1st Missouri Cavalry

Regimental History and Service Record

• December 30, 1861 - Organized from the Missouri State Guard
• March 7-8, 1862 - Pea Ridge
• April-June 1862 - Corinth Campaign
• September 19, 1862 - Iuka
• October 3-4, 1862 - Corinth
• May-July 1863 - Vicksburg Campaign
  • May 16, 1863 - Champion's Hill
  • May 17, 1863 - Big Black River Bridge
  • May-July 1863 - Siege of Vicksburg
    • July 4, 1863 - Surrendered at Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi
    • Paroled here later that month
    • September 12, 1863 - Declared exchanged
• September 1863-April 1865 - Field consolidation with the 3rd Missouri Cavalry
• February-March 1864 - Meridian Campaign
• May-September 1864 - The Atlanta Campaign
  • May 25-June 4, 1864 - New Hope Church
  • June 20, 1864 - Lattimer's Mills
  • June 27, 1864 - Kennesaw Mountain
  • July 4, 1864 - Smyrna Campground
  • July 5-17, 1864 - Chattahoochie River
  • July 22, 1864 - Atlanta
  • July-September 1864 - Siege of Atlanta
  • August 31-September 1, 1864 - Jonesboro
  • September 2-5, 1864 - Lovejoy's Station
• October 5, 1864 - Allatoona
• November 30, 1864 - Franklin
• March 17-April 12, 1865 - Mobile
  • April 1-9, 1865 - Fort Blakely
• May 4, 1865 - Surrendered by Citronelle, Mobile County, Alabama by Lieutenant Richard Taylor (commanding the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana)

DESIGNATIONS

• January-April 1862 - Department #2 / Trans-Mississippi District / Missouri State Guard / Confederate Volunteers / Little's Brigade
• April-July 1862 - Department #2 / Army of the West / Price's/Little's Division / Little's/Gates' Brigade
• July-October 1862 - Department #2 / Army of West Tennessee / Price's Corps / Little's/Hébert's/Green's Division / Gates' Brigade
• October-November 1862 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Army of West Tennessee / Bowen's Division / Green's Brigade
• November-December 1862 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Army of West Tennessee / Price's Corps / Bowen's Division / Missouri Brigade
• December 1862-January 1863 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Army of North Mississippi / 2nd Corps / Bowen's Division / Missouri Brigade
• January-February 1863 - Army of the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Price's Division / Missouri Brigade
• February-April 1863 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / 2nd Military District / Forney's/Bowen's Division / Missouri Brigade
• April-July 1863 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Bowen's Division / Missouri Brigade
• November-December 1863 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Missouri Brigade
• January-February 1864 - Department of the Gulf / Missouri Brigade
• February-May 1864 - Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana / French's Division / Missouri Brigade
• May-July 1864 - Army of Mississippi / French's Division / Missouri Brigade
• July 1864-January 1865 - Army of Tennessee / 3rd Corps / French's Division / Missouri Brigade
• February-April 1865 - Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana / District of the Gulf / French's Division / Missouri Brigade
• April 1865 - Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana / French's Division / Missouri Brigade

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: Elijah Gates (Colonel)
• Richard B. Chiles (Lieutenant Colonel)
• C.B. Cleveland (Lieutenant Colonel)
• Robert R. Lawther (Major)
• George W. Lay (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• William D. Maupin (Lieutenant Colonel)
• William C. Parker (Major)

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Legacy

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Sources

• Anderson, Ephraim McD., Historical and Personal; Including the Campaigns of the First Missouri Confederate Brigade
• Bevier, R.S., History of the First and Second Missouri Confederate Brigades 1861-1865.
• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, the Confederate Units, and the Indian Units. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 88-89)