1861
April 20: Seizure of Liberty Arsenal
By Confederates.
Seizure of Property.
May 10: Capture of Camp Jackson
MISSOURI--3d Infantry; 1st, 3d and 4th Reserve Corps.
May 10: Riot, St. Louis, Fifth and Wainut Streets
MISSOURI--5th Reserve Corps.
MISSOURI--1st (Co. "A") and 5th (Co. "A") Infantry.
June 13-17: Expedition from St. Louis to Booneville
UNITED STATES--Battery "F" 2d Arty.; 2d Infantry Co. "B").
MISSOURI--1st and 2d Infantry. UNITED STATES--Battery "F" 2d Arty.; 2d Infantry (Co. "B").
June 17: Engagement, Booneville
MISSOURI--1st and 2d Infantry. UNITED STATES--Battery "F" 1st Arty.; 2d Infantry (Co. "B"); 2 Co's Recruits U. S. Army. Union loss, 2 killed, 17 wounded. Total, 19.
MISSOURI--Detachment of Volunteers under Capt. Stanley.
June 18: Skirmish, Camp Cole
Union Home Guard. Union loss, 15 killed, 52 wounded. Total, 67.
ILLINOIS--Kowald's and Walker's Detachment Cavalry; 7th (Co's "E," "G"), 8th (Co's "B," "C"), 9th (Co's "C," "H") and 11th (Co's "A," "B") Infantry.
(No Reports.)
July 5: Engagement, Carthage, Dry Forks, Crooked Briar Fork
MISSOURI--Backoff's Battalion Light Arty.; 3d and 5th Infantry. Union loss, 18 killed, 53 wounded, 5 missing. Total, 76.
July 5: Skirmish, Neosho
MISSOURI--3d Infantry (Co. "B" Rifle Battalion).
July 9: Skirmish, Monroe Station
ILLINOIS--16th Infantry. IOWA--3d Infantry.
July 11: Skirmish, Monroe Station
ILLINOIS--16th Infantry (Co's "F," "H"). IOWA--3d Infantry (Co's "A," "F," "H," "K"). MISSOURI--Hannibal Home Guard (Co. "A"). Union loss, 3 killed.
July 15: Skirmish, Mexico
MISSOURI--2d Infantry (3 months).
July 15-17: Skirmishes, Wentzville, Northern Missouri R. R.
MISSOURI--8th Infantry. Union loss, 7 killed, 1 wounded. Total. 8.
July 16: Skirmish, Millsville
MISSOURI--8th Infantry. Union loss, 7 killed, 1 wounded. Total, 8.
July 17: Skirmish, Fulton
MISSOURI--3d Reserve Corps. Union loss, 1 killed, 15 wounded. Total, 16.
MISSOURI--1st Reserve Corps (1 Co.). Union loss, 1 killed, 1 wounded. Total, 2.
July 17-19: Skirmishes, Parkersville
MISSOURI--Cass County Home Guard Cavalry.
MISSOURI--Reserve Corps, Cavalry (Co. "A").
MISSOURI--Van Horn's Battalion Reserve Corps. Union loss, 1 killed.
IOWA--1st Infantry (3 months). KANSAS--2d Infantry. UNITED STATES--Stanley's Dragoons; Totten's Battery "F" 2d Arty.
July 22: Skirmish, Etna
MISSOURI--21st Infantry.
July 22: Action, Forsyth
IOWA--1st Infantry. KANSAS--2d Infantry. UNITED STATES--Stanley's Dragoons Totten's Battery "F" 2d Arty. Union loss, 3 wounded.
MISSOURI--5th Reserve Corps. Union loss, 1 killed, 12 wounded. Total, 13.
July 25: Skirmish, Dug Springs
MISSOURI--Battery "E" 1st Light Arty. UNITED STATES--Stanley's Dragoons, 2 Companies Regular Infantry.
KANSAS--5th Cavalry.
MISSOURI--Home Guard. Union loss, 3 wounded.
July 26: Skirmish, McCulla's Store
MISSOURI--Battery "E" 1st Light Arty.
MISSOURI--Cass County Home Guard Cavalry.
July 28: Occupation of New Madrid
By Confederates.
Aug. 1: Skirmish, Edina
(No Reports.)
ILLINOIS--24th Infantry.
Aug. 2: Skirmish, Dug Springs
IOWA--1st Infantry. MISSOURI--Batteries "A," "B," "C," "H," "K" 1st Light Arty.; 3d Infantry (3 months). UNITED STATES--4th Cavalry; 2d Infantry (4 Co's). Union loss, 4 killed, 37 wounded. Total, 41.
Aug. 3: Action, McCulla's Store
MISSOURI--1st Light Arty (Co's "A," "H").
Aug. 5: Skirmish, Athens
IOWA--Keokuk City Rifles, Capt. W. W. Belknap. MISSOURI--21st Infantry; Home Guards. Union loss, 3 killed, 8 wounded. Total, 11.
Aug. 7-10: Expedition to Price's Landing, Commerce, Benton and Hamburg
ILLINOIS--20th Infantry (Co. "F"). MISSOURI--8th Infantry (Co. "F").
IOWA--1st Infantry. KANSAS--1st and 2d Infantry; Wood's Mounted Company. MISSOURI--Backoff's Battalion Light Arty., 1st Light Arty.; 1st, 2d, 3d and 5th Infantry. UNITED STATES--1st Cavalry (Co's "D," "I"); 2d Dragoons (Co. "C"); Totten's Battery "F" 2d Arty.; 1st (Co's "B," "C," "D"), 2d Co's "B," "E") Infantry; 1 Company Rifle Recruits and 1 Company Recruits; Missouri Home Guard Mounted. Union loss, 223 killed, 721 wounded, 291 missing. Total, 1,235.
Aug. 10: Skirmish, Potosi
MISSOURI--Home Guard. Union loss, 1 killed.
Aug. 11: Affair, Hamburg
MISSOURI--Home Guard.
Aug. 15-16: Expedition to St. Genevieve
MISSOURI--8th Infantry.
(No Reports.)
Aug. 16-21: Operations about Kirksville
ILLINOIS--16th Infantry. IOWA--3d Infantry.
Aug. 17: Skirmish, Brunswick
MISSOURI--5th Reserve Corps. Union loss, 1 killed, 7 wounded. Total, 8.
ILLINOIS--16th Infantry.
Aug. 19: Skirmish, Klepsford
(No Reports.)
ILLINOIS--1st Cavalry (Detachment); 22d Infantry. Union loss, 1 killed, 6 wounded. Total, 7.
Aug. 20: Skirmish, Fish Lake
ILLINOIS--1st Cavalry.
Aug. 20: Attack near Lookout Station
MISSOURI--Home Guard. Union loss, 1 killed, 6 wounded. Total, 7.
Aug. 21-22: Skirmishes, Jonesborough
MISSOURI--Cass County Home Guard Cavalry.
Aug. 23: Skirmish, Medoc
(No Reports.)
Aug. 28: Skirmish, Lexington
MISSOURI--Home Guard.
KANSAS--5th and 9th (Co. "C") Cavalry; 1st Battery Light Arty.
Aug. 28-Sept. 5: Expedition to Jackson
ILLINOIS--20th Infantry.
KANSAS--5th and 9th (Co. "C") Cavalry; 1st Battery Light Arty.
Aug. 30-Sept. 7: Operations in Northeastern Missouri
ILLINOIS--16th Infantry. IOWA--3d Infantry. KANSAS--2d Infantry.
Sept. 1: Skirmish, Bennight's Mills
MISSOURI--Home Guard. Union loss, 1 killed, 8 wounded. Total, 9.
MISSOURI--10th Infantry.
Sept. 2: Skirmish, Dallas
MISSOURI--11th Infantry. Union loss, 2 killed.
Sept. 2: Action, Drywood Creek, Fort Scott
KANSAS--5th, 6th and 9th (1 Co.) Cavalry; 1st Battery Light Arty. Union loss, 4 killed, 9 wounded. Total, 13.
ILLINOIS--12th Infantry.
IOWA--5th Infantry.
Sept. 4: Action, Shelbina
IOWA--3d Infantry. KANSAS--2d Infantry.
KANSAS--5th Cavalry.
Sept. 6: Skirmish, Monticello Bridge
(No Reports.)
Sept. 7: Expedition to Big Springs
INDIANA--24th Infantry.
Sept. 8-9: Expedition against Green's Guerrillas
ILLINOIS--16th Infantry. IOWA--3d Infantry.
Sept. 8-19: Reconnoissance of Columbus and Engagement at Lucas Bend
U. S. Gunboat "Lexington."
Sept. 10: Reconnoissance toward Norfolk
ILLINOIS--8th Infantry.
Sept. 11: Defence of Lexington
ILLINOIS--1st Cavalry; 23d Infantry.
Sept. 12: Skirmish, Black River, Ironton
INDIANA--1st Cavalry (3 Co's). MISSOURI--1st Cavalry. Union loss, 2 killed, 5 wounded. Total, 7.
Sept. 13-20: Siege of Lexington
ILLINOIS--1st Cavalry; 23d Infantry. MISSOURI--Berry's and Van Horn's Cavalry Battalions; 8th, 25th and 27th Infantry; 13th and 14th Home Guard Cavalry. Union loss, 42 killed, 108 wounded, 1,624 captured and missing. Total, 1,774.
Sept. 13: Capture of St. Joseph
(No Reports.)
Sept. 13: Action, Booneville
MISSOURI--Home Guard. Union loss, 1 killed, 4 wounded. Total, 5.
Sept. 14: Skirmish, Old Randolph
MISSOURI--Cass County Home Guard Cavalry.
Sept. 17: Skirmish, Liberty
ILLINOIS--Battery "E" 2d Light Arty.
Sept. 17: Skirmish, Blue Mills Landing
IOWA--3d Infantry. Union loss, 11 killed, 39 wounded. Total, 50.
KANSAS--5th and 6th Cavalry; 1st Battery Light Arty.; 5th Infantry (2 Co's). Union loss, 2 killed, 6 wounded. Total, 8.
Sept. 19: Skirmish, Glasgow
INDIANA--18th and 22d Infantry.
Sept. 20: Action, Osceola
KANSAS--5th and 6th Cavalry.
Sept. 20: Surrender of Lexington
ILLINOIS--1st Cavalry; 23d Infantry. MISSOURI--Berry's and Van Horn's Cavalry Battalions; 8th, 25th and 27th Infantry; 13th and 14th Home Guard Cavalry.
Sept. 22: Action, Osceola
KANSAS--5th and 6th Cavalry; 1st Battery Light Arty.; 5th Infantry (2 Co's). Union loss, 7 killed, 10 wounded. Total, 17.
Sept. 22: Skirmish, Elliott's Mills, Camp Crittenden
IOWA--7th Infantry. Union loss, 1 killed, 5 wounded. Total, 6.
Sept. 26: Skirmish Hunter's Farm, near Belmont
ILLINOIS--22d Infantry.
Sept. 26: Skirmish, Lucas Bend
ILLINOIS--Stewart's Cavalry Company.
Sept. 27: Skirmish near Norfolk
ILLINOIS--22d Infantry.
Oct. 1: Skirmish, Butler
KANSAS--5th Cavalry.
ILLINOIS--11th and 20th Infantry. IOWA--2d Infantry.
KANSAS--5th Cavalry.
Oct. 5-16: Expedition to Lexington
ILLINOIS--Irish Dragoons; 23d Infantry. MISSOURI--1st Cavalry (Co's "C," "L").
Oct. 7: Reconnoissance of Lucas Bend
U. S. Gunboats "Tyler" and "Lexington."
MISSOURI--Major James' Cavalry. Union loss, 1 killed, 4 wounded. Total, 5.
MISSOURI--Militia.
ILLINOIS--Stewart's Cavalry Company; Battery "B" 1st Light Arty.; 17th, 20th, 21st, 33d and 38th Infantry. INDIANA--1st Cavalry. MISSOURI--Benton Cavalry; Battery "A" 1st Light Arty.; 11th and 29th Infantry. WISCONSIN--8th Infantry.
MISSOURI--State Militia.
Oct. 13: Action, Wet Glaze, Dutch or Monday Hollow, near Henrytown
ILLINOIS--13th Infantry. MISSOURI--Bowen's 1st Battalion Cavalry, Fremont Battalion Cavalry.
Oct. 13: Skirmish, Beckwith Farm, near Bird's Point
Detachment of Cavalry under Lieut. Tufts. Union loss, 2 killed, 5 wounded. Total, 7.
Oct. 14: Skirmish, Rush Creek Road
MISSOURI--Coleman's Cass County Cavalry.
Oct. 14: Skirmish, Underwood's Farm, near Bird's Point
ILLINOIS--1st Cavalry.
ILLINOIS--13th Infantry. MISSOURI--Bowen's Battalion Cavalry, Fremont's Battalion Cavalry.
Oct. 15: Skirmishes, Big River Bridge, near Potosi
ILLINOIS--33d Infantry (Detachment). Union loss, 1 killed, 6 wounded, 33 missing. Total, 40.
Oct. 16: Skirmish near Linn Creek
MISSOURI--Fremont's Battalion Cavalry (Detachment).
ILLINOIS--Irish Dragoons, 23d Infantry. MISSOURI--1st Cavalry (Co's "C," "L").
MISSOURI--6th Cavalry.
INDIANA--1st Cavalry.
MISSOURI--1st Cavalry.
Oct. 19: Action, Big Hurricane Creek
MISSOURI--18th Infantry. Union loss, 2 killed, 14 wounded. Total, 16.
ILLINOIS--Batteries "A" and "B" 1st Light Arty.; 17th, 20th, 21st, 33d and 33th Infantry. INDIANA--1st Cavalry. MISSOURI--6th Cavalry; Battery "A" 1st Light Arty.; 11th Infantry. WISCONSIN--8th Infantry. Union loss, 6 killed, 60 wounded. Total, 66.
Oct. 24: Skirmish, Johnstown
ILLINOIS--Naughton's Irish Dragoons.
MISSOURI--Fremont's Body Guard; White's Prairie Scouts. Union loss, 18 killed, 37 wounded. Total, 55.
MISSOURI--7th Cavalry (1 Co.). Union loss, 7 wounded.
Oct. 28: Expedition to Fulton
MISSOURI--Morton's Indpt. Regt. 10th Infantry.
Nov. 1-9: Expedition from Rolla against Freeman's Forces
ILLINOIS--36th Infantry. IOWA--4th Infantry. KANSAS--Wood's Rangers.
ILLINOIS--Battery "E" 2d Light Arty.; 8th, 11th, 18th, 29th and 38th Infantry. IOWA--10th Infantry. MISSOURI--Pfaff's, Langden's and Centralia Cavalry.
Nov. 6: Engagement, Little Santa Fe
MISSOURI--4th Cavalry; Kowald's Battery Light Arty. KANSAS--6th Cavalry. Union loss, 2 killed, 6 wounded. Total, 8.
Nov. 6-7: Expedition to Belmont
ILLINOIS--Dollins' Indpt. Cavalry Company, Delano's Adams Co. Cavalry; Battery "B" 1st Light Arty.; 22d, 27th, 30th and 31st Infantry. IOWA--7th Infantry.
Nov. 7: Engagement, Belmont
ILLINOIS--Dollins' Indpt. Cavalry Company, Delano's Adams Co. Cavalry; Battery "B" 1st Light Arty.; 22d, 27th, 30th and 31st Infantry. IOWA--7th Infantry. Union loss, 80 killed, 322 wounded, 99 missing. Total, 501.
Nov. 11: Action, Little Blue.
KANSAS--7th Cavalry (Detachment). Union loss, 7 killed, 9 wounded. Total, 16.
MISSOURI--Hawkins' Indpt. Company Cavalry.
Nov. 13-18: Scout through Texas and Wright Counties
KANSAS--Wood's Rangers.
Capture of Wagon Train.
Nov. 18: Skirmish, Palmyra
MISSOURI--3d Cavalry (Detachment).
Nov. 18: Affair at Price's Landing
Attack on Str. "Platte Valley."
Nov. 20: Skirmish, Butler
MISSOURI--Cass County Home Guard Cavalry (Co's "A," "C").
Nov. 20: Skirmish, Little Santa Fe
KANSAS--7th Cavalry.
Nov. 21: Affair at Warsaw
Destruction of U. S. Stores.
Nov. 24: Skirmish, Lancaster
MISSOURI--21st Infantry. Union loss, 1 killed, 2 wounded. Total, 3.
Nov. 24: Skirmish, Johnstown
MISSOURI--Cass County Home Guard Cavalry.
Nov. 26: Skirmish, Independence, Little Blue
KANSAS--7th Cavalry.
Nov. 29: Skirmish, Black Walnut Creek, Sedalia
MISSOURI--4th Cavalry (Detachment). Union loss, 15 wounded.
MISSOURI--Cass County Home Guard Cavalry.
Dec. 1: Skirmish, Shanghai
OHIO--39th Infantry.
Dec. 8: Skirmish, Salem
MISSOURI--Bowen's Battalion Cavalry. Union loss, 4 killed, 8 wounded. Total, 12.
MISSOURI--2d Cavalry. UNITED STATES--Detachment of Cavalry. Union loss, 6 killed, 10 wounded. Total, 16.
Citizens.
Dec. 5-9: Expedition through Current Hills
MISSOURI--Bowen's 1st Battalion Cavalry.
Dec. 9: Skirmish, Union Mills
(No Reports.)
Dec. 11: Skirmish, Bertrand
ILLINOIS--2d Cavalry. Union loss, 1 killed.
ILLINOIS--2d Cavalry.
Dec. 15-19: Expedition to Milford
INDIANA--8th, 18th, 22d and 24th Infantry. IOWA--1st Cavalry; 8th Infantry. KANSAS--1st Infantry. MISSOURI--1st, 2d and 7th Cavalry; Battery "F" 1st Light Arty. OHIO--27th Infantry. UNITED STATES--4th Cavalry (Co's "B," "C," "D").
Dec. 18: Scout to Houston
(No Details.)
Dec. 18: Action, Shawnee Mound, or Milford Blackwater Creek
INDIANA--8th, 18th, 22d and 24th Infantry. IOWA--1st Cavalry; 8th Infantry. KANSAS--1st Infantry. MISSOURI--1st, 2d and 7th Cavalry; Battery "F" 1st Light Arty. OHIO--27th Infantry. UNITED STATES--4th Cavalry (Co's "B," "C," "D"). Union loss, 2 killed, 8 wounded. Total, 10.
IOWA--1st Cavalry.
Dec. 21: Skirmish, Hudson
MISSOURI--7th Cavalry (Detachment). Union loss, 5 wounded.
(No Details.)
Dec. 23: Expedition to Danville
OHIO--81st Infantry. MISSOURI--12th Infantry.
Dec. 23: Skirmish, Dayton
MISSOURI--Cass County Home Guard Cavalry.
Dec. 24: Skirmish, Wadesburg
MISSOURI--Cass County Home Guard Cavalry. Union loss, 1 killed, 2 wounded. Total, 3.
Dec. 27: Skirmish near Hallsville
MISSOURI--3d Cavalry.
Dec. 28: Action, Mount Zion Church
MISSOURI--3d Cavalry; 14th Infantry (Birge's S. S). Union loss, 5 killed, 63 wounded. Total, 68.
Dec. 29: Descent on Commerce
(No Reports.)