Missouri 1st. Cavalry M. S. M., Co. D. Co. M.

HDQRS. DETACH. FIRST CAVALRY, M. S. M.,
Holden, Mo., June 10, 1864.
Brigadier General E. B. BROWN:

GENERAL: In obedience to instructions I make the following reports of scouts: June 1, 1864, Sergeant Millerons and 20 mounted men of Company D, First Cavalry, Missouri State Militia, sent on a foraging expedition into the neighborhood of Chapel Hill, Mo.; saw considerable signs but no guerrillas; marched about 25 miles.

June 2, 1864, Corporal Overstreet and 14 mounted men of Company D, First Cavalry, Missouri State Militia, on scout; marched 25 miles; found no enemy and returned to camp at Holden, Mo.

June 3, 1864, Sergeant Hart and 10 mounted men of Company D, First Cavalry, Missouri State Militia, on scout to Kingsville and the brushy region northwest; found considerable signs of guerrillas; marched about 30 miles and returned to Camp Holden, Mo.

June 4, 1864. June 5, 1864, Sergt. David M. Key and 19 mounted men of Company D, First Cavalry, Missouri State Militia, on scout on Crawford's Fork of Big Creek; saw some signs but no guerrillas; marched about 70 miles and returned to camp at Holden, Mo. On the night of June 6, 1864.

June 6, Lieutenant Cobb and 5 mounted men of Company M, First Cavalry, Missouri State Militia, on a foraging expedition in the vicinity of Lone Jack, Mo.; saw no signs of guerrillas; marched 25 miles.

June 6, 1864, Sergeant Combs and 14 mounted men of Company M, First Cavalry, Missouri State Militia, on scout on Crawford's Fork of Big Creek and the brushy region northwest of Kingsville, Mo.; searched the brush; found signs of a few scattered guerrillas, and returned to camp at Holden, Mo., June 8, 1864; marched about 50 miles.

June 6, Sergt. James M. Drury and 14 mounted men of Company D, on scout south and southwest of Kingsville, Mo.; saw no fresh signs of guerrillas; learned that 10 had passed down Big Creek on June 5, conveying 2 wounded men, said to have been wounded in the vicinity of Hopewell, Mo.; returned to camp at Holden, Mo., June 9, 1864; marched about 100 miles.

June 6, Sergt. James C. Triplett and 14 mounted men of Company D, First Cavalry, Missouri State Militia, sent to Kingsville, Mo., to protect citizens and workmen of Pacific Railroad line; remained there until being relieved by Sergeant George and detachment of Company M, First Cavalry, Missouri State Militia, June 8; started on scout north and northwest of Kingsville; saw no signs of guerrillas; marched 30 miles and returned to camp at Holden, Mo., June 9, 1864.

June 7, 1864, Captain James D. Eads and 18 mounted men of Company M, First Cavalry, Missouri State Militia, on scout to within miles of Pleasant Hill, Mo., and 2 miles of Lone Jack, scouting the country on Crawford's and Anderson's Forks of Big Creek; learned there were small parties of guerrillas, but saw none; returned to camp at Holden, Mo., same day; marched 25 miles.

June 7, 1864, Lieutenant Triplett, of Company D, First Cavalry, Missouri State Militia, and 15 men on foot, on scout on Brush Creek; scouted down to the mouth of said creek; saw some signs of guerrillas, probably passed down six or eight days previous, no more than 5 or 6 in a place; scout returned to camp on the evening of June 8, 1864.

JOHN WYCKOFF,
Captain, Commanding Detach. First Cavalry, M. S. M.
MACON, MO., June 10, 1864.

Note. Ages are at the time of enlistment. Ranks are at the time of the report and not at the time of enlistment. Most stared out as Privates.

1. Sergeant, Millerons, No record found.

2. Corporal, Andrew Overstreet, Age 30, Co. D. F., enlisted Feb. 22, 1862, mustered in March 12, 1862, mustered out March 1, 1865.

3. Sergeant, Andrew S. Hart, Age 37, Co. D. F., enlisted in Feb. 3, 1862, Mustered in March 12, 1862, Sergeant March 13, 1862, First Sergeant Jun(?) 1, 1863, Mustered out March 11, 1865. Height: 5 feet 6 and a half inches, Hair: Dark, Eyes: Blue, Complexion Light, Married, Farmer, from Armstrong Co., Pennsylvania.

4. Sergeant, David M. Key, Age 30,Co. D. enlisted Feb. 3, 1862, mustered in Feb. 19, 1862, Sergeant March 11, 1863, mustered out Feb.18, 1865, Farmer, from Wayne Co. Ohio.

5. Lieutenant, Seymour E. Cobb, Age 32, Co. M., enlisted June 12, 1863, mustered in Aug. 22, 1863, resigned Aug. 8, 1864.

6. Sergeant, Andrew B. Combs, Age 32, Co. M., enlisted June 15, 1863, mustered in Aug. 22, 1863, mustered out July 12, 1865.

7. Sergeant, James M. Drury, Age 22, Co. D., enlisted Feb. 3, 1862, mustered in Feb. 19, 1862, Corporal Sept. 1, 1862, Sergeant May 1, 1863, mustered out March 11, 1865.

8. Sergeant, James C. Triplett, Age 45, Co. D., enlisted Feb. 15, 1862, mustered in Feb. 19, 1862, discharged for disability Aug. 14, 1862.

9. Captain, James D. Eads, Age 46, Co. M., enlisted Jan. (?) 5, 1864, mustered in same day, mustered out July 12, 1865.

10. Lieutenant, Charles T. Triplett, Age 19, Co. D., enlisted Feb. 3, 1862, mustered in Feb. 19, 1862, Corporal Oct. 1, 1862, First Sergeant April 4, 1864, mustered out March 9, 1865.