2nd Colorado Cavalry Regiment

Service

Detailed service

• The Battle of Camden Point took place on July 13, 1864, near Camden Point, Missouri, USA
• Operating from Kansas City, Independence, Westport, Hickman's Mills, Pleasant Hill and Harrisonville.
• Skirmish at Dayton, Mo., April 27.
• Skirmishes in Johnson County April 28–30.
• Skirmish at Sin Hills April 29 and May 21.
• Affair at Blue River May 21.
• Pleasant Hill May 28.
• Scout on the Osage June 8–19.
• Scout from Pleasant Hill June 14–16.
• Expedition from Kansas City into Missouri June 18–20.
• Operations in western Missouri July 6–30.
• Near the Little Blue, Jackson County, July 6.
• Camden Point July 13.
• Near Fredericksburg July 14.
• Fayette Road, near Helmsville, July 16.
• Fredericksburg July 17.
• Scout on South Platte River, Colo. July 17–28.
• Ragtown July 20.
• Camden Point July 22.
• Union Mills July 22.
• Pleasant Hill July 25.
• Near Independence August 1.
• Scout on Independence Road to Gunter's Mills August 1–3.
• Scout from Independence to Lafayette County August 2–8.
• Scout from Independence to Lafayette and Jackson Counties August 13–18.
• Operations in Lafayette, Howard and Saline Counties August 13–22.
• Engagement, Canadian River, Indian Territory, August 21.
• Scouts in Jackson and Cass Counties August 25–29.
• Skirmish near Pleasant Hill August 26.
• Operations against Price's Invasion August 29-December 2.
• Scouts on Little Blue, Jackson County, September 2–10.
• Walnut Creek September 25.
• Skirmish near Pleasant Hill September 26.
• Regiment concentrated at Pleasant Hill October 1, and cover Independence and front of the Army of the Border.
• Near Lexington October 17.
• Lexington October 19.
• Battle of Little Blue October 21.
• Pursuit of Price October 21–28.
• Independence and State Line October 22.
• Big Blue and Westport October 23.
• Marias Des Cygnes, Mine Creek, Little Osage River, October 25.
• Newtonia October 28.
• Moved to District of the Upper Arkansas December 22, and engaged in operations against Indians about Fort Riley, Fort Zarah, Fort Ellsworth and Fort Larned until September 1865.
• Skirmish at Godfrey's Ranch, Colorado Territory, January 14, 1865.
• Operations on Overland Stage Route from Denver to Julesburg, Colorado Territory, January 14–25.
• Skirmish at Fort Zarah February 1.
• Scout from Fort Larned to Crooked Creek March 9.
• Near Fort Zarah April 23.
• Pawnee Rock May 20.
• Cow Creek Station, Plum Butte and Pawnee Rock June 12.

  Commanders

• Colonel James Hobart Ford
• Major J. H. Pritchard - commanded at the Battle of Westport and Battle of Mine Creek
• Major J. Nelson Smith - commanded at the Battle of Westport; killed in action

  Notable members

• Private John "Liver-Eating" Johnson, Company H - notable mountain man
• Captain Charles Frederick Holly, Company H - notable Colorado Territorial Legislator 1861-1862, Colorado Territorial Supreme Court Justice 1865-1866