MISSOURI VOLUNTEER FORCES IN THE CIVIL WAR with Federal Service (UNION): BISHOP'S CAVALRY BATTALION ("BLACK HAWK CAVALRY").

MISSOURI VOLUNTEER FORCES IN THE CIVIL WAR with Federal Service (UNION): BISHOP'S CAVALRY BATTALION ("BLACK HAWK CAVALRY").

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BISHOP'S CAVALRY BATTALION ("BLACK HAWK CAVALRY").

Organized at Henderson and LaClede, Mo., November 14-December 31, 1861. Assigned to duty in Northeast Missouri. Action at Spring Hill October 27 (1 Co.). Expedition to Milford December 15-19. Shawnee Mound or Milford, on Blackwater, December 18. Hudson December 21 (Detachment). Assigned to 7th Missouri Cavalry February 20, 1862, which see.

Source of Data: "A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, V.III" by Frederick H. Dyer, c1908, p.1312