The Missouri 2nd Cavalry Regiment was made up mostly of former Missouri State Guard soldiers from the 1st, 6th, and 8th divisions. Members of the 2nd Regiment of the Missouri Confederate Cavalry enrolled between 1 January and 1 March 1862. The 2nd Missouri Cavalry was the only Missouri cavalry unit east of the Mississippi River to serve mounted. They accompanied Brigadier General Frank C. Armstrong into Alabama in July 1862They were mustered between 20 February and 2 July 1862. The regiment spent most of 1863 fighting in Tennessee and northern Mississippi.
In January 1864, the regiment began service under Nathan Bedford Forrest. The participated in the successful attack on Okolona, Mississippi, where they captured six artillery pieces and thirty-three flags. In April, the regiment was involved in the attack on Fort Pillow, Tennessee, where they were among the first to storm the fortifications. During the summer of 1864, the regiment fought at Tupelo and participated in the Memphis Raid. The 2nd Missouri Cavalry was transferred to service around Mobile in the fall of 1864, where it scouted and skirmished with Union forces around Mobile and western Florida. They lost three killed and thirteen wounded in the attack.
They were discharged between 16 May 1863 and 7 June 1865.
Companies
Company A - Captains Augustus L. Zollinger, R. H. Adams, and Thomas M. Meador - Springfield, Greene County
Company B - Captains Joseph Edmonson, Thomas A. Bottoms, Solomon G. Kitchen, Asbury Noland, John S. Thompson, and Henry Whitney - Polk County
Company C - Captains David Reed, M. W. Ryder (Rider), and George B. Webb - Lowndes, Wayne County
Company D - Captains George W. Lindemoode, George W. Mott, and J. S. Wilson - Hornersville, Dunklin County
Company E - Captains Franklin J. Smith, Whilliam H. Couzens, William J. Livingston, and Charles D. Payne - Clarkston, Stoddard County
Company F - Captains Richard F. Lindsay, E. D. Craig, Jesse R. Henson, and H. M. Woodsman - Bloomfield, Stoddard County
Company G - Captain George Branch Harper - Springfield, Greene County
Company H - Also known as Edmondson's Provost Guards. Captains John Rock Champion, Edmonson, Josiah Tippetts, and Upton B. Winsor
Company I - Captains Epaminonds M. Smith and Robert Collins - Missouri
Company K - Captains John Rock Champion, Robert Collins, E. M. Smith, and H. M. Woodsmall - Springfield, Greene County
Phineas M. Savery's Attached Company - Captain Phineas M. Severy - Springfield, Greene County
