Contains a unit history of the U.S. Army's 2nd Cavalry Regiment, covering the regiment's first 100 years from 1836-1936.

Includes index.

1836-1842. Organization of the Regiment. The Seminole War --1843-1847. Baton Rouge and Fort Jesup, La. The Mexican War -- 1848-1860. Indian Wars. March to California. New Mexico. Texas. Fort Riley, Kansas. Utah -- 1861-1865. The Civil War -- 1866-1869. Fetterman Massacre. Indian Wars. Kansas. Colorado. Nebraska. Wyoming. Montana -- 1870-1875. Life in frontier posts. Fights at Piegan Camp, Pryor's Fork, and Wind River. Nebraska. Wyoming. Montana. Utah -- 1876. The Sioux uprising -- 1877-1883. Fighting the Nez Perces. Chasing Sitting Bull. Montana -- 1884-1897. The wily Apaches. Idaho. California. Washington. Oregon. Arizona. Kansas. South Dakota. New Mexico. Colorado -- 1898-1916. The Spanish-American War. Philippine Insurrection. Mexican border -- 1917-1936. The World War and after. Fort Ethan Allen. Fort Myer. France. Germany. Fort Riley -- Fort Riley and the Cavalry School. -- Appendices -- Poems of the Cavalry -- Honors and decorations -- A list of battles in which the Second Cavalry participated -- A list of officers who have been assigned to the Second Cavalry -- A list of non-commissioned officers of the first three grades who have served with the Second Cavalry -- Enlisted men who have retired from the Second Cavalry -- Former enlisted men of the Second Cavalry who became officers during the World War.