The Service of the Second Michigan Cavalry

The Second Michigan Cavalry was formed in July of 1861. They were trained at Grand Rapids, Michigan. The camp they were trained at was called "Camp Anderson" by the soldliers. They participated in many battles and skirmishes in the West. The following are the engagments they participated in:

1862
Point Pleasant, Monday, March 9, 1862

Tiponville, Monday, March ?, 1862

New Madrid, and Island No.10,Monday, March13- April 7, 1862

Pine Hill, Mississippi, May 2, 1862

Monterey, Mississippi, May 3, 1862

Farmington, Mississippi, May 5, 1862

Seige of Corinth Mississippi, May 10- 30, 1862

Booneville, Mississippi, June 1, 1862

Blackland, Mississippi, June 5, 1862

Baldwin, Mississippi, June 7, 1862

Booneville, Mississippi, July 1, 1862

Rienzi, Mississippi, August, 1862

Elizabethtown, Kentucky, September, 1862

Perryville, Kentucky, October 8, 1862

Harrodsburg, Kentucky, October 10, 1862

Lancaster, Kentucky, October 12, 1862

Rockcastle River, Kentucky, October, 1862

Bacon Creek, Kentucky, December 24, 1862

Estillville, Virginia, December 30, 1862

Blountsville, Tennessee, December 30, 1862

Zolicoffer, Tennessee, December, 1862

Watauga, Tennessee, December 30, 1862

Glasgow, Kentucky, December, 1862

1863
Jonesville, Virginia, January 2, 1863

Milton, Tennessee, February, 19, 1863

Cainsville, Tennessee, February,19, 1863

Spring Hill, Tennesse, February, 29, 1863

Columbia, Tennessee, March 4- 5, 1863

Hillsboro, Tennessee, March 12, 1863

Brentwood, Tennessee, March, 25, 1863,

McGarrick's Ford, Tennessee, April, 1863

Triune, Tennessee, June 4, 1863

Rover, Tennessee, June 23, 1863

Middletown, Tennessee, June 24, 1863

Shelbyville, Tennessee, June 27, 1863

Elk River, Tennessee, July 2, 1863

Decherd, Tennessee, July 4, 1863

LaFayette, September 17, 1863

Chicamauga, Georgia, September 19- 20, 1863

Anderson Crossroads, Tennessee, October, 1863

Sparta, Tennessee, December, 1863

Dandridge, Tennessee, December, 24, 1863

Mossy Creek, Tennessee, December 29, 1863

1864
Dandridge, Tennessee, January, 17, 1864

Severeville, Tennessee, January, 1864

Pigeon River, Tennessee, January, 27, 1864

Dug Gap, Georgia, May 13- 14, 1864

Red Clay, Georgia, May, 1864

Etowah River, Georgia, May 24- 28, 1864

Ackworth, Tennessee, June 2- 5, 1864

Nashville, Tennessee, August 30, 1864

Campbellville, Tennesse, September 5, 1864

Franklin, Tennessee, September 27, 1864

Cypress River, Tennessee, October 7, 1864

Racoon Ford, Tennessee, October 30, 1864

Shoal Creek, Tennessee, November 5, 1864

Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, November 24, 1864

Campbellsville, Tennessee, November 24, 1864

Columbia, Tennessee, November 25- 27, 1864

Spring Hill, Tennessee, November 29, 1864

Bethesda Church, Tennessee, November, 29, 1864

Franklin, Tennessee, November 30, 1864

Nashville, Tennessee, December 15- 16, 1864

Richland, Creek, December 24, 1864

Pulaski, Tennessee, December 24, 1864

Sugar Creek, Tennessee, December 26, 1864

1865
Price's Tanyard, Tennessee, January 6, 1865

Corinth, Mississippi, February, 1865

Tuscaloosa, Alabama, April 1, 1865

Trion, Alabama, April 2, 1865

Bridgville, Alabama, April 6, 1865

Talladega, Alabama, April 23, 1865

The regiment mustered out in August of 1865 at Macon, Georgia.

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