Organized at Terre Haute, Ind., for one year's State service
April 25, 1861. Mustered in for three years' service July 4, 1861. Assigned to
1st Indiana Cavalry as Company "L," August 20, 1861, but served
detached from Regiment entire term. Served in Dept. of West Virginia as Escort
to Gen. Rosecrans July to November, 1861. At Headquarters Dept. of Western
Virginia to March, 1862; and Dept. of the Mountains to June, 1862. At
Headquarters 1st Corps, Army of Virginia, to September, 1862. At Headquarters
11th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to September, 1863, and at Headquarters
Army of the Potomac to May, 1865. Participated in all the services of these
headquarters. Old members mustered out July 3, 1864. Veterans and Recruits
mustered out May 31, 1865.
SOURCE: Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War
of the Rebellion, Part 3, p. 1110
