Organized at St.
Louis, Mo., August, 1861. Attached to Dept. of Missouri to May, 1862. 2nd
Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of the Mississippi, to November, 1862. 2nd Brigade,
7th Division, Left Wing 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, to
December, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 7th Division, 16th Army Corps, to January, 1863. 2nd
Brigade, 7th Division, 17th Army Corps, to September, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd
Division, 17th Army Corps, to December, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 15th
Army Corps, to October, 1864.
SERVICE.—Guarding
Pacific Railroad till November, 1861. Expedition through Jefferson County
September 1-3. Fulton, Mo., October 28. At Hermann, Mo., December 1-23.
Expedition through Warren, Callaway, Boone and Audrain Counties December, 1861.
At Warrenton, Mo., till February, 1862. At High Bridge till April. At Cape Girardeau,
Mo., till April 30. Moved to Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., April 30. Coffey's
Landing, Tenn., May 2. Siege of Corinth, Miss., May 5-30. Action at Farmington
May 9 (Reserve). Skirmish on Booneville Road May 29. Pursuit to Booneville May
31-June 12. At Corinth till August. At Jacinto till September 18. Battle of
Iuka September 19. Battle of Corinth October 3-4. Grant's Central Mississippi
Campaign November, 1862, to January, 1863. Escort train to Memphis, Tenn.,
December 20-30, 1862. Guard duty on Memphis & Charleston Railroad at
Germantown and near Memphis till March, 1863. Expedition to Yazoo Pass and
operations against Fort Pemberton and Greenwood March 13-April 5. Moved to
Milliken's Bend, La., and duty there till April 25. Movement on Bruinsburg and
turning Grand Gulf April 25-30. Battle of Port Gibson May L (In support). Big
Black River May 3. Battles of Raymond May 12. Jackson May 14. Champion's Hill
May 16. Siege of Vicksburg, Miss., May 18-July 4. Assaults on Vicksburg May 19
and 22. Surrender of Vicksburg July 4. Garrison duty at Vicksburg till
September 12. At Helena, Ark., till October 1. Moved to Memphis, thence march
to Chattanooga, Tenn., October 1-November 22. Operations on Memphis &
Charleston Railroad in Alabama October 20-29. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign
November 23-27. Tunnel Hill November 23-24. Mission Ridge November 25. At
Bridgeport, Ala., till January 1, 1864. At Royd's Station and Brownsboro, Ala.,
along Memphis & Charleston Railroad till June 15. (Constructed bridge
across Flint River at Brownsboro.) Moved to Kingston, Ga., via Huntsville and
Stevenson, Ala., June 15-20. Moved to Resaca July 2, and duty there till August
17. (Cos. "I" and "K" till October.) Defence of Resaca
October 12-13 (Cos. "I" and "K"). Companies "A,"
"B," "C," "D," "E," "F" and
"G" left for muster out August 17, and mustered out August 24, 1864.
Company "H" attached to Company "E," 24th Missouri
Infantry. Companies "I" and "K" mustered out October 31,
1864.
Regiment lost during
service 3 Officers and 98 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2
Officers and 228 Enlisted men by disease. Total 331.
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