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Note: George enlisted in the Federal Army 17 Feb 1864 as a Pvt (Film Number M390 roll 30, listed in the National Park Service records) and served in the Civil War w ith the 8th Regional Cavalry a short time before he was discharged as a Private he contracted typhoid fever, died in Little Rock, AR and was laid to rest in m ilitary cemetery there on 7 Apr 1865. He died leaving Eliza with three small ch ildren to raise, his eldest son was deceased. Other accounts indicate he died o f measles and puneumonia. 8th Regiment, Missouri Cavalry Organized at Sprin gfield, Mo., August 6 to September 15, 1862. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Divis ion, Army of the Frontier, Dept. of Missouri, to June, 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st C avalry Division, District of Southeast Missouri, Dept. of Missouri, to August, 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Arkansas Expedition, to December, 1863 . 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Army of Arkansas, to January, 1864, and 7t h Army Corps, Dept. of Arkansas, to May, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 7th A rmy Corps, to September, 1864. 3rd Brigade, Cavalry Division, 7th Army Corps, t o February, 1865. 2nd Brigade, Cavalry Division, 7th Army Corps, to March, 1865 . 1st Separate Cavalry Brigade, 7th Army Corps, to July, 1865. SERVICE.-Spri ngfield, Mo., August 9, 1862. Blount's Campaign in Missouri and Arkansas Octobe r 17-December 27. Battle of Prairie Grove, Ark., December 7. Expedition from Fa yetteville to Huntsville December 21-23. Expedition over Boston Mountains to Va n Buren December 27-29. Bloomfield, Mo., May 12, 1863. Join Davidson's Division at Pilot Knob, Mo., June, 1863, and march to Clarendon on White River, Ark. St eele's Expedition against Little Rock, Ark., August 1-September 10. Grand Prair ie August 17. Brownsville August 25. Bayou Metoe or Reed's Bridge August 27. Re connoissance from Brownsville August 29. Ferry's Landing September 7. Bayou Fou rche and capture of Little Rock September 10. Pursuit of Price September 11-14. Near Little Rock September 11. Duty at Little Rock till March, 1864. Duvall's Bluff December 1 and December 12, 1863 (Detachments). Indian Bay February 16, 1 864. Clarendon March 15. Fitzhugh's Woods, near Augusta, April 1 (Detachment). Cache River Cotton Plant April 21-22. Operations against Shelby north of the Ar kansas River May 13-31. Stony Point May 20. Searcy June 3 (Detachment). Bealer' s Ferry, Little Red River, June 6 (Detachment). Expedition from Little Rock to Little Red River August 6-16. Jones' Hay Station and Long Prairie August 24. Ex pedition in pursuit of Shelby August 27-September 6. Expedition from Lewisburg to Strahan Landing November 26-December 2. Expedition from Brownsville to Augus ta January 4-27 (Detachment). Duty in the Dept. of Arkansas till July. Mustered out July 20, 1865. Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 26 Enlisted m en killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 352 Enlisted men by disease. Total 382.
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