5th Missouri Cavalry
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- Also referred to as the 1st Missouri Infantry
- August 1862 - Organized along the Missouri River
- ? - Company D for a time served as escort to Brigadier General Jonathan S. Marmaduke
- August 24, 1862 - Skirmish near Lamar at Coon Creek
- September 30, 1862 - Newtonia
- October 4, 1862 - Newtonia
- November 28, 1862 - Cane Hill
- December 7, 1862 - Prairie Grove
- December 31, 1862-January 25, 1863 - Marmaduke's Expedition into Missouri
- January 8, 1863 - Springfield
- January 11, 1863 - Hartville
- July 4, 1863 - Helena
- August 25, 1863 - Skirmish at Brownsville
- August 27, 1863 - Bayou Metro
- September 10, 1863 - Little Rock
- September 22-October 26, 1863 - Shelby's Raid in Arkansas and Missouri
- March-May 1864 - Camden Expedition
- April 25, 1864 - Marks' Mills
- August 24, 1864 - Ashley's and Jones' Stations, near Devall's Bluff
- August-October 1864 - Price's Missouri Raid
- May 26, 1865 - Surrendered by General E. Kirby Smith commanding the Trans-Mississippi Department
DESIGNATIONS
- September-October 1862 - Trans-Mississippi Department / District of Arkansas / Indian Territory / Cooper's Division / Cooper's/Shelby's Brigade
- November 1862-January 1863 - Trans-Mississippi Department / 1st Corps / Marmaduke's Cavalry Division / Shelby's Cavalry Brigade
- January 1863-September 1864 - Trans-Mississippi Department / District of Arkansas / Marmaduke's Cavalry Division / Shelby's Cavalry Brigade
- September 1864 - Trans-Mississippi Department / Army of Missouri / Shelby's Cavalry Division / Shelby's/Shanks'/Thompson's Brigade
- September 1864-May 1865 - Trans-Mississippi Department / Cavalry Corps / 1st Missouri Cavalry Division / 1st Missouri Cavalry Brigade
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: Joseph O. Shelby (Colonel)
- Y.H. Blackwell (Lieutenant Colonel)
- B. Frank Gordon (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
- George P. Gordon (Major)
- George R. Kirtley (Major)
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Legacy
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Notes
Sources
- 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 96-97)
