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Contributed by: Pat Thomas As best as I can tell, this information belongs to this William J Buchanan: William James"Billy" Buchanan b. 15 Mar 1848 Obion Co, TN d. 12 Feb 1923 Douglas Co, MO U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 Name: William J. Buchanan Side: Union Regiment State/Origin: Missouri Regiment Name: 42 Missouri Infantry Regiment Name Expanded: 42nd Regiment, Missouri Infantry Company: F Rank In: Private Rank In Expanded: Private Rank Out: Private Rank Out Expanded: Private Film Number: M390 roll 7 American Civil War Soldiers about William Buchanan Name: William Buchanan , Side Served: Union State Served: Missouri Service Record: Enlisted as a Private. Enlisted in Company F, 42nd Infantry Regiment Missouri. Sources: 304 Source Citation: Side served: Union; State served: Missouri; . Name of Regiment Muster Date Organization Date Regiment Type Regiment State 42nd Infantry Regiment Missouri 28 Jun 1865 1 Sep 1864 Infantry Missouri American Civil War Regiments Regiment: 42nd Infantry Regiment Missouri Date of Organization: 1 Sep 1864 Muster Date: 28 Jun 1865 Regiment State: Missouri Regiment Type: Infantry Regiment Number: 42nd Enlisted Died of Disease or Accident: 0 Officers Died of Disease or Accident: 0 Enlisted Killed or Mortally Wounded: 6 Enlisted Died of Disease or Accident: 128 Regimental Soldiers and History: List of Soldiers Regimental History Forty-second Infantry MISSOURI (1-YEAR) Forty-second Infantry. -- Col., William Forbes, Lieut.-Col., Thaddeus J. Stauber; Maj., A. W. Billings. The organization of this regiment was commenced early in Aug., 1864. By the middle of September it numbered 900 men and was then for some time engaged in the guerrilla warfare in Missouri and in Price's raid. Toward the latter part of November the command was concentrated at Benton barracks, St. Louis, where the officers received their commissions and the regiment was mustered in, the last companies being mustered on the 29th. The same day the regiment embarked on transports for Paducah, where it received orders to report to Gen. Thomas at Nashville, Tenn. Before reaching Nashville it was sent to Fort Donelson, which place was then threatened by the Confederate Gen. Lyon, and remained there until Dec. 30, losing 150 men by small-pox, measles and incidental camp diseases. On the 31st the regiment arrived at Nashville and reported to Gen. Thomas, who sent it to garrison the post at Tullahoma, and there it remained until mustered out. Three companies were mustered out on March 22, and the remainder on June 28, 1865. Source: The Union Army, vol. 4, p. 269 Battles Fought Fought on 18 May 1865. |