THE TWENTY-THIRD REGIMENT WAS MADE UP FROM THE COUNTIES OF
HARRISON,
GRUNDY, LIVINGSTON, LINN, PUTNAM, MERCER, DAVIESS AND
CARROLL.
ALL OF COMPANIES D AND E, TWENTY-THIRD REGIMENT, VOLUNTEER
INFANTRY
WERE RAISED IN HARRISON COUNTY.
COMPANY D WAS MUSTERED SEPTEMBER 22, 1861
WITH THE
FOLLOWING OFFICERS:
W.P. ROBINSON, CAPTAIN;
JOHN A. FISCHER, FIRST
LIEUTENANT;
L. CORNWALL, SECOND LIEUTENANT;
W.P. ROBINSON WAS PROMOTED TO
COLONEL, JUNE 7, 1862 AND SUCCEEDED
AS CAPTAIN BY JOHN W. MOORE, OF
EAGLEVILLE, WHO SERVED UNTIL
THE EXPIRATION OF THE TERM OF SERVICE
SEPTEMBER, 1864.
COMPANY E WAS OFFICERED AS FOLLOWS:
A. MONTGOMERY,
CAPTAIN;
W.R.SIMMS, FIRST LIEUTENANT;
GEORGE A. BROWN, SECOND
LIEUTENANT.
A LARGE PORTION OF COMPANY G WAS RAISED IN HARRISON COUNTY;
ALSO
PORTIONS OF COMPANIES H AND I.
COMPANY F, SECOND MISSOURI
CAVALRY, MERRIL'S HORSE, WAS RECRUITED
IN THE SUMMER OF 1861 AS THE HARRISON
COUNTY CALVARY COMPANY
AND HAD THE FOLLOWING OFFICERS:
ELI HANNAHS,
CAPTAIN;
ELIJAH HUBBARD, FIRST LIEUTENANT;
WILLIAM F. FOSTER, SECOND
LIEUTENANT;
IN DECEMBER 1861, THE COMPANY WAS REORGANIZED IN ST.
LOUIS. ELIJAH HUBBARD
COMMANDED THE COMPANY FROM THE SUMMER OF 1863
UNTIL MUSTERED
OUT SEPTEMBER 19, 1865. THIS COMPANY PERFORMED GALLANT
SERVICES
DURING THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF THE WAR AND WITH THE
REGIMENT
PARTICIPATED IN A NUMBER OF BATTLES AND SKIRMISHES.
OTHER COMPANIES ORGANIZED WERE:
A, THIRTY-FIFTH MISSOURI
INFANTRY; E,
FORTY-THIRD INFANTRY MADE UP WHOLLY OF HARRISON COUNTY
MEN;
H, TWELFTH CAVALRY, MISSOURI VOLUNTEERS.
THE MISSOURI STATE
MILITIA WAS RAISED IN THE SPRING OF 1862.
COMPANY E, THIRD CAVALRY, MISSOURI
STATE MILITIA, WAS ORGANIZED APRIL, 1862.
COMPANY G, SIXTH CAVALRY, MISSOURI
STATE MILITIA, WAS ORGANIZED IN THE
SPRING OF 1862.
ELEVEN COMPANIES
WERE ORGANIZED IN JULY, 1862, AND FORMED INTO
WHAT WAS KNOWN AS THE
FIFTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT ENROLLED MILITIA.
THIS REGIMENT WAS ORGANIZED FOR HOME
PROTECTION, WAS CALLED OUT UPON
THREE OCCASIONS AND IN ALL PERFORMED ABOUT
TWO MONTHS SERVICE.
SOURCE: HISTORY OF NORTHWEST
MISSOURI
EDITED BY: WALTER WILLIAMS
ASSISTED BY: ADVISORY AND
CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
COPYRIGHT: 1915
submitted
by: Melody Beery
mbeery@grm.net
ELLIOTT, ORLANDO
43RD REGIMENT, INF.
VOLUNTEERS
PRIVATE, COMPANY "B"
CAPTAIN SUTTON
ENLISTED: AUGUST 13,
1864
EAGLEVILLE, MO
MUSTERED IN: SEPTEMBER 6, 1864
ST. JOSEPH,
MO
REMARKS:
DIED NOVEMBER 29, 1864
AT BROOKFIELD,
MO.
SON OF:
JAMES ELLIOTT AND ANN ELLIOTT
BURIED:
MILLER
(AKA WILSON) CEMETERY
note: this cemetery is no longer in
existence.
The information on Orlando Elliott was researched
by
an individual who used to visit this cemetery when a child and
was always
fascinated with the young boy of 18 who was buried there,
and who died in
the Civil War.
This post is made in honor of Orlando Elliott and his
service to our country.
sources: Missouri Military
Archives
and the 1860 Federal Census
submitted by: Melody Beery
MATHES, THOMAS ATWOOD
COMPANY D, 23RD REGIMENT, MO
VOLUNTEERS
submitted by: Melody Beery
| Last name | First name | Rank | Company |
| Robinson | William Perrine | Capt. | D |
| Moore | John W. | Capt. | D |
| Fisher | John A. | 1st Lt. | D |
| Sweeten | Henry | 1st Lt. | D |
| Cornwell | Lafayette | Capt. | D |
| Brewer | James A. | 2nd Lt. | D |
| Ristine | Joseph H. | 2 nd Lt. | D |
| Riggin | Meredith | 2nd Lt. | D |
| Yoden | George | 1st SGT. | D |
| Moore | Samuel J. | SGT. | D |
| Dale | Reuban | CPL | D |
| Derr | George E. | CPL | D |
| Hulse | Ezeriah | CPL | D |
| Oxford | Robert L. | CPL | D |
|
PRIVATES COMPANY D |
| Allen, James H. |
| killed in action, Shiloh |
| Bagley, George D. |
| Baker, Charles |
| Baker, William B. |
| Baker, William R. |
| Bare, Amos William |
| Bartlett, Henry |
| Bean, George B. |
| died as a prisoner of war, Macon, GA |
| Bishop, D.L. |
| Bishop, James H. |
| Bridges, Alan B. |
| Brown, James C. |
| Bunt, William |
| Burns, James |
| Burns, James M. |
| Chambers, John |
| Coatney, Johnathon |
| Collins, George |
| Coop, George, |
| killed in action, Shiloh |
| Crawford, Jeremiah |
| Curtis, Charles |
| Curtis, James H. |
| Dallas, Joshua |
| Dallas, Thomas, |
| killed in action,Shiloh |
| Davis, Thomas |
| Downey, Samuel Newton, |
| Evans, Pryer L. |
| Fancher, James |
| Faucher, Samuel B. |
| Ferguson, Lafayette |
| Fetty, George |
| Flood, George W. |
| Foster, Richard |
| Franklin, John M. |
| Graham, William |
| Griffin, Elliot |
| Grinstead, Thomas B. |
| Grover, Daniel |
| Hammock, James L. |
| Hobbs, William H. |
| Hodges, James Robert |
| Hogan, John J. |
| Hohn, John |
| Hohn, Louis, |
| killed in action, Shiloh |
| Holloway, Henry J. |
| killed in action, Shiloh |
| Hunsicker, Joseph L. |
| Husle, E.A.B. |
| Ireland, A.B. |
| Johnson, O. |
| Kopp, John M. |
| Lockwood, J. |
| Maglemore, J.E. |
| prisoner of war, Andersonville |
| Marsh, Henry, |
| prisoner of war, Shiloh |
| Mathes, James H. |
| Mathes, Thomas Atwood |
| buried at Hobbs Cemetery, Harrison Co. Mo. |
| Meglemere, John, |
| prisoner of war Andersonville |
| McKeen, George N. |
| Meglenne, Joseph E. |
| Melton, E.N. |
| Melton, James M. |
| Moore, Ned |
| Morgan, Allen, |
| prisoner of war Shiloh |
| Mullins, Charles |
| Noolin, Lewis |
| Officer, William B. |
| Osborne, O.W. |
| Pace, Marion |
| Pattinger, John N. |
| Prather, George W. |
| Richardson, William B. |
| Richardson, William R., |
| musician |
| Rope, David |
| Ross, James |
| Shelton, W.J. |
| Smith, Newton, J. |
| Stanley, John M. |
| Stinson, Andrew Jackson, |
| prisoner of war, Shiloh |
| Stoner, Nimrod |
| Sweeten, Adam |
| Sweeten, W. |
| Tessley, Henry C. |
| Tilley, Milton N. |
| Vogan, Joseph B. |
| Wright, James H. |
| Wright, James M. |
| Young, Isaac |
| Young, Marion |
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