Organized at Jefferson City, Bolivar, Warsaw and Linn Creek
December 18, 1861, to May 6, 1862. Unattached, Dept. of Missouri, to September,
1862. District of Southwest Missouri to July, 1865.
SERVICE.—Post and scout duty at Lebanon, Neosho and
Springfield, Mo. Gouge's Mill March 26, 1862 (Detachment). Humansville, Polk
County, March 26 (Cos. "A," "B," "D" and
"E"). Warsaw April 8, 17 and 28. Licking May 4. Cross Timbers July
28. Lone Jack August 16 (2 Cos.). Lamar November 5 (Detachment). Operations in
Sugar Creek Hills December 23-31. Operations against Marmaduke in Missouri
December 31, 1862, to January 25, 1863. Sarcoxie Prairie, Newton Country,
February 10, 1863. Scouts in Barton and Jasper Counties February 19-22
(Detachment). Greenville Road on Granby March 3 (Detachment). Scout near Neosho
April 19-20 (Cos. "L" and "M"). Scout from Newtonia to
French Point and Centre Creek with skirmishes May 3-18 (Detachment). French
Point May 15 (Detachment). Jasper County June 10. Scout from Greenfield to
Golden Grove and Carthage August 6-9 (Co. "A"). Capture of Fort
Smith, Ark., August 31. Devil's Back Bone, Ark., and Fort Smith September 1.
Cotton Gap September 1. Quincy, Mo., September 4 (Co. "A"). Attack on
train between Fort Scott and Carthage September 6 (Detachment). Operations against
Shelby September 22-October 26. Near Widow Wheeler's October 4 (Cos.
"L" and "M"). Jasper County October 5. Humansville October
16-17. Harrisonville October 24. Buffalo Mountain October 24. Near Neosho
November 4-6 (Detachment). Shoal and Turkey Creeks, Jasper County, November 18
(Detachment). DeGreen's Farm, near Lawrenceville, Ark., November 19. Scout from
Springfield to Howell, Wright and Oregon Counties November 28-December 18.
Springfield, Mo., December 16. Scout from Forsyth to Batesville, Ark., December
26, 1863, to January 2, 1864. Operations in Northwest Arkansas January
16-February 15. Clear Creek and Tomahawk, Ark., January 22. Sylamore Creek and
near Burrowsville, Ark., January 23. Cowskin Bottom, Newton County, January 23
(Detachment). Rolling Prairie, Ark., February 4. Near California House February
12 (Detachment). Scout from Lebanon into North Alabama and skirmishes March
17-April 1 (Co. "G"). Scout from Springfield toward Fayetteville,
Ark., April 28-May 7 (Cos. "A," "B," "C" and
"K"). Bee Creek May 2 (Co. "I"). Spavinaw, Ark., May 13.
Mill and Honey Creeks May 30-31. Diamond Grove and Neosho June 3. Scout from
Forsyth through Ozark and Douglass Counties June 5-12 (Co. "I").
Diamond Grove Prairie August 1 (Detachment). Operations in Southwest Missouri
August 1-28. Rutledge August 4 (Detachment). McDonald County August 5, Cowskin
August 5-6. Near Enterprise and Buffalo Creek August 7. Diamond Grove August
21. Fayetteville, Ark., August 28. Carthage September 22 (Detachment). Moreau
Bottom, Jefferson City, October 7. Little Blue October 21. Independence October
22. Big Blue, State Line, October 22. Westport October 23. Engagement on the
Marmiton or battle of Chariot October 25. Mine Creek, Little Osage River,
Marias des Cygnes, October 25. Newtonia October 28. Expedition to Quincy
October 29-November 8. Cane Creek October 29-30. Newtonia October 30. Quincy
November 1. Near Quincy November 1-2. Hermitage November 2. Expedition from
Springfield to Fort Smith, Ark., November 5-16 (Detachment). Cane Hill November
6. Duty at Lebanon, Neosho and Springfield till July, 1865. Mustered out July
17, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 77 Enlisted men
killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 131 Enlisted men by disease.
Total 212.
SOURCE: Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War
of the Rebellion, Part 3, p. 1308-9
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