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SIR :- In pursuance of the order of Brig .- Gen. B. M. Prentiss, commanding 6th Division, Army of West Tennessee, I, on Saturday [April 5] proceeded to a reconnoissance on the front of the line of Gen. Prentiss' division, and on the front of Gen. Sherman's division. My command consisted of three companies from the 21st Missouri Regiment, companies commanded by Capts. Cox, Harle and Pearce. A thorough reconnaissance over the extent of three miles failed to discover the enemy. Being unsuccessful, as stated, I returned to my encamp- ment about 7 P. M.
On Sunday morning, the 6th inst., at about 6 o'clock, being notified that the picket guard of the 1st Brigade, 6th Division, had been attacked and driven in, by order of Col. Everett Peabody, commanding the 1st Brigade, 6th Division, I advanced, with five companies of my command, a short distance from the outer line of our encampment. I met the retreating pickets of the 1st Brigade bring- ing in their wounded. Those who were able for duty I ordered and compelled to return to their posts, and learning that the enemy were advancing in force, I advanced with the remaining companies of my regiment, which companies
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having joined me, I ordered an advance and attacked the enemy, who was com- manded by Brig .- Gen. Ruggles, of the rebel army. A terrific fire was opened upon us, from the whole front of the four or five regiments forming the advance of the enemy, which my gallant soldiers withstood during thirty minutes, until I had communicated the intelligence of the movement against us to my com- manding general.
About this time, being myself severely wounded, the bone of the leg below the knee being shattered, I was compelled to retire from the field, leaving Lieut .- Col. Woodyard in command. D. MOORE, CAPT. HENRY BINMORE, Col. 21st Mo. Volunteers.
A. A. G. 6th Div. Army West Tenn.
HEADQUARTERS 21ST MO. INFANTRY, PITTSBURG, Tenn., April 12, 1862.
SIR :- I have the honor to report that on the morning of the 6th of April, before sunrise, Gen. Prentiss ordered Col. Moore, with five companies of our regiment, to sustain the pickets of the 12th Michigan Infantry. The colonel had not proceeded more than half a mile when he met the pickets coming in, with many killed and wounded. Col. Moore immediately dispatched Lieut. Menn for the remaining five companies. Gen. Prentiss, being in camp, ordered me to join Col. Moore. We marched some 300 yards together, after I formed the junction, in a nearly westerly direction, by a flank movement, four ranks, when the head of the column came to the northwest corner of a cotton field. We were here fired upon, and Col. Moore received a severe wound in the right leg, and Lieut. Menn was wounded in the head. I then assumed com- mand of the regiment, and formed a line of battle on the brow of a hill on the cotton field, facing nearly west. I held this position for some half or three- quarters of an hour, and kept the enemy in check. He fell back and endeavored to outflank me. Discovering this, I moved my line to the north of the field again. I was then joined by four companies of the 16th Wisconsin Infantry. Having no field officers with them, I ordered them to a position east of the field, and as soon as this was done joined them with my command. This line of bat- tle was formed facing south behind a small incline, enabling my men to load and be out of range of the enemy's fire. The position proved a strong one, and we managed to hold it for upward of an hour. Finding they could not dislodge us, the enemy again tried to outflank us and deal a cross-fire. I then fell back in good order, firing as we did so, to the next hill. Col. Peabody, commanding 1st Brigade, here came up with the 25th Missouri Regiment. I requested him to bring his men up to the hill on our right, as it would afford protection to his men, and be of assistance to my command. He did so, but the enemy coming by heavy main center and dealing a heavy cross-fire from our right and left, we could not maintain this position for over thirty minutes. We gradually began to fall back, and reached our tents, when the ranks got broken in passing through them. We endeavored to rally our men in the rear of our tents, and formed as well as could be expected, but my men got much scattered, a great many falling into other regiments under the immediate command of Gen. Pren- tiss. Others divided to other divisions, but continued to fight during the two days.
Falling back to the second hill Maj. Barnabas B. King received a mortal wound, and died in about thirty minutes. He rendered me great assistance in the action, cheering on and encouraging the men. His death is a heavy loss to
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us. He was ever active, energetic and at his post of duty, vigilant in attending to the wants of the men. Adjt. C. C. Tobin, who is now missing, also proved himself very active on the field. He is supposed to be a prisoner, and taken at the same time with Gen. Prentiss.
I can not too highly praise the conduct of the officers and men of my command, and of the companies of the 16th Wisconsin who acted in con- cert with me.
Respectfully submitted,
H. M. WOODYARD,"
CAPT. HENRY BINMORE, Lieut .- Col. Comm'dg 21st Mo. Regiment. A. A. G. 6th Div. Army West Tenn.
The loss of the regiment in the battle of Shiloh was one offi- cer (Maj. King) and seventeen men killed, four officers and forty-two men wounded, three officers and sixty-one men taken prisoners-total, 128.
In the battle of Corinth, Miss., October 3 and 4, 1862, the regiment was engaged, losing one man killed, seventeen wounded and six missing. In the first day's fight Col. Moore's horse was killed, and, falling upon its rider, severely injured his ampu- tated leg, necessitating his retirement from the field. The regi- ment was led thereafter during the fight by Maj. Edwin Moore. It captured about 900 prisoners, including many wounded.
Soon after the battle of Corinth the regiment was sent back to Missouri to recruit. It reached Canton October 28, nearly 400 strong. In a few months the regiment again went south, and during the greater part of the remainder of the year 1863 was stationed in the vicinity of Columbus, Ky., Union City, Tenn., and Memphis.
During the year 1864 it participated in many important expeditions. About the 1st of February it arrived at Vicksburg, Miss., by steamboat from Memphis. En route, opposite Island No. 70, the boat was fired upon by guerrillas, and three men of the Twenty-first were killed and four · wounded The regiment accompanied Gen. Sherman's command on the raid to Meridian, and formed a part of Gen. Banks' ill-fated Red River expedition. Returning to Memphis, it accompanied the division sent out to retrieve the Federal defeat at Guntown, and was engaged in the battle at Tupelo, Miss., July 14. Its part in this engagement is thus described:
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HEADQUARTERS 21ST MISSOURI INFANTRY, VOLUNTEERS, -
MEMPHIS, Tennessee, July 18, 1864. S
Lieutenant Samuel D. Sawyer, A. A. A. G. 1st Brigade,
LIEUTENANT :- I have the honor to report the part taken by the 21st Missouri Infantry Volunteers, at the battle of Tupelo, on the 14th day of July, 1864.
About six o'clock, A. M., we were formed in a line of battle with the brigade, the 119th Illinois Infantry Volunteers, being on our left and the 58th Illinois Infantry on ourright. About 7:30 A. M., the enemy opened on us with artillery, which continued until 9 o'clock, A. M., when they advanced their infantry in line of battle, driving in our skirmishers precipitately. They came within twenty paces of our line, when I gave the order to fire and immediately after to advance. The fire was well directed, and took the enemy by surprise, who fled in great disorder with the regiment in pursuit, and for fifteen or twenty minutes a continuous and deadly fire was poured in upon them; its effect was visible on the field. There being no enemy in sight, after advancing four hundred and fifty yards, we returned to our former position, and were not again attacked during the day, although frequently subjected to a heavy artillery fire.
The officers and men of the command behaved with the utmost gallantry, obeying every order with that promptness which secures success. Our loss was one man killed and fifteen wounded.
EDWIN MOORE,
Lieutenant Colonel 21st Missouri Infantry, Volunteers, Commanding.
In the fall of 1864 it was sent by boat with its division, Gen. A. J. Smith's, to Missouri, to assist in expelling Gen. Price's army from the State. It saw service on the Iron Mountain Rail- road, and accompanied its division in the long, hard march across the State, from St. Louis to near the Kansas line, and back again. On its return to St. Louis it was sent to Nashville, with the greater portion of Gen. Smith's command, to re-enforce Gen. Thomas against Gen. Hood.
Of the services of the regiment during the year 1865, includ- ing its part in the operations around Mobile, Col. Best reports:
HEADQUARTERS 21ST MISSOURI INFANTRY, VETERAN VOLUNTEERS, } MOBILE, Alabama, October 31, 1865. 5
Colonel Samuel P. Simpson, Adjutant- General of Missouri,
COLONEL :- In compliance with your request, I have the honor to make the following report of operation of this regiment from the 1st day of January to the present date:
On the 1st of January the regiment, then a portion of the 1st Brig., 2d Div., detachment Army of the Tennessee (Major-General A. J. Smith com- manding) was marching in pursuit of the rebel General Hood's army, on the road leading from Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, to Clifton, Tennessee; arrived at Clifton on the 2d of January, it embarked on a steamer en route for Eastport, Mississippi, where it arrived and went into camp on the 7th day of January. On the 1st day of February, two companies, G and H, of the 24th Missouri Infantry Volunteers, was consolidated into the regiment. On the 5th of Feb- ruary, one company, Company A, was detached for provost duty at the head-
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quarters detachment of the Army of the Tennessee. Remained in camp at East- port, performing usual routine of picket and guard duty, until February 9, when it embarked on board a transport en route for New Orleans, Louisiana, where it arrived February 21; disembarked and went into camp February 22. The designation of the Army of the Tennessee was there changed to 16th Army Corps. The regiment was here detailed to guard the transportation of the 2d Division, 16 th Army Corps, and remained until March the 22d, when one company, Company B, was left in charge of the transportation, and the regi- ment proceeded per steamer to join the army on the west side of Fish river, Alabama, near its mouth, at which place it arrived, and went into camp with the army on the 24th day of March. On the 25th and 26th of March, it moved with the army to within three miles of Spanish Fort, where the 2d Division, 16th Army Corps, threw up fortifications facing to the rear; remained there until April 3d, when the division moved to and began operations against Fort Blakely, Alabama. It took part in the many skirmishes in the approach and siege of Fort Blakely, and lost several men killed and wounded, and on the 9th of April did their whole duty in the charge on and capture of the fortifications and their rebel defenders.
In the capture of that place two of the color bearers were killed, but the colors were successfully planted on the works before that of any of the many others that were fully as anxious as the 21st to have their flag first. The loss of the regiment was about equal to that of the whole brigade, it being on the extreme left of the army, which was not equal to the front of the enemy's works, causing a cross fire of artillery and musketry to be given it from the enemy's right; after the capture of the fort the regiment marched about 472 miles to brigade headquarters, having in charge and reporting over five hundred rebel prisoners, officers and enlisted men, among them two rebel generals.
On the 13th of April it started with the 16th Corps on the march for Mont. gomery, Alabama, at which place it arrived on the 27th of April, and went into camp about two miles northeast of the city. On the 19th day of May, Company B joined the regiment from New Orleans, where it had been detached to guard the transportation of the division. The regiment remained in camp near Mont- gomery until June the 1st, when it started on the march with the brigade to Providence, landing on the Alabama river; arriving at Providence June 4, em- barked on steamer en route for Mobile, Alabama, where it arrived and went into camp near the city.
Since that time it has been doing duty in the district of Mobile, with head- quarters in the city. Companies are serving at different places in the district irregularly, the companies and stations having been changed frequently, except - ing Company A, which remained on duty at the headquarters 16th Army Corps until July, when it rejoined the regiment at Mobile, Alabama. The regiment at present is serving as follows, with headquarters at Mobile: Companies A, C, D, E, F and G doing duty in the city of Mobile; Company B at Sparta, Alabama; Company H at St. Stephens, Alabama; Company I at Claibourne, Alabama. The duty performed by the regiment in the city is very hard, requiring the men to go on duty every other day.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
JOSEPH G. BEST,
Lieutenant Colonel Commanding Regiment.
Most of the men re-enlisted during the winters of 1863 and
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1864 and were furloughed to their homes for thirty days. These served until April 19, 1866, and were mustered out at Mobile, Ala. The non-veterans were discharged at the expiration of their three years' term of service. After the re-enlistment the veterans and the recruits were formed into what was known as the 21st Missouri Veteran Volunteer Infantry ; the designation "Veteran" was justly regarded as a mark of distinction, and was only applied to regiments a majority of whose members had served honorably for three years and re-enlisted.
During its term of service, according to the reports in the State adjutant-general's office, the Twenty-first Missouri had 3 officers and 63 men killed or mortally wounded in action; 3 offi- cers and 165 men died of disease; 2 men were drowned; 207 were discharged for disability incurred in the line of duty; 31 officers resigned; 70 men were dropped from the rolls, and prior to the final muster-out 8 officers and 331 men were honorably dis- charged, for expiration of term and for other reasons. .
OFFICIAL ROSTER OF THE REGIMENT, WITH DATE OF MUSTER.
Col. D. Moore, Jan. 17, 1862; mustered out expiration term, Feb. 11, 1865. Col. James J. Lyon, Aug. 17, 1865; resigned as lieut .- col., Aug. 7, 1865. . Col. Joseph G. Best, Sept. 30, 1865.
Lt .- Col. H. M. Woodyard, Jan. 17, 1862; resigned Jan. 27, 1864.
Lt .- Col. Edwin Moore, March 30, 1864; mustered out exp. term, Feb. 11, 1865.
Lt .- Col. James J. Lyon, April 20, 1865; promoted colonel.
Lt .- Col. Joseph G. Best, Aug. 17, 1865; promoted colonel.
Lt .- Col. Henry McGonigle, Sept. 30, 1865.
Maj. Barnahas B. King, Jan. 17, 1862; killed at Pittsburg, Tenn. Apr. 7, 1862. Maj. Edwin Moore, May 27, 1862; promoted lt .- col., March 30, 1864.
Maj. George W. Fulton, Aug. 5, 1864; resigned Dec. 11, 1864.
Maj. Charles W. Tracy, Jan. 25, 1865; revoked.
Maj. James J. Lyon, Sept. 29, 1864; trans'd from 24th Mo. Inf'y, pro'd lt .- col. Maj. Joseph G. Best, May 30, 1865; promoted lt .- col., Aug. 17, 1865.
Maj. Henry McGonigle, Aug. 17, 1865; promoted lt .- col., Sept. 30, 1865.
Maj. . E. K. Blackburn, Sept. 30, 1865.
Adj't. Chas. C. Tobin, March 27 1862; died of disease, May 6, 1862.
Adj't. Jas. B. Comstock, July 9, 1863; promoted capt. and A. A. G., U. S. V. : Adj't. Stephen Hall, Aug. 2, 1865.
Q. M. D. W. Pressell, March 25, 1862.
Surg. R. H. Wyman, Dec. 21, 1861; mustered out S. O., 241, April 23.
Surg. R. H. Wyman, May 21, 1862; restored to service; resig'd June 11, 1862. Surg. David Skillings, June 18, 1862; vacated by S. O. 108, A. G. O. Mo.
Surg. J. H. Seaton, July 26, 1862; resigned June 2, 1863.
Surg. Allen C. Roberts, July 9, 1862.
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Asst .- Surg. J. H. Seaton, March 25, 1862; promoted surgeon, July 22, 1862. Asst .- Surg. W. Knickerbocker, April 25, 1863.
Asst .- Surg. F. G. Stanley, June 12, 1863. Chap. John H. Cox, May 20, 1862; resigned April 23, 1864.
COMPANY A.
Capt. Charles Yust, March 27, 1862. 1st. Lt. Henry Menn, March 27, 1862; resigned July 12, 1862.
1st. Lt. August Glæser, July 22, 1862; resigned April 21, 1864. 1st. Lt. Thos. E. Amburn, Nov. 26, 1864.
2d Lt. Edwin Turner, March 27, 1862; resigned May 1, 1862. 2d Lt. Edward F. Nelson, May 27, 1862; resigned Oct. 27, 1864. 2d Lt. Geo. F. Malthaner, Sept. 30, 1865.
COMPANY B.
Capt. Joseph Story, March 27, 1862; resigned July 12, 1862. Capt. Josiah Davis, Jan. 5, 1862. 1st Lt. L. D. Woodruff, March 27, 1862; resigned July 13, 1862. 1st Lt. Richard Rees, Aug. 2, 1862.
2d Lt. Edward Fox, March 27, 1862; died May 19, 1862.
2d Lt. Jeremy Hall, Oct. 4, 1862; must'd out exp. term, Dec. 5, 1864. 2d Lt. Owen S. Hagle, Sept. 30, 1865.
COMPANY C.
Capt. Simon Pearce, March 27, 1862; mustered out March, 1865. Capt. Benj. S. Palmer, Sept. 30, 1865.
1st Lt. William Lester, March 27, 1862; resigned March 29, 1862.
1st Lt. Wm. H. Simpson, May 20, 1862; resigned Aug. 31, 1862.
1st Lt. T. H. Richardson, Jan. 5, 1863; died at hospital, Memphis, June 11, 1862. 1st Lt. Frank M. Gough, Sept. 12, 1864; died of wounds April 10, 1865. 1st Lt. Stephen Hall, July 6, 1865; promoted adjutant, Aug. 20, 1865.
1st Lt. Benj. S. Palmer, Aug. 2, 1865; promoted captain.
1st. Lt. C. D. McDowell, Sept. 30, 1865.
2d Lt. T. H. Richardson, March 27, 1862; promoted 1st It. Co. C, Dec. 29, 1862. 2d Lt. James McFall, Jan. 5, 1863; resigned March 21, 1864.
2d Lt. Frank M. Gough, Aug. 22, 1864; promoted 1st lieutenant. 2d Lt. Ezra Hambleton, Sept. 30, 1865.
COMPANY D.
Capt. N. W. Murrow, March 27, 1862; resigned July 12, 1862.
Capt. Henry McGonigle, Oct. 4, 1862; promoted major, Aug. 17, 1865. Capt. Joshua Hagle, Sept. 30, 1865.
1st Lt. Henry McGonigle, March 27, 1862; promoted captain, July 13, 1862. 1st Lt. Joshua Hagle, Feb. 11, 1863; promoted captain.
1st Lt. Charles Norton, Sept. 30, 1865.
2d Lt. Louis J. Ainslie, March 27, 1862; resigned Oct. 22, 1862.
2d Lt. Joshua Hagle, Jan. 5, 1863; promoted 1st lieutenant, Feb. 24, 1863. 2d Lt. Charles C. Murray, Feb. 27, 1863; resigned Aug. 29, 1865. 2d Lt. Benj. F. Jenkins, Oct. 18, 1865.
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COMPANY E.
Capt. George W. Fulton, March 27, 1862; promoted major, Aug. 3, 1864. Capt. E. B. Shafer, Sept. 12, 1864.
1st Lt. T. M. McQuoid, March 27, 1862; resigned Dec. 17, 1862.
1st Lt. James B. Comstock, Feb. 24, 1863; commissioned adjutant.
1st Lt. E. B. Shafer, April 23, 1864; promoted captain.
1st Lt. Nehemiah D. Starr, Sept. 12, 1864; resigned Aug. 2, 1865. 1st Lt. Martin N. Sinnott, Sept. 30, 1865.
2d Lt. Wm. J. Pulius, March 27, 1862; resigned April 22, 1862.
2d Lt. James B. Comstock, Aug. 14, 1862; promoted 1st lt. Co. E, Jan. 1, 1863
2d Lt. E. B. Shafer, Feb. 24, 1863; promoted 1st It. Co. E, April 23, 1864.
2d Lt. N. D. Starr, May 24, 1864; promoted 1st lieutenant.
2d Lt. Martin Sinnott, Sept. 12, 1864; promoted 1st lieutenant.
2d Lt. William H. Smith, Sept. 30, 1865.
COMPANY F.
Capt. Joseph T. Farris, March 27, 1862; resigned Jan. 16, 1863.
Capt. Alex F. Tracy, Feb. 23, 1863; resigned Aug. 29, 1865.
Capt. Isaac C. Schram, Sept. 30, 1865.
1st Lt. Alex F. Tracy, March 27, 1862; promoted capt. Co. F, Jan. 17, 1863. 1st Lt. F. A. Whittemore, Feb. 23, 1863; mustered out exp. term, Feb. 11, 1865. 1st Lt. Richard D. Andrews, Sept. 30, 1865.
2d Lt. F. A. Whittemore, March, 27, 1862; promoted 1st It. Co. F, Jan. 17, 1863
2d Lt. Peter H. Orr, Feb. 23, 1863; killed while on picket duty, Oct. 27, 1863.
2d Lt. Isaac C. Schram, April 22, 1864; promoted captain.
2d Lt. David Danforth, Sept. 30, 1865.
COMPANY G.
Capt. T. H. Roseberry, March 27, 1862; resigned Aug. 31, 1862.
Capt. E. K. Blackburn, Jan. 5, 1863; promoted major, Sept. 30, 1865.
Capt. Daniel R. Allen, Sept. 30, 1865.
1st Lt. E. K. Blackburn, March 27, 1862; promoted capt. Co. G, Dec. 29, 1862. 1st Lt. Daniel R. Allen, Jan. 5, 1863; promoted capt. Co. G, Sept. 30, 1865.
1st Lt. Robert R. Harris, Sept. 30, 1865.
2d Lt. Dan'l R. Allen, March 27, 1862; promoted 1st lt. Co. G, Dec. 30, 1862. 2d Lt. Robt. R. Harris, Jan. 5, 1863; promoted 1st It. Sept. 30, 1865.
2d Lt. Thos. H. Roseberry, Sept. 30, 1865.
COMPANY H.
Capt. John H. Cox, March 27, 1862; com. chaplain April 22, 1862. Capt. Chas. W. Tracy, May 27, 1862.
Capt. James Smith, July 6, 1865.
1st Lt. Peter S. Washburn, March 27, 1862; resigned Aug. 31, 1862.
1st Lt. Logan Tompkins, Nov. 19, 1862; resigned Dec. 20, 1864. 1st Lt. James Smith, Feb. 24, 1865; promoted captain.
1st Lt. G. K. Jones, July 6, 1865.
2d Lt. Wm. P. Rickey, March 27, 1862; resigned April 22, 1862. 2d Lt. James Smith, May 27, 1862; promoted 1st It.
2d Lt. G. K. Jones, Feb. 24, 1865; promoted 1st lt. 2d Lt. Geo. Coffman, Sept. 30, 1865.
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COMPANY I.
Capt. Wm. Harle, March 27, 1862; resigned July 11, 1862,
Capt. Joseph G. Best, July 22, 1862; promoted major May 30, 1865.
Capt. Jeremiah Hamilton, July 6, 1865.
1st Lt. Joseph Oliver, March 27, 1862; resigned June 12, 1862.
1st Lt. Joseph G. Best, June 18, 1862; promoted captain,
1st Lt. Geo. W. Stine, Jan. 5, 1863; mustered out exp. term Dec. 5, 1864.
1st Lt. Jeremiah Hamilton, Dec. 17, 1864; promoted captain.
1st Lt. Henry Deems, July 6, 1865.
2d Lt. Hudson Rice, March 27, 1862; resigned July 22, 1862.
2d Lt. Geo. W. Stine, Aug. 2, 1862; promoted 1st lt.
2d Lt. Cyrenius Russell, Jan. 5, 1863; mustered out exp. term Feb. 3, 1865.
2d Lt. Wm. H. Smith, Sept. 30, 1865.
COMPANY K.
Capt. Frederic Leeser, March 27, 1862; resigned Jan. 7, 1863.
Capt. Louis Puster, March 28, 1863.
1st Lt. A. D. Starkweather, March 27, 1862; resigned Oct. 27, 1864.
1st Lt. Wm. A. Weaver, Dec. 16, 1864.
2d Lt. Geo. M. Davis, March 27, 1862; discharged for disability Dec. 11, 1863. 2d Lt. Carlton T. Shamp, Sept. 30, 1865.
THE SIXTY-NINTH ENROLLED MISSOURI MILITIA.
This organization was composed exclusively of men from Lewis and Clark Counties. It was formed under the orders of Gov. Gamble and Gen. Schofield in the summer and early fall of 1862, when the Confederate raiders were disturbing the country so seriously. The enrolled Missouri Militia were State troops exclusively. Their officers were commissioned by the governor, were subject to his orders and those of the commander of the Department of Missouri, and the men were paid by the State, though only for the time they were actually in service. This regiment never did a great deal of service. Some of the com- panies were not called out but two or three times.
Company D, from the southern part of Lewis, performed con- siderable duty. During the Porter raid it caught a number of rebel stragglers, and made frequent raids through the country. Some of the men won for themselves a hard name; the Secession- ists especially disliked them.
The murder of W. G. Flannigan and Jesse Mallory, two citi- zens of Marion County, by some of the members of this company was a terrible deed and wholly inexcusable. It was committed July 28, 1864, on the farm of William Dennis, in the southern
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part of this county, near the Tucker Mill. A squad of the company had that day visited the house of Mr. Mallory, and represented themselves as rebel bushwhackers. Mr. Mallory, who was an ardent Confederate sympathizer, was completely deceived, and gave his visitors a cordial welcome. In conversa- tion he admitted that he had frequently taken care of " the boys," as the bushwhackers were called by their friends, and sent for Mr. Flannigan, his neighbor, another "sympathizer," whom he wished his visitors to meet. At last the militiamen revealed their identity, and taking the two men prisoners bore them away and killed them. A Mr. Barr was taken at the same time, but was released before the killing. The bodies were not discovered until some time afterward, when they were found by a little girl who was hunting cows. When found they had been horribly mangled by hogs.
Company M, from Clark, did considerable active service. Capt. Haun and Lieut. Staples were detailed into the Provisional Militia, Second Regiment, and while in that service Lieut. Staples was killed in the bushwhacking affair at Fairmont.
Following is the official roster:
Col. W. M. Redding, Feb. 5, 1863; dismissed Oct. 13,,1863. Col. J. T. Howland, Oct. 21, 1863; revoked Feb. 11, 1865. Col. W. M. Redding, Feb. 11, 1865; vacated March 12, 1865. Lt .- Col. Elias Powell, April 9, 1863; vacated March 12, 1865. Maj. George H. Simpson, Feb. 22, 1863; vacated March 12, 1865. Adjt. Thomas Jeffries, Feb. 22, 1863; vacated March 12, 1865.
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