Curtis Horse
HISTORICAL NOTES:
When the call for volunteers to "preserve the Union" went out, brave men rallied to the thirty-eight star flag of the United States of America. Among these patriots were the men of the 5th Iowa Cavalry, which were drawn together from companies raised in four different states. Companies A, B, C and D were organized in Omaha, Nebraska, during the fall of 1861. Company E formed at Dubuque, Iowa. Company F gathered together in Missouri, initially identified as the Fremont Hussars. Fellow Missourians came together as Company H at Benton Barracks a few days after Christmas. Companies G, I and K were assigned to the regiment, having been formed as the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Independent Companies, Minnesota Cavalry at Fort Snelling. The final two companies with their colorful names were also from Missouri; Companies L (Naughton's Irish Dragoons) and M (Osage Rifles) enlisted in the war effort at Jefferson City and St. Louis respectively. The fact that the unit was comprised of men from numerous locales played a role in the regiment's initial name. Rather than being identified by a State loyalty, the regiment was organized as "Curtis Horse," by order of General Fremont, and in honor of General Curtis, who was in command of the Missouri area.
Records for this unit are filed with the Iowa 5th Cavalry Regiment.
ROSTERS:
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Andreas, A. T., History of the State of Nebraska (Chicago,
1882), pp. 237-254, 256ff.
Danker, Donald F., "Nebraska's Part in the Civil War,"
Nebraska Farmer, August 21, 1954, p. 28 et seq.
------------ "Some Social Beginnings in Territorial
Nebraska," Ph.D. Thesis, University of Nebraska, 1955, pp.
175-195.
Historical Annual: National Guard of the State of Nebraska
(Army and Navy Publishing Co., Baton Rouge, 1938), pp.
xx-xxiv.
Military History of Nebraska, compiled by Federal Writers'
Project (Lincoln, 1939), pp. 15-18; 21-31.
Morton, J. Sterling and Watkins, Albert, Illustrated History
of Nebraska (Lincoln: Jacob North Co., 1903-1913), 3 vole., I,
460-462, 467-468; II, 168-172, 174-175, 177-181.
Nebraska State Adjutant General's Report 1870 (Des Moines
1871), pp. 1ff.
Olson, James C., History of Nebraska (Lincoln: University of
Nebraska Press, 1955), pp. 140ff.
Sheldon, Addison E., Nebraska: The Land and the People
(Chicago, 1931), 3 vols., I, 309-313
Shick, Charlotte Martha, "Nebraska's Military Participation
in the Civil War," M.A. Thesis, University of Nebraska,
1927.
Records for this unit are filed with the Iowa 5th Cavalry Regiment.
Danker, Donald F., "Nebraska's Part in the Civil War," Nebraska Farmer, August 21, 1954, p. 28 et seq.
------------ "Some Social Beginnings in Territorial Nebraska," Ph.D. Thesis, University of Nebraska, 1955, pp. 175-195.
Historical Annual: National Guard of the State of Nebraska (Army and Navy Publishing Co., Baton Rouge, 1938), pp. xx-xxiv.
Military History of Nebraska, compiled by Federal Writers' Project (Lincoln, 1939), pp. 15-18; 21-31.
Morton, J. Sterling and Watkins, Albert, Illustrated History of Nebraska (Lincoln: Jacob North Co., 1903-1913), 3 vole., I, 460-462, 467-468; II, 168-172, 174-175, 177-181.
Nebraska State Adjutant General's Report 1870 (Des Moines 1871), pp. 1ff.
Olson, James C., History of Nebraska (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1955), pp. 140ff.
Sheldon, Addison E., Nebraska: The Land and the People (Chicago, 1931), 3 vols., I, 309-313
Shick, Charlotte Martha, "Nebraska's Military Participation in the Civil War," M.A. Thesis, University of Nebraska, 1927.