Union Regular Army Cavalry Units

The information in this list of Union Regular Army military units comes from the Civil War Soldiers and Sailors web site (CWSS). That web site can also be searched by the name of a soldier.

Units 1st through 4th

 * 1st Regiment, US Cavalry (Regular Army) On the Pacific Coast till November, 1861, Concentrated at Washington, D.C., November, 1861, to January, 1862. Regiment attached to Cooke's Cavalry Reserve, Army Potomac, January to March, 1862. 2nd Brigade, Cavalry Reserve, Army Potomac, to July, 1862. Surrender of Lee and his army. Ordered to New Orleans, La., and duty there till December, 1865.


 * 1st Regiment, US Dragoons (Regular Army) "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.


 * 2nd Regiment, US Cavalry (Regular Army) Organized by December, 1861 until July, 1865


 * 2nd Regiment, US Dragoons (Regular Army) "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit


 * 3rd Regiment, US Cavalry (Regular Army) Organized in New Mexico at the outbreak of the Rebellion 1861 until September 1862.Unattached to the Department of Arkansas until April 1866


 * 4th Regiment, US Cavalry (Regular Army) On duty at Forts Washita, Wise and Kearney, Kan., at outbreak of the Rebellion. Moved to Fort Leavenworth, Kan., April 17-May 31, 1861. Duty continued until November 1865.

Units 5th through 11th

 * 5th Regiment, US Cavalry (Regular Army) Organized by direction of the President from 2nd Cavalry August 3, 1861 to June, 1865.


 * 6th Regiment, US Cavalry (Regular Army) Organized by direction of the President May 4, 1861, and confirmed by Act of Congress July 29, 1861 to October, 1865.


 * 7th Regiment, US Cavalry (Regular Army) "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.


 * 8th Regiment, US Cavalry (Regular Army) "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.


 * 10th Regiment, US Cavalry (Regular Army) "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.


 * 11th Regiment, US Cavalry (Regular Army) "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.

Units 12th through 26th

 * 12th Regiment, US Cavalry (Regular Army) "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit


 * 14th Regiment, US Cavalry (Regular Army) "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.


 * 21st Regiment, US Cavalry (Regular Army) "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.


 * 22nd Regiment, US Cavalry (Regular Army) "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.


 * 23rd Regiment, US Cavalry (Regular Army) "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.


 * 24th Regiment, US Cavalry (Regular Army) "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.


 * 25th Regiment, US Cavalry (Regular Army) "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.


 * 26th Regiment, US Cavalry (Regular Army) "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.

Units C through W

 * Cavalry Depot (Regular Army) "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit


 * Cavalry Detachment (Regular Army) "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.


 * General Service Cavalry (Regular Army) "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit


 * US Dragoons (Regular Army) "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit


 * West Point Cavalry Detachment (Regular Army) "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit

Other Sources
U.S. Cavalry


 * Brackett, Albert G. History of the United States Cavalry : from the formation of the Federal Government to the 1st of June, 1863, to which is added a list of all of the cavalry regiments, since the breakng out of the rebellion. (New York, New York : Greenwood Press, 1968) and (Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1994)