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From A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion

Regimental Histories
By Frederick H. Dyer

Organized at Helena, Arkansas, and Pilot Knob, Missouri, July
1862. Attached to Helena, Arkansas, District Southwest
Missouri, Department Missouri, to December, 1862. 2nd Brigade,
3rd Cavalry Division, District Eastern Arkansas, to January
1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division, 13th Army Corps,
Department Tennessee, to April 1863. 2nd Brigade, Cavalry
Division, District of Eastern Arkansas, Department Tennessee,
to May 1863. District of Southwest Missouri, Department
Missouri, to October 1864. 3rd Brigade, Cavalry Division,
Department Missouri to January 1865. Unattached Cavalry,
District West Tennessee, to February 1865. 1st Brigade,
Cavalry Division, District West Tennessee to August 1865.

Service

1863

Scout from Cape Girardeau to the Ash Hills and Poplar Bluff, Missouri, August
9-18. Skirmish, Ash Hills, August 13. Expedition from Cape
Girardeau to Pocahontas, Arkansas, August 18-26. Skirmishes,
Pocahontas August 22-23.) Elm Springs July 30. Near Fayette
August 23 (Detachment). Jenny Lind September 1. Crawford
County November 25. Barronsville, Searcy County, December 26.
Waldron December 29.

1864

King's River January 10, 1864. Operations against guerillas
in northwest Arkansas, in Newton, Searcy, Izard and Carroll
Counties January 16-February 15. Lewisburg January 17. Clear
Creek and Tomahawk January 22. Bailey's or Crooked Creek
January 23 (Co. C). Crooked Creek February 5. Tomahawk Gap
February 9. Expedition from Rolling Prairie to Batesville
February 19-April 4 Scouts from Yellville to Buffalo River
March 13-26. Oil Trough Bottom March 24 (Detachment). Near
White River March 25. Constant scouting and skirmishing with
guerrillas. Scouts from Bellefonte March 29- April 1.
Whiteley's Mills April 5. Piney Mountain April 6. Osage Branch
King's River April 16 (Co. A). Limestone Valley April 17.
King's River April 19. Near mouth of Richland Creek May 3 and
5. Scout in northern Arkansas May 17-22 (Co. M). Scout from
Cassville to Cross Hollows June 9-14 and June 20-24. Near
Maysville July 20. Operations in southwest Missouri and
northwest Arkansas August 15-24. Scout from Ozark, Missouri to
Dubuque Crossing and Sugar Loaf Prairie August 23-26
(Detachment). Expedition from Cassville, Missouri, to
Fayetteville, Arkansas, August 23-28 (Detachment). Gerald
Mountain .and Mud Town August 24. Operations against Price
August 29-December 2. Moreau Creek, Jefferson City, October 7.
Russellville October 9. California October 9. Near Booneville
October 1112. Fort Smith, Arkansas, October 14 (Detachment).
Dover October 20. Little Blue October 21. Independence, Big
Blue and State Line October 22. Big Blue and Westport October
23. Little Osage, Mine Creek, Marias des Cygnes, October 25.
Engagement on the Marmiton or Battle of Chariot, October 25.
Newtonia October 28. Upshaw's Farm October 29. Expedition from
Springfield, Missouri, to Fort Smith, Arkansas, November 5-16.
Near Cincinnati, Arkansas November 6. Scout from Springfield
to Huntsville and Yellville November 11-21.

1865

Ordered to Memphis, Tennessee, January 1865. Duty there and in
District of West Tennessee till August. Mustered out August
20, 1865.

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