Tuesday, June 18, 2019

1st Battalion Missouri State Militia Cavalry ("Krekel's")

Organized at St. Charles, Mo., March 26, 1862. Attached to District of Central Missouri, Dept. of Missouri. Duty at St. Charles and in District of Central Missouri operating against guerrillas till November, 1862. Skirmish at Bob's Creek March 7. Big Creek March 9. Scouts in Calloway County September 4. Prairie Station September 4. Portland October 16. Broken up November 11, 1862.

Battalion lost during service 1 Enlisted man killed and 12 Enlisted men by disease. Total 13.

SOURCE: Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, Part 3, p. 1302

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