,
and with it set out on the expedition from Eastport, Mississippi, across the
Gulf States. On the 1st of April, it was engaged in the battle of Plantersville, Alabama, and on the following day, arrived in front of Selma. The position of the regiment in the line of march for that day, was the third, in the
advance brigade of General Long's Division; but, upon arriving near the city,
it was ordered to the front to lead the assault upon the works. " I directed
General Long," says General Wilson in his report, " to assault the enemy's
works by moving diagonally across the road upon which his troops were
posted. * * * Fearing that this affair [the coming up of the enemy
on his rear,] might compromise our assault upon the main position, General
Long, with admirable judgment, determined to make the assault at once, and,
without waiting the signal, gave the order to advance. The troops, dismounted,
sprang forward with confident alacrity, and in less than fifteen minutes, without even stopping, wavering, or faltering, had swept over the works and driven