2nd Tennessee Cavalry Regiment (Union)

The 2nd Tennessee Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was also known as 2nd East Tennessee Cavalry.

Service The 2nd Tennessee Cavalry was organized July through November 1862 in eastern Tennessee and mustered in for a three year enlistment under the command of Colonel Daniel M. Ray. Subordinate officers included Lieutenant Colonel William R. Cook, and majors George W. Hutsell, Charles Inman, William R. Macbeth, and William F. Prosser. The unit was composed primarily of Southern unionists from the Tennessee counties of Knox, Sevier and Blount.The Union Army, Vol. IV (Federal Publishing Company, 1908), p. 382. Notably, among the enlisted were two women pretending to be men: Frances Elizabeth Quinn and Sarah Bradbury. The regiment's original muster rolls were destroyed at Nolensville, Tennessee on December 30, 1862. The regiment re-mustered at Murfreesboro, Tennessee on January 26, 1863.

to Oct 1862: The regiment was attached to 7th Division, Army of the Ohio. to Nov 1862: District of West Virginia, Department of the Ohio Nov 1862: Unattached Cavalry, Cavalry Division, XIV Corps, Army of the Cumberland to Mar 1863: Reserve Cavalry, Cavalry Division, Department of the Cumberland to Jan 1864: 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Army of the Cumberland to Apr 1864: 3rd Brigade, Cavalry Division, XVI Corps, Department of the Tennessee to Jun 1864: 1st Brigade, 4th Division, Cavalry Corps, Department of the Cumberland to Oct 1864: District of North Alabama, Department of the Cumberland to Nov 1864: 1st Brigade, 4th Division, Cavalry Corps, Military Division Mississippi to Mar 1865: 1st Brigade, 7th Division, Cavalry Corps, Military Division Mississippi to May 1865: Department of Mississippi to Jul 1865: Department of the Cumberland 06 Jul 1865: The 2nd Tennessee Cavalry mustered out of service at Nashville, Tennessee

Detailed service to Sep 1862: Operations about Cumberland Gap, TN. 17 Sep - 03 Oct: Evacuation of Cumberland Gap and retreat to Greenupsburg, KY to Nov: Operations in the Kanawha Valley, VA Ordered to Cincinnati, Ohio, then Louisville, KY, and Nashville, TN. 26 - 30 Dec: Advance on Murfreesboro, TN 27 - 28 Dec: Nolensville 28 Dec: Triune 29 Dec: Wilkinson's Cross Roads 29 Dec: Lizzard's between Triune and Murfreesboro 30 Dec: Overall's Creek 30 - 31 Dec 1862; 01 - 03 Jan 1863: Battle of Stones River 05 Jan: Lytle's Creek 21 - 22 Jan: Reconnaissance to Auburn, Liberty and Cainsville 31 Jan - 13 Feb: Expedition to Franklin 31 Jan: Unionville, Middletown and Rover 13 Feb: Rover 22 Mar: Near Murfreesboro 22 Mar - 02 Apr: Operations against Pegram 24 Mar: Danville 10 Apr: Engagement at Franklin 20 - 30 Apr: Expedition to McMinnville 21 Apr: McMinnville 21 Apr: Hickory Creek 22 Apr:Slatersville 23 Apr: Alexandria 29 Apr; 03 Jun: Wartrace 09 - 11 Jun: Triune 23 Jun - 07 Jul: Tullahoma Campaign 23 Jun: Eaglesville and Rover 24 Jun: Middleton 27 Jun: Fosterville, Guy's Gap and Shelbyville 01 - 02 Jul: Bethpage Bridge, Elk River 10 Jul:Cooke County 13 - 11 Jul: Expedition to Huntsville, AL 09 Aug:Sparta 16 Aug - 02 Sep: Crossing Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga Campaign 30 - 31 Aug: Reconnaissance from Shellmound toward Chattanooga 31 Aug: Will's Valley 09 Sep: Winston's Gap, Alpine 12 Sep: Alpine and Dirt Town 13 Sep: Reconnaissance toward Lafayette 18 Sep: Stevens' Gap 19 -21 Sep: Battle of Chickamauga 21 Sep: Dry Valley 30 Sep - 17 Oct: Operations against Wheeler and Roddy 02 Oct: Anderson's Cross Roads 13 - 14 Oct: Fayetteville to Dec: Duty on Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad 24 - 28: Operations about Dandridge and Mossy Creek 28 Dec 1863 - 04 Jan 1864: Expedition to Memphis, TN 14 Jan: moved to Colliersville, TN 12 Jan 1864: Skirmish near Mossy Creek, TN (detachment) 11 - 26 Feb: Smith's Expedition to Okolona, Miss. 18 Feb: Near Okolona 19 Feb: Houston 20 - 21 Feb: West Point 21 Feb: Prairie Station 22 Feb: Okolona 22 Feb: Tallahatchie River 27 Feb: Ordered to Nashville, TN to Jun: Duty in Nashville, TN to Nov: Duty on line of Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad, and in District of North Alabama. 24 Jun - 20 Aug: Operations in District of North Alabama 29 Jun: Pond Springs, AL Aug - Sep: Operations against Wheeler 17 Aug: Expedition from Decatur to Moulton 18 - 19 Aug: Near Antioch Church 19 Aug: Courtland and near Pond Springs 08 - 11 Sep: Pursuit of Wheeler to Shoal Creek 16 Sep - 03 Nov: Operations against Forrest and Hood 01 - 02 Oct: Athens 26 - 29 Oct: Defense of Decatur Nov - Dec: Nashville Campaign 01 Dec: Owens' Cross Roads 07 Dec: Near Paint Rock Bridge 15 - 16 Dec: Battle of Nashville 17 - 28 Dec: Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River 17 Dec: Hollow Tree Gap, Franklin and West Harpeth River 19 Dec: Rutherford Creek 23 Dec: Lynnville 25 Dec: Anthony's Hill near Pulaski 25 - 26 Dec: Sugar Creek 27 - 28 Dec: Near Decatur 29 Dec: Pond Springs and Hillsboro 30 Dec: Near Leighton 31 Dec: Russellville to 06 Feb 1865: Duty at Gravelly Springs, AL 06 Feb - 10 Mar: Moved to Vicksburg, Miss. then New Orleans, LA to May 27: Return to Vicksburg, Miss. for duty there and at various points in the Dept. of Mississippi.12 Jun Reported for duty in Nashville, TN after being ordered there.

Casualties The regiment lost a total of 224 men during service; 2 officers and 14 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 208 enlisted men died of disease or accident.Fox, William F., Lt.-Col., 'Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865', Albany, N.Y., 1889, p. 519.

Commanders Colonel Daniel M. Ray Lieutenant Colonel William R. Cook - commanded at the battles of Chickamauga and Nashville

2nd Tennessee Cavalry Regiment (Union)

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