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Moreland's Cavalry Battalion was organized with seven companies on 1 August
1863. Additional companies were added on 30 January (Co. "I") and 1 February
1864 (Co. "H"), and the battalion was organized into a regiment sometime before
10 June 1864. As a cavalry regiment attached to Johnson's and Roddey's Brigades,
Moreland's fought against the Sturgis Mississippi Expedition (1-13 June 1864)
and took part in battles at Brice's Crossroads (10 June 1864), Tupelo (14 July
1864) and against Wilson's Raid (22-24 March 1865). They were surrendered with
the Dept. of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana, at Citronelle, AL, on
4 May 1865. Field and Staff Officers: Col. M. D. Moreland; Major J. N. George;
Adjutant John A. Cathey.
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Organized at St. Louis, Mo., by authority of Gen. Lyon May 1, 1861, and mustered
into service at Kansas City, Mo., May 24. Expedition from Kansas City to relief
of Col. Nugent at Austin, Cass County, Mo., July 18-25. Action at Harrisonville
July 19. Capture of Harrisonville July 20. March to relief of Lexington, Mo.,
September 6. Siege of Lexington September 11-21. Surrendered to Price September
21. Mostly mustered out October 29, 1861. Balance transferred to 25th Missouri
Infantry. December, 1861. Battalion lost 4 Enlisted men killed and 2 Enlisted
men by disease. Total 6 Source of Data: "A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion,
V.III" by Frederick H. Dyer, c1908, p.1340.
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