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The next company of volunteers, Missouri state militia cavalry, 3d reg- iment, was company B, mustered into service January 12, 1862, and commanded by Captain Abraham Allen, who was afterward promoted to be major of the 3d Missouri state militia cavalry, Captain Eli Hughes being the captain of said company B, which was afterward company K, of the 6th Missouri state militia cavalry.
The next company was company D, same regiment, commanded by Captain Austin A. King, jr., afterward colonel of the 13th Missouri vet- eran cavalry volunteers.
These companies were in the old 3d Missouri state militia cavalry, com- manded by Colonel Walter King, until consolidated, in accordance with special order No. 12, from headquarters of Missouri; February 4, 1863, they became part of the 6th regiment Missouri state militia cavalry, com- manded by Colonel E. C. Catherwood, and companies A and B became in the said 6th regiment companies I and K respectively; and company D of the 3d regiment was distributed among the different companies of the 6th Missouri state militia cavalry.
Company D of the 6th Missouri state militia cavalry, was from Ray county, and commanded at first by Captain William F. Kelso, who was succeeded by Captain Samuel E. Lanier.
Ray county also furnished a large number of recruits for company D, Captain James M. Morganson, 35th Missouri volunteers; company F, 19
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10th Missouri cavalry volunteers, Captain Fred R. Neet; company D, 12th regiment cavalry Missouri volunteers, Captain Charles Ernst; com- panies B and D, 13th Missouri cavalry, Captains Joel H. Shelley and John E. Mayo, respectively; company I, 26th Missouri infantry volunteers, Captain John McFall; companies B, F, and H, 44th regiment Missouri volunteers, Captains William Drumhiller, Isaac N. Henry, and Wm. D. Fortune, respectively.
Ray county also furnished a number of recruits for Kansas regiments. In addition to these, Ray county furnished a regiment of enrolled militia, the 51st E. M. M., ten companies, that were frequently called into active service until the close of the war.
In July, 1862, James W. Black was appointed and commissioned enrolling officer of Ray county, and mustering officer by General Benja- min Loan.
The enrollment of all male persons in Ray county, between the ages of eighteen and forty-five years, was commenced July 21, 1862, and com- pleted in the month following.
In August, 1862, a sufficient number of companies of the enrolled mili- tia, had been mustered in by J. W. Black, mustering officer, to form a reg- iment. The 51st regiment of enrolled Missouri militia was, therefore, duly organized. Two companies, Co's. I and K, were afterward mus- tered in, making ten companies in all, in said regiment.
On application of James W. Black, arms and equipments were fur- nished the 51st regiment E. M. M., in October, 1862, from the ordinance department of the state of Missouri, by order of Governor Hamilton R. Gamble. Also a considerable supply of clothing, blankets, &c., were fur- nished at the same time, from the quartermaster's department, of the state of Missouri, Colonel E. Anson Moore being quartermaster general of Missouri.
The regimental officers and company officers of the 51st regiment E. M. M., were as follows:
FIFTY-FIRST REGIMENT E. M. M.
A. J. Barr, colonel, commissioned October 2, 1862; vacated March 12, 1865.
James W. Black, lieutenant colonel, November 9, 1863; vacated March 12, 1865.
John Grimes, major, October 2, 1862; vacated March 12, 1865.
Rufus B. Finley, adjutant, December 12, 1862; vacated by special order 126, 1864.
Joseph E. Black, adjutant, September 17, 1864; vacated March 12, 1865.
Elisha Riggs, quartermaster, December 12, 1862; vacated March 12, 1865.
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Wm. W. Mosby, surgeon, October 28, 1862; vacated by special order 126, 1864.
Wm. W. Mosby, surgeon, August 10, 1864; vacated by special .order 126, 1864.
COMPANY A.
Clayton Tiffin, captain, October 2, 1862; detailed to 4th provisional regiment by S. O. No. 41, 7th district.
S. C. L. Watkins, first lieutenant, August 20, 1863; vacated March 12, 1865.
Isaac Mckown, second lieutenant, October 2, 1862; detailed to 4th provisional regiment by S. O. No. 41, 7th district.
COMPANY B.
Martin T. Reel, captain, October 2, 1862; vacated March 12, 1865.
G. W. Ray, first lieutenant, October 2, 1862; detailed to 4th provisional regiment by S. O. No. 47, 7th district.
G. W. Haven, second lieutenant, June 16, 1863; vacated March 12, 1865.
COMPANY C.
John Sacry, captain, October 2, 1862; vacated March 12, 1865.
Asa Brockman, first lieutenant, October 2, 1862; vacated March 12, 1865.
Anderson Elliott, second lieutenant, October 2, 1862; vacated March 12, 1865.
COMPANY D.
John Hawkins, captain, October 2, 1862; vacated March 12, 1865.
James T. Lemar, first lieutenant, October 2, 1862; vacated March 12, 1865.
Jesse C. Tunnage, second lieutenant, October 2, 1862; killed by guer- rillas July 18, 1864.
Wm. T. Gant, second lieutenant, August 3, 1864; vacated March 12, 1865.
COMPANY E.
Patten Colley, captain, October 2, 1862; vacated March 12, 1865.
John McKissock, first lieutenant, October 2, 1862; detailed to 4th pro- visional regiment by S. O. No. 47.
Miles Bristow, second lieutenant, October 2, 1862; vacated March 12, 1865.
COMPANY F.
D. P. Whitmer, captain, October 2, 1862; detailed to 4th provisional regiment by S. O. No. 47, 7th military district.
John D. Page, first lieutenant, October 2, 1862; killed in action July 8, 1864.
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William F. Rolston, first lieutenant, July 9, 1864; vacated March 12, 1865.
William F. Rolston, second lieutenant, October 2, 1862; promoted to first lieutenant July 14, 1864.
Robert F. H. Goode, second lieutenant, July 19, 1864; vacated March 12, 1865.
COMPANY G.
W. P. Milstead, captain, November 22, 1862; vacated by S. O. No. 126, July 28, 1864.
Lee Henry, captain, September 24, 1864; vacated March 12, 1865.
William Stone, first lieutenant, November 22, 1862; resigned April 22, 1864.
James Baker, first lieutenant, July 14, 1864; vacated March 12, 1866.
Lee Henry, second lieutenant, October 2, 1862; revoked by S. O. No. 126, 1864.
Jacob Lebo, second lieutenant, August 3, 1864; vacated March 12, 1865.
COMPANY H.
W. W. Mosby, captain, August 19, 1864; vacated March 12, 1865.
Solomon Craven, first lieutenant, October 2, 1862; vacated by special order No. 126, July 28, 1864.
Stephen Lewis, first lieutenant, August 3, 1864; vacated March 12, 1865.
John W. Shotwell, second lieutenant, October 2, 1862; vacated by S. (). No. 126, July 28, 1864.
G. A. Sanford, second lieutenant, August 3, 1864; vacated March 12, 1865.
COMPANY I.
J. E. Henderson, captain, December 13, 1862; vacated by S. O. No. 126, July 28, 1864.
John H. Cramer, captain, August 6, 1864; vacated March 12, 1865.
David Comer, first lieutenant, December 13, 1862; revoked by S. O. No. 126, July 28, 1864.
Willy Basham, first lieutenant, August 8, 1864; vacated March 12, 1865.
Thomas Baker, second lieutenant, December 13, 1862; vacated by S. O. No. 126, July 28, 1864.
J. H. McGlothlin, second lieutenant, August 6, 1864; vacated March 12, 1865.
COMPANY K.
Andrew J. Connor, captain, December 31, 1862; vacated March 12, 1865.
Burton Snowden, first lieutenant, December 31, 1862; vacated by S. O. No. 126, July 28, 1864.
Marion Phillips, second lieutenant, December 31, 1862; vacated by S. O. July 28, 1864.
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In July, 1863, James W. Black was appointed provost marshal of Ray county, Missouri, by Hon. Abram Comingo, provost marshal of the sixth district of Missouri, under the conscription act of congress, with orders to proceed to enrolling all male persons in Ray county, between the ages of eighteen and forty-five years, in three different classes, as specified in said orders, by suitable enrolling officers. In furtherance of these orders, J. W. Black appointed the following enrolling officers:
Richmond township-Joseph E. Black.
Camden and Fishing River townships-William A. Rothrock.
Knoxville and Polk townships-Oscar White.
Grape Grove and Crooked River townships-John N. Craven.
The enrollment of the county was completed in the fall of. 1863, and a full report made to District Provost Marshal Captain Abram Comingo, at Lexington, Missouri. A draft was not ordered until the spring of 1865, and only a few persons were drafted from Ray county. The war coming to a close shortly after, the drafted men were not required for the service.
In the fall and winter of 1863, a large number of colored soldiers were recruited from Ray county, and mustered into the service in St. Louis, Missouri, (Benton barracks.) They were assigned to duty and did service in the 18th, 62d, 65th, 67th, and 68th regiments, United States colored troops. Companies A and B, 62d United States colored troops, and company A, 67th United States colored troops, were composed largely of colored troops, recruited from Ray county, Missouri, and continued in the service until after the close of the war.
The first engagement in Ray county, Missouri, was in October, 1861, and was called McVeigh's fight, from the name of the farmer who owned the farm near the scene of the fight, about six miles northeast of Knox- ville, Missouri. The forces engaged were a portion of Major M. L. James' battalion of six months' men, on the side of the government, against Colonel John Bagby's and Captain Lewis M. Beet's force of Confederate recruits. It was a spirited little fight for a short time, but resulted in very little injury on either side.
During the summer and fall of 1864, large bodies of guerrillas, under command of Todd, Thailkeld, Bill Anderson, and other noted leaders, passed through the county at different times, committing some depreda- tions, and once in a while having an engagement with the Ray county enrolled Missouri militia.
On September 18, 1864, a portion of company F, 51st E. M. M., that were stationed at "Shaw's Shop " (Morton), in the eastern part of Ray county, under command of Lieutenant William F. Rallston, of said com- pany F, were surprised by a large force of guerrillas, under command of Todd. Before a retreat could be effected, a number of the soldiers of Lieutenant Rallston's command were killed. The following are the
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names of the soldiers killed in this action: William W. Harris, Elias McBee, Napoleon B. Petty, Joseph S. Salmon, John H. Phillips, and Nicholas C. Lozier.
The guerrillas met with but slight loss, only one of their men being severely wounded. Robert P. Endsley, of company F, was taken pris- oner by the guerrillas, and after being detained some time, was released by them.
The complete surprise at Shaw's Shop of company F, was owing to the guerrillas being clothed in Federal uniforms, and deceiving the pickets.
On the 17th of July, 1864, an engagement took place near Fredericks- burg, Ray county, not far from the Ray and Clay county line. The forces engaged were Captain Moses' company (company M), of the 2d Colo- rado cavalry volunteers, and a large force of guerrillas and Confederates, amounting to about 300 in all, under command of Colonel Thailkeld. Captain Moses' company was badly routed, with the loss of six men killed and several wounded. The superior force of Colonel Thailkeld com- pelled a rapid retreat of the company.
After the engagement, Thailkeld, with his command, marched rapidly in the direction of Richmond, Missouri, deflecting from their course at Elkhorn, in order to capture a company of men at Albany, Ray county, that had been recruited for the 44th Missouri volunteers (company B).
They were, however, disappointed in capturing the company, as it had left Albany, and taken up its line of march for the assistance of the gar- rison at Richmond. They then returned the morning following, to the Richmond road.
The news of the heavy force approaching Richmond was received there on Sunday, about 2 o'clock in the afternoon, and caused considerable alarm, as there were only thirty men of company F, 51st E. M. M., to guard the post, a number of the soldiers being on duty elsewhere at that time.
Captain David P. Whitmer was in command of the forces at Richmond, and made vigorous efforts to defend the post. He sent for reinforcements to Lexington, Missouri, and an urgent call for the company at Albany, Missouri, to come to his assistance. The company at Albany came at once that evening, but no reinforcements from Lexington, (Colonel McFerran commanding there) until the next day.
The citizens of Richmond and vicinity were called upon by Captain Whitmer for assistance in protecting the city from the great danger threatened, and a large number of them nobly responded to the call. The small force of soldiers and citizens that had volunteered for the defense of the place, lay on their arms all that night, expecting an attack of the enemy at every moment. On the Monday morning following,
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Captain Clayton Tiffin, who had been stationed at Liberty, Clay county, Missouri, with his company C, of the 4th provisional regiment, arrived with his company, and was shortly followed by a battalion of the 2d Col. cavalry volunteers, under command of Major Prichard, and strongly reinforced the brave little garrison. The attack of the enemy was anxiously awaited, but Colonel Thailkeld, finding the force too strong for him, changed his line of march, leaving the Richmond road, three miles west of Richmond; he took a northeast course, crossing the Knox- ville road north of Richmond, at Yokum's farm.
Major Prichard, on learning this, gave hot pursuit of the enemy with his battalion of the 2d Col. cavalry volunteers.
Captain Whitmer and his brave little garrison of thirty men, and the citizens of Richmond, who rallied to his assistance in defending their city from the threatened danger at that time, were highly complimented for their gallantry, as also, were Major Abraham Allen, Captain C. Tiffin, Major Prichard and others, who had so promptly and rapidly marched to the assistance of the garrison and the rescue of Richmond.
On the 8th of July, 1864, a portion of company F, 51st E. M. M., engaged a considerable force of bushwhackers.
Lieutenant John D. Page, of company F, while making a charge with some of his men, was drawn into an ambuscade, and received a heavy fire from the concealed enemy. In this fight Lieutenant Page was killed, Lieutenant Robert F. Goode badly wounded, and William Fields badly wounded, who afterward died of his wounds. Lieutenant John D. Page was an active, energetic officer, performed fine service in his company, and was greatly endeared to his fellow soldiers.
On the 15th of July, 1864, an engagement took place on Waconda creek, in Carroll county, Missouri, with the forces under the command of Captain Clayton Tiffin, and a large body of bushwhackers, under the command of Bill Anderson. After a short but stubborn fight, the bush- whackers were repulsed, and dislodged from their well selected position. In this engagement James A. Hess was killed. He was a recruit for company B, 44th Missouri volunteers, that was then organizing. Howell Searcy, Joel Spitzer, and a number of others were also killed in this engagement, and George W. Elliott and others badly wounded.
October 27, 1864, a heavy force of guerrillas, under the command of Bill Anderson, were repulsed near Albany, Ray county, by a portion of the 51st regiment, E. M. M., commanded by Major John Grimes, and a portion of the Daviess company E. M. M., commanded by Major Samuel P. Cox, of the 1st cavalry, M. S. M. In this engagement Bill Anderson, the noted bushwhacker, was killed, while making a desperate charge. The Ray county troops and the Daviess county troops in the action, behaved with great coolness and gallantry. The arrangement of the
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forces, and the planning of the method in which the attack was to be brought on, were well conceived, and admirably carried out. They reflected the highest honor upon the officers in command. On the fall of their leader, the bushwhackers, who had met with some loss from the well directed fire of the Ray county and Daviess county troops, made a hasty retreat, and left Ray county that night.
The last engagement in Ray county, Missouri, was about six miles northeast of Richmond, near Dr. Horace King's farm, on the 23d of May, 1865. The forces engaged were a portion of Captain Clayton Tiffin's command and a force of guerrillas under the command of Arch Clemens. It was a sharp engagement for a short time, and resulted in the rout of the guerrillas.
In this engagement Madison S. Walker was killed. He had been a private in company D, 35th Missouri volunteers and 5th regiment of vet- eran reserve corps, and volunteered in the spring of 1865, in Captain Tiffin's company.
On the following day after the fight a force of volunteers from Rich- mond gave Arch Clemens and the bushwhackers a hot pursuit.
This engagement of Captain Tiffin's company with Arch Clemens' command on the 23d day of May, 1865, was emphatically the last one of the war.
Captain Clayton Tiffin's company was the last one in active service in Ray county, Missouri. It was an efficient company in every respect, and performed splendid service during the war. The captain won a deserv- ing reputation for gallantry and bravery in his long term of service, and is greatly endeared to troops of friends.
Captain Patton Colley, of company E, 51st regiment, E. M. M .; Lieu- tenant John D. Page, of company F, and Lieutenant Jesse C. Tunnage, of company D, same regiment, were killed by guerrillas in July, 1864.
Simon McKissack, company B, 3d M. S. M. cavalry, was killed at Springfield, January 8, 1863.
Lieutenant Riley B. Riggs, company K, 6th M. S. M. cavalry volun- teers, was killed October 9, 1864.
Thomas H. Elliott, of same company, was killed October 23, 1864, near Jefferson City at the time of the invasion of Missouri by General Sterling Price.
Lieutenant John McKissack, company B, 44th Missouri volunteers, was killed at Spanish Fort, Alabama.
FLAG PRESENTATIONS.
At the time General B. M. Prentiss passed through Camden, Ray county, December 5, 1861, with a large Federal force, the Union ladies of the place presented him with a beautiful flag of the stars and stripes that they had wrought. The general, on receiving it, made a most eloquent
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speech, paying a beautiful tribute to the patriotism of the ladies, com- plimenting them highly for their efforts in behalf of their country; that it was the first mark of encouragement and sympathy his troops had received on their march from St. Joseph down to that place; that they would bear it to battle with them, and amid charging squadrons, the roar of artillery, and the clashing of steel in the fiery conflict of contending armies, they would proudly bear it aloft, and in gazing on its proud folds remember the noble donors, the fair and patriotic ladies of Camden.
In April, 1862, a beautiful union flag was presented company A, 3d M. S. M. cavalry volunteers, commanded by Captain Andrew Elliott, by the ladies of Camden, near the residence of Willis Warriner, Esq., on the lofty eminence overlooking the Missouri river.
J. W. Black, on behalf of the ladies of Camden, presented the flag to the soldiers of company A, with a neat and appropriate speech, as they were drawn up in a long and imposing line. It was received by them with great enthusiasm, and borne by them as the banner of their company through their long and arduous campaigns in southwest Missouri.
On returning home after the close of the war, this flag was brought with them, and is now in the possession of one of the old soldiers of com- pany A, that afterward was company L, of the 6th M. S. M. cavalry volunteers.
From the foregoing pages it will be seen that Ray county furnished a large number of soldiers for both the armies of the Federal government, and the southern Confederacy, and wherever her sons served they did their duty well.
After peace was restored in 1865, the sublime spectacle was presented of the soldiers of the "blue and gray " living peaceably together and fol- lowing the same pursuits, glorying in the same common country, its pro- gress and renown, its great present and unbounded future.
The Missouri militia in the counties of Ray, Clay, Platte and Clinton, were organized in 1865 by Robert S. Moore, colonel 14th regiment, Mis- souri militia, and Joseph E. Black, adjutant 1st regiment M. M.
The war having closed shortly after this organization of the Missouri militia was completed, they were not required to perform any active service.
The following are the names of the officers and privates who composed company B, 3d regiment, Missouri state militia volunteers. This com- pany was organized in December, 1861, and was mustered into the service of the United States in January, 1862, commanded by Captain Abraham Allen, who was afterward promoted to be major of the 3d Missouri state militia cavalry. The officers of the company when mustered into the service in January, 1862, were Abraham Allen, captain, to rank from
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January 11, 1862; Eli Hughes, 1st lieutenant, to rank from January 11, 1862; Riley B. Riggs, 2d lieutenant, to rank from January 11, 1862.
On promotion of Captain Abraham Allen to be major of 3d regiment, M. S. M. cavalry, to rank from June 12, 1862, Eli Hughes became captain of company B, to rank from July 1, 1862; Riley B. Riggs, became first lieutenant of company B, to rank from July 1, 1862; Wm. N. Perkins became second lieutenant of company B, to rank from July 1, 1862.
This company was in the 3d regiment of Missouri state militia volun- teers, commanded by Colonel Walter King, until consolidated in accord- ance with special order number twelve, from headquarters state of Mis- souri, adjutant-general's office, St. Louis, Missouri, February 4, 1863, when company B, of the third M. S. M. cavalry volunteers was attached to 6th regiment, Missouri state militia volunteers as company K, in said 6th regiment.
PRIVATES IN COMPANY B.
David O. Wallace, first sergeant, enrolled January 12, 1862, at Rich- mond, Missouri.
George P. Cleavenger, second sergeant, enrolled January 11, 1862, at Richmond, Missouri.
David McGuire, third sergeant, enrolled March 7, 1862, at Richmond, Missouri.
Ambrose M. Watkins, fourth sergeant, enrolled January 1, 1862, at Richmond, Missouri.
James H. Fountain, sergeant, enrolled January 8, 1862, at Richmond, Missouri.
Andrew J. Odell, sergeant, enrolled January 11, 1862, at Richmond, Missouri.
Abraham Zimmerman, sergeant, enrolled January 1, 1862, at Richmond, Missouri.
James B. Bowlen, sergeant, enrolled January 8, 1862, at Richmond, Missouri.
William S. Gross, corporal, enrolled January 11, 1862, at Richmond, Missouri.
William Scoggins, corporal, enrolled January 9, 1862, at Richmond, Missouri.
Alfred W. Boon, corporal, enrolled January 11, 1862, at Richmond, Missouri.
John T. Soggins, corporal, enrolled January 9, 1862, at Richmond, Missouri.
John W. Nelson, corporal, enrolled January 1, 1861, at Richmond, Missouri.
Joseph Proffitt, corporal, enrolled January 11, 1862, at Richmond, Misouri.
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Aaron Odell, corporal, enrolled February 17, 1862, Richmond, Missouri. Christian Overman, corporal, enrolled January 11, 1862, at Richmond, Missouri.
John H. Hightower, bugler, enrolled April 22, 1862, at Richmond, Missouri.
Jeremiah A. Burchett, bugler, enrolled October 22, 1862, at Springfield, Missouri.
William J. Huchison, company smith, enrolled March 27, 1862, at Richmond, Missouri.
William E. Allbright, private, enrolled January 1, 1862, at Richmond, Missouri.
Austin P. Boon, private, enrolled January 11, 1862, at Richmond, Missouri.
William A. Bogart, private, enrolled March 22, 1862, at Richmond, Missouri.
Elijah Burgess, private, enrolled January 1, 1862, at Richmond, Missouri.
William Burnes, private, enrolled January 11, 1862, at Richmond, Missouri.
Joseph Campbell, private, enrolled January 1, 1862, at Richmond, Missouri.
James H. Campbell, private, enrolled January 1, 1862, at Richmond, Missouri.
George W. Coombes, private, enrolled January 1, 1862, at Richmond, Missouri.
Hiram M. Clark, private, enrolled January 11, 1862, at Richmond, Missouri.
Richard B. Clarke, private, enrolled January 1, 1862, at Richmond, Missouri.
George Cleavenger, private, enrolled January 11, 1862, at Richmond, Missouri.
William Dickie, private, enrolled January 11, 1862, at Richmond, Missouri.
Thomas H. Elliott, private, enrolled January 11, 1862, at Richmond, Missouri.
John W. Earl, private, enrolled April 22, 1862, at Richmond, Missouri.
Thomas J. Francis, private, enrolled January 9, 1862, at Richmond, Missouri.
William Free, private, enrolled April 2, 1862, at Richmond, Missouri.
Stephen J. Francis, private, enrolled January 24, 1862, at Springfield, Missouri.
William R. Gross, private, enrolled January 11, 1862, at Richmond, Missouri.
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