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Civil War Cavalry Administration Senate Report on Union Mounted Forces by State 1862

1862ref. 126661862. Stanton Edwin M. Report of the Secretary of War concerning cavalry forces of the United States 1862 documents the federal system for assessing and organizing Union mounted troops during the rapid military expansion of the Civil War. Prepared in response to a Senate resolution of January 29 the report required the War Department to determine how many troops had been raised in each state distinguish cavalry that had been mounted from units that had not and assess what portion of the force was needed for effective service. Adjutant General Lorenzo Thomas concluded that approximately 40000 cavalry troops would meet the requirements of the service illustrating how federal officials used state-level returns to evaluate military readiness and manpower needs. The document provides primary-source evidence for the study of Union cavalry organization recruitment equipment federal-state military coordination and wartime administrative planning. Stanton Edwin M. Report of the Secretary of War. Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office 1862. 37th Congress 2d Session Senate Executive Document No. 26. Eight pages measuring approximately 9.75 x 5.75 inches. Seven pages consist principally of tabular returns headed "Report of the cavalry forces of the United States" prepared in compliance with a February 14 1862 request from Assistant Adjutant General George D. Ruggles. The tables identify units and commanders by state list numerical strength and the authority under which troops were raised and record operational condition with distinctions such as mounted armed equipped partially organized or unarmed. A concluding return compiled from muster rolls records volunteer cavalry by state and distinguishes regiments companies commissioned officers enlisted men and aggregate strength; the total shown is 64133 volunteer cavalry including 62 regiments and 45 additional companies. The report demonstrates the process by which the Union converted rapidly raised cavalry formations into standardized administrative information revealing the uneven condition of mounted forces across the states and the difficulty of maintaining complete central records during wartime mobilization. The Adjutant General explicitly noted that some units could not yet be distinguished as mounted or unmounted and that information was incomplete for several states and territories making the report useful not only for numerical strength but also for understanding the limitations of Civil War military bureaucracy. Minor wear to edges; otherwise no significant defects noted. Very good. A data-rich congressional document showing how the War Department measured the strength readiness and organization of Union cavalry in early 1862. unknown

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US Army; 4th Ohio Cavalry, 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps of the Department of the CumberlandBiblio.com

Civil War Muster Roll of the Brigade Staff of 4th Ohio Cavalry 2nd Brigade 2nd Division Cavalry Corps of the Department of the Cumberland while stationed in Tennessee. Original Union Military Document

1863ref. 2604050021United States Army 1863. First Edition. Manuscripts & Paper Collectibles. Very Good. Signed. Large two sided document. Printed with manuscript names filled in. The first name listed is Colonel Eli Long. This document shows the Colonel Captains Sergeants Lieutenants and the privates. This document shows the pay from October 31st 1863 to December 31st 1863. According to NPS: "On February 23 1863 Long was appointed colonel of the 4th Ohio Cavalry a regiment which recently had surrendered to the Confederate raider Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan. Long improved the morale of the regiment and led it in the Tullahoma Campaign. He commanded the regiment's brigade the 2nd Brigade 2nd Division Cavalry Corps of the Department of the Cumberland between March 1863 and August 20 1864 including service at the Battle of Chickamauga. Long was wounded in the left side at the Battle of Farmington Tennessee October 7 1863. He was distinguished in the Atlanta Campaign where he suffered a head wound at the Battle of Jonesboro Georgia August 20 1864 and wounds in the right arm and right thigh at the Battle of Lovejoy's Station Georgia August 21 1864. Long received brevet grade appointments as major lieutenant colonel and colonel in the Regular Army of the United States for "gallant and meritorious services" at the Battle of Farmington and Battle of Fort Sanders Knoxville in Tennessee and Battle of Lovejoy's Station in Georgia respectively. Between November 16 1864 and April 2 1865 Long commanded the 2nd Division of the Cavalry Corps of the Military Division of Mississippi under Major General James H. Wilson. On April 2 1865 during Wilson’s Raid Long was severely wounded in the head at the Battle of Selma Alabama. During that battle he led the 2nd Division in a charge upon the entrenchments that resulted in the capture of that town. During the Civil War Long was wounded five times and also cited for gallantry five times. On January 13 1866 President Andrew Johnson nominated Long for appointment to the brevet grade of major general of volunteers United States Army unknown