The regiment remained at Waldron until February 1864, when it was again ordered to report at Fort Smith, to take part in the movement southward, under Brigadier General Thayer as part of General Steele's Expedition to Camden, March 23 – May 3, 1864 The regiment left Fort Smith with the Frontier division on March 24, 1864, forming part of the first brigade, under Colonel John Edwards participated in the battle of Moscow, losing three men killed and several wounded. The regiment entered Camden on 16 April 1864. The regiment participated in the Battle of Prairie D'Ane April 9–13. The regiment participated in the Battle of Moscow Church April 13. The regiment participated in the Siege of Camden, April 15–18. The Regiment was engaged in a reconnaissance of the enemy after the battle of Poisoned Springs; left Camden on 6 April, as part of the right wing of the Union army. The regiment was engaged with the enemy at the Battle of Jenkins Ferry, where it repulsed a strong flanking party with considerable loss to the enemy, and losing no men itself. Captain John Whiteford of company I in a letter to his wife reported "We fought all day on swampy land The night before we were up all night in the rain in line of battle, and during the fight we were up to our knees in water, and when we had drove the enemy back we had to march on return four miles through mud knee deep." On May 1, 1864, the regiment arrived at Little Rock, and proceeded thence to Fort Smith, where it arrived on May 17.