Organized at Evansville, Ind., and mustered in August 20,
1861. Left State for St. Louis, Mo., August 21; thence moved to Ironton, Mo.
Duty at and near Ironton till February, 1862. Skirmish at Black River, Ironton,
September 12, 1861. Operations about Ironton and Fredericktown October 12-21.
Skirmish at Fredericktown October 18. Action at Fredericktown October 21.
Attached to Dept. of Missouri to February, 1862. District of Southeast Missouri
to May, 1862. 1st Division, Army of Southwest Missouri, to July, 1862. District
of Eastern Arkansas, Dept. of Missouri, to December, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd
(Cavalry) Division, District of Eastern Arkansas, Dept. of the Tennessee, to
April, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division, 13th Army Corps, Dept. of the
Tennessee, to April, 1863. 1st Brigade, Cavalry Division, District of Eastern
Arkansas, to June, 1863. Clayton's Independent Cavalry Brigade, District of
Eastern Arkansas, to July, 1863. Clayton's Cavalry Brigade, 13th Division, 16th
Army Corps, to August, 1863. Clayton's Cavalry Brigade, Arkansas Expedition, to
January, 1864. Clayton's Cavalry Brigade, 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Arkansas, to
September, 1864. 1st Brigade, Cavalry Division, 7th Army Corps, to February,
1865. Mouth of White River, Ark., and St. Charles, Ark. 7th Army Corps to June,
1865. Company "C" detached and with 12th Division, 13th Army Corps,
Army of the Tennessee, to August, 1863. Cavalry Brigade, 13th Army Corps, Dept.
of the Gulf, to September, 1863. 2nd Brigade, Cavalry Division, Dept. of the
Gulf, to November, 1863. 3rd Brigade, Cavalry Division, Dept. of the Gulf, to
December, 1863. Defences of New Orleans, La., Dept. of the Gulf, to July. 1864.
Rejoined Regiment at Pine Bluff, Ark.
(For Companies "I" and "K" see Stewart's
and Bracken's Cavalry Companies.)
SERVICE.--Scouting and skirmishing in Missouri and Arkansas
February to June, 1862. Reconnoissance from Greenville to St. Francisville
February 23-25 (Detachment). Mingo Creek, near St. Francisville, February 24
(Detachment). Moved to Doniphan March 27-April 1, and to Pocahontas April 17.
Litchfield, Ark., May 2. Eleven Points June 1. Operations in Fulton County,
Mo., June 1-5. March to Helena, Ark., June 26-July 14. Hill's Plantation, Cache
River, July 7. Duty at Helena till July, 1863. Expedition from Helena to
Clarendon August 4-17, 1862. Expedition from Clarendon to Lawrenceville and St.
Charles September 11-13. Expedition from Helena to Moro November 5-8
(Detachment). Expedition from Helena to Arkansas Post November 16-21.
Expedition from Helena to Grenada, Miss., November 27-December 5. Junction
Coldwater and Tallahatchie Rivers November 29. Tallahatchie River November 30
(Detachment). Near Mitchell's Cross Roads December 1. Oakland December 3. Near Coldwater River February 19, 1863. Near
Yazoo Pass February 19 (Detachment). Coldwater March 14. Languelle Creek May
11. Taylor's Creek and Crowley's Ridge May 11. Expedition from Helena to
Napoleonville May 23-26 (Detachment). Near Island No. 65, Mississippi River,
May 25 (Detachment). Repulse of Holmes' Attack on Helena July 4. Steele's
Expedition to Little Rock August 1-September 14. Action at Bayou Fourche and
capture of Little Rock September 10. Pursuit of Price September 11-14. Near
Little Rock September 11. Moved to Pine Bluff September 14, and duty there till
March, 1864. Tulip October 12, 1863. Pine Bluff October 25. Branchville, Ivey's
Ford, Pine Bluff, January 19, 1864. Steele's Expedition to Camden February
23-May 3. Branchville March 27. Expedition from Pine Bluff to Mt. Elba and
Longview March 27-31. Longview March 29. Mt. Elba and pursuit to Big Creek
March 30. Marks' Mills April 25 (Detachment). At Pine Bluff and Little Rock
till October, 1864. Walter's Plantation June 7. Expedition from Pine Bluff
September 9-11 (Detachment). Near Monticello September 10. Brewer's Lane
September 11. Near Pine Bluff September 13 (2 Companies). Reconnoissance from
Little Rock to Monticello and Mt. Elba October 4-11. Veterans and Recruits
consolidated to a Battalion of 2 Companies, and duty at Pine Bluff till
January, 1865. Moved to mouth of White River and duty there till March 20,
1865. At St. Charles till June, 1865. Mustered out May 31 and discharged June
22, 1865.
Company "C" detached as escort to Gen. Hovey,
February to July, 1863. Expedition to Yazoo Pass February 24-April 8, 1863.
Moved to Milliken's Bend, La., April 12. Advance on Bruinsburg and turning
Grand Gulf April 25-30. Battle of Port Gibson May 1. Fourteen-Mile Creek May
12-13. Battle of Champion's Hill May 16. Siege of Vicksburg May 18-July 4.
Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 4-10. Siege of Jackson July 10-17. Ordered to
New Orleans, La., August, thence to Brashear City and Berwick; Western
Louisiana "Teche" Campaign October 3-November 30. Reconnoissance
toward Opelousas October 20. Opelousas and Barre Landing October 21. Bayou
Portage October 23. Moved to New Orleans, La., and duty there till July 7,
1864. Cypress Creek March 8, 1864. Rejoined Regiment at Pine Bluff, Ark.
Regiment lost during service 4 Officers and 32 Enlisted men
killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 148 Enlisted men by disease.
Total 187.
SOURCE: Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War
of the Rebellion, Part 3, p. 1103-4
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