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The 1st Missouri Volunteer Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment with three battalions that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War from 1861 to 1865. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Background
The 1st Missouri Cavalry Regiment fought at the Battle of Pea Ridge, Arkansas from March 6–8, 1862, then moved east of the Mississippi River and was dismounted. On May 4, 1862, the regiment contained 536 effectives.
Each regiment was designed to contain between six and eight companies, so a Missouri State Guard regiment would contain 600 to 800 men at full strength. [2] At the Battle of Wilson's Creek on August 10, 1861, Missouri State Guard units fought alongside Confederate States Army troops; both the Missourians and the Confederate troops were under ...
The 1st Northeast Missouri Cavalry, or 1st NE Missouri Cavalry was a Confederate Army regiment during the American Civil War. One of the commanders was Colonel Joseph C. Porter, who led 125 men through the Battle of Moore's Mill. This regiment was known for its guerrilla warfare.
1st Missouri Volunteer Infantry (3 Months, 1861) 2nd Missouri Volunteer Infantry (3 months, 1861) 3rd Missouri Volunteer Infantry (3 months, 1861) "Lyon's Fahnenwacht" (Lyon's Color Guard)
[13] Colonel Henry S. Lipscomb of the 11th Missouri State Militia Cavalry was relieved for not pursuing Joseph C. Porter more vigorously during the summer of 1862 [14] [15] [16] and the regiment was consolidated with the 2nd. An entire regiment (the 5th Regiment (Old) was disbanded and replaced by the 5th Regiment (New), due to their lack of ...
With the outbreak of the Civil War and the War Department's wanting to re-designate all mounted regiments as cavalry and to renumber them in order of seniority., the First Dragoons became the "First Regiment of Cavalry" by an Act of Congress on 3 August 1861 (the existing First Cavalry Regiment (formed in 1855) was the fourth oldest mounted ...
3rd Missouri Cavalry Regiment: Col Colton Greene [1] 4th Missouri Cavalry Regiment: Col John Q. Burbridge [1] 7th Missouri Cavalry Regiment: Col Solomon G. Kitchen [1] 8th Missouri Cavalry Regiment: Col William L. Jeffers [1] 10th Missouri Cavalry Regiment: Col Robert R. Lawther [1] Davies's Missouri Cavalry Battalion: Ltc J. F. Davies [1]