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Poindexter, with 900 men, being cut off from joining Porter, was pursued by Major C. B. Hunt, of this regiment, overtaken, -whipped, and disbanded. Six weeks' further scouting after small squads of the disbanded forces effectually put a quietus on this extensive horde of guerrillas. The regiment was then concentrated at Sturgeon, Mo., and again underwent a system of military instruction, and under the direct supervision of the colonel was taught all the minutise pertaining to a cavalry regiment. A threatened concentration and outbreak of guerrillas caused this regiment to again divide, with a view of breaking up these bands in their incipiency. Three squadrons were sent to Paris, Monroe county, four to Palmyra, three to Mexico, and two to Warrenton.
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