Organized at St.
Louis, Mo., January 3 to April 4, 1863. Organized for duty in Western Waters.
Attached to District of Northeast Louisiana, Dept. of the Tennessee, October,
1863, to April, 1864. District of Vicksburg to February, 1865.
SERVICE.—Action at
Duck River Island April 26, 1863. Beaver Dam Lake, near Austin, May 24. Near
Austin May 28. Expedition from Young's Point, La., to Richmond, La., June
14-16. Richmond June 15. Grand Lake June 16. Expedition from Snyder's Bluff to
Greenville June 29-30, Goodrich Landing June 30. Bayou Tensas June 30.
Expedition from Goodrich Landing to Griffin's Landing, Catfish Point, Miss.,
October 24 to November 10. Fayette November 22. Operations about Natchez,
Miss., December 1-10. Rodney December 24. Port Gibson December 26. Grand Gulf
January 16-17, 1864. Lake Village, Ark., February 10. Expedition to Grand Gulf
February 15-March 6. Lima Landing, Ark., February 22. Rodney March 4. Coleman's
March 5. Red River Campaign March 10-May 22. Fort DeRussy March 14. Ashton May
1. Endorah Church May 9. Greenville May 20-27. Leland's Point May 27. Columbia
June 2. Worthington's and Sunnyside Landings, Fish Bayou, June 5. Old River
Lake or Lake Chicot June 6. Sunnyside Landing June 7. Indian Bayou June 8.
Coleman's Plantation, Port Gibson, July 4. Port Gibson July 7. Duty in District
of Vicksburg till February, 1865. Mustered out February 1, 1865.
Battalion lost
during service 11 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and
161 Enlisted men by disease. Total 173.
