8th Missouri Cavalry

Regimental History and Service Record

Late 1862 - Organized
December 31, 1862-January 25, 1863 - Marmaduke's Expedition into Missouri
January 11, 1863 - Hartville
July 4, 1863 - Helena
August 27, 1863 - Bayou Metro
September 10, 1863 - Little Rock
October 25, 1863 - Pine Bluff
March-May 1864 - Red River Campaign
- March-May 1864 - Camden Expedition
  - April 4, 1864 - Skirmish at Campti
  - April 18, 1864 - Poison Spring [detachment]
  - April 30, 1864 - Jenkins' Ferry
May 24-June 4, 1864 - Greene's Operations on the West Bank of the Mississippi River
June 5, 1864 - Worthington's Landing
June 6, 1864 - Lake Chicot
June 7, 1864 - Skirmish at Sunnyside Landing
August-October 1864 - Price's Missouri Raid
October 1, 1864 - Skirmish at Union
October 11, 1864 - Boonville
October 15, 1864 - Glasgow
October 25, 1864 - Osage River^[1]
May 26, 1865 - Surrendered by General E. Kirby Smith commanding the Trans-Mississippi Department

DESIGNATIONS

December 1862-September 1864 - Trans-Mississippi Department / District of Arkansas / Marmaduke's Cavalry Division / Porter's/Greene's/Marmaduke's/Greene's Brigade
September 1864 - Trans-Mississippi Department / Army of Missouri / Marmaduke's Cavalry Division / Marmaduke's/Clark's/Greene's/Clark's Brigade
September 1864-May 1865 - Trans-Mississippi Department / Cavalry Corps / (Marmaduke's) 1st Missouri Cavalry Division / (Clark's) 2nd Missouri Cavalry Brigade

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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 98-99)