ARKANSAS CAVALRY VOLUNTEERS
SECOND REGIMENT
UNION
The 2nd Arkansas (Union) Cavalry mostly saw quite a bit of scouting action during the war, and was engaged in a couple of fairly large battles. Here's a synopsis of the regiment's service.
Second Regiment Arkansas Cavalry (Union).
Organized at Helena, Arkansas, and Pilot
Knob, Missouri, July, 1862.
Attached to Helena, Arkansas, District
Southwest Missouri, Department of
Missouri, to December, 1862.
2nd Brigade, 3rd Cavalry Division, District
Eastern Arkansas, to
January, 1863.
2nd Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division, 13th
Army Corps, Department
Tennessee, to April, 1863.
2nd Brigade, Cavalry Division, District
of Eastern Arkansas, Department
Tennessee, to May, 1863.
District of Southwest Missouri, Department
of Missouri, to October,
1864.
3rd Brigade, Cavalry Division, Department
of Missouri, to January, 1865.
Unattached Cavalry, District West Tennessee,
to February, 1865.
1st Brigade, Cavalry Division, District
West Tennessee, to August, 1865.
SERVICE.
Duty at Helena, Arkansas, till April,
1863.
At Fayetteville, Arkansas, till July,
1863, and at Cassville, Missouri,
till September, 1864.
(Co. “B” at Benton Barracks, Missouri,
June, 1863. At Cape Girardeau,
Missouri, July, 1863. Scout from Cape
Girardeau to the Ash Hills and
Poplar Bluff, Missouri, August 9-18.
Skirmish, Ash Hills, August 13.
Expedition from Cape Girardeau to Pocahontas,
Arkansas, August 18-26.
Skirmishes, Pocahontas, August 22-23.)
Elm Springs, July 30, 1863.
Near Fayette, August 23, 1863 (Detachment).
Jenny Lind, September 1, 1863.
Crawford County, November 25, 1863.
Burrowsville, Searcy County, December
26, 1863.
Waldron, Arkansas, December 29, 1863.
King’s River, January 10, 1864.
Operations against guerrillas in northwest
Arkansas, in Newton, Searcy,
Izard and Carroll Counties, January
16-February 15, 1864.
Lewisburg, Arkansas, January 17, 1864.
Clear Creek and Tomahawk, January 22,
1864.
Bailey’s or Crooked Creek, January 23,
1864 (Co. “C”).
Crooked Creek, February 5, 1864.
Tomahawk Gap, February 9, 1864.
Expedition from Rolling Prairie to Batesville,
February 19-April 4,
1864.
Scouts from Yellville to Buffalo River,
March 13-26, 1864.
Oil Trough Bottom, March 24, 1864 (Detachment).
Near White River, March 25, 1864.
Constant scouting and skirmishing with
guerrillas.
Scouts from Bellefonte, March 29-April
1, 1864.
Whiteley’s Mills, April 5, 1864.
Piney Mountain, April 6, 1864.
Osage Branch, King’s River, April 16,
1864 (Co. “A”).
Limestone Valley, April 17, 1864.
King’s River, April 19, 1864.
Near mouth of Richland Creek, May 3
and 5, 1864.
Scout in northern Arkansas, May 17-22,
1864 (Co. “M”).
Scout from Cassville to Cross Hollows,
June 9-14 and June 20-24, 1864.
Near Maysville, July 20, 1864.
Operations in southwest Missouri and
northwest Arkansas, August 15-24,
1864.
Scout from Ozark, Missouri, to Dubuque
Crossing and Sugar Loaf Prairie
August 23-26, 1864 (Detachment).
Expedition from Cassville, Missouri,
to Fayetteville, Arkansas, August
23-28, 1864 (Detachment).
Gerald Mountain and Mud Town, August
24, 1864.
Operations against Price, August 29-December
2, 1864.
Moreau Creek, Jefferson City, Missouri,
October 7.
Russellville, October 9, 1864.
California, October 9, 1864.
Near Booneville, October 11-12, 1864.
Fort Smith, Arkansas, October 14, 1864
(Detachment).
Dover, October 20, 1864.
Little Blue, October 21, 1864.
Independence, Big Blue and State Line,
October 22, 1864.
Big Blue and Westport, October 23, 1864.
Little Osage, Mine Creek, Marias des
Cygnes, October 25, 1864.
Engagement on the Marmiton, or Battle
of Charlot, October 25, 1864.
Newtonia, Missouri, October 28, 1864.
Upshaw’s Farm, October 29, 1864.
Expedition from Springfield, Missouri,
to Fort Smith, Arkansas, November
5-16, 1864.
Near Cincinnati, Arkansas, November
6, 1864.
Scout from Springfield, Missouri, to
Huntsville and Yellville, Arkansas,
November 11-21, 1864.
Ordered to Memphis, Tennessee, January,
1865.
Duty at Memphis, Tennessee, and in District
of West Tennessee, till
August, 1865.
Mustered out, August 20, 1865.