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The 2nd Nebraska Cavalry Regiment was initially organized at Omaha, Nebraska, on October 23, 1862, as a nine-month regiment, and served for over one year.They were attached to General Sully's command, who was in a campaign against Indians in Western Nebraska and Dakota, who were forced to move south from Minnesota following the Dakota War of 1862.
The following is a list of Nebraska Territory units formed during the American Civil War.Some saw action only on the frontier in the Indian Wars.The state raised one regiment of infantry (subsequently converted to cavalry), two regiments (including the converted infantry) and a battalion of cavalry (successor of the second cavalry regiment), several companies of militia, and two scout companies.
In 1862, the children's father, Henson Wiseman, a native of what is now West Virginia, enlisted in Company I, of the 2nd Nebraska Cavalry. In the spring of 1863, the Nebraska 2nd was posted at Omadi just near present-day Dakota City. The expedition was ordered upriver along the Missouri River on horseback.
The 2nd Cavalry Regiment, ... Indian Wars. On 15 May 1870, while serving with Company C at Little Blue, Nebraska, for displaying gallantry in action. [14]
2nd Madras Cavalry, of the East India Company; 2nd Cavalry Regiment (Portugal) ... 2nd Nebraska Cavalry, a Union regiment of the American Civil War;
2nd Minnesota Sharpshooters Company; 2nd Nebraska Cavalry Regiment; 2nd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery Regiment; 2nd Rhode Island Cavalry Regiment; 2nd South Carolina Cavalry Regiment; 2nd Tennessee Cavalry Regiment (Union) 2nd Texas Cavalry Regiment (Arizona Brigade) 2nd Texas Partisan Rangers; 2nd Vermont Brigade; III Brigade, Royal Horse ...
The 1st Nebraska Cavalry Regiment was created from the 1st Nebraska Infantry on October 11, 1863. The regiment was commanded by Colonel Robert Ramsay Livingston. It was later designated 1st Nebraska Veteran Cavalry on July 10, 1865, after being consolidated with 1st Battalion Nebraska Volunteer Cavalry.
When the nine-month 2nd Nebraska Cavalry Regiment was mustered out of service in the fall of 1863, Governor Alvin Saunders authorized the raising of an independent battalion of cavalry from the ranks of the 2nd Nebraska Cavalry to serve for the balance of the war.