1st Regiment Nebraska Volunteer Cavalry
Encyclopedia
The 1st Regiment Nebraska Volunteer Cavalry was a cavalry
regiment
that served in the Union Army
during the American Civil War
.
on October 11, 1863. The regiment was commanded by Colonel
Robert R. Livingston. It was later designated 1st Nebraska Veteran Cavalry on July 10, 1865 after being consolidated with 1st Battalion Nebraska Volunteer Cavalry
.
The regiment was attached to District of Southeast Missouri, Department of the Missouri
, to November 1864. District of Northeast Arkansas, Department of the Missouri, to January 1864. District Northeast Arkansas, VII Corps, to May 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, VII Corps, Department of Arkansas, to October 1864. 4th Brigade, Cavalry Division, VII Corps, to October 1864. District of Nebraska and District of the Plains, to July 1866.
The 1st Nebraska Cavalry mustered out of service on July 1, 1866.
Cavalry
Cavalry or horsemen were soldiers or warriors who fought mounted on horseback. Cavalry were historically the third oldest and the most mobile of the combat arms...
regiment
Regiment
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that served in the Union Army
Union Army
The Union Army was the land force that fought for the Union during the American Civil War. It was also known as the Federal Army, the U.S. Army, the Northern Army and the National Army...
during the American Civil War
American Civil War
The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
.
Service
The 1st Nebraska Cavalry was created from the 1st Nebraska Infantry1st Regiment Nebraska Volunteer Infantry
The 1st Regiment Nebraska Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was initially organized to protect the Nebraska Territory from Indian attacks, but primarily served in the Western Theater before being reorganized and sent to the...
on October 11, 1863. The regiment was commanded by Colonel
Colonel (United States)
In the United States Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps, colonel is a senior field grade military officer rank just above the rank of lieutenant colonel and just below the rank of brigadier general...
Robert R. Livingston. It was later designated 1st Nebraska Veteran Cavalry on July 10, 1865 after being consolidated with 1st Battalion Nebraska Volunteer Cavalry
1st Battalion Nebraska Veteran Volunteer Cavalry
The 1st Battalion Nebraska Volunteer Cavalry was a cavalry battalion that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:When the 2nd Nebraska Cavalry was mustered out of service, in the fall of 1863, Governor Alvin Saunders authorized the raising of an independent battalion of...
.
The regiment was attached to District of Southeast Missouri, Department of the Missouri
Department of the Missouri
Department of the Missouri was a division of the United States Army that functioned through the American Civil War and the Indian Wars afterwards.-Civil War:...
, to November 1864. District of Northeast Arkansas, Department of the Missouri, to January 1864. District Northeast Arkansas, VII Corps, to May 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, VII Corps, Department of Arkansas, to October 1864. 4th Brigade, Cavalry Division, VII Corps, to October 1864. District of Nebraska and District of the Plains, to July 1866.
The 1st Nebraska Cavalry mustered out of service on July 1, 1866.
Detailed service
Duty at St. Louis, Mo., until November 30, 1863. Moved to Batesville, Ark., November 30-December 25. Operations in northeastern Arkansas January 1-30, 1864. Action at Black River January 18. Jacksonport January 19. Expedition after Freeman's forces January 23-30. Sylamore Creek January 23 (detachment). Sylamore January 24. Scout to Pocohontas February 9-20. Morgan's Mills, Spring River, February 9. Pocohontas February 10. Expedition from Batesville after Freeman's forces February 12-20. Spring River, near Smithfield, February 13. Expedition to Wild Haws, Strawberry Creek, etc., March 10-12. Scout from Batesville to Fairview March 25-26. Spring River, near Smithville, April 13 (detachment). Moved to Jacksonport, Ark., April 17-19. Attack on Jacksonport April 20. Expedition to Augusta April 22-24. Near Jacksonport April 24. Moved to Duvall's Bluff May 25-30. Veterans on furlough June 10 to August 13. Left Omaha for Fort Kearney, Nebraska, August 15, arriving there August 23. Operations against Indians in Nebraska and Colorado until July 1866, participating in numerous affairs with hostile Indians at Plum Creek, Spring Ranch, Julesburg, Mud Springs, Elm Creek and Smith's Ranch. Also engaged in scout and escort duty. Operations on overland stage route between Denver and Julesburg, Colorado, January 14-25, 1865. Operations on North Platte River, Colo., February 2-18. Scout from Dakota City April 12-16 and April 22-27 (detachments). Scout from Fort Laramie to Wind River, Nebraska., May 3-21 (detachment), Scout from Plum Creek to Medway Station, Wind River, Nebraska., May 8-20 (detachment). Scout from Fort Kearney to Little Blue River, Nebraska, May 9-June 2 (detachment). Scout from Cottonwood May 12-14 (1st Battalion). Scout from Plum Creek, Nebraska., May 26-27 (detachment). Expedition to Piatt and Mojave Rivers, Nebraska., June 12-July 5 (detachment).The First Nebraska Cavalry had "veteran volunteered," as it was called. After a person had served in the field eighteen months, then he could "veteranize," as it was said, and enlist for three years longer and get a bounty of $300, so that soldiers and sometimes regiments "veteranized." The First Nebraska was a regiment in which the men had veteranized to such an extent that it was reorganized as a veteran regiment, and bore the name of veteran volunteer in the title of the regiment. The incursions of the Indians, and the vast damages which they had done in Nebraska, raised such an outcry that the Government had to send Nebraska troops home for the protection of Nebraska, the same as a portion of our regiment was stationed in Iowa. And so it happened that the "First Nebraska Veteran Volunteer Cavalry" was drawn from the field, and the Confederacy, and sent out to fight Indians in the Northwest. The 7th Iowa Cavalry7th Regiment Iowa Volunteer CavalryThe 7th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Cavalry was an cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the Indian Wars.-Service:The 7th Iowa Cavalry was mustered into Federal service at Davenport, Iowa for a three year enlistment between April 27 to July 13, 1863. On September 19, 1863 it was...
and the First Nebraska got along together very well.