664 "COLE'S CAVALRY." FIRST REGIMENT POTOMAC HOME BRIGADE CAVALRY.

ROSTER.

FIELD AND STAFF.

		DATE OF	DATE OF
NAME.	RANK.	ENLISTMENT OR	MUSTER OUT	REMARKS.
		MUSTER IN.	OR DISCHARGE.
Henry A Cole	Colonel.	Aug. 10, 1861	June 28, 1865	Entered the service as Captain Company A, August
				10, 1861; promoted Major, August 1, 1862; Lieutenant-
				Colonel; March 5, 1864; Colonel, April 20, 1864. During
				the siege of Harper's Ferry, Va., September, 1862,
				the commanding officer of the beleaguered garrison
				desiring to communicate with General McClellan and
				the Army of the Potomac, sent for Major Cole, and
				advised him of hiswishes in che premises. Major Cole
				volunteered his services, passed through the enemy's
				lines, delivered the dispatch in person, and received
				the thanks of General McClellan.
George W. F.
Vernon	Lieut.-Col.	Aug. 10, 1861	June 28, 1865	Entered the service as Second Lieutenant Company A,
				August 10, 1861; promoted First Lieutenant, May 10,
				1862; Captain, October 25, 1862; Major, March 7, 1864;
				Lieutenant-Colonel, April 20, 1864; severely wounded,
				January 10, 1864, at Loudon Heights, Va. ; left eye
				shot out in midnight attack by Mosby's guerrillas;
				from May to October, 1864, assigned temporarily to
				command Dismounted Cavalry Brigade, consisting
				of Cole's Cavalry, Maryland Volunteers, Twenty-
				Second Pennsylvania Cavalry, Twenty-First New
				York Cavalry; commanded the same in engagement
				at Leetown, Va. ; detached from his command and
				placed in charge of Provisional Brigade, consisting
				of battalions from Eighteenth Connecticut Infantry,
				Fourteenth West Virginia, Thirteenth Maryland In-
				fantry, and One Hundred and Ninety-Fifth Pennsyl-
				vania Infantry, Department of West Virginia, from
				December, 1864, to March, 1865; mustered out with his
				regiment, June 28, 1865.
Alexander M.
Flory	Major.	Aug. 24, 1861	Oct. 12, 1864	Entered the service as First Lieutenant Company B,
				August 24, 1861; promoted Major, April 20, 1864; dis-
J. Townsend				charged October 12, 1864.
Daniel	Major.	Mar. 19, 1864	June 28, 1865
Robert S. Mooney	Major.	Mar. 23, 1864	June 28, 1865	Entered the service as First Lieutenant Company I;
				promoted Major, April 20, 1864; mustered out, June 28,
				1865.
Oliver A. Horner	Major.	Aug. 27, 1861	June 28, 1865	Entered the service as private Company C, August 27,
				1S61; promoted Corporal, August 31, 1861; First Ser-
				geant, June 10, 1862; Second Lieutenant, January 14,
				1864; First Lieutenant and Adjutant, April 20, 1864;
				Major, February 1, 1865; detached from May 21 to
				June 18, 1864, at Camp Stonemen, D. C., as A. A. A.
				General to Colonel Cole, commanding a division of
				dismounted cavalry; detached from June 24 to July
				7, 1864, as Ordnance Officer at Martinsburg, W. Va. ;
				detached from July 8 to July 14, 1864, as A. A. A. Gen-
				eral to Colonel Harris, commanding Brigade of In-
				fantry, Department of West Virginia; detached as
				Post Adjutant to Colonel Vernon at Hagerstown,
				Md., from July 22, to July 29, 1864; captured at
				Middletown, Md., July 6, 1864, whilst charging, with
				a small detachment, a brigade of Rebel cavalry, in
				order to gain time and give the army an opportunity
				to meet the advancing enemy; escaped same day;
				mustered out with regiment, June 28, 1865.
	1st Lieut.
Oliver A. Horner	and	Aug. 27, 1861	June 28, 1865	See Record as Major.
	Adjutant.