Carol, The Enrolled Missouri Militia units (over 80 regiments of them across MO) were basically home guard outfits that activated as units only if there was danger present in the form of Rebel bushwhackers, Confederate recruiters, or incursions of Confederate regular outfits up from Arkansas. All the EMM's activated individuals to guard the unit's armory (usually kept in the county courthouse), guard other important infrastructure such as local railroad facilities if any were nearby and the records of the county government, assist the local provost marshal office (which functioned as a sort of secret police since civil law broke down in most of MO during the war), and like duties. These individuals were activated even if the rest of the local unit remained inactive and the other members remained at their civilian pursuits. The eleven or so regiments of Provisional EMM were formed by detailing the more reliable officers and companies of the local Enrolled Missouri Militia outfits into a sort of "super EMM" in early 1863 that remained on active duty all the time across a larger region with companies in the larger towns, but capable of coming together quickly in case of Rebel threat. As I recall from my reading, the only EMM units that qualified for Federal pensions were four regiments that activated and fought against Confederate General Marmaduke's January 1863 southwest Missouri raid. If I remember correctly, those four regiments of the 80 or so were the only ones federalized and therefore the only ones qualified for pensions. The others were only state outfits--Missouri's emergency army, if you will. Some of them were never even paid for their active duty time, much less get pensions. The EMM concept was Missouri's desperate answer to protecting itself while the Federal authorities pulled most Federal troops out of the state to fight the war somewhere else. During 1863 the 1st and 2nd Provisional EMM regiments operated across northeast Missouri anticipating the same wholesale Confederate behind-Yankee-lines recruiting and fighting that ripped the northeast part of the state apart during 1862. This did not happen to the extent expected, largely due to the exhausting nature of the 1862 season and also the presence of the Provisional EMM regiments spread all over the map. Most of the Rebel recruiting and guerrilla activity during 1863 was along the Missouri River counties and to a lesser extent along the northeast MO counties that abut the Mississippi River. One very large exception to this general overview was the aggressive and wily recruiting command led by Confederate Sidney Drake Jackman of Howard County. Jackman operated mostly out of Howard and Boone Counties for nearly all of 1863 under the very noses of the Prov EMM. Some of his captains operated as far north as Linn and Randolph Counties and as far east as Callaway and Montgomery Counties. Colonel Jackman succeeded by having his recruiting command "fly under the radar" or keeping a low profile--unlike the violent, town-raiding recruiters of the 1862 season. Jackman also kept operating by undermining the 1st and 2nd Prov EMM through individual intimidations and by recruiting large number of them into his organization. This, plus an ongoing political battle for state supremacy by the northern moderates against the northern radicals wrecked the Provisional EMM, especially in northeast MO. By the end of 1863 the Prov EMM apparatus was junked and all the men and units detailed into it reverted back to their former EMM units and status. That may explain Special Order # 63 in your ancestors' record. That special order was issued by the regimental headquarters of the 2nd Provisional EMM (Harrison was the regiment's executive officer) inactivating the unit under orders from the State organization which was being broken down at that time. The former Enrolled Missouri Militia units continued for the rest of the war, and many did good service when needed. (Some did not.) By the way, elements of the 1st and 2nd Prov EMM regiments did considerable patrolling and saw some action during 1863. Bruce Nichols

Carol, members of the EMM were not eligible for Federal pensions. However, those who served in the Provisional EMM were. If you resubmit your request to the National Archives listing only the 2nd Provisional EMM as the unit you might have a different result. Regarding S.O. 63, the 2nd PEMM was considered to be a Radical Unionist regiment. In 1863 Conservative Unionists controlled the state government as well as the Union military hierarchy in Missouri. The 2nd PEMM was disbanded via Special Order 63 in the days leading up to the November judicial elections so it could not have an influence on those elections. Many of the men who belonged to the 2nd PEMM went on to serve in other units in late 1864 when the political climate changed. For more on the differences between the EMM and the PEMM as well as the reasons PEMM units were disbanded, see http://civilwarstlouis.com/militia/federalmilitia.htm and also http://civilwarstlouis.com/militia/Mutiny.htm Kirby Ross --- Carol Greathouse <snooper1@iland.net> wrote: > Hi List, > > I have two family members who joined the 50th EMM at > Kirksville, Adair Co., Mo. One joined on March 14, > 1863, the other on Oct 1, 1862. Both served until > March 31, 1863. They were both privates in Co II, > and served under Capt. Feller. On April 1, 1863, > they were ordered into active service from the 50th > Reg't EMM, into the 2nd Reg't Provisional EMM. > They were relieved from duty October 28, 1863, by > Lt. Col. Wm P. Harrison, per S.O. 63, Headquarters > Reg't. > > What was special order 63? > > Neither wife was able to collect a pension. One > wife was told they could find no record of her > husband serving (this one served the longest). The > other wife was told her husband only served 17 days. > > > Your help is appreciated, > Carol > > > ==== MO-CW Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from this list, send ONLY the word > UNSUBSCRIBE to the utility address > MO-CW-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM If you are trying to > unsubscribe from the Digest list, use the same > utility address but change the -L- to a -D- > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million > records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the > world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > __________________________________ Yahoo! FareChase: Search multiple travel sites in one click. http://farechase.yahoo.com __________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - Make it your home page! http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs

Hi List, I have two family members who joined the 50th EMM at Kirksville, Adair Co., Mo. One joined on March 14, 1863, the other on Oct 1, 1862. Both served until March 31, 1863. They were both privates in Co II, and served under Capt. Feller. On April 1, 1863, they were ordered into active service from the 50th Reg't EMM, into the 2nd Reg't Provisional EMM. They were relieved from duty October 28, 1863, by Lt. Col. Wm P. Harrison, per S.O. 63, Headquarters Reg't. What was special order 63? Neither wife was able to collect a pension. One wife was told they could find no record of her husband serving (this one served the longest). The other wife was told her husband only served 17 days. Your help is appreciated, Carol

Levi Cox served in a Federal Enrolled Missouri Militia battalion from Ravanna, Missouri, that was attached as Company B to the 44th Enrolled Missouri Militia. Cox was called to duty at Chillicothe from 8/30/1862 to 9/19/1862. The Enrolled Militia was a localized reserve organization, whose members were called to duty only in time of emergency. There are not many records on the EMM and its members were not generally eligible for Federal pensions after the war. You might check to see if there is a Mercer County history to see if it makes any sort of mention of Cox in it that might shed light him.--Kirby Ross ----- Original Message ----- From: LARWAN3@aol.com To: MO-CW-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [MO-CW] Information Please Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2005 13:04:54 EDT > > My Grgrgrandfather, Levi Cox was living in Davies County Missouri during the > Civil War period. Well, let me back up just a little. In 1860 he was 21 years > old and living in Mercer County. Then in March of 1867 he was in Davies > County, where he married Louisa Caldwell. > Can anyone tell me how, or where I could go to find out IF he served in the > war, and if so where? > I cannot find anything about him during those 7 years between 1860, and 1867, > and I just feel he served in some capacity, and it almost had to be in the > north, northwest part of the state. > > Thank you in advance for any information you might offer. > > Wanda Haines > > > ==== MO-CW Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, > political announcements, current events, items for sale, personal > messages, flames, etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and > will be grounds for removal. Consideration for exceptions, contact > Kathleen Burnett kathleenburnett@earthlink.net > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx -- ___________________________________________________ Play 100s of games for FREE! http://games.mail.com/

My Grgrgrandfather, Levi Cox was living in Davies County Missouri during the Civil War period. Well, let me back up just a little. In 1860 he was 21 years old and living in Mercer County. Then in March of 1867 he was in Davies County, where he married Louisa Caldwell. Can anyone tell me how, or where I could go to find out IF he served in the war, and if so where? I cannot find anything about him during those 7 years between 1860, and 1867, and I just feel he served in some capacity, and it almost had to be in the north, northwest part of the state. Thank you in advance for any information you might offer. Wanda Haines

Here is the information you might be looking for,http://www.missouridivision-scv.org/mounits/woodsonco-cav.htm Thought it might help. Ken ----- Original Message ----- From: <Cato324@wmconnect.com> To: <MO-CW-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 17, 2005 5:45 AM Subject: [MO-CW] Woodson's Company >A few days ago some asked about Woodson's unit and > I have since been looking for the info but seem to have > misplaced it at the moment. > I found at Wallace St College, Hanceville Alabama a > roll of film on Woodson's unit. On this roll of film was my > relative, a copy of his deposition, oath and at the bottom > a description of his person including his age. This settled > a question I had been researching for 10 yrs. > > Adruain > > > ==== MO-CW Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from this list, send ONLY the word UNSUBSCRIBE to the > utility address MO-CW-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM If you are trying to > unsubscribe from the Digest list, use the same utility address but change > the -L- to a -D- > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.12.0/132 - Release Date: 10/13/2005 > >

A few days ago some asked about Woodson's unit and I have since been looking for the info but seem to have misplaced it at the moment. I found at Wallace St College, Hanceville Alabama a roll of film on Woodson's unit. On this roll of film was my relative, a copy of his deposition, oath and at the bottom a description of his person including his age. This settled a question I had been researching for 10 yrs. Adruain

Kirby This incident about Jack Cato has puzzled me for quite a while since I did not know of anyone named Jack in the Missouri Cato's in that era. This is the conclusion I have come up with. In Sam Hildebrand's book "Sam Hildebrand rides again" Sam makes mention that on one of his excursions back to Mo he hooks up with Wash. Nabors and James Cato and on page 37 he mentions that they stayed up all night and kept charging the Federal camp and found out later that they had killed over 30 Federals that night. Jack is a nickname for James and since Jack had bragged of killing so many Union men, this could be the same man, especially since he rode with Hildebrand. My Father had a brother named James Henry that was always called "Jack" On William Cato, Joanne Eakin Chiles in her book, Missouri Prisones of War, transcribes a bunch by the name of Cata which is in fact the Cato bunch from Bollinger and Stoddard counties. In the Census of Mo there are no Cata's in this area. William is listed as a bushwacker, Gratiot prison, confined to ball and chain for violation of Oath. I have been told that the end result for this was normaly punishable by death. (not critizing Joanne for if you don't study the family as I have it is an easy mistake to make) Adruain

Adruain-- It's not surprising those Catos ended up in Greene County, Ark. after the war. In addition to Hildebrand and the Bolins, that was also a primary base of operations for Tim Reeves, with a number of the remnants of the McGee/Cato clan gravitating to his command after the McGee Massacre (4 Feb. 1863). Regarding the Catos who died at Alton, my research of the Alton register of Confederate soldiers who died there indicates it was Nathan, Chapman, and Wilson Sr. In fact, the following entry is in my book: "Civilian members of the Cato family were also dying in Federal custody. Nathan Cato died at Alton Prison across the Mississippi River from St. Louis the day after the McGee Massacre, as Chapman Cato and Wilson Cato Sr. had the previous 3 Jan. and 9 Nov., respectively." In addition, Jack Cato was hanged by the Federals at Bloomfield. While the date is uncertain, it was probably March 1863. Of probable additional interest to you, while I have not seen the edited result of the index I provided to the publisher, here are entries I submitted to them for that index: Cato, Chapman 198 Cato, Jack 199 Cato, James 30, 61, 183, 186, 200 Cato, Nathan 198 Cato, Simeon 197-98 Cato, William 57, 188, 189, 198, 199, 207-208 Cato Sr., Wilson 198 And under an entry for Skirmishes, I include: Cato's Farm, Billy 44, 188-189 Cato's Farm, Simeon 197-198 I also detail the McGee Massacre, and place it into the fuller context of the events that happened earlier that same day that the McGees were involved in along with Hildebrand and Jesse Ellison's newly-forming company of the 7th Mo. Cav., including a sharp skirmish at Bollinger's Mill against the 68th Enrolled Missouri Militia. --Kirby Ross ----- Original Message ----- From: Cato324@wmconnect.com To: MO-CW-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MO-CW] Hildebrand hideaway Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2005 16:16:14 EDT > > Kirby > Thanks for the reply, the reason I was asking is my > family ended up in the household with Confederate Major > William C Grimsley as orphans in the 1870 Greene Co > census. William Grimsley was the first Sheriff of Bollinger > Co and a neighbor to my 3x great Henry Cato. Henry was > the father of William, Wilson and Nathan who all died > at Alton. Nathan was my great great and because of the > three Nathans it took me 10 yrs through the process of > elimination to prove it was my Nathan who died at Alton. > I always suspected it was my Nathan since the kids were listed > as orphans in the Household with William Grimsley. I found > William Grimsley and Wife Matilda buried at Liberty Cemetery > just East of Boydsville Ar. Boydsville is located on the same road > from Rector and is Just West of Rector on Hwy 90. > By the way there were 6 0r 7 Williams in the war and 3 > Henry's and 3 Nathans. This makes it tough to decipher this > family with all the records destroyed. > > Adruain > > > ==== MO-CW Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, > political announcements, current events, items for sale, personal > messages, flames, etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and > will be grounds for removal. Consideration for exceptions, contact > Kathleen Burnett kathleenburnett@earthlink.net > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx -- ___________________________________________________ Play 100s of games for FREE! http://games.mail.com/

Kirby Thanks for the reply, the reason I was asking is my family ended up in the household with Confederate Major William C Grimsley as orphans in the 1870 Greene Co census. William Grimsley was the first Sheriff of Bollinger Co and a neighbor to my 3x great Henry Cato. Henry was the father of William, Wilson and Nathan who all died at Alton. Nathan was my great great and because of the three Nathans it took me 10 yrs through the process of elimination to prove it was my Nathan who died at Alton. I always suspected it was my Nathan since the kids were listed as orphans in the Household with William Grimsley. I found William Grimsley and Wife Matilda buried at Liberty Cemetery just East of Boydsville Ar. Boydsville is located on the same road from Rector and is Just West of Rector on Hwy 90. By the way there were 6 0r 7 Williams in the war and 3 Henry's and 3 Nathans. This makes it tough to decipher this family with all the records destroyed. Adruain

Adruain, sorry but I inadvertantly neglected to answer your question regarding Hildebrand's "hideaway," which Hildebrand referred to as being headquarters for him and the Bolins in his book. Their presence was fairly open, though, as they were living in huts with their families and were raising crops. Based upon his references to headquarters being burned out by "Captain John" (Capt. Abijah Johns, 3rd MSM Cav) in August 1864, and cross-referencing Union reports and personal accounts of the Federal raid during which that event occurred, Hildebrand's headquarters was located at Scatterville, Ark. Except for the Scatterville Cemetery, Scatterville no longer exists. The village was located a few miles northwest of present-day Rector.--Kirby Ross -- ___________________________________________________ Play 100s of games for FREE! http://games.mail.com/

My g.grandfather and his family disappear from all British records after 1883 and I believe they emigrated to the USA. They were John Clarence Prichard and his wife Priscilla (both born 1850 Salford, Lancashire, England) and their children Elizabeth Maud (b.1871), Margaret (b.1878), Robert Henry(b.1881) and Alice (b.1883). The only lead I have is that Ancestry.com says there are deaths recorded in Cooper County (MO) for a John Clarence and a Robert Henry Prichard. This lead of course could be totally false! Help! Thanks, Brian

Thanks for the heads up on that book. I will be looking for it. Additionally, be looking for Don Gilmore's book due out in December from Pelican Publishing, nationally. The Book is the most comprehensive in years on the Border War between Missouri and Kansas. It includes information not reported. It is called, ""Civil War on the Missouri/Kansas Border. This book will be talked about for years in my opinion. Again, thanks for the info on the other book. Claiborne Scholl Nappier

Adruain, the Hildebrand book will be released nationwide in a few weeks (as well as in Asia and Europe). Hopefully bookstores will find it worth stocking on their shelves. In addition to Amazon, you can find it online at Camp Pope, Barnes and Noble, and a fairly large number of other online outlets. In addition to the book, Camp Pope has an online review for it written by Drew Wagenhoffer.--Kirby ----- Original Message ----- From: Cato324@wmconnect.com To: MO-CW-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MO-CW] 8th reg EMM Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 17:31:39 EDT > > Kirby > Thanks for the info it makes a lot more sense now. > Is Amazon the only source for your new book? I'm > anxious to see it. Will it have the exact location of > the hidaway in Greene Co Arkansas?? > > Adruain > > > ==== MO-CW Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, > political announcements, current events, items for sale, personal > messages, flames, etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and > will be grounds for removal. Consideration for exceptions, contact > Kathleen Burnett kathleenburnett@earthlink.net > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx -- ___________________________________________________ Play 100s of games for FREE! http://games.mail.com/

Thanks Bruce

Kirby Thanks for the info it makes a lot more sense now. Is Amazon the only source for your new book? I'm anxious to see it. Will it have the exact location of the hidaway in Greene Co Arkansas?? Adruain

Adruain, The 1st through the 13th Enrolled Missouri Militia Regiments (and also the 16th, 17th, and 22nd, and others) were all St. Louis City or St. Louis County outfits. They hardly saw any action throughout the war. If by the "8th EMM Regiment" you are referring to the 8th Provisional EMM Regiment that saw considerable service in southeast MO only during 1863, that regiment contained officers and companies that were detailed to this regiment from: 32nd EMM: from Washington and St. Francois Counties; 56th EMM: from Cape Girardeau County; 64th EMM: mostly from Perry County, but parts from Dent, Shannon, and Oregon Counties; 78th EMM: from Jefferson and St. Genevieve Counties. And, indeed, this regiment served throughout 1863 in southeast MO. Bruce Nichols

Adruain, the 8th EMM was from St. Louis. Since I am aware of your interest in southeast Missouri, I suspect the subject you may be inquiring about may actually be the 8th Provisional Enrolled Missouri Militia, which was formed from EMM units from southeast Missouri. For county of origins of militia units in Missouri, go to http://civilwarstlouis.com/militia/federalmilitia.htm Once you get to this site, scroll down to the individual organizations and then click on the links that will show you what counties individual units came from came from.--Kirby Ross ----- Original Message ----- From: Cato324@wmconnect.com To: MO-CW-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [MO-CW] 8th reg EMM Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 20:07:05 EDT > > What part of Missouri was the 8th regiment EMM from > > Thanks > Adruain > > > ==== MO-CW Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from this list, send ONLY the word UNSUBSCRIBE to > the utility address MO-CW-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM If you are trying > to unsubscribe from the Digest list, use the same utility address > but change the -L- to a -D- > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx -- ___________________________________________________ Play 100s of games for FREE! http://games.mail.com/

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What part of Missouri was the 8th regiment EMM from Thanks Adruain