Regiment, United States Volunteer Cavalry, but promptly designated "Grigsby's Cowboys." They were under command of Colonel Melvin Grigsby of Sioux Falls. Robert W. Stewart of Pierre was major; Otto L. Sues of Sioux Falls, adjutant;
Colonel Melvin Grigsby
Ralph Parliman of Sioux Falls, quartermaster; Rev. Galen S. Clevenger of Pierre, chaplain. The regiment was ordered to Chickamauga, en route to Cuba, but the war closed before its services were required.
Mark W. Sheafe of Watertown was appointed a brigadier general of volunteers by the President, but did not get into active service by reason of the early close of the war.
In addition to these, many patriotic citizens of South Dakota, failing to find a place in the regular organizations of the state, enlisted and rendered honorable service in other state organizations, both in Cuba and the Philippines.
