1st Wisconsin Cavalry Regiment | |
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Active | September 1, 1861 – July 19, 1865 |
Country | United States |
Allegiance | Union |
Branch | Cavalry |
Size | Regiment |
Engagements | American Civil War |
Commanders | |
Colonel | Edward Daniels |
Colonel | Oscar Hugh La Grange |
Lt. Col. | William H. Torrey (KIA) |
Major | Nathan Paine (KIA) |
Lt. Col. | Henry Harnden |
The 1st Wisconsin Cavalry Regiment was a volunteer cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The regiment is most notable as one of two cavalry regiments credited with the final capture of Confederate president Jefferson Davis on May 10, 1865.