Missouri 2nd Cavalry Regiment



HISTORICAL NOTES:
The Missouri 2nd Cavalry Regiment was organized at Springfield, Missouri, during the late fall of 1861 as a battalion. It crossed the Mississippi River with about 600 men and reached full strength at Memphis, Tennessee, early in 1862. Some of the men were recruited in Cooper, Jackson, and Henry counties. The unit fought at Iuka, skirmished in Mississippi, and in October, 1863, totalled about 250 effectives. Assigned to Chalmers' and R. McCullcoh's Brigade, it continued the fight in Mississippi, Tennessee, and Alabama. Many were captured at Selma and few surrendered with the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana. OFFICERS:
Colonel Robert McCulloch, Lieutenant Colonels Samuel M. Hyams and Robert A. McCulloch, and Majors William M. Couzens and John J. Smith. ASSIGNMENTS:
  • Armstrong's Cavalry Brigade/Price'sCorps, Army of West Tennessee
  • McCulloch's Cavalry Regiment (unbrigaded)/Loring's Confederate Forces /Pemberton's
  • Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana (Yazoo Pass Expedition in defense of Vicksburg).
  • McCulloch's Cavalry Brigade/Chalmer's 5th Military District/Johnston's Department of the West
  • McCulloch's Cavalry Brigade/Chalmer's Cavalry Division/Lee's Cavalry Corps
  • McCulloch's Cavalry Brigade/Chalmer's Cavalry Divison/Forrest's Cavalry Corps
    • BATTLES:
  • March 7, 8, 1862 Pea Ridge (Elkhorn Tavern), AR
  • May 9, 1862 Farmington, MS
  • May 30, 1862 Booneville, MS
  • July 25, 1862 Courtland, AL
  • August 30,1862 Bolivar, TN
  • August 31, 1862 Medon, TN
  • September 1, 1862 Britton's Lane, TN
  • September 18-19, 1862 Iuka, MS
  • October 3 - 4, 1862 Corinth, MS (On the 2nd day of the battle, the 2nd Mo Cavalry was assigned to General Green's Brigade and dismounted and fought alongside his infantry.)
  • October 5, 1862 Hatchie Bridge, MS (The 2nd Mo Cav assisted in covering the retreat from Corinth)
  • December 21, 1862 Holly Springs, MS
  • December 21, 1862 Davis's Mills, MS
  • February 3-April 10, 1863 Yazoo Pass Expedition, MS
  • April 19, 1863 Perry's Ferry, Coldwater River, MS
  • May 23, 1863 Senatobia or Basket Creek, MS
  • August 17, 1863 Grenada, MS
  • October 8, 1863 Salem, MS
  • October 11, 1863 Collierville, TN
  • October 12, 1863 Ingham's Mills, MS
  • October 13, 1863 Wyatt Ferry, MS
  • November 3, 1863 Collierville, TN
  • December 4, 1863 Moscow, TN
  • February 21, 1864 West Point, MS
  • February 22, 1864 Okalona, MS (Colonel McCulloch wounded while making a charge with his brigade. General Forrest's brother, Colonel Jeffery Forrest was killed with a neck wound making the same charge with his troopers).
  • April 3, 1864 Raleigh, TN
  • April 12, 1864 Fort Pillow, TN
  • July 12-16, 1864 Harrisburg near Tupelo, MS (The Union's Tupelo Expedition) Colonel McCulloch severely wounded in the shoulder).
  • August 21, 1864 Memphis, TN
  • September 6, 1864 - February 6, 1865 (McCulloch's Brigade was on independent duty in western FL, Al & MS in defense of le, AL, December 10, 1864 Leakesville,MS)
  • March 1865 to the end of war, MS and AL (Selma) operations
    • ROSTERS:
    The rosters of this unit contains the names of 1693 men.

  • Company A - Captains Augustus L. Zollinger, R. H. Adams, and Thomas M. Meador - Many men from Springfield, Greene County
  • Company B - Captains Joseph Edmonson, Thomas A. Bottoms, Solomon G. Kitchen, Asbury Noland, John S. Thompson, and Henry Whitney - Many men from Polk County
  • Company C - Captains David Reed, M. W. Ryder (Rider), and George B. Webb - Many men from Lowndes, Wayne County
  • Company D - Captains George W. Lindemoode, George W. Mott, and J. S. Wilson - Many men from Hornersville, Dunklin County
  • Company E - Captains Franklin J. Smith, Whilliam H. Couzens, William J. Livingston, and Charles D. Payne - Many men from Clarkston, Stoddard County
  • Company F - Captains Richard F. Lindsay, E. D. Craig, Jesse R. Henson, and H. M. Woodsman - Many men from Bloomfield, Stoddard County
  • Company G - Captain George Branch Harper - Many men from Springfield, Greene County
  • Company H - Also known as Edmondson's Provost Guards. Captains John Rock Champion, Edmonson, Josiah Tippetts, and Upton B. Winsor
  • Company I - Captains Epaminonds M. Smith and Robert Collins - Many men from Missouri
  • Company K - Captains John Rock Champion, Robert Collins, E. M. Smith, and H. M. Woodsmall - Many men from Springfield, Greene County
  • Phineas M. Savery's (Severy) Attached Company - Captain Phineas M. Savery - Many men from Springfield, Greene County

    Source: Civil War Records Missouri Confederate Cavalry, Volume 1 by Kenneth E. Weant.
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    REF: Crute, Joseph H., Units of the Confederate States Army