2nd New York Veteran Cavalry Regiment explained

The 2nd New York Veteran Cavalry Regiment, officially known as the 2nd Regiment, New York Veteran Volunteer Cavalry, was a unit of the Union Army during the American Civil War. The three-year volunteer cavalry regiment was raised in 1863 from veterans of the 30th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, briefly reorganized as the Empire Light Cavalry. It was mustered into federal service by companies 15 August through 30 December 1863. Due to the end of the war before its three-year enlistment, it mustered out of service on 8 November 1865.^[1]

Service

It served primarily in the Department of the Gulf's Cavalry Division.^[2]

See also

• List of New York Civil War units

Notes

1. Web site: A Compilation of the Official Records of the American Civil War of the Union and Confederate Armies, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1880-1901. cdl.library.cornell.edu. 2020-04-18.
2. Web site: New York in the War of the Rebellion. archive.org. 2020-04-20.

Bibliography

• Book: Phisterer, Frederick. New York in the War of the Rebellion.. J. B. Lyon Company. Albany, NY. 1912. 978-1432640194. .
• U.S. War Department, The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1880 - 1901.