Pawnee Scouts, Nebraska Cavalry

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Brief History
The Pawnee Scouts, Nebraska Cavalry was organized at Columbus, Nebraska, January 13, 1865. It mustered out April 1, 1866.

Companies
Company "A" of the Pawnee Scouts was attached to Dristrict of Nebraska at Fort Kearney February 1865 Then at Fort Rankin in April. Operations on Plains against Indains and protecting lines of communications .Also they helped and protected the emigrants untill April 1866.

Other Sources
Fort Kearny's Unconventional Army Units

Nebraska Trailblazer gives history about the Pawnee Scouts.


 * Johnson, Harrison . Johnson's History of Nebraska. (Omaha, Nebraska : Henry Gibson, 1880), 591 pages. Digital copies at Google Books and Internet Archives.  Book at