First Regiment State Militia (Battalion of) Taken From: Official Army Register of the Volunteer Force of the U.S. Army for the years 1861-65, 1865 Published: Washington, D.C: G.P.O. Microfiche [Bethesda, Maryland]: Congressional Information Service, 1911 (CIS Executive Branch Documents, 1789-1909: nos W312-1 to W31-8) References: CIS Index to U.S. Executive Branch Documents, 1789-1909, Part 2 This regiment (with the exception of Company M), was organized in the state of Missouri at large, from Feb. 3 to April 8, 1862, to serve three years. Company M was organized at Lexington, Mo., August 22, 1863, to serve three years. Companies A to L, inclusive, with the exception of the recruits, were mustered out by companies, at different dates, from Feb. 11 to April 14, 1865, by reason of expiration of term of service, and the recruits and Company M formed into a battalion of three companies and retained in service until July 7, 11, and 12, 1865, when it was mustered out. Captains Henry F. Peery, 8 April, 1862 John Wyckoff, 18 October, 1862 James D. Eads, 5 Jan., 1864 First Lieutenants John H. Smith, 3 April, 1862 Benjamin F. Johnson, 29 May, 1863 Joseph Augustine, 14 July, 1864 Second Lieutenant Alvin W. Johnson, 14 May, 1865 Resigned (25) Lt. Col. Alexander W. Woolfolk, March 25, 186? Major Samuel P. Cox, Jan. 26, 1863 Major Joseph H. McGee, Nov. 17, 1863 Capt. Oliver P. Phillips, April 20, 186? Capt. Wm. A. Shelton, Sept. 10, 186? Capt. Henry Wilkerson, Feb. 14, 1863 Capt. Wm. H. Felmsbee, Oct. 23, 1863 Capt. Horace B. Johnson, April 11, 1864 Capt. John Bellinger or Bollinger, June 26, 1864 1st Lt. George W. Thompson, Batt. Adj’t., Sept. 12, 1862 1st Lt. Alexander McLarren, Feb. 17, 1862(?) 1st Lt. Ambrose D. Christy, April 17, 1863(?) 1st Lt. Matthew T. S- - - n, Jan. 4, 1864 1st Lt. Nathan T. Rogers, April 11, 1864 1st Lt. Seymour E. Cobb, Aug. 3, 1864 2nd Lt. Samuel Hulet, Nov. 3, 186? 2nd Lt. Wm. H. Neighbors, Dec. 30(?), 186? 2nd Lt. Wm. Caldwell, March 4, 1863(?) 2nd Lt. Jacob B.(?)R.(?) McClure, April 10, 1863 2nd Lt. Wm. T. Madden, Oct. 21, 186? 2nd Lt. James M. Chasteen(?), Dec. 5, 186? 2nd Lt. McClain Wilson, April 23, 1864 2nd Lt. Pleasant M. Scott, July 26, 1864 Surgeon Byron E. Osborn, Oct. 5, 1863 Chaplain John W. Hopkins, June 28, 1864 Mustered out on expiration of service (24) Col. James McFerran, Feb. 11, 1865 Major Henry Neill, Feb. 28, 1865 Capt. John T. Goodbrake, Feb. 12, 1865 Capt. Andrew Jackson, Feb. 16, 1865 Capt. James B. Moore, March 15, 1865 Capt. Joseph H. Little, March 21, 1865 Capt. Wm. Meredith, March 30, 1865 Capt. Milton Burris, April 2, 1865 1st Lt. Benton Miller, Feb. 11, 1865 1st Lt. Stephen N. Gaskill, Feb. 18, 1865 1st Lt. Wm. Kessinger(?), March 7, 1865 1st Lt. Wm. L. Hardesty, March 21, 1865 1st Lt. Stephen M. Williams, March 30, 1865 1st Lt. Green B. Atterbury, Adj’t., April 7, 1865 1st Lt. Patrick S. Kenney, R.Q.M., April 11, 1865 2nd Lt. Joseph B. Dudley, Feb. 16, 1865 2nd Lt. James Daily, Feb. 18, 1865 2nd Lt. David P. Woodruff, March 11, 1865 2nd Lt. David Groomer, March 15, 1865 2nd Lt. Frank Barkley, March 21, 1865 2nd Lt. James E. Teel, March 30, 1865 2nd Lt. Daniel Shumate, April 2, 1865 Surgeon John W. Trader, April 10, 1865 Assistant Surgeon Jefferson G. Hart, April 12, 1865 Discharged (6) Lt. Col. Bazel F. Lazear, April 13, 1865 Major Alexander W. Mullins, March 30, 1865 Captain Meredith Morris, April 26, 1864 1st Lt. Thomas Doyle, Adj’t., Nov. 3, 1864 1st Lt. Charles T. Triplett, March 19, 1865 1st Lt. Lewellyn Davis, R.C.S., March 22, 186? Discharged (16) Col. Calvin A. Ellis, April 2, 1862 Capt. George W. Hanna, Sept. 3, 1864 Capt. James Clifford, Dec. 2, 1864 Capt. Jason M. Adams, Feb. 22, 1865 1st Lt. Mathias Szegedy, Feb. 28, 1862 1st Lt. Louis G. Masson, April 24, 1862 1st Lt. Samuel Caldwell, Adj’t, May 31, 1862 1st Lt. Peter Higgins, Feb. 27, 1862 1st Lt. Rufus Campion, Dec. 24, 1864 (Re-commissioned first lt. Jan. 4, 1865) 1st Lt. Christian F. Stoperan, Adj’t, Feb. 22, 1865 2nd Lt. Thomas I. Brooks, April 11, 1862 2nd Lt. George T. Snelling, Batt. Q.M., May 31, 1862 2nd Lt. Cyrus H. Keely, June 6, 1862 2nd Lt. James P. Craig, Batt. Adj’t., November 3, 1862 (Re-commissioned first lieutenant and R.C.S. Nov. 22, 1862) 2nd Lt. Michael Shiel, Sept. 3, 1864 Surgeon Duncan McRae, Jan. 25, 1862 Died (4) Capt. Lawrence C. Chronnelly, June 2, 1865, of disease 1st Lt. Columbus B. Golden, April 4, 1862, of wounds 1st Lt. George B. Miller, killed April 28, 1862 1st Lt. Wm. Hogshead, Nov. 2, 1863 Dismissed (4) Capt. Richard A. Edey,April 24, 1862 Capt. Homer Quick, April 13, 1864 Capt. Miles Kehoe, Jan.. 21, 1865 1st Lt. John G. Chase, Dec. 26, 1863 Deserted (1) 1st Lt. Henry Wilde, Adj’t., September, 1861 List of battles, etc., in which this regiment participated showing loss reported in each: “Black River”, no loss “Warrensburg”, no loss “Sugar Creek”, Jan. 8, 1862, killed, E.M. 2; wounded, E.M., 1 “Sugar Creek”, Feb. 17, 1862, killed, E.M., 3; wounded, E.M. 2 “Pea Ridge”, killed, E.M. 2; wounded E.M., 2 “Neosho”, killed, E.M. 3; wounded, E.M. 2 “Big Indian Creek”, wounded, E.M. 3 “Pleasant Hill”, killed, E.M. 6; wounded, E.M., 11 “Taberville”, missing, E.M., 6 “Marietta”, no loss “La Grange”, killed, E.M. 1; wounded, O., 1 “Newtonia”, no loss Helena”, wounded, E.M. 4 “Prairie Grove”, no loss “Van Buren”, no loss “Carter’s Creek”, no loss “Hernando”, wounded, E.M. 1; missing, E.M. 16 “Warm Springs”, no loss “Bayou Metoe”, wounded, O., 1; E.M., 2 “Little Rock”, no loss “Rockport”, no loss “Arkadelphia”, no loss “Spoonsville”, no loss “Oklona”, no loss “Little Missouri River”, killed, E.M. 1 “Mark’s Mills”, missing, E.M., 12
Transcribed by Christine Spencer July 2008
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