I just saw your site. Quite a coincidence to find others interested in the 2nd Colorado. I have been studying the various Colorado units since 2003 and will have a book out this summer. My focus has been early Colorado and the Indian issues, Ford and Dodd's companies in the New Mexico Campaign, formation of the 1st Colorado, formation of the 2nd Colorado under Col. Leavenworth, formation of the 3rd Infantry and movement of the 2nd and 3rd to Kansas and Indian Territory, consolidation of the 2nd and 3rd into the 2nd Cavalry under Ford and Dodd, western Missouri activity against the Confederate guerilla units, activities under Order #11, and Price's campaign, and the Sand Creek Massacre and Indian issues involving the 1st and 3rd Cavalries.

I started the 2nd Colorado Cavalry reenactment unit in Missouri in 2004. We participated in the dedication ceremonies for the 6 of the 2nd Colorado Cavalry killed near Excelsior Springs. It was a double honor as it was also on my birthday. I am now organizing a battalion including the 2nd Colorado Cavalry, 2nd Iowa Cavalry and 4th Nebraska Cavalry. We will be at the major 150th anniversary events when the Colorado groups were active beginning in 2013. There is a unit reenacting the 2nd Colorado Infantry located in SE Kansas and Oklahoma. Their leader is also an author and has a wealth of info on that time frame.

Let me know if you want to exchange info. I would be glad to supply you with what I have.