1st Minnesota Volunteer Cavalry Regiment
- 1st Minnesota Volunteer Cavalry Regiment
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 1st Regiment, Minnesota Volunteer Cavalry
caption=Flag of Minnesota
dates= October 1862 to December 1863
country= United States
allegiance= Union
branch= Cavalry
equipment=
colonels_of_the_regiment=
nickname= Mounted Rangers
battles= Battle of Big Mound
Battle of Dead Buffalo Lake
The 1st Minnesota Volunteer Cavalry Regiment, the "Mounted Rangers," was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
The regiment was mustered in at St. Cloud, St. Peter, and Fort Snelling for one year's service between October and December 1862, and the men were mustered out between October and December 1863. The 1st Minnesota Cavalry served entirely in Minnesota and the Dakota Territory, guarding the frontier against the hostile Sioux Indians.
Battles and campaigns
*Sibley's Expedition against Indians in Dakota Territory June 16 to September 14, 1863.
*Battle of Big Mound, D. T., July 24, 1863.
*Battle of Dead Buffalo Lake July 26, 1863.
*Stony Lake July 28, 1863.
*Operations along the Missouri River July 28 to 30, 1863.
Colonels
Casualties and total strength
The 1st Minnesota Cavalry lost 2 officers and 4 enlistedmen killed in action or died of wounds received in battle and an additional 31 enlistedmen died of disease.Total fatalities were 37. [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unmncav.htm]
ee also
List of Minnesota Civil War Units
External links
* [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unmncav.htm The Civil War Archive Website]
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