2nd Provisional Regiment of Cavalry
The following is taken from New York in the War of the Rebellion, 3rd ed.
Frederick Phisterer. Albany: J. B. Lyon Company, 1912.
By the orders of the War Department, dated June 17, 1865, this organization
was formed, by the consolidation of the 6th [Regiment] and 15th
Regiments of Cavalry,
and Col. Charles L. Fitzhugh, of the 6th
Cavalry, assigned to its command.
Companies A, B, C, D, E, I, L and M were formed of the 6th, and F, G, H, and
K of the 15th Cavalry. Commanded by Lieut.-Col. Harrison White, the regiment
was honorably discharged and mustered out, August 9, 1865 at Louisville, Ky.,
having lost by death of disease and other causes twelve enlisted men.
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New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs: Military
February 8, 2018