Organized at St. Louis, Mo., July 6 to September 6, 1861. Attached to Fremont's Army of the West to February, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of Southwest Missouri, February, 1862.
SERVICE.—Companies
"A," "B" and "C" at Cape Girardeau, Mo., from
August 16, 1861. Regiment moved to Jefferson City, Mo., September 21, 1861;
thence to Booneville, Mo. Fremont's advance on Springfield, Mo., October
13-November 3. March to Syracuse, Mo., November 9-17; thence to Lamine River
December 7, and to Georgetown December 15. To Lamine Bridge December 23, and
duty there till January 25, 1862. Advance to Springfield, Mo., January
25-February 11. Regiment transferred to Illinois and designated 59th Regiment
Infantry February 12, 1862. See 59th Illinois Infantry.
Frederick H.
Dyer, A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, Part 3, p. 1327
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