Organized at St.
Louis, Mo., January, 1862. Attached to District of St. Louis, Mo., Dept.
Missouri, to March, 1863. District of Southeast Missouri, Dept. Missouri, to
August, 1863. District of St. Louis, Mo., to September, 1863. Battery
reorganized from Batteries "A," "F," "G" and
"K" September 29, 1863. District of St. Louis, Mo., to December,
1863. Artillery, 1st Cavalry Division, Army Arkansas, and 7th Army Corps, Dept.
of Arkansas, to May, 1864. Artillery, 2nd Division, 7th Army Corps, to
February, 1865. Mouth of White River, Ark., to August, 1865. Dept. of Arkansas,
to November, 1865.
SERVICE.—Duty at
Cape Girardeau, Mo., till July, 1863. Operations against Marmaduke April 17-May
2. Cape Girardeau April 26. Moved to St. Louis, Mo., July, and duty there till
September, 1863, At Bloomfield till December. Moved to Rolla via Pilot Knob December
1, 1863, thence march with 1st Nebraska Cavalry to Batesville, Ark. Duty at
Batesville and Duvall's Bluff, Ark., till January, 1865. Near Batesville
February 20, 1864. Pikeville May 25, 1864. Operations on White River June
20-29. Near Clarendon and St. Charles June 25-26, and pursuit to Bayou DeView
June 26-28. Augusta September 2. Duty at Post of St. Charles January, 1865, to
June, 1865, and at mouth of White River till August. Ordered to St. Louis, Mo.
Duty in District of the Plains till November. Mustered out November 21, 1865.
