They Served Well Past The Nine Months

The Second Nebraska Cavalry was organized October 23^rd 1862.

The 2^nd Nebraska Cavalry was formed as a nine month regiment in Omaha, Nebraska on October 23^rd 1862.  There were 1,384 men in the Second.  They saw action in the Indian wars in Western Nebraska and the Dakotas under Union General Alfred Sully.  The Second took part in the Battle of White Stone Hill on September 3^rd 1863.  Sully’s troops battled somewhere near 2,000 Yankton Sioux, including Chief Two Bears.  During this fight 7 men from the Second were killed and 14 wounded.

Although the men of the Second were enlisted as nine month men they served over a year.   The regiment mustered out of service on December 23^rd 1863.  Many of the men of the Second re-enlisted in the 1^st Nebraska Cavalry, and served out the rest of the war.