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| 2nd US Cavalry 1862 by Jim Lancia.
Formed in 1836 as the Second Dragoons, the regiment served in Florida during the Seminole wars until 1842, then on the Louisiana and Arkansas frontier, in the war with Mexico from 1846 through 1848, on the frontier again from Kansas to New Mexico, in the Mormon Campaign of 1858, and then eastward in 1861 for the American Civil War, which is our period of interest. During the conflict the regiment (renamed Second Cavalry 3 August 1861) served at: First Bull Run (Manassas VA) July 21, 1861 (Company K) Wilson's Creek MO August 10, 1861 (Company C). Defenses of Washington DC Fall-Winter 1861-1862. Val Verde NM February 21, 1862 (Company G). Shiloh TN April 6,7, 1862 (Company C). Peninsula Campaign VA June - August 1862. Antietam Campaign MD September 1862. Fredericksburg VA December 13, 1862. Chancellorsville VA Campaign (Stoneman's Raid) May 1863. Gettysburg PA Campaign (numerous battles) June - August 1863. Wilderness to Petersburg Campaign (numerous battles) May - July 1864. Shenandoah Valley VA Campaign (numerous battles) August - November 1864. Patrol of the lower Shenandoah and central Potomac valleys December 1864 - April 1865. |