Stewart Robinson of Rising Sun, Iowa, was 26 years old when he enlisted in the 23rd Iowa Infantry on August 1, 1862; he was mustered into Company C on August 28, 1862. He was wounded on May 17, 1863, at Black River Bridge, Mississippi, during the Vicksburg campaign; after he recovered he returned to ...
James Rogers mustered into the 45th Missouri Infantry as assistant surgeon, for a period of one year, on August 25, 1864, at Warrensburg, Missouri. The regiment was assigned to Jefferson City during General Sterling Price’s 1864 Missouri raid, then participated in the Battle of Nashville, and garrison duty in Tennessee. Rogers was mustered out of ...
William Rogers, a native of Osage County, Missouri, enlisted in St. Louis on April 9, 1864, as a private in Company I, 10th Missouri Cavalry. During his service with the regiment, the 10th fought at the battles of Brice’s Crossroads and Tupelo, and pursued General Sterling Price during his 1864 Missouri raid. On July 25, ...
German-born Henry Rose, a resident of Fort Madison, Iowa, enlisted in Company D, 1st Iowa Infantry on April 23, 1861, and was mustered into service on May 14, 1861. Wounded in the head at the Battle of Wilson’s Creek on August 10, 1861, he was mustered out of the regiment on August 21, 1861. Rose ...
Born on September 6, 1819 in Delaware County, Ohio, William Rosecrans graduated from West Point in 1842 and was commissioned in the Corps of Engineers. After supervising several construction projects and serving as an instructor at West Point, he resigned from the army in 1854 and became a businessman in Cincinnati. When the Civil War ...
Abraham Ryan of Peoria, Illinois, was mustered into Company A, 17th Illinois Infantry as a first lieutenant in May 1861. Promoted to captain, Ryan mustered out of the 17th Illinois on February 10, 1864, having fought at Forts Henry and Donelson, Shiloh, and through the Vicksburg campaign. On the day he mustered out of the ...
Siegmund Sallmann joined Company C, 1st Missouri Volunteers on May 29, 1861, at the St. Louis Arsenal. After participating in the Battle of Wilson’s Creek on August 10, 1861, the regiment was reorganized as the 1st Missouri Light Artillery and Sallmann was promoted to sergeant. Transferred to Battery F in January 1862, he ...
Dr. Reuben Samuel was born on January 12, 1828; he married Zerelda James, the mother of Frank and Jesse James, becoming her third husband. Samuel left a medical practice and took up farming, raising tobacco, and acquired slaves. In 1863, Samuel’s step-son, Frank James, a veteran of the Missouri State Guard, joined William ...
Born in Gerry, New York, on September 29, 1831, John McAllister Schofield graduated from West Point in 1853, seventh in a class of fifty-two graduates. Commissioned a lieutenant in the artillery, he served in Florida and taught at West Point, and in 1861 was a professor of physics at Washington University in St. ...
Adolph Schuster enlisted on April 22, 1861, in Company A, 1st Missouri Infantry, and fought at the Battle of Wilson’s Creek. He enlisted again in St. Louis, Missouri, on September 22, 1861, as a second lieutenant in Company I, 15th Missouri Infantry. On January 15, 1862, he was promoted to first lieutenant and became regimental ...
Thomas Seawell mustered into Company E, 10th Missouri Infantry on August 8, 1861, as a first lieutenant; he was promoted to captain on November 10, 1862. While with the 10th, Seawell participated in the battles of Iuka and Corinth and the Vicksburg campaign. Seawell resigned on August 10, 1863, and was commissioned the colonel of ...
Emanuel Shafer enlisted on July 15, 1861, as a private in Company E, 2nd Northeast Missouri Infantry; in February 1862 the 1st Northeast became the 21st Missouri Infantry. Shafter was promoted to sergeant on March 15, 1862, and to first sergeant on May 15, 1862. He was further promoted to second lieutenant on ...
Carlton Shamp enlisted in Company D, 21st Missouri Infantry on February 1, 1862, as a musician; in May 1864 he was promoted to principal musician and transferred to the regiment’s non-commissioned staff. On March 1, 1865, Shamp was promoted to first sergeant and transferred to Company K. He was mustered out of the ...
Joseph Shelby was born in Lexington, Kentucky in 1830, where he was raised and attended Transylvania College; in 1852 he moved to Missouri where he became one of the richest young men in the state as a hemp farmer, rope manufacturer, and steamboat owner. In 1854, he returned to Kentucky, where he recruited a company of ...
