James Love began the Civil War as a private in Company D, 5th U.S. Reserve Corps. He was mustered into that unit as a sergeant on May 11, 1861, in St. Louis, and was mustered out on August 31, 1861. The 5th U.S.R.C. served at Jefferson City, Boonville, Lexington, and at other points ...
Christine (Hager) Lusk, the wife of Union Major William H. Lusk, who served with the 10th Missouri Cavalry and commanded the regiment at the Battle of Mine Creek. Carte-de-Visite by Bailey & North, Jefferson City, Mo. Image Courtesy Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield; WICR 31827
William Lusk was commissioned a lieutenant in the 28th Missouri Infantry on June 25, 1862; in October 1862, the 28th Missouri Infantry was reorganized as the 10th Missouri Cavalry at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri. Lusk was promoted to captain and assumed command of Company E; on December 4, 1862, he was promoted to major. ...
James Jerome Lyon was born in West Pembroke, New York, on July 27, 1837. He enlisted in Company B, 1st Michigan Infantry on April 29, 1861, at Jackson, Michigan, and was mustered into service on June 4, 1861; he was mustered out at the end of his 90-day enlistment on August 7, 1861, at ...
Emmett MacDonald practiced law in St. Louis and joined the Missouri Volunteer Militia in the First Military District (St. Louis) under the command of Brigadier General Daniel Frost before the Civil War. In November 1860, Frost received orders from Missouri Governor Robert Stewart to restore order along the Missouri border from raiding parties of Kansas ...
Michael Mack of Kansas City, Missouri, enlisted on May 28, 1861 in Company B, 1st Kansas Infantry, and was mustered into service as a corporal on June 3, 1861. He was promoted to first sergeant on September 1, 1861, to first lieutenant on July 27, 1862, and to captain and company commander on February ...
George W. Maddox was born in Missouri in 1831; in the 1860 census he is listed as a farmer residing in Big Cedar, Jackson County, Missouri. In January 1862, Maddox, along with Charles Fletcher “Fletch” Taylor and others, joined Quantrill’s band as some of the guerrilla chieftain’s earliest recruits. He participated in the ...
John Marcoot was commissioned an assistant surgeon on February 21, 1865, at St. Louis, Missouri, and was mustered into the 52nd Missouri Infantry on February 27, 1865. On June 2, 1865, the 51st, 52nd, 54th and 55th Missouri Infantry Regiments were consolidated and the new regiment was designated the 51st Missouri Infantry. The ...
John Markley enlisted as a private in Company D, 8th Indiana Infantry on September 5, 1861. The 8th Indiana Infantry was organized from August 20 to September 5, 1861, and ordered to St. Louis. They fought at Pea Ridge, Hill’s Plantation, and the various battles of the Vicksburg campaign, including Port Gibson, Champion Hill, and ...
Cyrus Matthews enlisted on August 1, 1861, and was mustered in as a sergeant in Company G, 1st Missouri Cavalry. On December 6, 1863, he was promoted to first sergeant. Company G was assigned to the 3rd Battalion of the 1st Missouri Cavalry, and saw action at Pea Ridge. The company also participated in ...
William May, from Grasshopper Falls (Valley Falls), Kansas, enlisted on August 27, 1862, and was mustered into Company I, 11th Kansas Cavalry, on September 15, 1862, as a private. He was promoted to corporal on July 1, 1864. The 11th Kansas Infantry was organized from August to September 1862, at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; they fought ...
Charles McAfee was born on March 28, 1829, in Lexington, Kentucky; soon after his birth his family moved to Macon County, Missouri. In his teenage years he worked in manufacturing and studied law, and opened his first law office in 1860 in Harrison County, Missouri. At the start of the Civil War, McAfee ...
James McCown came to Missouri from Virginia in 1840, settling in Warrensburg, where he became active in community affairs. With the start of the Civil War, he joined the Missouri State Guard with his three sons, and become lieutenant colonel and later colonel of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment, 8th Division. When the Confederate ...
John McCullough enlisted on August 26, 1861, and was mustered into the 23rd Missouri Infantry as the regiment’s major. McCullough was also a member of the Missouri legislature, and was granted leaves of absence in order to serve with the regiment when the legislature was in session. On April 6, 1862, while engaged at the ...
