My great grandfather - Pvt. Franklin Foley was a trooper in the 2nd Iowa Vol Cavalry, CO I from February 29, 1864- to Mustering out in Sept. 1865.

Would be interested in any information on CO I or pictures of 2nd Iowa. Seem to be lots of pictures of CO F but none on CO I.

Franklin Foley is buried just above the GAR Section of the Evergreen Cemetery in Everett, Washington where he moved in 1899.

Interesting, my family home on 3731 Rockefeller overlooks the Evergreen Cemetery.

Franklin Folley
Residence Winneshiek County IA; 18 years old.
Enlisted on 2/29/1864 as a Private.
On 2/29/1864 he mustered into "I" Co. IA 2nd Cavalry
He was Mustered Out on 9/19/1865 at Selma, ALOther Information:
born in Indiana
Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.: - Roster & Record of Iowa Soldiers in the War of Rebellion
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Second Cavalry IOWA
(3 YEARS)

Second Cavalry. Cols., Washington L. Elliott, Edward Hatch, Datus E. Coon, Lieut.-Cols., Edward Hatch, William P. Hepburn, Charles C. Horton; Majs., Edward Hatch, William P. Hepburn, Datus E. Coon, Hiram W. Love, Frank A. Kendrick, William W. Eaton, Charles C. Horton, Gustavus Schnitzer, Charles P. Moore, Samuel Foster. The 2nd cavalry was mustered in at
Davenport Aug. 25, 1861, and March, 1862, found it aiding Gen. Pope in the reduction of New Madrid and Island No. 10, a squad of the regiment being the first Union soldiers to enter the works at the latter place. By May 1st, Pope's army was assisting in the celebrated siege of Corinth, which followed
the battle of Shiloh, and on May 9 the 2nd made the famous charge at Farmington, in which 100 men were unhorsed and half as many killed or wounded. On May 28 the regiment with the 2nd Mich. cavalry, dashed around to the south of Corinth in the night, destroyed the railroad in the Confederate rear
together with large supplies, and captured many prisoners. On
July 1st, these same regiments fought the cavalry battle of
Booneville. With September of 1862, hard riding, scouts and
skirmishes commenced again. After a ride of 45 miles and
skirmishing with the enemy, the regiment stood to horse all
night at the battle of Iuka. Soon came the battle of Corinth,
and the extent of that victory was greatly added to by the
extraordinary activity, by day and by night, of the 2nd Ia.
cavalry. "It has been the eye of the army," said Rosecrans
with truth, for it had guarded every road in the vicinity,
scouted everywhere, and at last was present in the battle. In
November and December, the regiment took a constant and
important part in Grant's great move through central
Mississippi toward Vicksburg. It was present at the
unnecessary defeat at Coffeeville, where the Union troops engaged were barely saved from utter rout and the regiment lost 22 men killed and wounded. It then followed Grant's army as a rear-guard in its retreat toward Memphis and went into winter quarters at Lagrange. The early spring saw it riding all over northern Mississippi in little expeditions and
scouts, and by April 16 it was ready to start on what was known as the Grierson raid. "This was one of the most
brilliant cavalry exploits of the war," said Gen. Grant. The
regiment then went to Memphis, where it remained in quiet till
the end of November. On March 28, 1864, many of the regiment
reenlisted as veterans and in April went to Iowa on furlough.
The following summer was largely spent in raiding and scouting
through Mississippi and middle Tennessee, without any
engagements of great consequence, although it participated in
the fight at Tupelo. But by the middle of November it was
engaged in the hardest campaign of its history -- resisting
Hood's invasion of Tennessee. With headquarters near
Florence, Ala., it watched and fought his advance step by -
step, formed with Coon's brigade the rear-guard of the Federal
army as it fell back to Franklin, and in the battle there
played an important part on the left. Then followed the
battle of Nashville, in which the gallant regiment, with the
whole of Hatch's division, dismounted and fought as infantry,
storming and capturing forts and driving the enemy in dismay.
This was the regiment's last active campaign. The following
spring and summer were passed in unimportant duties in
Mississippi and in Oct. 1865, it was mustered out. Its losses
during its term of service were as follows: deaths from
battle, 69; deaths from disease, 196; wounded, 173;
discharged, 171.

Source: The Union Army, vol. 4