Organized February, 1862, by consolidation of Fremont
Hussars and three Companies Hollan Horse. Attached to 3rd Brigade, Army of
Southwest Missouri, Dept. of Missouri, to March, 1862. Cavalry, 2nd Division,
Army of Southwest Missouri, Dept. of Missouri, to May, 1862. Cavalry 3rd
Division, Army of Southwest Missouri, to July, 1862. District of Eastern
Arkansas, Dept. of Missouri, to October, 1862. Cavalry Brigade, Army of
Southeast Missouri, Dept. of Missouri, till April, 1863. District of Columbus,
Ky., 6th Division, 16th Army Corps, Dept. of Tennessee, to December, 1863.
Waring's Detached Brigade, Dist. of Columbus, to January, 1864. 1st Brigade,
1st Cavalry Division, 16th Army Corps, to June, 1864. 1st Brigade, Cavalry
Division, Sturgis' Expedition, June, 1864. 1st Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division,
Dist. of West Tennessee, to December, 1864. 1st Brigade, Cavalry Division,
District of West Tennessee, to June, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division Cavalry
Corps, Military Division West Mississippi, and Dept. of Texas to November,
1865.
SERVICE. — Curtis' Campaign in Missouri and Arkansas January
to April, 1862. Occupation of Springfield, Mo., February 14. Pierson's and
Crane's Creeks February 14. Flat Creek February 15. Cross Timbers February 16.
Sugar Creek, Ark., February 17. Bentonville February 19. Occupation of
Fayetteville February 23. Scout through LaClede, Wright and Douglass Counties,
Mo., March 1-11 (Co. "F"). Battles of Pea Ridge, Ark., March 6-8; Fox
Creek March 7 (Cos. "E" and "F"); Mountain Grove March 9
(Cos. "E" and "F"). March to Keitsville, thence to Forsyth
March 19-April 10. Forsyth April 11. March to White Plains and Batesville April
15-May 3. Batesville May 3. Little Red River May 17 (Detachment). Scout to
Grand Glaze May 14. Searcy Landing, Little Red River, May 19. Expedition from
Searcy Landing to West Point, Searcy and Des Arc May 27. Searcy May 27.
Expedition to Grand Glaze May 31 (Detachment). Scouts from Batesville June
16-17, March to Helena July 5-14. Round Hill July 7. Occupation of Helena till
October. Expedition from Clarendon to Lawrenceville and St. Charles September
11-13. Battle of Iuka, Miss., September 19 (Co. "C"). Expedition to
LaGrange September 26 (Detachment). Moved with Davidson to Southeast Missouri
and operations against Marmaduke October, 1862, to May, 1863. (Battle of
Corinth, Miss,, October 3-4, 1862 (Co. "C"). Grant's Central
Mississippi Campaign October 31, 1862, to January 10, 1863 (Co.
"C").) Batesville, Ark., February 4, 1863. Moved to Columbus, Ky.,
May, 1863, and duty there till January, 1864. (Raymond, Miss., May 12, 1863
(Co. "F"); Jackson, Miss., May 14 (Co. "F"); Champion's
Hill, Miss., May 16 (Co. "F").) Siege of Vicksburg, Miss., May
18-July 4, 1863 (Co. "F"). Near Lexington, Tenn., June 29, 1863
(Detachment). Union City, Tenn., July 10 (Cos. "C" and
"E"). Occupation of Hickman, Ky., July 15-16. Expedition from Clifton
in pursuit of Biffle's, Forest's and Newsome's Cavalry July 22-27. Expedition
from Columbus to Hickman, Ky., August 1 (1 Co.). Scout from Fort Pillow, Tenn.,
August 3 (Detachment). Expedition from Union City to Conyersville September
1-10. Conyersville September 5. Como September 19. Expedition from Paducah,
Ky., to Mc-Lemoresville, Tenn., September 20-30. Pillowville November 5. Attack
on Bloomfield, Mo., November 29-30. Expedition from Union City to Trenton
January 22-24, 1864. Smith's Expedition from Colliersville, Tenn., to Okolona,
Miss., February 11-26, Prairie Station February 20. Okolona February 21. Ivy's
Hill, near Okolona, February 22. Operations against Forest in West Tennessee
March 16-April 14. Sturgis' Expedition from Memphis, Tenn., to Ripley, Miss.,
April 30-May 9. Near Mt. Pleasant May 22 (Detachment). Holly Springs, Miss,,
May 24. Sturgis' Expedition to Guntown, Miss., June 1-13, Brice's or Tishamingo
Creek, near Guntown, June 10. Ripley and Salem June 11. Expedition to Grand
Gulf, Miss., July 4-24. Grand Gulf July 16. Smith's Expedition from Lagrange,
Tenn., to Oxford, Miss., August 1-30. Operations against Price in Missouri September-October.
Little Blue, Mo., October 21. Big Blue and State Line October 22. Westport
October 23. Engagement at the Marmiton or battle of Charlot October 25. Mine
Creek, Osage River, Marias des Cygnes, October 25. Grierson's Expedition to
destroy Mobile & Ohio Railroad December 21, 1864, to January 15, 1865.
Verona December 25. Egypt Station December 28. At Memphis and along Memphis
& Charleston Railroad till June, 1865. Moved to Alexandria, thence to
Shreveport, La. Moved to Texas July 10-August 2. Garrison duty at San Antonio
and scouting along the Rio Grande, Texas, till November, 1865. Mustered out
November 13, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 4 Officers and 56 Enlisted men
killed and mortally wounded and 6 Officers and 177 Enlisted men by disease.
Total 243.
SOURCE: Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War
of the Rebellion, Part 3, p. 1305
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