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A hundred battles in the West: St. Louis to Atlanta, 1861-65 : the Second Michigan Cavalry, with the armies of the Mississippi, Ohio, Kentucky and Cumberland, under Generals Halleck, Sherman, Pope, Rosecrans, Thomas and others, with mention of a few of the famous regiments and brigades of the
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was elevated to lead the brigade. The brigade consisted of two regiments, the 2nd Michigan and 3rd Michigan Cavalry. "Granger's 2nd Michigan Cavalry helped capture Point Pleasant, 12 miles southwest of New Madrid where the river could be blocked to prevent Confederate reinforcements coming up."
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The regiment suffered 4 officers and 70 enlisted men killed in action or mortally wounded and 2 officers and 266 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 342 fatalities.
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General Gordon Granger : the savior of Chickamauga and the man behind "Juneteenth"
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The 2nd Michigan Cavalry joined a newly formed cavalry brigade in John Pope's
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This article about a specific military unit of the American Civil War is a
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The 2nd Michigan Cavalry was initially placed in St. Louis at the
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The regiment was mustered out of service on August 17, 1865.
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The 2nd Michigan Cavalry was organized at Grand Rapids,
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Military units and formations disestablished in 1865
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2nd Michigan Volunteer Cavalry Regiment

United States
Union
Cavalry
Battle of Island Number Ten
Battle of Perryville
Battle of Resaca
Battle of Franklin
Nashville
cavalry
regiment
Union Army
American Civil War
Michigan
Benton Barracks
2nd Iowa Cavalry
Army of the Mississippi
Gordon Granger
Col. Gordon Granger
Col. Philip H. Sheridan
List of Michigan Civil War Units
Michigan in the American Civil War
General Gordon Granger : the savior of Chickamauga and the man behind "Juneteenth"
ISBN
978-1-61200-186-9
OCLC
902684620
cite book
link

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