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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
After being paroled, the regiment was declared exchanged on September 12, 1863. It was assigned to General Cockrell's Missouri Brigade, and consolidated with the 3rd (Samuel's) Missouri Cavalry Battalion. The 1st/3rd Battalion fought with the Army of Tennessee throughout the Atlanta Campaign and reported 25 killed, 80 wounded, and 3 missing at ...
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 ...
1st Missouri Regiment of Colored Infantry - 62nd Regt United States Colored Troops; 2nd Missouri Regiment of Colored Infantry - 65th Regt United States Colored Troops; 3rd Missouri Regiment of Colored Infantry - 67th Regt United States Colored Troops; 4th Missouri Regiment of Colored Infantry - 68th Regt United States Colored Troops
This resulted in a large variety of weapons, even within a single regiment (unit of approximately 1000 men or less) As an example, the 10th Missouri Cavalry (a United States unit, not militia), were uniformly armed with Gibbs' carbines by December 1863 or earlier, and the 11th Missouri Cavalry was armed with Merrill's and Sharp's carbines, all ...
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.
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 ...
Casualties in the Cavalry Corps, Department of the Missouri [1] Command Killed Wounded Missing Aggregate First Brigade: 1st Cavalry Missouri State Militia 3 Men, 3 Total 2 Officers, 35 Men, 37 Total None 40 4th Cavalry Missouri State Militia 1 Officer, 1 Men, 2 Total 5 Officers, 43 Men, 48 Total None 50 7th Cavalry Missouri State Militia