| Unit Name: | 1st Minnesota Cavalry Regiment |
| Dates: | October 1862 to December 1863 |
| Country: | United States |
| Allegiance: | Union |
| Branch: | Cavalry |
| Nickname: | Mounted Rangers |
| Battles: | American Civil War
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The 1st Minnesota Cavalry Regiment, also known as the Mounted Rangers, was a Minnesota USV mounted infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
The companies of the regiment were initially mustered in between October and December 1862 at St. Cloud, St. Peter and Fort Snelling for three month's service which was extended to a year.[1] Thirty to forty men from the Renville Rangers militia volunteered at Fort Snelling when their militia was decommissioned by joining the company raised from Faribault County.[2] The Minnesota Mounted Rangers served entirely in Minnesota and the Dakota Territory in response the hostile Santee Sioux. The men were mustered out between October and December 1863.
The 1st Minnesota Cavalry lost two officers and four enlisted men killed in action or died of wounds received in battle. An additional 31 enlisted men died of disease. Total fatalities were 37.http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unmncav.htm