2nd Regiment Indiana Cavalry

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Country United States Branch Cavalry		Allegiance Union

Active September 20, 1861 to July, 1865 Engagements Battle of Shiloh Siege of Corinth Battle of Chickamauga

The 2nd Regiment Indiana Cavalry, also designated the 41st Regiment Indiana Infantry or the 41st Regiment Indiana Volunteers, was the first complete cavalry regiment raised in the U.S. state of Indiana to fight in the American Civil War.

Service

Organized at Indianapolis, Indiana, on September 20, 1861, with John A. Bridgeland as colonel, the regiment moved to Kentucky in December as part of the Union Army of the Ohio

First action in a skirmish at Bowling Green

Occupation of Nashville, Tennessee

Battle of Shiloh

Siege of Corinth

Battle of Perryville

Battle of Stones River

Battle of Chickamauga

Defense of the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad

Skirmish with a Confederate force on October 2, 1863, in defense of Union communications, brought the 2nd Indiana fame when a sketch of the action appeared in Harper's Weekly for October 31

The regiment saw further action through the end of the war

Mustered out of service in Tennessee in July 1865

According to Frederick H. Dyer (see references) the 2nd Indiana's total service fatalities were four officers and 38 enlistees killed and mortally wounded, and three officers and 211 enlistees dead of disease.

References

2nd Regiment Indiana Cavalry Wikipedia

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