2nd Indiana Cavalry Regiment explained

Unit Name:2nd Indiana Cavalry Regiment
41st Indiana Infantry Regiment
Dates:September 20, 1861, to July, 1865
Country:United States
Allegiance:Union
Branch:Cavalry
Battles:Battle of Shiloh
Siege of Corinth
Battle of Chickamauga

The 2nd Indiana Cavalry Regiment, later designated the 41st Indiana Infantry Regiment, was the first complete cavalry regiment raised in the U.S. state of Indiana to fight in the American Civil War.[1]

Service

According to Frederick H. Dyer (see references) the 2nd Indiana's total service fatalities were four officers and 38 enlistees killed and mortally wounded, and three officers and 211 enlistees dead of disease.[2] [3]

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Notes and References

  1. Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, Des Moines: Dyer Publishing Co. 1908.
  2. Indiana Battle Flag Commission, Indiana Battle Flags and a Record of Indiana Organizations in the Mexican, Civil and Spanish–American Wars, Indianapolis, 1929, pp .581-588.
  3. Indiana Commissioners, Chickamauga National Military Park, Report of, Indiana at Chickamauga, Indianapolis: Sentinel Printing Co., 1900, p 272; pp. 275-276.