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 American Civil War (April 12, 1861May 26, 1865; also known by Names of the American Civil War, other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union (American Civil War), Union ("the North") and the Confederate States of A ...
. The three-year volunteer cavalry regiment was raised in 1863 from veterans of the
30th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment
The 30th New York Infantry Regiment, officially the 30th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry, was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Organized in Troy, New York, it mustered into service on June 1, 1861, and ...
, 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.
Service
It served primarily in the Department of the Gulf's Cavalry Division.
See also
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List of New York Civil War units
The following units served the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Infantry
Militia infantry
Cavalry
Artillery
1st New York Light Artillery
Engineers
Brigades
Citations
See also
* List of armories and a ...
Notes
Bibliography
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* U.S. War Department
''The War of the Rebellion'' ''a Compilation of the
Official Records
The ''Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies in the War of the Rebellion'', commonly known as the ''Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies'' or Official Records (OR or ORs), is the most extensive collection of Americ ...
of the Union and Confederate Armies''. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1880–1901.
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1861 establishments in New York (state)
Military units and formations established in 1863
Military units and formations disestablished in 1865