1st Mississippi Marine Brigade Cavalry Battalion (U)
Regimental History and Service Record
Organized at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., January and February, 1863, for duty in Western Waters. Attached to District of Northeast Louisiana, Dept. of the Tennessee, October, 1863, to April, 1864. District of Vicksburg, Miss., to August, 1864.
SERVICE.--Action at Little Rock Landing April 26, 1863. Beaver Dam Lake, near Austin, May 24 and 28. Expedition from Young's Point, La., to Richmond, La., June 14-16. Richmond June 15. Grand Luxe, Ark., June 16. Expedition from Snyder's Bluff to Greenville June 29-30. Bayou Tenses June 30. Expedition from Goodrich Landing to Griffin's Landing, Cat Fish Point, Miss., October 24-November 10. Operations about Natchez December 1-10.
Rodney December 24.[1]
- December 17, 1863 -
Skirmish at Rodney, Mississippi - December 26, 1863 -
Skirmish at Port Gibson, Mississippi
Grand Gulf January 16-18, 1864. Expedition to Grand Gulf February 15-March 6. Lima Landing, Ark., February 22. Red River Campaign March 10-May 22. Fort DeRussy March 14. Worthington's and Sunnyside Landings, Fish Bayou, June 5. Old River Lake or Lake Chicot June 6. Indian Bayou June 8.
- July 4, 1864 -
Skirmish at Coleman's Plantation, Mississippi - July 7, 1864 -
Skirmish at Port Gibson, Mississippi - Consolidated with 1st Mississippi Marine Brigade Infantry Battalion (U) August, 1864.
Battalion lost during service 2 Officers and 15 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 38 Enlisted men by disease. Total 56.
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Notes
- ↑ Infantry listed as fighting here - but cavalry?
Sources
- Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 784, 787, 1302-1303)
