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USA > Missouri > Harrison County > History of Harrison and Mercer Counties, Missouri : from the earliest times to the present : together with sundry personal, business, and professional sketches and family records : besides a condensed history of the State of Missouri, etc > Part 31
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Second-That we feel justified in stating as a truth, although some persons may have private orders to leave * no person has been forced to leave the country by the citizens of Harrison County, on account of political opinions or sentiments * % * * * * * * * % * * *
Third-We believe it to be the duty of all good citizens to refrain from all acts which may have a tendency to excite people to acts of rebellion against, insubordination to, or violations of, the laws of the country.
Fourth-That in giving expression to our views in relation to the position of Missouri in the present crisis, we unhesitatingly declare that we are opposed to the secession of the State from the Federal Union, and we believe that the present lamentable evils which are upon the country are not a consequence of any acts of the sovereign State of Missouri, and occupying as we do a conserva- tive position between the two extreme parties of the north and south, we hold the "olive branch of peace" to each, and while we deplore the present state of affairs, we believe that it is the duty of all true and loyal subjects of the State of Missouri to assist and defend the rights of the State in the Union, and under the authority of the constitution of the United States and the State of Missouri. * *
Seventh-That we claim the right to organize into companies for home protection and defense under the articles of the constitution, which provides that the people have a right to assemble for the common good, and that their rights to bear arms in defense of themselves and of the State cannot be ques- tioned.
This meeting was addressed by S. C. Allen, Samuel Downey, Will- iam G. Lewis, D. J. Heaston and E. Hubbard, all of whom set forth in vigorous and eloquent language the necessity of adhering to the national union.
Similar meetings were held early in the summer of 1861 at Mount Moriah, Eagleville and other places, the tendencies of which were to arouse the people to a realization of the situation, and unify the public sentiment against secession. In the meantime companies of Home Guards were raised, and on July 13, 1861, the various organizations in the county met at a place called Harrison City, for the purpose of forming a regiment and electing officers. The day was a pleasant one, and the number of spectators on the ground was variously esti- mated at from 1,000 to 1,500. Henry Nevill, by request of the different companies, took charge of the men, paraded them for a while, after which stirring and energetic speeches were made by Messrs. Allen, Elwell, Downey, Hubbard and Heaston.
After the regiment was formed it organized by electing Henry O. Nevill, colonel; George Burris, Sr., lieutenant-colonel, and W. P.
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Robinson, major. The strength of the different companies that re- ported themselves was as follows: Eagleville Guards, 160; Washing- ton, 64; Salem, 60; Springfield, 90; Pleasant Ridge, 100; Clay, 78; Mount Moriah, 58; Bethany, 60; "Rough and Ready," 57; Benton, 80; Cainesville, 60.
The main object of the meeting was to ascertain how many of the above men were desirous of enlisting for the regular service. Quite a number signified their willingness to go to the front, and gave their names to E. Hubbard, who at once proceeded to recruit for the regular service.
Several other companies of Home Guards were raised during the summer of 1861, the majority of the members of which subsequently went to the front in different regiments, and did valiant service for the Union cause.
Volunteer Troops .- All of Companies D and E, Twenty-third Regi- ment Volunteer Infantry, were raised in Harrison County in the sum- mer of 1861. Recruiting for the regiment commenced in July of that year under the direction of Col. Jacob T. Tindall and Judge Smith, of Gentry and Linn Counties, respectively. Company D was mustered September 22, 1861, with the following officers: W. P. Rob- inson, captain; John A. Fischer, first lieutenant, and Lafayette Corn- wall, second lieutenant. The non-commissioned officers were George Yoder, first sergeant; Samuel J. Moore, second sergeant; George W. Derr, Robert L. Oxford, and Ezeriah Hulse, corporals. Privates: Charles Baker, James H. Bishop, Allen B. Bridges, Joshua Dallas, Samuel B. Fancher, Richard Foster, John M. Franklin, James Fan- cher, William Graham, John J. Hogan, A. B. Ireland, John M. Kopp, Henry C. Tessley, Milton N. Tilley, James H. Mathes, Richard O. W. Osborne, Marion Pace, David Rope, James Ross, W. Sweeten, Adam Sweeten, Newton J. Smith, William B. Baker, Thomas Dallas, Reuben Dale, P. L. Evans, Lafayette Ferguson, Lewis Noolin, Henry J. Holloway, E. A. B. Hulse, Joseph E. Meglenne, George B. Bean, John Chambers, James H. Curtis, George Fetty, Daniel Grover, Samuel Moore, George W. Prather, James M. Wright, George Col- lins, James M. Melton, J. P. Prather, James C. Brown, L. D. Bishop, James M. Burns, James Burns, Charles Curtis, Thomas B. Grinstead, Elliott Griffin, James L. Hammock, William H. Hobbs, Joseph L. Hunsicker, O. Johnson, Jeremiah Crawford, J. Lockwood, E. N. Mel- ton, William B. Officer, William B. Richardson, Marion Young, Joseph B. Vogan, John N. Pattinger, Henry Bartlett, George D. Bagley, George W. Flood, Willis Flood, Nimrod T. Stoner, Isaac
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Young. Some of the above men were from neighboring counties, but the large majority were residents of Harrison.
William P. Robinson was promoted colonel of the regiment June 7, 1862, and was succeeded as captain by John W. Moore, of Eagle- ville, who served as such until the expiration of the term of service, September, 1864. Lieut. Fischer resigned his commission Jan- uary 12, 1863, after which time Henry Sweeten filled the position. Lafayette Cornwall resigned the second lieutenancy, and was suc- ceeded by James A. Brewer. The latter resigned January, 1863, from which time until May, 1864, the office was held by Joseph H. Ristine. Ristine was promoted first lieutenant of Company K in May, 1864, and was succeeded by Meredith Riggin, who held the position until the expiration of the term of service.
Company E, as organized for the service, was officered as follows: Archibald Montgomery, captain; W. R. Simms, first lieutenant and George W. Brown, second lieutenant. The non-commissioned officers were as follows: Sergeants-John A. Martin, first; Spotwood Thomas, second; Jonathan H. Smith, third; John S. Jackson, fourth, and James Johnson, fifth. Corporals-Richard Goucher, first; James K. Heath, second; Hanley Webb, third; James Blankenship, fourth; John F. Gordon, fifth; Andrew P. Rupe, sixth; George W. Crume, seventh, and Orlin Butler, eighth.
Privates: James H. Allen, Adam W. Behee, Bailey Nelson, Joseph Baldwin, Thomas Brown, John Brown, Lewis Cummins, William Cummins, Aaron Craft, George L. Cain, John M. Cain, George W. Chapman, John S. Clousson, Andrew J. Daniel, William Daniel, Charles F. Daniel, John G. Daniel, George W. Earl, John Ferguson, Henry L. Goucher, Charles F. Gray, John H. Gardner, Harrison Haney, John J. Harper, William Heath, James B. Hooper, Alfred Jenkins, J. B. Long, William Lear, Matthew Millspaw, Jacob E. Mil- ler, Thomas H. Mitchell, John G. Narsh, James N. B. Narsh, Jacob Ramey, F. M. Rice, Riley Roberts, John T. Rupe, William Delly, Samuel Sneed, Burton Salmon, Marion Salmon, William Stuckey, Jeremiah Simms, Porter Simpson, Martin V. Strait, Smith Strait, William Spurgin, William Shumard, Ansel Terry, Reuben D. Tilly, Van Thompson, Joseph Lally, James VanMeter, Wesley N. Vinson, James M. Williams, Vernum Williams, William H. Williamson, Will- iam J. Watkins, Alfred Whittaker and John M. Wallace.
Archibald Montgomery resigned his commission October, 1862, and was succeeded by William R. Simms, who held the position until' mustered out of the service in 1864. S. A. Thomas was promoted
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first lieutenant December, 1862, resigned July 30, 1863, and was suc- ceeded by John A. Martin, who served until the expiration of the term. Second Lieut. George W. Brown resigned his commission July 8, 1863. John A. Harper was then promoted to the office, and held the same until September, 1864.
A large portion of Company G was raised in Harrison County; also portions of Companies H and I.
The officers of Company G were originally Wat. E. Crandall, captain; James S. Todd, first lieutenant, and W. Mccullough, second lieutenant. Officers of Company H-Francis Lisko, captain, and Thomas B. Mikels and Ebenezer West, first and second lieutenants respectively. Company I-captain, John Parker; first lieutenant, T. H. Hollingsworth; second lieutenant, Jeremiah Nash.
The Twenty-third was made up from the counties of Harrison, Grundy, Livingston, Linn, Putnam, Mercer, Daviess and Carroll. The regiment entered into active service in 1861, but participated in no engagements until the following year, the principal duty in the meantime being preserving the peace and protecting the lives and property of Union men in the county, where the command was stationed. On the 1st of April, 1862, the regiment was ordered to Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., at which place it arrived on the 4th inst. Upon reporting to Maj .- Gen. U. S. Grant, then commanding the army of the Tennessee, Col. Tindall was ordered to report with his regiment to Brig. - Gen. B. M. Prentiss, commanding the Sixth Division. It was on the 6th of the above month that the Twenty- third received its first baptism of fire in the terrific struggle of Shiloh, which has gone into history as one of the most sanguinary battles of the rebellion. The men bore themselves like the heroes they were in the trying ordeal, and earned a reputation for gallantry second to no other regiment which took part in the battle. The following commu- nication from Lieut. - Col. Quin Morton is a brief but graphic account of the conduct of the Twenty-third in its first engagement:
"I deem it my duty to make a report of the action of the Twenty- third Missouri Volunteers at Pittsburg Landing, on April 6, 1862. At 7 o'clock A. M., by order of Col. Tindall, I marched the regiment in the direction of Gen. Prentiss' camp. After marching about two miles an officer of Gen. Prentiss' staff ordered us to halt, and prepare for action, which was promptly done. As soon as the regiment was placed in position the enemy opened fire on us from a battery, at about 400 yards' distance, which was continued without intermission for two hours.
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"We were then ordered to change our position, and to engage a large force of the enemy who were pressing us upon the center, which was done. After a severe engagement at the distance of twenty-five or thirty yards we drove the enemy back, not. however, without serious loss. We held the position assigned us until 4 o'clock P. M., fighting almost without intermission, at which time we were ordered to change our front to meet the enemy who had outflanked us. Here we fought until 5 o'clock, driving the enemy back, although they charged us frequently during the time. Again we were compelled to change our position, and soon after the change we were surrounded and fired upon, from front and rear, by two batteries and infantry. Here there was a most terrible shower of shot and shell. We repulsed the enemy in our rear, and determined to try and reach the main body of the army which had fallen back to the river; and in the effort to lead our now broken forces back the gallant and much lamented Col. Tindall fell shot through the body, after having done his duty most nobly during the day.
" After retiring about 200 yards we met a large force of the enemy, and were compelled to surrender at about 6 o'clock P. M., after ten hours' almost incessant fighting. Officers and men behaved nobly. * * Capts. Dunlap, Robinson and Brown, Adjt. Martin, and Lieuts. Munn and Simms were wounded. Thirty privates were killed, about 170 wounded, and 375 taken prisoners."
Capt. Archibald Montgomery, of Company E (Harrison County men), wrote from camp at Pittsburg Landing, April 10, as follows:
“* * * Our expected battle is over. It came off Sunday and Monday last, and a hard-fought battle it was. It lasted two days and two nights, but we whipped them. * Our regiment was led out on Sunday morning in front of the hottest part of the field. We fought till evening, when the Secesh overpowered our regiment and some others, and took them prisoners. They, however, took only a part of our regiment. There were some out of every company who made their escape. I escaped with about forty of my company, forty of my men being taken prisoners. I found only two of my men killed-Riley Roberts and James K. Allen. The wounded are.William Watkins, badly; Harrison Hanly, very badly; William Heath, slightly; J. P. Rupe and William Lowe, in the thighs. The names of some of my men captured are Lieut. Simms, Lieut. Brown, John Martin, T. Brown, William Burris, F. Cummins, W. Chapman, W. Daniel, J. Daniel, J. G. Daniel, T. Daniel, R. Gray, C. Howry, J. Harper, W. Lear, M. Millspaw, J. Miller, T. Murphy, J. Noah, J. Parkerson, F.
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M. Rice, W. Vincent, J. VanMeter and R. Watson. * * * This has been a bloody battle. *
* * Our regiment lost twenty-six killed and sixty wounded, that we know of. Our colonel was killed and our major taken prisoner. * * * I have command of the regiment. You see we are in a bad fix, and I can't tell what we will do or where we will go. The army is still burying the dead; the bodies lay over a space of four miles square. We went out to-day and buried our dead; seventeen in one pit."
From the above it will appear that the Harrison County boys, in this their first battle, conducted themselves with great gallantry, and bore their part in the bloody ordeal with the fortitude of experienced veterans.
In June, 1862, the regiment was ordered to Benton barracks, and continued on duty there and in the city of St. Louis for some time, when they were ordered southward to reinforce the Army of the Cum- berland. On recovering from his wound W. P. Robinson rejoined the regiment, and was promoted colonel of the same on the 7th of June, 1862. From that time until the expiration of the term he continued in command, and did gallant service in the campaigns of the Fourteenth Army Corps, participating in a number of engage- ments, among which were the battles of Peach Tree Creek, Jonesboro and other engagements near Atlanta. As already stated, the Twenty- third Regiment was mustered out of the service on the 22d of Sep- tember, 1864.
Company F, Second Missouri Cavalry, "Merrill's Horse."-This company was recruited in the summer of 1861 as the Harrison County Cavalry Company, and, as originally organized, had the following officers: Eli Hannahs, captain; Elijah Hubbard, first lieutenant; William T. Foster, second lieutenant; G. W. Elwell, first sergeant; Jackson Green, second sergeant; T. J. Taylor, third sergeant; John Haggerty, fourth sergeant; Samuel Fitch, fifth sergeant; Isaac Sher- ley, first corporal; Thomas D. Neal, second corporal; Bovin Ballard, third corporal, and H. C. Young, fourth corporal. Privates-A. J. Barber, John Barber, D. C. Brown, W. A. Brown, T. F. Boyce, J. M. Bryant, Jacob Ballard, N. Ballard, Isaac Brown, Anderson Brown, Lewis Byram, A. N. Cave, W. S. Conner, Lewis W. Curl, T. J. Clark, Charles Cain, Joel Dunken, G. W. Dart, W. O. Durgen, William Er- win, T. L. Foster, A. W. Foster, Daniel Grover, W. H. Gillespie, J. M. Gillespie, G. C. Harbard, A. D. Higgins, John Koons, B. Long, W. C. Lantis, J. J. Long, Elijah Moore, R. S. Merrin, S. W. Menden- hall, J. W. Merrifield, Otho Merrifield, James Macatel, John Moore,
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J. E. McElvain, William Merrifield (1), William Merrifield (2), G. W. Miller, William P. Martin, J. S. Petit, H. C. Potary, H. M. Russ, A. Ramsey, H. Reynolds, M. Skinner, J. M. Saylor, A. J. Samples, W. P. Wood, J. D. Wilson, W. H. Wilcox, Samuel Young, J. H. Young, Jacob Gilpatrick, T. J. Lantis, G. W. Derr, William Irwin, J. F. Pierson, William Wyatt, I. B. Nichols, J. M. Bears, Peter T. Flinn and W. P. Moore.
In December, 1861, the company was reorganized at St. Louis, as Company F, and attached to the Second Cavalry, known as "Merrill's Horse," with which it served gallantly until the close of the war.
The captain at the time of reorganization was Theodore Pierson, who resigned March 4, 1863. His successor, Henry K. Bennett, was transferred in May, 1863, to Company B, and on the 1st of June, of the same year, George H. Rowell took command. Elijah Hubbard commanded the company from the summer of 1863 until mustered out of the service September 19, 1865. The first lieutenants were Elijah Hubbard, from 1861 until May, 1863; Joshua Rohrer, May 1, 1863, until June of the same year; Day O. Crane, for a short time; G. W. Elwell, 1863, until November, 1864; George Bradshaw, November, 1864, until mustered out of service in 1865. Second lieu- tenants-William T. Foster, December, 1861, until May, 1862; Lucien B. Potter, a short time in 1862; G. W. Elwell, November, 1862, until May 1, 1863; J. H. Keating, May 1, 1863, until June 1, 1863; J. S. Taylor, June 1, 1863, served until transferred to Com- pany B, the same year; M. P. Woodruff, January 1, 1864, until November 17, 1864; N. W. Lewis, August 16, 1865, not mus- tered out.
This company performed gallant service in Missouri during the first two years of the war, and with the regiment participated in a number of battles and skirmishes besides effectually checking the guerrilla raids in various parts of the State.
Company A, Thirty-fifth Missouri Infantry, was organized in Harrison County, in the summer and fall of 1862, and officered as follows: Horace Fitch, captain; James B. Brower, first lieutenant, and Calvin Tilton, second lieutenant. Non-commissioned officers- R. P. Jones, G. T. Nevill, S. C. Ferguson, S. H. Alexander and J. Kelly, sergeants; G. Patton, C. Daly, E. Kelly, A. Strait, R. S. Fletcher, J. W. Burton, A. B. Wilson and D. C. Shirley, corporals. Privates-S. C. Aliff, T. W. Aliff, S. H. Aliff, J. Brown, T. H. Brown, S. Brazzell, S. Brubacker, W. A. Bush, C. L. Benton, D. R. Brad- ford, H. Busson, D. Cook, G. Colton, T. D. Cooley, J. Davis, J. B.
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Dehart, A. B. Davenport, J. Davenport, T. Daley, J. Ennes, A. T. Freel, H. O. Gray, W. H. Henson, H. Huffman, J. Hicks, W. M. Heas- ton, J. Hopkins, S. B. Henry, W. Hart, A. H. Herider, G. Irwin, W. Jones, G. Jackson, A. Labross, J. W. Martin, N. L. D. Matthews, T. J. McFall, J. Miller, J. Murphy, Irwin Montgomery, E. Phillips, J. Poush, H. Poush, C. Poush, E. Reedy, J. B. Richardson, P. Strait, T. B. Schaeffer, F. M. Smith, W. Shoots, A. L. Simpson, J. M. Shively, R. J. Sturdevant, L. T. Shirley, G. Taylor, J. Q. Trimmer, J. Weaver, J. Wright, W. H. H. Wilson, D. Wright, J. Williams, W. Wooden and W. N. Wiley.
The organization of the Thirty-fifth was perfected December 3, 1863, and immediately thereafter it took the field. During the greater part of that year it was stationed at Helena, Ark., and participated in the battle at that place, on the 4th of July, of the same year, and lost heavily in the engagement. In June, 1864, the regiment with others, under the command of Gen. N. B. Buford, "proceeded down the Mississippi River; up the White, to cut off through that into the Arkansas; up the last mentioned river, into the neighborhood of Arkansas Post, for the purpose of ascertaining the strength of a rebel force then organizing under Shelby, Daubin and others." Having accomplished this object the expedition returned to Helena, June 26. The following month the regiment participated in a hotly contested battle, with a portion of Shelby and Daubin's forces, cutting their way through the enemy's lines three times, with the loss of their gal- lant leader, three officers and thirty-seven men. During the fall of 1864, and the spring and early summer of 1865, the Thirty-fifth was engaged in guerrilla warfare, picket and garrison duty. It was honorably discharged from the service on the 28th of June, 1865, at Little Rock, Ark.
Company E, Forty-third Infantry .- This company was made up wholly of Harrison County men, and was recruited in the fall of 1864. The organization was effected with the following commissioned officers: Simeon Sutton, captain; William Canady, first lieutenant, and Daniel D. Boyce, second lieutenant. Privates-John S. Allen, Thomas B. Al- len, Thomas J. Adair, Hezekiah Allen, Charles W. Barber, A. Boothe, Benjamin R. Brower, David E. Bain, Burgess Barber, Benjamin Bridges, William Blake, Lewis H. Barger, Philip Butcher, John Bogue, John S. Cook, Jesse Charleston, Thomas J. Carson, William F. Cain, Jeremiah Cooper, M. V. B. Eisenbarger, David Elliott, Orlando Elliott, Robert S. Ellis, George W. Fletcher, Daniel J. Gil- liland, Samuel N. Glaze, William H. Gillpatrick, James P. Garton,
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John S. Davis, John A. Delong, Samuel Davis, Charles L. Davis, Dicurgus Hammer, James F. Hamaker, David Honn, Ephraim L. Hampton, Charles L. Hall, Joseph N. Koontz, Jonathan Sundy, Rob- ertson Lafallett, David C. Moore, Daniel B. Miller, Samuel V. Mc- Henry, Thomas Moore, George V. Murphy, George W. Myers, James M. Nevill, Joshua A. Officer, Conrad Poush, James N. Richardson, Jacob H. Richardson, Aurelius Richardson, T. J. Robertson, William H. Richardson, Christopher Rife, F. B. Sherer, John Fowler, Will- iam R. Fowler, Thomas B. Thompson, John L. Thompson, Jacob F. Templeman, Samuel Ulin, R. B. Wilson, C. H. Weldon, William G. Weldon, James J. Weldon, Stephen W. Watson, Joseph Wright, Levi Wooden, Hugh Foster, John E. Frasier, Lewis R. Glenn, Elbert Hogan, William A. Inhope, Darius Looman, M. P. Magee, Adam Osborn, Isaac Phillibaum, John H. Poynter, F. R. Quigley, Marcus Rakestraw, William Shipley, William J. Travis, Martin V. Toombs, Richard F. Utter, Silas W. Wagner, Richard P. Holaway, Franklin B. Young.
The Forty-third was organized as a regiment on the 22d of Sep- tember, 1864, and mustered into service June 30, 1865. Several companies participated in the battle of Glasgow October 15, 1864, after which, until discharged in 1865, the regiment was actively engaged in an irregular guerrilla warfare.
Company H, Twelfth Cavalry Missouri Volunteers, was organized in Harrison County in January, 1864, by Preston Sharp, and num- bered about sixty men. The officers were S. S. Vansyckel, captain, served from February, 1864, to April 29, 1864. His successor, John Collar, served from the latter date until the regiment disbanded in 1865. Preston Sharp, first lieutenant, from February, 1864, until expiration of term of service; Daniel Johns, second lieutenant, from February 25, 1864, until June 2, 1864; James R. Allen, his successor in the office, from July 9, 1864, until February 17, 1865; Alexander Fort- une, from March, 1865, until the regiment was discharged. The Twelfth Cavalry was assigned to duty in St. Louis in 1864, and later was attached to the First Division Cavalry District of West Tennessee, commanded by Brig. - Gen. Hatch. Its first battle was an engagement at Grant, on the Tallahatchie River, near Abbeyville; later formed a part of Gen. A. J. Smith's command on his expedition to Oxford, Miss., in which campaign it bore a conspicuous and brilliant part; was engaged in battle with Hood's army in November, 1864, and in December took part in the first day's battle before Nashville, and was one of the first regiments to reach the enemy's works, capturing seven
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pieces of artillery and about 250 prisoners. After performing various kinds of duty in Northern Mississippi and other parts of the South, the regiment was ordered to report to Gen. Dodge, commanding the department of Missouri, and later was detached and assigned duty in the West. During the summer of 1865 the regiment was engaged in Indian warfare on the Powder River and Yellowstone, in which the men behaved with characteristic gallantry.
Missouri State Militia .- Company I, First Cavalry, Missouri State Militia, was raised in Harrison County in the spring of 1862. Officers: Milton Burris, captain; John H. Smith, first lieutenant, and Daniel Shumate, all of whom served until honorably discharged in April, 1865. The First Cavalry was commanded by Col. James Mc- Ferran, and was engaged principally in guerrilla warfare in various counties of Missouri. It did gallant service and took an active part in a great many skirmishes with irregular Confederates and bushwhack- ers, and secured peace and quiet to the region where it operated.
Company E, Third Cavalry, Missouri State Militia, was organized April, 1862, with Capt. Charles B. McAfee in command. L. Corn- wall was first lieutenant, and served from April, 1862, until the 12th of the succeeding month, when he was succeeded by William C. Frazee, who served from May 14, 1862, until September 23, 1862, at which time Stephen C. Clark was promoted to the position. William H. Burns served as second lieutenant from April, 1862, until the fol- lowing September, and in October Thomas Perkins was promoted to the office.
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