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men of good character. The Regiment was employed scouting and foraging until the 10th of Sept when it was transferred to the 1st Brigade of the 1st Division (Gen Benton Col. Bussey was assigned to command the Brigade, consisting of the 3d Iowa Cavalry, 8th + 18 Indiana Infantry, and 1st Indiana Battery, which command he retained until the 1st of October. Gen Curtis had been assigned to the Command of the Department of the Mo and Brig Gen Steele left in Command of the Army at Helena. About the 1st of Oct Gen Steele was ordered with his Old Division. The 1st to Pilot Knobb Mo. The Cavalry of this Division were not included in the order and remained at Helena. Gen Carr assumed command of the Army. The 3d Iowa Cavalry was assigned to the 3d Brigade 4th Division and Col. Bussey assigned to command the Brigade. Major Wm C. Drake Commanded the Regiment. Lieut. Col. H. H. Trimble resigned about the 1st of Sept he having been absent from the Regiment since the 19th of March. During the months of Oct + Nov Col. Busseys command were constantly on duty and made several expeditions into the interior on several of which a number of prisoners were captured in several spirited skirmishes. On the 3d of Dec Col. Bussey was assigned to the Command of the 4 Division, Army of the South West. Brig Gen A. P. Hovey heaving succeeded to the command of the army sometime in November. Gen E. A. Carr having been ordered to St. Louis for duty. About the 25th of Nov Brig Gen Steele arrived at Helena to take command of the Army, his division having been left at Pilot Knobb under Brig Gen W. P. Benton. On the 9th of Dec. Brig Gen W. A. Gorman arrived at Helena and superceeded Gen Steele in command of the Army which was reorganized and Gen Steele assigned to command the 1st Division. While Brig Gen Alvin P. Hovey was in command at Helena, the Rebels were fortifying Arkansas Post on the Arkansas River and had established there a camp of instruction. late in Nov. Gen Hovey planned an expedition against the rebels at Arkansas Post, and from there across the Mipsissippi[sic] River and into Mip. to Grenada, for the purpose of destroying the Raid Roads in the rear of Gen Prices Army, their holding the line of the Tallehatchie River to which point Gen Grant had driven the enemy. Gen Hovey's Command consisted of 5000 Infantry and artillery under Gen Washburn and 2000 picked Cavalry, under command of Col. Bussey. The troops embarked on transports and proceeded to the mouth of White River NOTE: Along the left side approximately 1/3 the way down the page is written “see page 16 ½”, which refers to page 23 (because he renumbered all the pages)