Organized at Athens,
Mo., October 25, 1861. Operating in Northeast Missouri till February, 1862.
Action at Shelbina, Mo., September 4, 1861. Expedition against Green's
guerrillas September 8-9, 1861. Consolidated with 2nd Northeast Regiment to
form 21st Missouri Infantry December 31, 1861.
SOURCE: Frederick H.
Dyer, A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, Part 3, p. 1321
