----- Original Message ----- From: "Alice M. Kam" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, November 29, 2002 10:43 PM Subject: [MO-CW] RADKE Lorenz; 2nd Missouri L. Art'y > Can anyone help with this? The Civil War CD lists a Lorenz RADKE as > fighting with the 2nd Missouri L. Art'y for the Union (I'm assuming Army), > Company I as a pvt. My g-g-grandfather's name is Lorenz Radke, but he was > in Indiana at the time of the Civil War and his tombstone has Navy written > on it. Number 1, would the referenced record definitely be Army, or could > it be Navy? Number 2, was it possible for men to volunteer/enlist from one > state and end up fighting with another state? Number 3, would it have been > feasible for a volunteer/enlisted man to change from Army to Navy while > fighting the Civil War? > > I'm trying to find the muster in and out roll for my g-g grandfather but am > having trouble finding where to write for a copy of the record. > > Any help with this would be greatly appreciated. > > Alice Kam > [email protected] > > This man might just be another who was graced with your ancestor's name, it has happened before, or the record could be wrong on that CD, that has also occurred. Or, the info on the headstone might be incorrect, this too has been the case of others. As for men joining up & fighting for other states, this occurred quite frequently. Men from Missouri have started out in a Missouri unit, but were melted into an Ohio unit, just to use as an example. Men from Illinois fought in Missouri units as well as other states. Men also joined other branches of the service after serving in one. They did this for many reasons. The answer to question 1 is this. Battery "I", 2nd Regiment Light Artillery (Union) Organized at St. Louis, Mo., January, 1862. Attached to District of St. Louis, Mo., Dept. Missouri, to September, 1863. Transferred to New Battery "C" September 29, 1863. Reorganized at Springfield, Mo., December 28, 1863. Attached to District Southwest Missouri, Dept. Missouri, to December, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division (Detachment), Army Tennessee, Dept. of the Cumberland, to March, 1865. 3rd Sub-District, District Middle Tennessee, Dept. Cumberland, to June, 1865. District of St. Louis, Mo., Dept, Missouri, to August, 1865. SERVICE.--Duty in the District of St. Louis until April, 1864. Expedition from New Madrid, Mo., and skirmishes in swamps of Little River near Osceola and on Pemiscott Bayou April 5-9, 1864. Duty in Southwest Missouri until October. Ordered to Paducah, Ky., November 10, thence to Nashville, Tenn. Battle of Nashville December 15-16. Duty in District of Nashville until March, 1865, and in District of Middle Tennessee until June. Ordered to St. Louis, Mo., and duty there until August. Mustered out August 23, 1865. Battery "C", 2nd Regiment Light Artillery (Union) Organized at St. Louis January, 1862. Attached to District of St. Louis, Mo., Dept. Missouri, to September, 1862. District Rolla, Dept. Missouri, to February, 1863. District St. Louis, Mo., Dept. Missouri, to September, 1863. Reorganized from Batteries "H" and "I" September 29, 1863. District St. Louis, Mo., Dept. Missouri, to August, 1864. District North Missouri, Dept. Missouri, to June, 1865. District Plains, Dept. Missouri, to December, 1865. SERVICE.--Duty at Hartsville, Cape Girardeau and in District of St. Louis, until May 8, 1864. Ordered to St. Louis May 8. One section returned to Cape Girardeau May 23, 1864. One section at St. Joseph, Mo., and one section at Warrensburg, Mo., until October, 1864. Ordered to Jefferson City, Mo., October. Defense of Jefferson City against Price's attack October 7-8. Moved to Booneville, thence to Glasgow and to Macon City, arriving November 5 (1 Section). Duty at Macon City and Cape Girardeau until June, 1865. Ordered to St. Louis June 1. Equipped as Cavalry. Moved to Omaha, Neb., June 11-20. Powder River Expedition. March to Powder River and Fort Connor July 11-September 20. Actions on Powder River September 2-8. Mustered out December 20, 1865. I would start by investigating the information on the tombstone first. For more info on tracking down records, take a peek here, http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/tools.htm Assuming this man is the one you seek, he could have started out in I company & transferred to C company & the reference to the Navy could very well be associated with their last bit of action on the Powder River. This is just an assumption on my part. I know a man who searched for about three years for his relative, based on an obit that stated the man's unit. He contacted the Government about his records & none existed for the man associated with the unit. After finally tracking down the grave, he found another unit etched on the stone & it was the true unit. He was then able to get his ancestors records. The man is listed here: http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/Personz_Detail.cfm?PER_NBR=5180049 This site may be of interest to you: http://civilwarindiana.com/ This may help as well: http://www.oz.net/~cyndihow/pensions.htm Desoto Joe/The Record Man