GEN. HENRY L. BURNETT'S MILITARY CAREER
2nd Regiment Cavalry
Organized at Cleveland and Camp Dennison, Ohio, August to October, 1861. Duty at Camp Dennison,
Ohio, November 1, 1861, to January 27, 1862. Scout duty on the Missouri Border January 27-February 18,
1862. Attached to Doubleday's Brigade, Dept. of Missouri, February to June, 1862. Fort Scott, Kan., to
August, 1862. Solomon's Brigade, Dept. of Kansas, to October, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Army of the
Frontier, to December, 1862. Columbus, Ohio, to April, 1863. Kautz's 1st Cavalry Brigade, District of
Central Kentucky, Dept. Ohio, to June, 1863.
Date | Rank | Posting | City-State | Purpose |
8/22/61 | Capt | 2nd C CoC | Camp Wade Warren OH | mustered (3yrs); 24 years old |
1/62 | Capt | 2nd C CoC | Camp Dennison Cincinnati OH | training |
2/62 | Capt | 2nd C CoC | Platte City | in field |
2/16/62 | Capt | 2nd C CoC | ?? | on leave recruiting |
3/10/62 | Major | 2nd C 3Bat | Ft Scott KS | promotion |
early/62 | Major | 2nd C 3Bat | MO | Battles Carthage, Ft Wayne |
sum/62 | Major | 2nd C 3Bat | Ark OK | Ft Gibson |
7/62 | Major | 2nd C 3Bat | Ft Leavenworth KS | under arrest |
10/3/62 | Major | 2nd C 3Bat | Sarcorie? | in field |
10/14/62 | Major | 2nd C 3Bat | Ft Scott KS | chg refugee Indians |
10/25/62 | Major | 2nd C 3Bat | Pea Ridge AK? | in field |
3/10/62 | Major | 2nd C 3Bat | Camp Chase? | in field |
3/24/62 | Major | 2nd C 3Bat | Camp Chase? | injuried |
4/29/63 | Major | 2nd C 3Bat | Somerset KY | resigned ill health |
5/10/63 | Major | D of OH | Cincinnati OH | Cutts court martial* |
12/63 | Major | D of OH | Lexington Ky | judge-advocate |
1/64 | Major | D of OH | Lexington Ky | judge-advocate |
3/31/64 | Major | North D | Columbus OH | judge-advocate |
8/31/64 | Major | D of OH | Columbus OH | judge-advocate |
early/65 | Major | D of OH | Cincinnati OH | Knights |
3/65 | Major | D of OH | Cincinnati OH | Chicago conspiracy |
4/19/65 | Major | D of OH | DC | Lincoln |
3/8/65 (5/26/65) | Bvt Col | D of OH | Cincinnati OH | promotion |
11/3/65 | Bvt Col | D of OH | Cincinnati OH | mustered out |
3/13/65 (6/22/67) | Bvt BrigGen. | D of OH | Cincinnati OH | promotion |
*Signed by Assistant Adjutant General W.Q. Vanduson
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