Independent Company Mounted Scouts

The Independent Company Mounted Scouts was a small Union Army military unit associated with the American Civil War. It was organized at Leavenworth, Kansas, on August 13, 1863, during a period when Union authorities were forming and deploying locally organized units to support military operations in the trans-Mississippi and border regions. Despite its name, the unit was composed of infantrymen from Indiana rather than being identified in the available reference material as a conventional long-established cavalry regiment. The designation "Independent Company" indicates that the organization did not form part of a larger numbered Indiana regiment in the manner of many Union volunteer formations. Its name also identifies it as a mounted scouting unit, suggesting a role centered on reconnaissance, mobility, communications, patrols, and related field duties. The available historical summary does not provide a detailed operational record, roster of officers, battle list, or casualty account, so the unit's specific wartime activities cannot be stated with confidence from the supplied sources. The company was mustered out on April 23, 1864. Its period of existence was therefore relatively brief, extending from its organization in August 1863 to its discharge less than a year later. The unit is principally documented as part of the Union military forces raised during the Civil War and in reference works covering Indiana's Civil War organizations. It is not a commercial brand, contemporary company, or continuing military organization; its inclusion in a brand-style encyclopedia is best understood as a historical identity record for a defunct military unit.

The Independent Company Mounted Scouts was organized at Leavenworth, Kansas, on August 13, 1863, during the American Civil War. The unit served on the Union side and was made up of infantrymen from Indiana. Its independent-company designation distinguishes it from the larger numbered regiments that constituted much of the Union volunteer army. The unit's title identifies it as a mounted scouting organization. Such a designation was associated with mobile military duties, including scouting and reconnaissance, although the available reference material does not specify its precise assignments, commanding officers, stations, engagements, or losses. It is therefore not possible to reconstruct a fuller operational narrative without additional archival or regimental sources. The company remained in service for less than one year and was mustered out on April 23, 1864. This discharge ended the organization's formal existence. The unit is preserved in historical compilations of Union and Indiana Civil War forces, including Frederick H. Dyer's reference work, A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. No evidence in the supplied materials indicates that it continued after the Civil War, was reorganized as a later military formation, or became a commercial organization.

• 1864

  Muster-out

  [1]Independent Company Mounted Scoutsen.wikipedia.org

  The unit was mustered out of Union service on April 23, 1864.

• 1863

  Organization at Leavenworth

  [1]Independent Company Mounted Scoutsen.wikipedia.org

  The Independent Company Mounted Scouts was organized at Leavenworth, Kansas, on August 13, 1863, as a Union military unit composed of infantrymen from Indiana.

A historical Union Army mounted scouting unit rather than a commercial brand.

1. 1Independent Company Mounted Scoutsen.wikipedia.org