2nd Indiana Cavalry Regiment

2nd Indiana Cavalry Regiment 41st Indiana Infantry Regiment
Flag of the United States, 1863–1865
Active	September 20, 1861, to July, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Cavalry
Engagements	Battle 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

• Organized at Indianapolis, Indiana, on September 20, 1861, with John A. Bridgeland as the colonel, the regiment moved to Kentucky in December as part of the Union Army of the Ohio[2]
• First action in a skirmish at Bowling Green
• Occupation of Nashville, Tennessee
• In March 1862, health issues caused Bridgeland to leave the regiment early, and he was succeeded by Edward Cook[2]
• Battle of Shiloh in April 6–7, 1862
• Siege of Corinth in April 29–May 30, 1862
• Battle of Perryville on October 8, 1862
• Battle of Stones River
• Battle of Chickamauga
• Defense of the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad
• Skirmish with a Confederate force on October 2, 1863, in defense of Union communications, brought the 2nd Indiana fame when a sketch of the action appeared in Harper's Weekly for October 31
• The regiment saw further action through the end of the war
• Mustered out of service in Tennessee in July 1865

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.[3][4]

See also

• List of Indiana Civil War regiments
• Indiana in the Civil War

References

1. Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, Des Moines: Dyer Publishing Co. 1908.
2. Belcher, Dennis W. (July 10, 2024). The Cavalry of the Army of the Ohio: A Civil War History. McFarland. pp. 22–23. ISBN 978-1-4766-9232-6.
3. 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.
4. Indiana Commissioners, Chickamauga National Military Park, Report of, Indiana at Chickamauga, Indianapolis: Sentinel Printing Co., 1900, p 272; pp. 275-276.

External links

• Indiana in the Civil War: Dyer's summary of the 2nd Indiana's service
• Son of the South: Image of sketch by artist Theodore Davis of 2nd Indiana and 1st Wisconsin in action against Confederate forces