 Many of the soldiers died of disease in the unhealthy camps near Corinth, Mississippi.The cavalrymen were dismounted in July 1862 and served as infantry for the rest of the war.The regiment fought at Richmond, Ky., Stones River, and Chickamauga in 1862–1863, in the Meridian and Atlanta campaigns and at Nashville in 1864, and at Spanish Fort and Fort Blakeley in 1865.