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 of Iowa. Enlistments were at this time being made for the Seventh Cavalry but with the energetic work of Colonel Dorr the Eighth was soon made up to the number of 1,234 men from all parts of the State. It was mustered into the service on the last day of September and went into camp at Davenport. H. G. Barner was appointed lieutenant-colonel; J. J. Brown, J. D. Thompson and A. J. Price, majors and J. H. Isett, adjutant. On the 17th of October the regiment broke camp for the seat of war, stopping at Louisville, Kentucky, remaining there until November, then marched to Nashville, and from there to Waverly which was headquarters during the winter. A long line of communication was to be guarded and hostile bands suppressed over an extensive region, all of which required constant vigilance on the part of the commanding officers. During the winter nearly five hundred Confederate prisoners were captured in small bands, including Colonel Hawkins, a noted leader. In April, 1864, the regiment was sent to Chattanooga to join the Cavalry Division of General McCook in which Colonel Dorr was given command of the First Brigade, after which Lieutenant-Colonel Barner took command of the regiment. During the campaign now opening the regiment had frequent skirmishes with the enemy in a daring charge. On the 24th of May a detachment under Captain M. M. Walden routed a superior force of the enemy in a daring charge. On the 22d of July Colonel Dorr resumed the command of his regiment. On the 27th General McCook began his disastrous raid. Colonel Dorr, with the remnant of his regiment, now reduced to about three hundred and twenty men, was in the expedition. On the 29th the command reached Lovejoy where the railroad was torn up and obstructed, after which the retreat began. Soon after a fierce attack was made on the Union army and a severe battle took place. The Eighth Cavalry bore a conspicuous part, losing between twenty and thirty men, killed or wounded. Among the killed were Lieutenants James Horton and