06 October 2021

Second Michigan Cavalry At Perryville


Modern-day Kentucky (Not Too Far From Perryville)

Perryville Battlefield (2nd Michigan Cavalry)

Squier, Martin L., 32,  C Quartermaster Sergeant
Squires, John H., 28,  C Corporal (Discharged at Louisville, KY on 10/20/1862)

Perryville, Kentucky (Source)

"Near Perryville October 6-7, it was involved in a skirmish near “Pottsville” against Joseph Wheeler’s Cavalry, a few miles west of Peter’s Hill. At the Battle of Perryville on October 8, it had 4 men killed, 13 wounded for a total of 17 or 5.7% of the 300 men it took into action." (Source)

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