The 2nd Tennessee Cavalry Regiment was a

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that served in the Union Army during the

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. It was also known as 2nd East Tennessee Cavalry.

Service

The 2nd Tennessee Cavalry was organized July through November 1862 in eastern Tennessee and mustered in for a three year enlistment under the command of

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Daniel M. Ray. Subordinate officers included Lieutenant Colonel William R. Cook, and majors George W. Hutsell, Charles Inman, William R. Macbeth, and William F. Prosser. The unit was composed primarily of

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from the Tennessee counties of Knox, Sevier and Blount. Notably, among the enlisted were two women pretending to be men: Frances Elizabeth Quinn and Sarah Bradbury. The regiment's original muster rolls were destroyed at

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on December 30, 1862. The regiment re-mustered at

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on January 26, 1863.

Detailed service

Casualties

The regiment lost a total of 224 men during service; 2 officers and 14 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 208 enlisted men died of disease or accident.Fox, William F., Lt.-Col., 'Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865', Albany, N.Y., 1889, p. 519.

Commanders

* Colonel Daniel M. Ray * Lieutenant Colonel William R. Cook - commanded at the battles of Chickamauga and Nashville

References

* Andes, John W. and Will A. McTeer. ''Loyal Mountain Troopers: The Second and Third Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry in the Civil War, Reminiscences of Lieutenant John W. Andes and Major Will A. McTeer'' (Maryville, TN: Blount County Genealogical and Historical Society), 1992. * Dyer, Frederick H. ''A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion'' (Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co.), 1908. ;Attribution *

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