Michael Croker enlisted as a private in Company C, 2nd Missouri Volunteer Cavalry, “Merrill’s Horse,” on January 8, 1864. Croker and the regiment were involved in General Frederick Steele’s Camden Expedition and the 1864 battles of Little Blue River, Big Blue River, Westport, and Mine Creek during General Sterling Price’s raid through Missouri.

Croker was mustered out of service on June 15, 1865.

Carte-de-Visite by Johnson & Dejong, St. Louis, Mo.

Image Courtesy Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield; WICR 11755