> The war is over! You are speaking to the wrong person. Remembering is not my problem. North AND South is what made America. It is our combined heritage. You can't segregate our history and still believe in the principles of American freedom. The winners of our Civil War were not fascist. Understand ? Scott K. Williams, Webmaster The Missouri Civil War Museum http://www.missouricivilwarmuseum.org/

Sorry JBooth, this IS a talk list about the CIVIL WAR!!!! You got a definite problem with that I believe. Like it or not, that war is in the center of a lot of our heritage. Mine included. Don't want to argue, just want what is right to be done. For all of us. Laura ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 10:53 AM Subject: [MO-CW] Missouri The war is over! ==== MO-CW Mailing List ==== "There are but two parties now: traitors and patriots. And I want hereafter to be ranked with the latter and, I trust, the stronger party." - Ulysses S. Grant ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Gov. Holden wants to "heal our pain". Read on. ----- Original Message ----- Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 3:14 PM MO Gov. Holden: Removing Confederate flags was 'right decision' JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Gov. Bob Holden said Thursday that his administration made "the right decision'' to suddenly pull down Confederate battle flags that had flown for years without controversy at two Missouri historic sites. The governor also said he sees no need to meet with representatives of Southern heritage groups pressing for a compromise to restore the flags over a Confederate cemetery and a Civil War fort. Gene Dressel of Jonesburg, commander in chief of the Missouri Division of Sons of Confederate Veterans, said he is disappointed but not surprised by Holden's comments. "A poll shows two-thirds of the people of Missouri say he is wrong on this issue. I suppose we will have to wait for a change in leadership in the Capitol but the flags will go back up at some point,'' Dressel said. Dressel referred to a recent St. Louis Post-Dispatch poll that found two-thirds of Missourians oppose the recent decision to pull down the flags at the Higginsville and Fort Davidson state historic sites. Of the 603 Missourians surveyed, 45 percent said they "strongly disagree'' with the decision and an additional 21 percent said they "somewhat disagree.'' Just 30 percent said they agree with removing the flag. The poll by Zogby International had a possible error margin of 4.1 percentage points. Holden told visiting reporters at the Governor's Mansion that continued display of the Confederate battle flag on state property might hurt Missouri's economic development efforts. "I'm trying to heal society,'' Holden said. "If we continue to fight each other we will not be successful in competing in the global economy.'' The flags came down Jan. 14 after Democratic presidential candidate Dick Gephardt of St. Louis, Holden's former boss, issued a statement in South Carolina that the Confederate battle flag should no longer fly "anytime, anywhere.'' The Associated Press then reported on the Confederate flags flying without controversy at the historic sites in Gephardt's home state, noting that the state Department of Natural Resources hadn't received any complaints from any elected officials, including Gephardt. Gephardt's spokesman said the congressman was unfamiliar with the Missouri flag displays because they were outside his St. Louis district but said the flags should still be removed. Holden's spokeswoman, Mary Still, said she read The AP's report and passed word about it to Steve Mahfood, director of the Department of Natural Resources. Mahfood ordered the flags down the same day. Still said Holden was told about the decision later. "It was the right decision,'' Holden said on Wednesday. The Confederate battle flag "has been used as a divisive instrument in modern times to try to drive people apart, not bring them together,'' Holden said. The governor said he believes the flag may be appropriately displayed in a museum, where it is subject to "historical interpretation.'' Confederate heritage groups -- and an historic site supervisor from Holden's own Natural Resources Department -- have declared there is no more appropriate place to fly the flag than over graves of about 700 Confederate soldiers and wives at Higginsville or at Fort Davidson, site of a Civil War battle. Dressel said the state's removal of the flags violates an agreement made early in the last century when Missouri took over the privately owned Higginsville Confederate home and cemetery. The Sons of Confederate Veterans proposed to the state that a lower flagpole be placed close to the graves. Dressel said he has received no response from the state. On Jan. 18, demonstrators protesting the flags' removal marched outside the Governor's Mansion. Dressel said they will return March 1 for another peaceful demonstration at the mansion "to let the governor know many Missourians, including many of his fellow Democrats, disagree with this decision.'' -----

Yes, the war is long over, however my ancestry and pride in my Southern heritage remains. Jean Tobey

The war is over!

Great article! Read below. ----- Original Message ----- Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 10:50 AM Subject: Good Press coverage On big day of Gephardt's making, battle flag waves on Capitol steps By TONY MESSENGER Published Thursday, February 20, 2003 In Neil Block's world, the civil war isn't over. It's just beginning. Though he's a proud member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, or SCV, Block is not talking about the war between the North and the South. That battle's already been fought and won, er, lost, depending on one's perspective. "We're not into secession," he says. Block's perspective is, like that of many Missourians, a mixed one. He counts among his ancestors 31 Confederate soldiers and 12 who fought against them on the Union side. His civil war, the one he's waging this week, has a clear enemy: Dick Gephardt. For good measure, throw in Gov. Bob Holden and the minions who work for him. Yesterday, as the Democratic congressman from St. Louis announced his intention to seek the presidency, Block and his Huntsville neighbor, Dan Ballew, were marching in circles around the state Capitol. Each of them was carrying a Confederate battle flag, the "soldiers' flag" to aficionados, with the red background and blue St. Andrew's cross flapping in the light breeze. Block and Ballew chose this day to show their disgust with Gephardt and his fellow Missouri Democrats for turning their backs on more than a century of local history. Last month while on a pre-campaign swing in South Carolina, Gephardt tried to dodge the divisive issue on the boycott of the state by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People over that state's flying of the Confederate flag. The flag used to fly over the Capitol dome; now it's on the grounds near the building. When pressed on the issue after trying to avoid it, Gephardt told a South Carolina reporter that the Confederate flag "no longer has a place flying anytime, anywhere." Associated Press reporter Scott Charton knew that in Gephardt's own state, two such flags flew, one over a Confederate cemetery and the other at a Civil War battle site. Gephardt was unaware. Charton wrote a story. The next day, Holden's chief bulldog, spokeswoman Mary Still, made a call or two, and the flags came down. There was no debate and no discussion, and no questions were asked. And that's why Block, a Southern Democrat to the core, was marching in Jefferson City yesterday, making it clear that as Gephardt seeks national votes, he's already lost quite a few in his home state. "He kinda started all this," Block says of the two-time presidential candidate. "They won't even debate the pros and cons. . It's disheartening. If that's what America's political system has disintegrated to, that's bad." Block believes that for political expediency, Gephardt and his followers have applied the unique circumstances of South Carolina's debate to Missouri without any consideration of the state's own history. The flag at the Confederate cemetery at Higginsville, for instance, flew for decades without complaint, many of those years on private land, before the cemetery became part of the state park system. More than 600 Confederate veterans and some of their wives are buried there. It's a place that represents history, Block says, and it's a place where folks only see the flag if they're specifically going there to soak in that part of our nation's history. Members of the SCV proposed to Holden that a separate, shorter pole be constructed for the Confederate flag as a compromise. The U.S. and state flags would fly on the existing pole in a place of prominence. Further back into the cemetery, the "soldiers' flag" would still stand. But state officials haven't even gotten back to the SCV, Block says. He just thinks they want to keep their favorite presidential candidate clean. It puts Block in a difficult position. He's a Democrat - always has been - and he doesn't want to hurt the party. He's even a union man, representing Gephardt's largest and most important block of support. But he won't be in Gephardt's corner. "Oh no," Block says, making it clear he's representing his views and not necessarily those of the SCV. "I'll do everything I can to see him not elected." On this day, that means the burly Randolph County man is walking back and forth on the south side of the Capitol, taking extra time to pause in front of the statue of Thomas Jefferson, one of his party's true heroes. Another of the party's heroes, especially in Missouri, was Harry S Truman, who himself had to deal with the Confederate flag controversy a time or two. In one of those cases, according to documentation from the Truman Presidential Library in Independence, Truman was asked to help mediate a dispute in the hamlet of Town Line, just outside Buffalo, N.Y. The little town had formally seceded from the Union in 1861 and in 1945 had never officially rejoined the Union. The town was deeply divided over how to deal with its legal dilemma. Truman's response to the man who was elected to seek his counsel was concise: "There are few controversies that are not susceptible of a peaceful resolution if examined in an atmosphere of tranquility and calm rather than strife and turmoil," the president wrote. "Why don't you run down the fattest calf in Erie County, barbecue it and serve it with fixin's in the old blacksmith shop where the ruckus started? Who can tell? The dissidents might decide to resume citizenship." Truman was right. In 1946 the good people of Town Line voted to rejoin the United States of America. Would such dinner-table diplomacy work in this case? Probably, if you ask Block. He knows the flag he loves has been denigrated and misrepresented by racists and rednecks. He knows groups like his are going to have to compromise if they want their ancestors properly honored. But he also knows Missouri history, and that's why on the day Dick Gephardt said he wants to be the next president, Block made sure the Confederate flag was flying high and proud in front of the Missouri Capitol. "Anytime, anywhere" was today. Right now. The sun was shining; the breeze was almost balmy. It was a good day for a barbecue. Tony Messenger is the city editor at the Tribune. His column appears on Sundays and Thursdays. He can be reached at 815-1728 or by e-mail at [email protected] Copyright © 2003 The Columbia Daily Tribune. All Rights Reserved

Does anyone know of Murphy Birdsong, that lived in the Grubbs, AR area from about 1904-1924. He was married to Martha ???? around 1902-1910. Was also married to Laura Nichols-White, 1921-1924, till his death. He is a brother or step-brother to the Birdsongs in Newport, AR. Thomas, Bert, John, Mattie and a sister Sarah Birdsong. please let me know.. Thanks you.. Lillie Smith

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New Lincoln library is at center of a small civil war http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/News/B9051AB9E2676FDE86256CD000207A8C?OpenDocument&Headline=New+Lincoln+library+is+at+center+of+a+small+civil+war Desoto Joe/The Record Man

Desoto Joe/The Record Man ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 5:49 PM Subject: Re: [MO-CW] Marc Kollbaum Hi Desoto Joe- Just an FYI on Marc Kollbaum's book-I found this article in one of our Military news papers at Jefferson Barracks where I am a traditional guardsman..... Unfortunately, the day of the booksigning, I was on duty, so I did not get an opportunity to get a copy...yet...obviously they are still available as an address is listed at the end of the article. Book on Jefferson Barracks By Orval L. Henderson There is a new book available on JEFFERSON BARRACKS entitled Gatewat to the West, The History of Jefferson Barracks from 1826-1894, Volume 1, by Marc E. Kollbaum. The writer, Marc Kollbaum, serves as curator of Jefferson Barracks Historical Park, St. Louis County Department of Parks & Recreation. Kollbaum's new book on Jefferson Barracks is without doubt the best history of this famous military post. He writes in considerable detail of events that occurred during the nineteenth century covering the period 1826 to 1894. Each post commander is mentioned in the book along with individual biographies on important military characters associated with the Barracks. Details surrounding the development of Jefferson Barracks are explained by the writer. From the original stone buildings constructed in 1826, including expansion after the Civil War by moving the "Old" St. Louis Arsenal from "downtown" St. Louis to land north of the Barracks, and the gradual destruction and rebuilding of the present barracks complex is laid out in clear detail. Criticisms of the book are minimal. More maps would be helpful and, of course, the lack of photographs of those early years is a major shortcoming. The book contains an index consisting primarily of the names of the individuals rather than also including historical events, a bibliography, and numerous outstanding footnotes. The writer made extensive use of the National Archives, newspapers, and archives found in the St. Louis area. This book is highly recommended for those readers interested in nineteenth century military history of the west, Jefferson Barracks, and the development of South St. Louis County. It is available from The Friends of Jeffrerson Barracks, 533 Grant Road, St. Louis, MO 63125 for $15.00 paperback and $25.00 hardback plus $5.00 mailing and handling costs. Paul

Desoto Joe/The Record Man ----- Original Message ----- From: Andrew Gretchen Erickson To: Desoto Joe/The Record Man Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 7:46 PM A Salute To America, 1776 to 2003 With Guest Speaker Pete Piazza, Military Historian Sponsored by the Prairie City History Club When: Saturday, March 15, 2003 Where: Prairie City School Cafeteria Time: 7:00pm Refreshments provided. Tickets: Adult $4.00, Student $3.00 and Children 6 and under are free. For more information and tickets call (541) 820-3314. Club Advisors: Mrs. Lesniak and Mr. Demko

Desoto Joe/The Record Man ----- Original Message ----- From: "bigh" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 12:54 PM Subject: Cooper Co. event > Dear Desoto Joe, > > I have enjoyed the MOCW list for a long time and your web site as well. > There is an event up-coming in Cooper County that I think would be of > intrest to many. If you think it is approiate would you place it on your > site and on the list? > > Regards, Harold L. Hicks > > Saturday,MAY 24 > >From 1-5 PM > > 1-1:30 PM-Wreath laying at Hannah Cole Grave monument at small park > located at junction of Highway #5 and E Hwy by DAR and SAR members > Gun Salute and short talk by local historian. No ticket required > > Ante-Bellum Tour of > CRESTMEAD-built 1859 just south of intersection of Hwy E and #135- > PLEASANT GREEN-begun 1820-7045 Hwy #135 > BURWOOD-built on site of 1835 home in 1880-6879 HWY #135 > > Victorian Tea will be served from 2-5 at Pleasant Green by members of the > Robert E. Lee Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy in period > dress. A quilt collection will be on display in the garden area > > Look for tour flags at the four sites > Admission to Crestmead and Burwood-$3 each > Tea and admission to Pleasant Green-$5 > No charge for children under 10 >

Chico State study may have found female combatants By ROGER H. AYLWORTH - Staff Writer A bone study conducted at Chico State University for the National Park Service suggests a woman or women may been among those killed at the second major battle of the Civil War. A presentation made by Patrick Willey, an anthropology professor, and two graduate students, Dan Tyree and Nicole Cavales, said bones found at the Wilson's Creek Civil War Battlefield in southwestern Missouri appear to be female. The battle at Wilson's Creek, which took place Aug. 10, 1861, was relatively small compared to epic struggles, like the battle of Gettysburg two years later, but 235 Union and 265 Confederate troops were killed in the fighting, Willey told a small audience gathered Thursday in Ayers Hall on campus to hear the presentation. The professor explained the Confederates, who won the battle, buried their own dead, but dumped the Union bodies "into any declivity that was handy." The Union bodies were tossed into wells and other places, including a site that became known as "the sinkhole." Theoretically, all of the Union bodies were exhumed from where they were dumped and reburied in a national cemetery in Springfield, Mo. However, Willey said an archeological dig conducted under the direction of the National Park Service, which manages the battlefield, found additional remains in the "sinkhole." Tyree said a box containing 10 plastic bags full of human bones, and some small artifacts, was delivered to Chico State last July. The artifacts were shipped elsewhere, but the bones were studied on campus. Tyree explained the bones, which did not include any skulls or long bones, such as those from the leg, were carefully inspected to determine the age, stature and nature of diseases or injuries suffered by the individuals, and to determine the sex. Without the skulls, long bones or pelvis bones, stature and sex of the individuals had to be estimated based on the size of certain bones of the hands and the feet. Tyree said, while the evidence wasn't conclusive, there were indications that two of the bones they inspected could have come from women. Cavales said there is an abundance of historical evidence that some women did fight and die as Civil War combatants. Women were officially prohibited from being in the armies at that time, but there are records of women who disguised themselves as men to fight. One woman, who lived and fought under the name "Alfred Luther," took part in the battle of Wilson's Creek, but she survived this fight and was not discovered to be a woman until she was killed in a later battle. Cavales said because of the bones they were using for sex identification, their evidence is equivocal and the bones could have come from a petite male. However, they could also be evidence of a woman who fought and died in this early stage of the Civil War. Following the study, the bones were returned to the Park Service and were buried in the Springfield National Cemetery. Desoto Joe/The Record Man

An oversight, perhaps, but there is at least one Confederate grave in Maine. Bill, in KC =-=-=-=-=-= > By Joe Bob Briggs > >From the Life & Mind Desk > Published 2/14/2003 2:43 PM > > > Edward J.K. Johnston, a lieutenant in the Confederate Navy, was dug up and moved from Ayer, Massachusetts, to Fernandina, Florida, 139 years after he died in captivity at Fort Warren in Boston Harbor. Johnston had been taken captive on June 17, 1863, after his ironclad blockade runner, the CSS Atlanta, was captured off Savannah, Georgia, by the USS Weehawken and USS Nahant. He'll be reburied next to his wife Virginia and two of their five children, after which there will be no more Confederate soldiers or sailors known to be buried in New England. Massachusetts residents are grateful to the Sons of Confederate Veterans and the United Daughters of the Confederacy, who made the reburial possible, because those Salem witch ghosts are bad enough, but those rebels were HELL. > > Desoto Joe/The Record Man > > ______________________________

My gg grandfather Henry F. Evans enlisted as a Private in Co. F, 24th Regiment, Missouri Volunteer Infantry at Rolla, Missouri, Aug. 20 1861 for 3 years. He was discharged from service in St. Louis, Oct. 15, 1864. Later, he, then his widow drew a pension. Thanks for the info that was posted. Since Evans was in Co. F, the Pontooners, I wonder if anyone has any info about where and when Co. F actually did build pontoon bridges. The 24th Missouri web page has company rosters and pictures of typical pontoons. 'Tis a privilege to live in the Ozarks! _______________________________________________ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web!

By Joe Bob Briggs >From the Life & Mind Desk Published 2/14/2003 2:43 PM Edward J.K. Johnston, a lieutenant in the Confederate Navy, was dug up and moved from Ayer, Massachusetts, to Fernandina, Florida, 139 years after he died in captivity at Fort Warren in Boston Harbor. Johnston had been taken captive on June 17, 1863, after his ironclad blockade runner, the CSS Atlanta, was captured off Savannah, Georgia, by the USS Weehawken and USS Nahant. He'll be reburied next to his wife Virginia and two of their five children, after which there will be no more Confederate soldiers or sailors known to be buried in New England. Massachusetts residents are grateful to the Sons of Confederate Veterans and the United Daughters of the Confederacy, who made the reburial possible, because those Salem witch ghosts are bad enough, but those rebels were HELL. Desoto Joe/The Record Man

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----- Original Message ----- From: "Jess" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 17, 2003 8:32 PM Subject: {not a subscriber} 24th mo-Inf. > My G-G Gran Dad John C. Dyke. Joined the 24th Missouri Inf. (Union) at > Lebanon,, Missouri 31 January 1862. Would any one on the list know > where > they would have trained? Was there a camp close to Lebanon? Any help > would > appreciated. > > Jesse Suttles > Jonesboro, Arkansas > > > 24th Regiment Infantry Organized in Missouri at large October 24 to December 28, 1861. Attached to 1st Brigade, Army of Southwest Missouri, to February, 1862. Unassigned, Army of Southwest Missouri, to July, 1862. District of Eastern Arkansas, Dept. of Missouri, to October, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Army of Southeast Missouri, Dept. of Missouri, to February, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Army of Southeast Missouri, to March, 1863. District of Southeast Missouri to June, 1863. District of Columbus, Ky., 6th Division, 16th Army Corps, Dept. of the Tennessee, to January, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 16th Army Corps, Dept. of the Tennessee, to March, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 16th Army Corps, Dept. of the Gulf, to June, and Dept. of the Tennessee to October, 1864. SERVICE.--Join Curtis at Rolla, Mo., January, 1862. Curtis' Campaign in Missouri and Arkansas against Price, January to March, 1862. Advance on Springfield, Mo., February 2-11. Pursuit of Price into Arkansas February 14-29. Battles of Pea Ridge, Ark., March 6-8. March to Batesville April 5-May 13, thence march to Helena, Ark., May 25-July 14. Duty at Helena until October. Moved to Sulphur Springs, Mo., October 5-11. Pittman's Ferry, Ark., October 27 (3 Cos.). Moved to Pilot Knob, Mo., October 28-30. March to Patterson November 2-4, to Reeve's Station December 9-10. Return to Patterson December 18. Moved to Van Buren December 21-24, and toward Doniphan January 9-10, 1863. To Alton January 14-18, and to West Plains and Salem, Ark., January 28-February 2. To Pilot Knob and Ironton February 2-27. Moved to St. Genevieve and to Cape Girardeau March 8-12. Operations against Marmaduke April 17-May 2 (Co. "G"). Mill Creek Bridge April 24 (Detachment). Duty in Southeast Missouri until June. Richfield, Clay County, May 19 (Detachment). Ordered to New Madrid, Mo., June, and duty in District of Columbus, Ky., until January, 1864. New Madrid, Mo., August 7, 1863 (1 Co.). Expedition from Union City, Tenn., to Conyersville September 1-10 (Detachment). Conyersville September 10, Ordered to Vicksburg, Miss., January, 1864. Meridian Campaign February 3-March 5. Meridian February 14-15. Marion February 15-17. Canton February 28. Red River Campaign March 10-May 22. Fort De Russy March 14. Occupation of Alexandria March 16. Henderson's Hill March 21. Battle of Pleasant Hill April 9. Cloutiersville and Cane River Crossing April 22-24. At Alexandria April 27-May 13. Moore's Plantation May 5-7. Bayou Boeuf May 7. Bayou LaMourie May 12. Retreat to Morganza May 13-20. Mansura May 16. Yellow Bayou May 18-19. Moved to Vicksburg, Miss.; thence to Memphis, Tenn., May 22-June 10. Lake Chicot, Ark., June 6-7. Smith's Expedition to Tupelo, Miss., July 5-21. Pontotoc July 11. Camargo's Cross Roads, near Harrisburg, July 13. Tupelo July 14-15. Old Town Creek July 15. Smith's Expedition to Oxford, Miss., August 1-30. Tallahatchie River August 7-9. Abbeville and Oxford August 12. Moved to Duvall's Bluff, Ark.. September 1-6. Pursuit of Price through Arkansas and Missouri September 7 to October 6. Mineral Point, Mo., September 27. ordered to St. Louis, Mo., October 6. A detachment of Veterans and Recruits at Franklin, Mo., until November. Ordered to Paducah, Ky., November 7; thence moved to Nashville, Tenn., and Columbia, Tenn., November 22-26. Temporarily attacked to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 23rd Army Corps. Columbia November 26-27. Battle of Franklin November 30. Battles of Nashville, Tenn., December 15-16. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17-28. At Clifton, Tenn., and Eastport, Miss., until February, 1865. Regiment mustered out October, 1864, to February 1, 1865. Company "E" served detached from May, 1862. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of the Mississippi, May, 1862, to November, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 7th Division, Left Wing 13th Army Corps, Dept. of the Tennessee, to December, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 7th Division, 16th Army Corps, to January, 1863, 2nd Brigade, 7th Division, 17th Army Corps, to September, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 17th Army Corps, to December, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 15th Army Corps, to October. 1864, participating in battles of Iuka, Miss., September 19, 1862. Corinth, Miss, October 3-4. Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign November, 1862, to January, 1863. Expedition to Yazoo Pass and operations against Fort Pemberton and Greenwood March 13-April 5, 1863. At Milliken's Bend, La.. until April 25. Movement on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 25-30. Battles of Port Gibson May 1, Raymond May 12, Jackson May 14. Champion's Hill May 16. Siege of Vicksburg, Miss., May 18-July 4. Surrender of Vicksburg July 4. Garrison duty at Vicksburg until September. Movement to Helena, Ark.; Memphis, Tenn., and march to Chattanooga, Tenn., September 12-November 22. Operations on Memphis & Charleston Railroad in Alabama October 20-29. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27. Tunnel Hill November 23-24. Mission Ridge November 25. At Bridgeport. Ala. until January, 1864. Duty along Memphis & Charleston Railroad until June, 1864. Moved to Kingston, Ga., June 15-20, thence to Resaca July 2, and duty there until October. Defense of Resaca October 12. Company captured. Companies "F" and "K" detached and on duty in District of Southeast Missouri to July, 1863. Reserve Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Army of Southeast Missouri, to August, 1863. Unattached, Cavalry Division, Arkansas Expedition, to January, 1864. Unattached, 1st Division, 7th Army Corps, Army of Arkansas, to February, 1864. Participating in actions at Licking, Mo., May 4, 1862. Crow's Station, near Licking, May 26, 1862. Scout in Wayne, Stoddard and Dunklin Counties, Mo., August 20-27, 1862. Duty in District of Southeast Missouri until July, 1863. Steele's operations against Little Rock, Ark., July 1-September 10. Capture of Little Rock September 10 and duty there until February, 1864. Rejoined Regiment at Vicksburg, Miss., February, 1864. Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 40 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 220 Enlisted men by disease. Total 264. Desoto Joe/The Record Man

Jefferson Democrat Hillsboro, Jefferson county, Missouri FRIDAY, 25 SEPTEMBER 1874 OBITUARY - YERGER - Died at his residence in Rock Township, Sept. 9th, 1874, Florian YERGER. (brother of Judge YERGER) in the -6th(?) year of his age. Mr. YERGER came with his father to this country when a child, in 1847. He served all through the late war as a Union Soldier and after the war was over, married and settled down as a quiet and industrious farmer. He was a good man and useful citizen. He leaves a wife and four small children to mourn his loss. Sent in by Charlotte M. Maness Desoto Joe/The Record Man

JEFFERSON WATCHMAN De Soto, Jefferson, Missouri FRIDAY, 30 NOVEMBER 1883. Capt. Joseph WALTER, who has been sojourning in Muenster, Westphalia, Germany, since early last summer, returned to De Soto last week. He is much improved in health and appearance and thinks he will be able to stand this climate in future. Mr. Samuel HOAK who for the past sixteen years has been a resident of this city breathed his last, at his residence Sunday last. Mr. HOAK was buried with honors by the Perry V. FLETCHER Post on Tuesday, 26th, of which he was an honored member, he being a member of Co. A. 115 Ohio Vols., Mr. H.P. DECKER the commander, officiated with Capt. J.C. FOX in charge of the guard of honor. The ceremonies at the grave was very impressive. Mr. HOAK had many friends in this city and all of whom will miss him as he was a gentleman who in every act and deed acted the part of a true man. To his friends in Armstrong county, P., we would say a true man was born, honored and respected by all who knew him. Pittsburgh ---- ----papers a copy. Sent in by Charlotte M. Maness Desoto Joe/The Record Man