2nd U.S. Cavalry

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Regular Army unit United States Army cavalry regiment

The 2nd U.S. Cavalry was a pre–Civil War Regular Army regiment that served on the American frontier and later fought for the Union in the American Civil War.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
U.S. 2nd Dragoons	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Regular Army unit ⓘ United States Army cavalry regiment ⓘ
activity	Indian frontier warfare ⓘ frontier duty ⓘ
allegiance	Union ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
branch	United States Army ⓘ
composition	Regular Army enlisted men and officers ⓘ
conflict	American Civil War ⓘ American Indian Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
engagement	American Civil War campaigns NERFINISHED ⓘ frontier skirmishes with Native American tribes ⓘ
era	pre–Civil War U.S. Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
garrisonDuty	Texas frontier ⓘ Western posts of the United States ⓘ
historicalPeriod	19th century ⓘ
militaryBranch	U.S. Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableCommander	Albert Sidney Johnston NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert E. Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ William J. Hardee NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	service in the Union Army during the American Civil War ⓘ service on the American frontier before the Civil War ⓘ
notableOfficer	Charles W. Field NERFINISHED ⓘ Earl Van Dorn NERFINISHED ⓘ Edmund Kirby Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ Fitzhugh Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ George H. Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ George Stoneman NERFINISHED ⓘ George T. Anderson NERFINISHED ⓘ Innis N. Palmer NERFINISHED ⓘ John B. Hood NERFINISHED ⓘ John Bell Hood NERFINISHED ⓘ Nathan G. Evans NERFINISHED ⓘ William B. Royall NERFINISHED ⓘ William H. Emory NERFINISHED ⓘ
predecessorRole	frontier defense unit ⓘ
role	cavalry ⓘ mounted troops ⓘ
servedFor	Union during the American Civil War ⓘ
service	Union Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
theater	American frontier NERFINISHED ⓘ Western frontier of the United States ⓘ
type	line cavalry regiment ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Thornton Affair → involvedUnit → 2nd U.S. Cavalry ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. 2nd Dragoons

Earl Van Dorn → servedInUnit → 2nd U.S. Cavalry ⓘ