2nd Michigan Volunteer Cavalry Regiment
- 2nd Michigan Volunteer Cavalry Regiment
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 2nd Regiment Michigan Volunteer Cavalry
caption=Michigan state flag
dates= October 2, 1861 to August 17, 1865
country= United States
allegiance= Union
branch= Cavalry
equipment=
battles= 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.
ervice
The 2nd Michigan Cavalry was organized at Detroit, Michigan on October 2, 1861.
The regiment was mustered out of service on August 17, 1865.
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. [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.]
Commanders
*Colonel Philip Henry Sheridan
ee also
*List of Michigan Civil War Units
*Michigan in the American Civil War
Notes
References
* [http://www.civilwararchive.com/unionmi.htm The Civil War Archive]
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