Second Brigade, Cavalry Division

U.S.A.

Second Brigade, Cavalry Division.

Col. John Farnsworth, 8th Illinois Cavalry,

Commanding.

Organization.

8th Illinois, 3d Indiana, 1st Massachusetts,

and 8th Pennsylvania Cavalry.

(September 17, 1862.)

The Second Brigade crossed the Middle Bridge under a severe fire of Confederate Artillery posted on Cemetery Hill. The 8th Pennsylvania was ...