Nebraska 2nd Cavalry Regiment
HISTORICAL NOTES:
The Nebraska 2nd Cavalry Regiment was organized at Omaha October 23, 1862, and Mustered out December 23, 1863.
OFFICERS:
Col. Robert W. Furnas
ASSIGNMENTS:
Assigned to duty at Fort Kearney, Neb., guarding frontier of Nebraska, protecting emigrants, stage and telegraph lines and operating against Indians till April, 1863.
SERVICE:
Ordered to Sioux City.
Attack on Pawnee Agency June 23, 1863 (Co. "D")
Sully's Expedition against Indians in Dakota Territory August 13-September 11.
Battle of White Stone Hill, Dakota Territory, September 3.
Skirmish at White Stone Hill September 5 (Co. "F").
Company "D" on duty at Omaha and at Fort Kearney, Nebraska
ROSTERS:
The composite rosters of this unit contains the names of 1696 men.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES:
Deyo, Lt. Abraham - Co. H.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Andreas, A. T., History of the State of Nebraska (Chicago,
1882), pp. 237-254, 256ff.
Danker, Donald F., "Nebraska's Part in the Civil War,"
Nebraska Farmer, August 21, 1954, p. 28 et seq.
------------ "Some Social Beginnings in Territorial
Nebraska," Ph.D. Thesis, University of Nebraska, 1955, pp.
175-195.
Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Davenport, IA Eastern Digital Resources.
Historical Annual: National Guard of the State of Nebraska
(Army and Navy Publishing Co., Baton Rouge, 1938), pp.
xx-xxiv.
Military History of Nebraska, compiled by Federal Writers'
Project (Lincoln, 1939), pp. 15-18; 21-31.
Morton, J. Sterling and Watkins, Albert, Illustrated History
of Nebraska (Lincoln: Jacob North Co., 1903-1913), 3 vole., I,
460-462, 467-468; II, 168-172, 174-175, 177-181.
Nebraska State Adjutant General's Report 1870 (Des Moines
1871), pp. 1ff.
Olson, James C., History of Nebraska (Lincoln: University of
Nebraska Press, 1955), pp. 140ff.
Sheldon, Addison E., Nebraska: The Land and the People
(Chicago, 1931), 3 vols., I, 309-313
Shick, Charlotte Martha, "Nebraska's Military Participation
in the Civil War," M.A. Thesis, University of Nebraska,
1927.
U. S. Government Printing Office. Official Records of the American Civil War Davenport, IA. Eastern Digital Resources.
Attack on Pawnee Agency June 23, 1863 (Co. "D")
Sully's Expedition against Indians in Dakota Territory August 13-September 11.
Battle of White Stone Hill, Dakota Territory, September 3.
Skirmish at White Stone Hill September 5 (Co. "F").
Company "D" on duty at Omaha and at Fort Kearney, Nebraska
Danker, Donald F., "Nebraska's Part in the Civil War," Nebraska Farmer, August 21, 1954, p. 28 et seq.
------------ "Some Social Beginnings in Territorial Nebraska," Ph.D. Thesis, University of Nebraska, 1955, pp. 175-195.
Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Davenport, IA Eastern Digital Resources.
Historical Annual: National Guard of the State of Nebraska (Army and Navy Publishing Co., Baton Rouge, 1938), pp. xx-xxiv.
Military History of Nebraska, compiled by Federal Writers' Project (Lincoln, 1939), pp. 15-18; 21-31.
Morton, J. Sterling and Watkins, Albert, Illustrated History of Nebraska (Lincoln: Jacob North Co., 1903-1913), 3 vole., I, 460-462, 467-468; II, 168-172, 174-175, 177-181.
Nebraska State Adjutant General's Report 1870 (Des Moines 1871), pp. 1ff.
Olson, James C., History of Nebraska (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1955), pp. 140ff.
Sheldon, Addison E., Nebraska: The Land and the People (Chicago, 1931), 3 vols., I, 309-313
Shick, Charlotte Martha, "Nebraska's Military Participation in the Civil War," M.A. Thesis, University of Nebraska, 1927.
U. S. Government Printing Office. Official Records of the American Civil War Davenport, IA. Eastern Digital Resources.
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