CONFEDERATE FLORIDA TROOPS
2nd Regiment, Florida Cavalry
- Overview:
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2nd Cavalry Regiment was organized with 1,190 men during the late spring of 1862. Its
members were from Melton and Tallahassee, and the counties of St. John, Marion, Gadsden, and
Madison. The unit was attached to the Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, and
served in Florida throughout the war. It fought at Olustee,
Gainesville, and Braddock's Farm,
and surrendered at Tallahassee on May 10, 1865. Colonel Caraway Smith, Lieutenant Colonel
Abner H. McCormick, and Major Robert Harrison were in command.
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