2nd West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry Regiment
- 2nd West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry Regiment
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 2nd West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry Regiment
caption=Flag of West Virginia
dates= September 1861 to June 30, 1865
country= United States
allegiance= Union
branch= Cavalry
equipment=
battles= Battle of Cedar Creek
Battle of Five Forks
Battle of Sailor's Creek
The 2nd West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
ervice
The 2nd West Virginia Cavalry was organized at Parkersburg in western Virginia between September and November 1861.
The regiment participated in the Grand Review of the Armies and was mustered out on June 30, 1865.
Casualties
The 2nd West Virginia Cavalry suffered 4 officers and 77 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded in battle and 115 enlisted men dead from disease for a total of 196 fatalities. [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unwvcav.htm#2ndcav]
Colonels
References
* [http://www.civilwararchive.com/unionwv.htm The Civil War Archive]
ee also
*West Virginia Units in the Civil War
*West Virginia in the Civil War
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