Organized at St.
Louis, Mo., August, 1861, by authority of Gen. Fremont. Attached to Army of the
West and Unattached District of Southwest Missouri, Dept. of Missouri, to
September, 1862. Fremont's Campaign against Springfield, Mo., September to
November, 1861. Duty at Jefferson City, Rolla and Springfield, Mo., till
December 29, 1861. Advance to Springfield, Mo., and the Southwest December 29,
1861, to February 14, 1862. Duty in District of Southwest Missouri till
September, 1862. Mustered out September, 1862.
SOURCE: Frederick H. Dyer, A
Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, Part 3, p. 1320-1
