GEN. HENRY L. BURNETT'S MILITARY CAREER
2nd Regiment Cavalry<
- Aug to Oct 1861
- Organized at Cleveland and >Camp Dennison OH
- Nov 1, 1861 to Jan 27, 1862
- Duty at Camp Dennison OH
Samuel Trescott Letters:
November 2, 1861, Cleveland OH
November 21, 1861, Cleveland OH
January 3, 1861, Camp Dennison
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 |
Attached to Doubleday's Brigade (Dept of MO)
- Jan 27-Feb 18, 1862
- Scout duty on the Missouri Border
- Feb 18-Mar 2, 1862
- Expedition to Fort Scott KS
Feb 22nd Independence MO, early fighting against Quantrill
Samuel Trescott Letters:
February 1, 1862, Platte City
February 1, 1862, Platte City
March 3, 1862, Kansas City MO
March 11, 1862, Ft. Scott KS
March 17, 1862, Ft. Scott KS
April 8, 1862, Ft. Scott KS
April 16, 1862, Ft. Scott KS
May 2, 1862, Ft. Scott KS
May 11, 1862, Ft. Scott KS
May 30, 1862, Ft. Scott KS
Date | Rank | Posting | City-State | Purpose |
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 | in field |
- To Aug 1862
- Fort Scott KS
Jul 18th capture of Ft. Gibson
- To Oct 1862
- Solomon's Brigade, Dept of KS
Oct 22nd, Battle of Old Fort Wayne
- To Dec 1862
- 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Army of the Frontier
- Sep 17-Dec 3
- Blount's Campaign in MO and AK
Samuel Trescott Letters:
August 24, 1862, Ft. Scott, KS
October 3, 1862, Sarcoxie
October 14, 1862, Camp Curtis
October 25, 1862, Pea Ridge AK
Date | Rank | Posting | City-State | Purpose |
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 | Sarcoxie | 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 |
Skirmishes at Carthage, Cow
Hill, Cow Skin Prairie, Wolf Creek, Maysville and White River
- Dec 1862 - Mar 1863
- Columbus, Ohio
- Mar - Jun 27 1863
- Somerset KY,
Kautz's 1st Cavalry Brig, Dist of Central KY, Dept OH
Samuel Trescott Letters:
March 6, 1863, Camp Chase
April 11, 1863, Mount Sterling KY
April 24, 1863, Somerset KY
May 10, 1863, Somerset KY
May 20, 1863, Somerset KY
Date | Rank | Posting | City-State | Purpose |
3/10/63 | Major | 2nd C 3Bat | Camp Chase? | in field |
3/24/63 | Major | 2nd C 3Bat | Camp Chase? | injured |
4/29/63 | Major | 2nd C 3Bat | Somerset KY | resigned ill health |
- From May 1863
- Judge Advocate, Dept of OH
Samuel Trescott Letters:
Jul 12, 1863, Lebanon KY
Oct 2, 1863, Louden TN
Oct 17, 1863, Louden TN
Nov 14, 1863, Louden TN
Date | Rank | Posting | City-State | Purpose |
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 |
late/64 | 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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