2nd Michigan Volunteer Cavalry Regiment
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2nd Regiment Michigan Volunteer Cavalry | |
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Michigan state flag |
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Active | October 2, 1861 to August 17, 1865 |
Country | United States |
Allegiance | Union |
Branch | Cavalry |
Engagements | Battle of Perryville Battle of Resaca Battle of Franklin Nashville |
The 2nd Regiment Michigan Volunteer Cavalry was an cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
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[edit] Service
The 2nd Michigan Cavalry was organized at Detroit, Michigan on October 2, 1861.
The regiment was mustered out of service on August 17, 1865.
[edit] Total strength and casualties
The regiment suffered 4 officers and 70 enlistedmen killed in action or mortally wounded and 2 officers and 266 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 342 fatalities.[1]
[edit] Commanders
- Colonel Philip Henry Sheridan
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes
- ^ http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unmicav.htm#2nd The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959. Retrieved June 19, 2007.