The Cavalry at Gettysburg by Edward G. Longacre

The 2nd New York Volunteer Cavalry formed part of the Cavalry Brigade of the Second Division of the Third Corps of the Army of Virginia (temporarily redesignated from the First Corps) from June. It was transferred to the Third Division of the First Corps of the Army of the Potomac in March 1862, and in May briefly became part of King's Division of the Department of the Rappahannock. Īfter leaving New York during September and October, the regiment served with McDowell's Division of the Army of the Potomac from the latter month, on duty in the defenses of Washington, D.C. The War Department designated the regiment as the 7th United States Cavalry on October 26, but it was transferred to New York state service as the 2nd New York Volunteer Cavalry, as Congress had not provided for a seventh Regular Army cavalry regiment. The regiment was organized at Scarsdale, New York, where it was mustered into Federal service for a term of three years between August 9 and October 8, 1861. Company M at New York City, Newburgh, Plattsburgh and Port Henry.Company L at New York City, Hudson, Troy, Fort Ann, Fort Edward and Litchfield, and.

Company K at Scranton, Pennsylvania, Hampton, Newark, and Rockaway, New Jersey, New York City, Troy, and Richfield Springs,.Company G at New York City, Newburgh, and Fort Edward,.Company F at Covington, Indiana, Fairfield, Vermont, Troy, and Richfield Springs, New York,.Company E at New York City, Troy, Fort Edward, and Cambridge, New York,.Companies C and D – known as the Connecticut Squadron – at Hartford,.Company B at Newton and Deckertown, New Jersey,.Company A at New York City, Hartford, Connecticut, and Newton, New Jersey,.Its twelve companies were recruited as follows: Mansfield Davies was authorized by the War Department to recruit the regiment, unofficially known as the Harris Light Cavalry, on July, 25, 1861. It served with the Army of the Potomac and fought in Stoneman's 1863 raid, the Wilson–Kautz Raid, and the Battle of Appomattox Station.Ī soldier from the Second New York Cavalry is featured in Chapter XIII of MacKinlay Kantor's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel 'Andersonville' (1955).

The 2nd New York Cavalry Regiment, officially known as the 2nd Regiment, New York Volunteer Cavalry, was a unit of the Union Army during the American Civil War.

From the Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress

The Cavalry at Gettysburg by Edward G. Longacre