# 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 loyalists from the Tennessee counties of Knox, Sevier and Blount. 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.

## Commanders

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