Military Organization - Service - Sources
1861
Aug. 27 - Organized and mustered in at Camp Butler, Ill.
1862
To Jan. - Attached to the Dept. of the Missouri
To Feb. - 3rd Brigade, Army of the Southwest Missouri
To May - 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, Army of the Southwest Missouri
To July - 2nd Division, Army of the Southwest Missouri
To Dec. - District of Eastern Arkansas, Dept. of Missouri
To Dec. - 3rd Brigade, Cavalry Division, District of Eastern
Arkansas
1863
To Jan. - Unattached, Sherman's Yazoo Expedition
(Regiment split)
Feb. - Cos. B, C, F, H, and I ordered to Memphis, Tenn.
Mar. - Cos. A, E, G, K, L, and M in operations in Louisiana
Apr. - Co. D assigned to General Steele
- Cos. A, E, G, K, L,and M
To Aug. - Unattached, 13th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, Head-
quarters of Gen. McClernand and Gen. Osterhaus
- Cos. B, C, F, H, and I
Mar.-June - 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 16th Army Corps
To Aug. - 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 16th Army Corps
To 1/1864 - 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 16th Army Corps
- Co. D
To July - At Headquarters 15th Army Corps
To Dec. - With Arkansas Expedition
- Other companies
To Sept. - Cavalry Brigade, 13th Army Corps, Dept. of the Gulf
To Dec. - 2nd Brigade, 13th Army Corps, Dept. of the Gulf
1864
Jan. - Regiment reunited
To Apr. - 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 16th Army Corps
To June - 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 16th Army Corps
To July - 1st Brigade, Cavalry Division, District of West Tennessee
To Nov. - 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, District of West
Tennessee
1865
To May - 1st Brigade, 5th Division, Military Division Mississippi
To Oct. - Dept. of the Northwest
1861
Aug. 27 - Organized and mustered in at Camp Butler, Ill.
Oct. 1-11 - Moved to Jefferson City, Mo. and Warsaw, Mo.
Oct. 23-Nov. 2 - Fremont's Campaign against Springfield, Mo.
Nov. 13-19 - Moved to Rolla, Mo.
1862
To Jan. - Duty at Rolla, Mo. (1 enlisted man killed)
Feb. 2-13 - Curtis' advance on Springfield, Mo.
Feb. 9 - Marshfield, Mo.
Feb. 14-29 - Pursuit of Price into Arkansas
Feb. 16 - Pott's Hill, Sugar Creek
Feb. 17 - Sugar Creek
Feb. 17 - Bentonville
Mar. 6-8 - Battle of Pea Ridge (9 enlisted men killed)
(Col. Eugene Carr is wounded 4 times and later rece-
ives Congressional Medal of Honor for his actions)
Mar. 15 - Expedition to Fayetteville, Ark.
Mar. 19 - Lebanon, Mo. (1 enlisted man killed)
Apr. 5-May 3 - March to Batesville, Ark.
Apr. 19 - Talbot's Ferry, White River
Jun. 7 - (Co. L) Fairview, Little Red River
Jun. 16-17 - Scouts from Batesville
Jun. 26-July 14- March to Helena, Ark.
July 14 - Helena, Ark.
To Dec. - Duty near Helena, Ark.
Nov. 16-21 - Expedition to Arkansas Post, Ark.
Nov. 27-Dec. 5 - Expedition to Grenada, Miss.
Dec. 3 - Oakland
Dec. 22-Jan. 3 - Sherman's Yazoo Expedition
Dec. 26-28 - Chickasaw Bayou
Dec. 29 - Chickasaw Bluff
1863
Jan. 3-11 - Expedition to Arkansas Post, Ark.
Jan. 10-11 - Capture of Fort Hindman, Arkansas Post, Ark.
(1 enlisted man killed)
Jan. 21 - Milliken's Bend
Jan. 29 - Richmond
Feb. - Cos. B, C, F, H, and I ordered to Memphis, Tenn.
To July - Co. D to 1st Division, 15th Army Corps
To Dec - Co. D with Arkansas Expedition
To Aug. - Other companies remained on duty with 13th Army Corps
Cos. A, E, G, K, L, and M
Mar. 31-Apr. 17- Cos. A and K in operations from Milliken's Bend to
New Carthage
Apr. 5 - Cos. A and K near New Carthage
Apr. 25-30 - Movement on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf
May 1 - Battle of Port Gibson
May 5 - Near Black River (Detachment)
May 16 - Battle of Champion's Hill
May 17 - Battle of Big Black River Bridge
(1 enlisted man killed)
May 18-July 4 - Siege of Vicksburg (1 officer, 1 enlisted man killed)
May 19 & 22 - Assaults on Vicksburg
June 10 - Edwards' Station
July 4-10 - Advance on Jackson, Miss.
July 6 - Edwards' Station
July 7 - Near Baker's Creek
July 8 - Bolton's Depot
July 8 - Near Clinton
July 9 - Near Jackson
July 10-17 - Siege of Jackson
July 18 - Brookhaven
Aug. - Moved to New Orleans, La.
Oct. 3-Nov. 30 - Campaign in western Louisiana, operations in Teche
Country
Oct. 9-10 - Vermillion Bayou
Oct. 21 - Opelousas and Barre Landing
Oct. 24 - Washington
Nov. 5 - Vermillionville
Nov. 11 - Carrion Crow Bayou
Nov. 11 - Vermillionville
Nov. 20 & 25 - Camp Pratt
Nov. 25 - Vermillionville
Mar. 3, 1864 - Near Baton Rouge (Detachment)
Mar. 3, 1864 - Near Jackson (Detachment)
Mar. 30, 1864 - Livonia
Apr. 7, 1864 - Near Port Hudson (Detachment)
Dec. - Rejoined regiment near Memphis, Tenn.
Cos. B, C, F, H, and I
May 15 - Coldwater and Cochran's Cross Roads
May 21-26 - Expedition from LaGrange, Tenn. to Senatobia, Miss.
May 23 - Senatobia, Miss.
June 15-25 - Operations in northwest Mississippi
July 8 - Scout to Germantown
Aug. 5 - Mt. Pleasant
Aug. 12-23 - Expedition from Memphis to Grenada, Miss.
Aug. 17 - Grenada, Miss.
Aug. 25-27 - Mt. Pleasant (1 enlisted man killed)
Sep. 11-16 - Expedition from LaGrange, Tenn. to Toon's Station
Sep. 16 - Montezuma
Oct. 4-17 - Operations against Chalmers' in north Mississippi and
west Tennessee
Oct. 6 - Lockhart's Mills
Oct. 8 - Salem
Oct. 12 - Ingraham's Mills, near Byhalia
Oct. 13 - Wyatt's Tallahatchie River
Nov. 3-5 - Operations on Memphis & Charleston RR
Nov. 28-Dec. 10- Operations on Memphis & Charleston RR against Lee's
attack
Dec. 23 - Near Corinth (Detachment)
Co. D
Apr. 2-14 - Expedition to Greenville, Black Bayou, and Deer Creek
May 14 - Jackson, Miss.
May 18-July 4 - Siege of Vicksburg
May 19 & 22 - Assaults on Vicksburg
July 4-10 - Advance on Jackson, Miss.
July 10-17 - Siege of Jackson
July - Moved to Helena, Ark.
Aug. 1-Sep. 10 - Steele's Expedition to Little Rock, Ark.
Sep. 10 - Bayou Fourche and capture of Little Rock, Ark.
1864
Jan. - Regiment reunited and recruitment of new troops
Feb. 11-26 - Smith's Expedition from Colliersville, Tenn. to
Okolona, Miss.
Feb. 12 - Holly Springs, Miss.
Feb. 17 - Near Pontotoc
Feb. 17 - Houlka Springs, Miss., near Houston
Feb. 18 - Okolona, Miss.
Feb. 22 - Ivey's Hill, near Okolona, Miss.
(2 enlisted men killed)
Feb. 23 - New Albany
Feb. 24 - Pontotoc
Apr. 8 - Port Hudson (1 enlisted man killed)
May 1 - Byhalia (1 enlisted man killed)
May 9 - Germantown (1 enlisted man killed)
June 1-13 - Sturgis' Expedition from Memphis into Mississippi
June 10 - Battle of Brice's Crossroads
June 11 - Ripley
July 1 - Near Holly Springs
July 5-21 - Smith's Expedition to Tupelo, Miss.
July 13 - Camargo's Cross Roads near Harrisburg
July 14-15 - Battle of Tupelo
July 15 - Old Town Creek
Aug. 1-30 - Smith's Expedition to Oxford, Miss.
Aug. 7-9 - Tallahatchie River
Aug. 9 - Hurricane Creek and Oxford
Aug. 13-14,19 - Hurricane Creek
Aug. 14-15 - Scout to Mayfield, Ky. and skirmish (Detachment)
(1 enlisted man killed)
Aug. 21 - Forest's attack on Memphis (Detachment)
(2 enlisted men killed)
Sep. 27 - Moved to Clifton, Tenn.
Nov. - Dec. - Operations in Tennessee and Alabama against Hood
Nov. 9-13 - Expedition from Memphis to Moscow
Nov. 11 - Shoal Creek, Ala.
Nov. 16-20 - On line of Shoal Creek, Ala.
Nov. 28 - Duck River
Nov. 30 - Battle of Franklin
Dec. 15-16 - Battle of Nashville (1 enlisted man killed)
Dec. 17-28 - Pursuit of Hood
Dec. 17 - West Harpeth River
Dec. 24 - Richmond Creek
Dec. 25 - King's or Anthony's Gap, near Pulaski
1865
To Feb. - Gravely Springs, Ala.
To May - Eastport, Miss.
May - Moved to St. Louis, Mo.
June - St. Paul, Minn.
July 4-Oct. 1 - Operations against Indians in Minnesota & Dakota
Oct. 18 - Mustered out Camp Butler, Ill.
Deaths, Combat - 1 Officer 24 Enlisted Men
Deaths, Wounds - 5 Enlisted Men
Deaths, Prisoner - 4 Enlisted Men
Deaths, Non-Combat - 7 Officers 202 Enlisted Men
Total - 8 Officers 235 Enlisted Men
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