8th New York Cavalry Regiment

A monument to the 8th New York Volunteer Cavalry at Gettysburg National Military Park, the site of the Battle of Gettysburg, the bloodiest and possibly most influential American Civil War battle
New York U.S. Volunteer Cavalry Regiments 1861-1865
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The 8th New York Cavalry Regiment, also known as the "Rochester Regiment," was a regiment of the Union Army that fought during the American Civil War. It was a volunteer unit organized in Rochester on November 14, 1861, and left the state on November 29. It was mustered out on June 27, 1865.[1]

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