1st Missouri Volunteer Cavalry Regiment

1st Missouri Volunteer Cavalry Regiment
Provisional Government of Missouri (Pro-Union)
Active	September 6, 1861 to September 1, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Cavalry
Engagements	American Civil War

The 1st Missouri Volunteer Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment with three battalions that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War from 1861 to 1865.

Missouri in the American Civil War was divided, with the southern portion of the state pro-Confederacy and most of the rest pro-Union. By the end of the Civil War, Missouri had supplied nearly 110,000 troops to the Union and at least 30,000 troops for the Confederate Army with additional bands of pro–Confederate guerrillas. There were battles and skirmishes in all areas of the state, from Iowa and the Illinois border in the northeast to the edge of the state in the southeast and southwest on the Arkansas border. Counting minor engagements, actions and skirmishes, Missouri saw over 1,200 distinct fights. Only Virginia and Tennessee exceeded Missouri in the number of clashes within the state's boundaries.

By the War's end, some 447 Missouri Regiments like the 1st Missouri Volunteer Cavalry Regiment fought for the Union.

The 1st Missouri Volunteer Cavalry was organized at Jefferson Barracks located on the Mississippi River at Lemay, Missouri, south of St. Louis. The Regiment served and fought from September 6, 1861 until mustering out on September 1, 1865.

The Regiment moved to Benton Barracks September 12, 1861 thence to Jefferson City, Missouri ON September 21 (5 Companies) for training. Other Companies moved to Jefferson City on October 4 and later joined the Regiment at Tipton, Missouri, October 19. It was later organized into 3 battalions.