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2nd Indiana Cavalry Regiment

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2nd Indiana Cavalry Regiment
41st Indiana Infantry Regiment
Flag of the United States, 1863–1865
ActiveSeptember 20, 1861, to July, 1865
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnion
BranchCavalry
EngagementsBattle 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

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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]

See also

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References

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  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.
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