1st Maine Cavalry Regiment

GPTKB entity

Properties (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Cavalry regiment
gptkbp:activeYears 1861-1865
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Army_of_the_Potomac
gptkb:Army_of_the_Shenandoah
gptkb:Cavalry_Corps
gptkbp:alumni Annual gatherings
gptkbp:awards Medal of Honor
gptkbp:branch Cavalry
gptkbp:campaigns gptkb:Valley_Campaigns_of_1864
gptkb:Appomattox_Campaign
gptkb:Sheridan's_Shenandoah_Valley_Campaign
Overland Campaign
gptkbp:casualties 700
gptkbp:celebrates Civil_War_memorials_in_Maine
gptkbp:colors Blue
gptkbp:conservationEfforts Historical_sites_in_Maine
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:culturalImpact Inspiration for literature and art
Influence on local history
gptkbp:defeated April 1865
gptkbp:descendant Veterans organizations
gptkbp:disbanded 1865
gptkbp:engagements gptkb:Battle_of_Cedar_Creek
gptkb:Battle_of_Gettysburg
Battle of Appomattox Court House
Battle of Five Forks
gptkbp:finalScore 300
gptkbp:firstAwarded 1,000
gptkbp:garrison gptkb:Maine
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Portland,_Maine
gptkbp:historicalRecords gptkb:National_Archives
gptkbp:historicalResearch Civil War historians
gptkbp:historicalRole Cavalry_operations_in_the_Civil_War
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Fought_in_the_American_Civil_War
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 1st Maine Cavalry Regiment
gptkbp:insignia Regimental Flag
gptkbp:legacy Contributed to Union victory
gptkbp:motto “The First to the Last”
gptkbp:nickname “The_Fighting_First”
gptkbp:notable_member gptkb:Lieutenant_John_H._McClure
gptkb:Major_Charles_H._Smith
gptkb:Captain_William_H._H._McClure
gptkb:Sergeant_Major_John_H._McClure
gptkb:Private_George_W._Smith
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Colonel_John_A._McClure
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Union_Army
gptkbp:recruitment gptkb:Maine
gptkbp:reform 1863
gptkbp:size Regiment
gptkbp:state gptkb:Maine
gptkbp:type Volunteer