 2nd Colorado Volunteer Cavalry Badge. L Company. Named to Joseph Croteau. Unknown metal. 61.8 mm in length. Shield shaped badge suspended from pinback hanger. Back stamped J.S. Ginger, sole distributor, St. Louis, manufactured by Steiner of that city. The unit was formed in November, 1863 out of the 2nd and 3rd Colorado Infantry. By January, 1864 they were active on the Kansas border against Confederate ''bushwackers''. The men fought against Confederate general Sterling Price's invasion of Missouri, at Little Blue, Westport, and Fayetteville, Arkansas in November, 1864. The following month the unit was transferred to Fort Leavenworth, from where it performed escort duty across Kansas. The unit was mustered out by September, 1865.
Ex Art Kelley, St. Louis on January 12, 1961.
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