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'''2nd U.S. Cavalry Regiment (1855-1861)''' - The 2nd U.S. Cavalry Regiment was established by Congress in March 1855. The Regiment (along with the [[1st U.S. Cavalry]] also established in 1855) were, called the "Jeff Davis Regiments" as they were the brainchild of Secretary of War [[Jefferson Davis]]. The [[1st U.S. Cavalry]] was organized and trained at [[Fort Leavenworth]] and the [[2nd U.S. Cavalry]] was organized at [[Jefferson Barracks]] and deployed to the Texas frontier. | |||
In 1861 the mounted services were reorganized as follows: | |||
* [[1st U.S. Cavalry]] was redesignated the [[4th U.S. Cavalry]] | |||
* [[1st U.S. Dragoons]] was redesignated the [[1st U.S. Cavalry]] | |||
* [[2nd U.S Dragoons]] was redesignated the [[2nd U.S. Cavalry]] | |||
* [[Regiment of Mounted Rifles]] was redesignated the [[3rd U.S. Cavalry]] | |||
* [[2nd U.S. Cavalry]] was redsignated the [[5th U.S. Cavalry]]. | |||
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Latest revision as of 20:05, 21 January 2013
2nd U.S. Cavalry Regiment (1855-1861) - The 2nd U.S. Cavalry Regiment was established by Congress in March 1855. The Regiment (along with the 1st U.S. Cavalry also established in 1855) were, called the "Jeff Davis Regiments" as they were the brainchild of Secretary of War Jefferson Davis. The 1st U.S. Cavalry was organized and trained at Fort Leavenworth and the 2nd U.S. Cavalry was organized at Jefferson Barracks and deployed to the Texas frontier.
In 1861 the mounted services were reorganized as follows:
- 1st U.S. Cavalry was redesignated the 4th U.S. Cavalry
- 1st U.S. Dragoons was redesignated the 1st U.S. Cavalry
- 2nd U.S Dragoons was redesignated the 2nd U.S. Cavalry
- Regiment of Mounted Rifles was redesignated the 3rd U.S. Cavalry
- 2nd U.S. Cavalry was redsignated the 5th U.S. Cavalry.