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Second Regiment Cavalry
A day or two after his arrival, the rebel General Chalmers, with eleven regiments and parts of regiments of cavalry, attacked him; but such was the vigor and energy with which Sheridan handled his troops, one regiment (2d Michigan) of which was armed with revolving rifles, that the enemy were defeated, and this defeat gave our cavalry, consisting of only four regiments, the mastery of the country within the scope of its travel from that time forth, and constituted an epoch in its history in that region."
A correspondent wrote at the time:
"The regiment, in command of Colonel Phil. H. Sheridan, who on May 25th had been appointed to the command of it by the Governor of Michigan, as its colonel, was ordered to join the expedition of Colonel Elliott, having in view the destruction of the Mobile and Ohio railroad at Boonville, Miss., on June 1st.
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