1st Florida Cavalry Regiment (Union)

The 1st Florida Cavalry Regiment was a Cavalry regiment from Florida that served in the Union Army between October 29, 1863 and November 17, 1865, during the American Civil War.

Service
Authorized by General Nathaniel P. Banks October 29, 1863, and organized at Barrancas, Florida, December, 1863 to August, 1864. Attached to Pensacola, Florida, District West Florida, Department of the Gulf, to October, 1864. 2nd Brigade, District West Florida, to January, 1865. 3rd Brigade, District West Florida, to March, 1865. 2nd Brigade, Lucas' Cavalry Division, Steele's Command, to May, 1865. District of West Florida to November, 1865.

SERVICE – Duty at Barrancas, Florida, till March, 1865. Expedition from Barrancas toward Pollard, Alabama, July 21–25, 1864. Actions at Camp Gonzales July 22, and near Pollard July 23. Expedition from Barrancas August 13–14. Expedition from Barrancas to Mariana September 18 – October 4. Euche Anna C.H. September 23. Mariana September 27. Vernon, Florida September 28. Expedition up Blackwater Bay October 25–28. Milton, Florida October 26. Expedition from Barrancas to Pine Barren Creek November 16–17. Pine Barren Creek and Bridge November 17. Expedition to Pollard, Alabama, December 13–19. Bluff Springs and Pollard December 15. Escanabia Bridge December 15–16. Pine Barren Ford December 17–18. Expedition from Barrancas to Milton February 22–25, 1865. Milton February 23. Campaign against Mobile, Alabama and its defences March 18 – April 9. March to Blakely, Alabama, March 18–31. (Dismounted men remain at Barrancas.) Expedition to Alabama and Florida Railroad March 18–25. Near Evergreen, Florida March 24. Muddy Creek, Alabama, March 26. Siege of Fort Blakely March 31 – April 9. Near Blakely April 1. Occupation of Mobile, Alabama April 12. March to Montgomery, Alabama April 13–25. Duty there and in Alabama till May. Ordered to Barrancas, Florida, and duty in Western and Middle Florida till November. Mustered out on November 17, 1865.