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 Union Army, also known as the Federal Army and the Northern Army, referring to the United States Army, was the land force that fought to preserve the Union (American Civil War), Union of the collective U.S. st ...

during the

American Civil War The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by states th ...

. 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, or officially "30th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry," was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War from the state of New York. It was a part of the famed Eastern Iron Brigade in ...

, 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.

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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. Cavalry Veteran 002 1861 establishments in New York (state) Military units and formations established in 1863 Military units and formations disestablished in 1865

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