2nd New York Cavalry Regiment

This article is about the regiment nicknamed the Harris Light. For the unit nicknamed the Northern Black Horse also designated by New York state authority as the 2nd Cavalry, see 7th Regiment New York Volunteer Cavalry.
2nd New York Cavalry Regiment
ActiveOctober 8, 1861–June 5, 1865
Country United States of America
AllegianceUnion
BranchUnion Army
TypeCavalry
Size2,528
Nickname(s)Harris Light Cavalry
EngagementsAmerican Civil War
Commanders
Notable
commanders		Col. Judson Kilpatrick
Col. Henry Eugene Davies
Col. Alanson M. Randol
New York U.S. Volunteer Cavalry Regiments 1861-1865
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Private Thomas Dennis of Co. G, 2nd New York Cavalry Regiment. From the Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress

The 2nd New York Cavalry Regiment, officially known as the 2nd Regiment, New York Volunteer Cavalry, was a unit of the Union Army during the American Civil War. It served with the Army of the Potomac and fought in Stoneman's 1863 raid, the Wilson–Kautz Raid, and the Battle of Appomattox Station.

A soldier from the Second New York Cavalry is featured in Chapter XIII of MacKinlay Kantor's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "Andersonville" (1955).