2nd Minnesota Volunteer Cavalry Regiment
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| 2nd Regiment Minnesota Volunteer Cavalry | |
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 Flag of Minnesota |
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| Active | December 5, 1863 to May 4, 1866 |
| Country | United States |
| Allegiance | Union |
| Branch | Cavalry |
| Battles/wars | Battle of Killdeer Mountain |
The 2nd Minnesota Volunteer Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
It was mustered in at Fort Snelling, Minnesota. for three year's service on December 5, 1863, and were mustered out on November 17, 1865, and May 4, 1866. The 2nd Minnesota Cavalry served entirely in Minnesota and the Dakota Territory, guarding the frontier against the Sioux Indians.
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[edit] Battles and campaigns
- Battle of Tah Kah A Kuty or Killdeer Mountain, July 28, 1864.
- Action at Two Hills, Bad Lands, Little Missouri River, August 8 to 9, 1864.
- Rescue of Fisk's Emigrant train, September 10 to 30,1864.
[edit] Colonels
- Colonel Robert N. McLaren
[edit] Casualties and total strength
The 2nd Minnesota Cavalry lost and 4 enlistedmen killed in action or died of wounds received in battle and an additional 3 officers and 56 enlistedmen died of disease.Total fatalities were 63.[1]
[edit] References
Andrews, General Christopher Columbus, ed., (1891). Minnesota in the Civil and Indian Wars. Pioneer Press.
Jones, Robert Huhn (1960). The Civil War in the Northwest. University of Oklahoma Press.
[edit] External links
[edit] See also
List of Minnesota Civil War Units
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