MYRES, Simon; enlisted: November 26, 1835, Lancaster, by Capt. Boyce; born: Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania; age: 22 yrs; occupation: laborer; grey eyes, brown hair, fair complexion, 5’6¼”; Company D, 2d Dragoons; died June 10, 1836, Fort Brooke, Florida [unknown disease]; rank: [not listed, a private].
DUNBAR, John S.; enlisted: January 11, 1836, Boston, by Lieut. Wheelock; born: Petersborough [Peterborough], New Hampshire; age: 23 yrs; occupation: printer; blue eyes, light hair, fair complexion, 5’8”; Company D, 2d Dragoons; died May 16, 1836, Fort Drane, Florida; [disease unknown]; rank: [not listed, a private].
Troop portrait of A Troop, 1 Squadron, 2 Armored Cavalry Regiment – 1973 – JPEG
Troop Portrait – HHT 2ACR – 1980 – HHT 2ACR 1980 Troop Portrait
HQ 1/2 ACR 1966 Troop Portrait
1948 Christmas – 1949 New Years Card from Augsburg, Germany. Named 2d Armored Cavalry Regiment Light. No identifying names or sub units. Christmas New Years Card 1948-1949
Below are the archived copies of the The Thoroughbred (The Association’s Newsletter) in PDF form. The Thoroughbred Issue #1 March 1958 Mar58Tbred The Thoroughbred December 2002 Dec02Tbred The Thoroughbred November 2003 Nov03Tbred The Thoroughbred July 2004 Jul04Tbred The Thoroughbred May 2005 May05Tbred The Thoroughbred October 2005 Oct05Tbred The Thoroughbred May 2006 May06Tbred The Thoroughbred November 2006 Nov06Tbred The Thoroughbred May 2007 May07Tbred The Thoroughbred May …
Click on the PDF to see photos of the Colonels of the Regiment. Colonels of the Regiment PDF The Colonels of the Regiment 1st — David Emmanuel Twiggs — 28 Jun 1836 – 29 Jun 1846 2nd — William Selby Harney — 30 Jun 1846 – 14 Jun 1858 3rd — Philip St. George Cooke — 14 Jun 1858 …
Note from Author – This is a copy of a post I wrote for my personal website (Battlefield Biker). I thought some Cold War Dragoons might like to see it and correct any details I may have made. Introduction I haven’t often written about my own military experience on this site, but I thought I might …
The NATO Frontier Border with the Warsaw Pact from 1948 to 1990 Read More »
1st Squadron 2 SCR were in Egypt for the Multinational Force and Observer Mission (MFO 61) from November 2015 to August 2016. They were the only OCONUS based unit to ever deploy to the Sinai. This mission has gone on since 1984 and will likely continue indefinitely. The orange helmets set 1/2SCR apart as peace …
Commander’s Comments We’ve had a busy couple of weeks between the Regimental Troop Validation Exercise (VALEX) and Squadron-level validation exercises. This week and last, Troops from Scott Cheney’s 3d Squadron and Steve Gventer’s 2d Squadron each conducted a live fire exercise at Grafenwoehr Training Area followed by a tactical road march into a defense in …
Hey Dragoons I haven’t had the honor to meet most of you, but that is about to change, I hope. I am the historian for the second Cavalry Association. I served with F/2/2ACR from June 1988-November 1991. My primary Association remit over the next few years is to create a history of the Regiment during …
*********The Yearbook section is under reconstruction. Many of the links do not work. Please bear with us.************ Following is a list of links to numerous yearbooks from the 2d Cavalry Regiment.
Numerous sources and contributors have combined to make this history archive what it is. To give proper credit to all would be near impossible for my limited time and resources and would bring to a halt any further work on the site.
Researched and Written by Wally Tomtschik Dragoons used different tactics than Cavalry. In the old history of the 2d Dragoons, very few of their number actually were killed. They were masters of using the land and could live off the land very comfortably. The horses were treated with loving care and protected from harm, being …
From: ONE HUNDRED YEARS WITH THE SECOND CAVALRY By Joseph I. Lambert, Major, Second Cavalry Copyright 1939 Commanding Officer, Second Cavalry, Fort Riley, Kansas Capper Printing Company, Inc. Until the year 1833 our cavalry had an uncertain existence, the troops being raised for emergencies and disbanded when their services were no longer necessary. After the …
From: ONE HUNDRED YEARS WITH THE SECOND CAVALRY By Joseph I. Lambert, Major, Second Cavalry Copyright 1939 Commanding Officer, Second Cavalry, Fort Riley, Kansas Capper Printing Company, Inc. Even before the arrival of the Regiment for its first assignment, the men who became Company D had their first encounter near Micanopy, Florida on 10 June …
From: ONE HUNDRED YEARS WITH THE SECOND CAVALRY By Joseph I. Lambert, Major, Second Cavalry Copyright 1939 Commanding Officer, Second Cavalry, Fort Riley, Kansas Capper Printing Company, Inc. The first baptism of fire for the regiment occurred at Micanopy, Florida, on June 10, 1836. Company D, under Lieutenant Wheelock, First Dragoons, was stationed at the …
