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 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Arleigh Birchler" <abirchler16@yahoo.com> To: <MO-CW-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 7:07 AM Subject: Re: [MO-CW] Craynor's Regiment State Militia Infantry > Dorothy, > > There were Federal military prisons in Missouri, but I don't think there were any Confederate. > > http://home.usmo.com/~momollus/MOREG/Inf.htm > > CRAYNOR'S REGIMENT STATE MILITIA INFANTRY. > > 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 > > > > > http://www.slpl.lib.mo.us/libsrc/cvware.htm > > Craynor's Missouri Infantry Regiment (Union- 6 month regiment) > > 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. > > Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, compiled and arranged from official records of the Federal and Confederate armies, etc. Des Moines, Ia.: Dyer Publishing Co., 1908, 3 vols., pp. 1340. > Volume 3 has brief histories of Northern regiments which vary in length from one paragraph to one page. Histories include information on regiment's organization andcommands it was attached to, with a chronology of its wartime activities > > > > Dorothy Mead <dotndash@netins.net> wrote: > CRAYNOR's REGIMENT STATE MILITIA INFANTRY > > Does any one know anything about this Regiment and their activities in 1861 ? Also, were there any military prisons in MO during the Civil War. I have an ancestor that was with this regiment and died Dec. 31, 1861. Family lore has it that he died at Andersonville prison but this prison wasn't even built until 1863. So am wondering if it could have been another prison. > > Thank You for any help anyone can provide..........Dorothy > > > > 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 ==== > If you wish to unsubscribe from the Missouri Civil War mailing list, send only the word > UNSUBSCRIBE to MO-CW-l-request@rootsweb.com or if you are on the Digest list > to MO-CW-d-request@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx >

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