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United States Volunteers.--Indian Troops.


1st United States Volunteers Regiment Indian home Guard

Organized at Leroy, Kansas, May 22, 1862.

Attached to Dept. of Kansas to August, 1862.

3rd Brigade, Dept. of Kansas, to October, 1862.

3rd Brigade, 1st Division, Army of the Frontier, Dept. of Missouri, to February, 1863.

District of Northwest Arkansas, Dept. of Missouri, to June, 1863.

District of the Frontier, Dept. of Missouri, to December, 1863.

1st Brigade, District of the Frontier, Dept. of Missouri, to January, 1864.

1st Brigade, District of the Frontier, 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Arkansas, to February, 1864.

Indian Brigade, District of the Frontier, Dept. of Arkansas, 7th Army Corps, to February, 1865.

3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 7th Army Corps, to May, 1865.


Service.

Expedition into Indian Territory May 25-July 28, 1862.

Locust Grove, Cherokee Nation, July 3.

Bayou Bernard July 27-28.

Blount's Campaign in Missouri and Arkansas September 17 to December 3.

Occupation of Newtonia October 4.

Fort Gibson October 15.

Old Fort Wayne or Beattie's Prairie, near Maysville, October 22.

Between Fayetteville and Cane Hill November 9.

Camp Babcock November 25.

Cane Hill, Boston Mountains, November 28.

Capture of Fort Davis December.

Operations about Cane Hill December 4-6.

Reed's Mountains December 6.

Battle of Prairie Grove December 7.

Expedition over Boston Mountains to Van Buren December 27-29.

Capture of Van Buren December 29.

Sent to Indian Territory January, 1863, and occupy line of the Arkansas River to protect friendly Indians, with Headquarters at Fort Gibson, I. T., and Fort Smith, Ark., till May, 1865.

Action at Bentonville, Ark., February 20, 1863.

Fort Blount April 30 and May 20.

Fort Gibson, Cherokee Nation, May 22 and 25.

Fort Blount June 9.

Operations about Fort Gibson June 16-20.

Greenlief Prairie June 16.

Cabin Creek July 1-2.

Elk Creek, near Honey Springs, July 17.

Cabin Creek July 20.

Creek Agency October 15 and 25.

Repulse of Quantrell's attack on Fort Gibson December 16.

Near Sheldon Place, Barren Fork, December 18.

Operations in Indian Territory February 1-21, 1864.

Cabin Creek September 19.

Expedition from Fort Gibson to Little River and Hillabee March 18-20, 1865.

Mustered out May 31, 1865.


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2nd United States Volunteers Regiment Indian home Guard

Organized on Big Creek and at Five-Mile Creek, Kansas, June 22 to July 18, 1862.

Attached to Dept. of Kansas to August, 1862.

1st Brigade, Dept. of Kansas, to October, 1862.

3rd Brigade, 1st Division, Army of the Frontier, Dept. of Missouri, to February, 1863.

District of Northwest Arkansas, Dept. of Missouri, to June, 1863.

District of the Frontier, Dept. of Missouri, to December, 1863.

1st Brigade, District of the Frontier, Dept. of Missouri, to January, 1864.

1st Brigade, District of the Frontier, 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Arkansas, to February, 1864.

Indian Brigade, District of the Frontier, 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Arkansas, to February, 1865.

3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 7th Army Corps, to May, 1865.


Service.

Expedition into Indian Territory May 25-July 28, 1862.

Capture of Fort Gibson July 18.

Bayou Bernard, I. T., July 28.

Blount's Compaign in Missouri and Arkansas September 17-December 3.

Shirley's Ford, Spring River, September 20.

Expedition to Sarcoxie September 28-30.

Occupation of Newtonia October 4.

Old Fort Wayne or Beattie's Prairie, near Maysville, October 22.

Cane Hill, Boston Mountains, November 28.

Capture of Fort Davis December.

Battle of Prairie Grove, Ark., December 7.

Expedition over Boston Mountains to Van Buren December 27-29.

Capture of Van Buren December 29.

Sent to Indian Territory and occupy line of the Arkansas River and protect friendly Indians, with Headquarters at Fort Smith, Ark., and at Fort Gibson, I. T., till May, 1865.

Near Fort Gibson, I. T., May 20, 1863.

Fort Blount and Fort Gibson May 22.

Operations near Fort Gibson June 6-20.

Greenlief Prairie June 16.

Cabin Creek July 1-2.

Elk Creek, near Honey Springs, July 17.

Operation in Cherokee Nation September 11-25.

Repulse of Quantrell's attack on Fort Gibson December 16.

Near Sheldon Place, Barren Fork, December 18.

Cabin Creek December 19.

Mustered out May 31, 1865.


3rd United States Volunteers Regiment Indian home Guard

Organized at Carthage, Mo., September 16, 1862.

Served Unattached, Dept. of Kansas, September, 1862.

1st Brigade, Dept. of Kansas, to October, 1862.

3rd Brigade, 1st Division, Army of the Frontier, Dept. of Missouri, to February, 1863.

District of Northwest Arkansas, Dept. of Missouri, to June, 1863.

District of the Frontier, Dept. of Missouri, to December, 1863.

1st Brigade, District of the Frontier, Dept. of Missouri, to January, 1864.

1st Brigade, District of the Frontier, 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Arkansas, to February, 1864.

Indian Brigade, District of the Frontier, 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Arkansas, to February, 1865.

3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 7th Army Corps, to May, 1865.


Service.

Bayou Bernard, I. T., July 28, 1862.

Neosho, Mo., September 1.

Spring River September 1.

Neosho September 3 and 5.

Shirley's Ford, Spring River, September 20.

Newtonia September 30.

Occupation of Newtonia October 4.

Newtonia October 5.

Fort Gibson October 15.

Old Fort Wayne or Beattie's Prairie, near Maysville, October 22.

Cane Hill November 28.

Capture of Fort Davis December.

Salem December 2.

Prairie Grove and Rhea's Mills December 7.

Neosho December 15.

Cane Hill December 20.

Expedition over Boston Mountains and capture of Van Buren December 27-29.

Sent to Indian Territory and occupy line of the Arkansas River and protect friendly Indians, with Headquarters at Fort Gibson, I. T., and Fort Smith, Ark., till May, 1865.

Near Maysville January, 1863.

Cherokee Country January 18.

Fort Gibson February 28.

Neosho March 2.

Greenlief Priarie March 12.

Fort Gibson March 27.

Fort Blount March 27.

Tahlequah March 30.

Near Maysville May 8.

Fort Smith, Ark., May 15.

Near Fort Gibson and Fort Blount May 20.

Fort Gibson May 22.

Fort Blount May 25 and June 1.

Operations about Fort Gibson June 6-20.

Spring Creek June 6.

Greenlief Prairie June 16.

Fort Blount June 19.

Cabin Creek July 1-2.

Elk Creek, near Honey Springs, July 17.

Operations in Cherokee Nation September 11-15.

Fourteen-mile Creek October 30.

Repulse of Quantrell's attack on Fort Gibson December 16.

Near Sheldon Place, Barren Fork, December 18.

Near Fort Gibson December 26.

Operations in Indian Territory Februray 1-21, 1864.

Scullyville April 16.

Near Maysville May 8.

Cabin Creek and Prior's Creek September 19.

Cow Creek November 14 and 28.

Expedition from Fort Gibson to Little River and Hillabee March 18-30, 1965.

Skirmish on Snake River, Ark., April 28.

Mustered out May 31, 1865.


4th United States Volunteers Regiment Indian home Guard

Organization commenced but not completed. Men transferred to other organizations.

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