I don't believe any of my Porter's were ever living in MO. Isaac's family in 1860 were living in Ringgold Co., IA. and I assume that inlisting in MO was closer than anywhere in IA. My Porter's came from Ill. and KY before that. Of course maybe some extended family members had moved there. Anything is possible. Thank you for the additional information. I will check those out and see what I can find. This Regiment was formed Oct. 1, 1861 so some of these activities were too early for this regiment. The only one that they could have participated in would have been the Battle of Belmont. Thank You........Dorothy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Arleigh Birchler" <abirchler16@yahoo.com> To: <MO-CW-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 8:30 AM Subject: Re: [MO-CW] Craynor's Regiment State Militia Infantry > Dorothy, > > Have you checked with the St Louis Public Library? > > http://www.slpl.lib.mo.us/libsrc/cvware.htm > > The Annual Report of the Adjutant General probably has more information then Dyer's Compendium. Also, you should be able to find a Gentry County history. Local county histories often have a good deal of information about Civil War regiments. (It is a very common name, but my ancestors from Cass County were also Porter's.) > > This was very early in the War. Booneville was June 17, 1861, Dry Wood Creek was Sep 2, 1861, the Battle of the Hemp Bales (Lexington) was Sep 13-20, 1861, and the Battle of Belmont was on Nov 6, 1861. I would assume that this regiment was formed for local service in Northwest Missouri. I think that most of the Regular Confederate Army units were limited to Southern Missouri by then. Craynor's was probably scouting for guerrilla bands. Getting prisoners back to a Confederate Prisoner of War camp would not have been a very easy task. > > Arleigh > > Dorothy Mead <dotndash@netins.net> wrote: > > Thank you for your quick reply. I had already found this but was hoping for > a more thorough account of this regiment.. It isn't on the Soldiers and > Sailors page. And neither is my descendant. We had quite a time finding > him but finally did yesterday. Do you know where the clsosest Confederate > prison was ? Isaac D.V. PORTER enlisted Nov. 21, 1861 and died Dec. 31, > 1861. So he probably wasn't taken too far away. Thanks again for you > response...........Dorothy > > > > > > > > Annual Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Missouri for the > Year 1863. St. Louis, MO, 1864, pp. 149-151. > > Usually includes a list of officers of the regiment by company, plus an > "Historical Memorandum" which recounts the activities of the regiment for > the past year by company. Occasionally includes other, miscellaneous > information. > > > > > > Organized in Gentry Country for six months October 1, 1861. Engaged in > scout duty in Northwest Missouri till February, 1862. Mustered out February, > 1862. > > Source of Data: "A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, V.III" by > Frederick H. Dyer, c1908, p.1340 > > > > > > > Arleigh Birchler, MDiv, BSN > 1718 Fisher St #2 > Madison WI 53713 > 608-251-4437 > > (Ali Sengaree - Allah'ka cli here chaya) > > > Brams Addition Life&Choice > Musick/Porter Fan Club > Pleasure, Pain, Power, and Love > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== 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 > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 >