This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: MANUEL Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EKB.2ACE/676.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: The M 4 Prov. En. Mo. Mil. might stand for "4th Regiment Provisional Enrolled Missouri Militia". There's a little bit about this group's participation in the Civil War documented at: http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unmoinf1.htm#49. Just scroll down the page until you find the regiment.