1st Wisconsin Cavalry Regiment

1st Wisconsin Cavalry Regiment
1st Wisconsin Cavalry Regiment
	Flag of Wisconsin
Active	September 1, 1861 – July 19, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Cavalry
Size	Regiment
Engagements	American Civil War Battle of Cape Girardeau; Chickamauga campaign Battle of Chickamauga; ; Chattanooga campaign; Operations about Dandridge Battle of Mossy Creek; Battle of Dandridge; ; Atlanta campaign Battle of Rocky Face Ridge; Battle of Resaca; Battle of New Hope Church; ; Wilson's Raid Battle of Selma; Battle of West Point; ;
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.

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