Organization

• Organized February, 1862, by consolidation of Fremont Hussars and three Companies Hollan Horse.
• Attached to 3rd Brigade, Army of Southwest Missouri, Dept. of Missouri, to March, 1862.
• Cavalry, 2nd Division, Army of Southwest Missouri, Dept. of Missouri, to May, 1862.
• Cavalry 3rd Division, Army of Southwest Missouri, to July, 1862.
• District of Eastern Arkansas, Dept. of Missouri, to October, 1862.
• Cavalry Brigade, Army of Southeast Missouri, Dept. of Missouri, till April, 1863.
• District of Columbus, Ky., 6th Division, 16th Army Corps, Dept. of Tennessee, to December, 1863.
• Waring's Detached Brigade, Dist. of Columbus, to January, 1864.
• 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, 16th Army Corps, to June, 1864.
• 1st Brigade, Cavalry Division, Sturgis' Expedition, June, 1864.
• 1st Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division, Dist. of West Tennessee, to December, 1864.
• 1st Brigade, Cavalry Division, District of West Tennessee, to June, 1865.
• 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division Cavalry Corps, Military Division West Mississippi, and Dept. of Texas to November,

Service

• Curtis' Campaign in Missouri and Arkansas January to April, 1862.
• Occupation of Springfield, Mo., February 14. Pierson's and Crane's Creeks February 14.
• Flat Creek February 15.
• Cross Timbers February 16.
• Sugar Creek, Ark., February 17.
• Bentonville February 19.
• Occupation of Fayetteville February 23.
• Scout through LaClede, Wright and Douglass Counties, Mo., March 1-11 (Co. "F").
• Battles of Pea Ridge, Ark., March 6-8; Fox Creek March 7 (Cos. "E" and "F"); Mountain Grove March 9 (Cos. "E" and "F").
• March to Keitsville, thence to Forsyth March 19-April 10.
• Forsyth April 11.
• March to White Plains and Batesville April 15-May 3.
• Batesville May 3.
• Little Red River May 17 (Detachment).
• Scout to Grand Glaze May 14.
• Searcy Landing, Little Red River, May 19.
• Expedition from Searcy Landing to West Point, Searcy and Des Arc May 27.
• Searcy May 27.
• Expedition to Grand Glaze May 31 (Detachment).
• Scouts from Batesville June 16-17, March to Helena July 5-14.
• Round Hill July 7.
• Occupation of Helena till October.
• Expedition from Clarendon to Lawrenceville and St. Charles September 11-13.
• Battle of Iuka, Miss., September 19 (Co. "C").
• Expedition to LaGrange September 26 (Detachment).
• Moved with Davidson to Southeast Missouri and operations against Marmaduke October, 1862, to May, 1863.
• (Battle of Corinth, Miss,, October 3-4, 1862 (Co. "C").
• Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign October 31, 1862, to January 10, 1863 (Co. "C").)
• Batesville, Ark., February 4, 1863.
• Moved to Columbus, Ky., May, 1863, and duty there till January, 1864.
• (Raymond, Miss., May 12, 1863 (Co. "F"); Jackson, Miss., May 14 (Co. "F"); Champion's Hill, Miss., May 16 (Co."F").)
• Siege of Vicksburg, Miss., May 18-July 4, 1863 (Co. "F").
• Near Lexington, Tenn., June 29, 1863 (Detachment).
• Union City, Tenn., July 10 (Cos. "C" and "E").
• Occupation of Hickman, Ky., July 15-16.
• Expedition from Clifton in pursuit of Biffle's, Forest's and Newsome's Cavalry July 22-27.
• Expedition from Columbus to Hickman, Ky., August 1 (1 Co.).
• Scout from Fort Pillow, Tenn., August 3 (Detachment).
• Expedition from Union City to Conyersville September 1-10.
• Conyersville September 5.
• Como September 19.
• Expedition from Paducah, Ky., to Mc-Lemoresville, Tenn., September 20-30.
• Pillowville November 5.
• Attack on Bloomfield, Mo., November 29-30.
• Expedition from Union City to Trenton January 22-24, 1864.
• Smith's Expedition from Colliersville, Tenn., to Okolona, Miss., February 11-26, Prairie Station February 20.
• Okolona February 21.
• Ivy's Hill, near Okolona, February 22.
• Operations against Forest in West Tennessee March 16-April 14.
• Sturgis' Expedition from Memphis, Tenn., to Ripley, Miss., April 30-May 9.
• Near Mt. Pleasant May 22 (Detachment).
• Holly Springs, Miss,, May 24.
• Sturgis' Expedition to Guntown, Miss., June 1-13, Brice's or Tishamingo Creek, near Guntown, June 10.
• Ripley and Salem June 11.
• Expedition to Grand Gulf, Miss., July 4-24.
• Grand Gulf July 16.
• Smith's Expedition from Lagrange, Tenn., to Oxford, Miss., August 1-30.
• Operations against Price in Missouri September-October.
• Little Blue, Mo., October 21.
• Big Blue and State Line October 22.
• Westport October 23.
• Engagement at the Marmiton or battle of Charlot October 25.
• Mine Creek, Osage River, Marias des Cygnes, October 25.
• Grierson's Expedition to destroy Mobile & Ohio Railroad December 21, 1864, to January 15, 1865.
• Verona December 25.
• Egypt Station December 28.
• At Memphis and along Memphis & Charleston Railroad till June, 1865.
• Moved to Alexandria, thence to Shreveport, La.
• Moved to Texas July 10-August 2.
• Garrison duty at San Antonio and scouting along the Rio Grande, Texas, till November, 1865.
• Mustered out November 13, 1865.

Casualties

• Regiment lost during service 4 Officers and 56 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 6 Officers and 177 Enlisted men by disease. Total 243.