Organized at St. Joseph, Mo., January 28 to May 14, 1862.
Ordered to Kansas City, Mo., May, 1862, and duty there fitting out till August.
Skirmish on Little Blue June 2. Ordered to Southwest Missouri August, 1862, and
reported to General Egbert B. Brown. Attached to District of Southwest
Missouri, Dept. of Missouri, to December, 1862. District of Central Missouri,
Dept. of Missouri, to July, 1863. District of the Border, Dept. of Missouri, to
January, 1864. District of Central Missouri, Dept. of Missouri, to July, 1865.
SERVICE. — Pursuit of Coffee August 8-September 1, 1862.
Between Stockton and Humansville and near Stockton August 12. Duty at Mt.
Vernon till September 30. Joined Totten's Division, Army of the Frontier.
Oxford Bend, near Fayetteville, Ark., October 27-28. Expedition from Greenfield
into Jasper and Barton Counties November 24-26. Operations against Marmaduke in
Missouri December 31, 1862-January 25, 1863. Defence of Springfield, Mo.,
January 8, 1863. Duty in Central Missouri and guarding Missouri Pacific
Railroad, with Headquarters at LaMine Bridge, Jefferson City, Tipton, Sedalia
and Warrensburg, Mo.. till October, 1864. Operations about Princeton May 4,
1863. Waverly June 1 (Cos, "B" and "C"). Sibley June 23 (4
Cos.). Marshall July 28. Saline Country July 30. Operations against Quantrell
August 20-28. Operations against Shelby September 22-October 26. Tipton and
Syracuse October 10 (Cos. "A," "B," "E" and
"F"). Booneville October 11-12, Merrill's Landing and Dug Ford, near
Jonesborough, October 12. Marshall, Arrow Rock, Blackwater, October 13.
Operations about War- rensburg February 22-24, 1864. Scout from Sedalia to
Blackwater June 3-5 (Co. "E"). Near Sedalia and Marshall Road June 26
(Co. "E"). Huntsville July 16. Scout from Independence to Lafayette
County August 7-8 (Detachment). Operations in Lafayette and Saline Counties
August 13-22 (Detachment). Near Rocheport August 28 (Detachment). Howard County
August 28 (Co. "E"). Moved to Defence of Jefferson City October 1.
Campaign against Price October --. Moreau Bottoms October 7. California October
9. Booneville October 9-12. Little Blue October 21. independence, Big Blue and
State Line October 22. Westport October 23. Engagement at the Marmiton or
battle of Charlot October 25. Mine Creek, Little Osage River, Marias des
Cygnes, October 25. At Sedalia, Mo., November, 1864, to April, 1865. Scout in
Calloway County November 6-7, 1864 (Detachment). Moved to St. Louis April,
1865, and most of Regiment mustered out April 18, 1865. Balance mustered out
July 8, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 34 Enlisted men
killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 86 Enlisted men by disease.
Total 124.
SOURCE: Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War
of the Rebellion, Part 3, p. 1305-6
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