John T. Hughes was born in 1817, near Versailles, Kentucky; his family moved to Missouri in 1820. He graduated from Bonne Femme College and taught school in the Clay County, Missouri, area until the start of the Mexican-American War. He then enlisted in the 1st Regiment Missouri Mounted Volunteers and became the regiment’s ...
Edward Brodie Hull, Jr., began the Civil War as captain of the Pike County Mounted Guards Company in the 4th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Division, Missouri State Guard. He was elected lieutenant colonel of the 4th Cavalry Regiment on August 14, 1861, and was wounded leading the regiment at the siege of Lexington in September ...
Joseph Hull went to sea as a midshipman in 1813. He was promoted to lieutenant in 1815, to commander in 1841, captain in 1855 and to commodore in 1862. On July 16, 1862, he was released from active duty to assume the duties as Superintendent of Gunboat Construction in St. Louis, Missouri. Together with Edward ...
Richard Hulse mustered into the 11th Missouri State Militia Cavalry on November 1, 1862, as a first lieutenant, and was assigned the duties of adjutant. When the 11th and 2nd Missouri State Militia Cavalry Regiments were consolidated on December 31, 1862, Hulse was promoted to captain and assumed command of Company H. On ...
Jacob Humphrey enlisted on August 1, 1861, and was mustered in as a corporal in Company G, 1st Missouri Cavalry at Jefferson Barracks on September 6, 1861; he was appointed sergeant on March 1, 1863. The regiment’s 3rd Battalion (including Company G) participated in the Battle of Pea Ridge in March 1862, and spent the remainder ...
Albert Hunt enlisted as a private in Company C, 3rd Colorado Infantry, but on October 1, 1863, when the 2nd and 3rd Colorado were consolidated to form the 2nd Colorado Cavalry, Hunt became a member of the new regiment’s Company K. Hunt was discharged on January 1, 1864, for promotion to first lieutenant and ...
Drawing of Union General David Hunter’s camp near Tipton, Missouri, drawn by correspondent Alexander Simplot; signed and dated October 15, 1861. The following text, dated October 15, 1861, from Tipton Missouri, appears on the back of the drawing: Mr. John Bonner Dear Sir Enclosed please find a sketch representing the encampments of the Divisions of Major General Hunter ...
Charles Hutchins enlisted on February 10, 1862, in Company G, 13th Connecticut Infantry as a private. He was promoted to sergeant on May 20, 1862, and to first sergeant on August 6, 1863; he was reduced to private on September 23, 1863. The 13th participated in numerous actions in Louisiana, including the siege ...
John Hutchinson enlisted on February 10, 1863, as a private in Company K, 12th Missouri Cavalry; on March 7, 1863, he was appointed first sergeant, but on June 18, 1863, he was reduced to private. On October 1, 1864, Hutchinson was appointed corporal, and on February 1, 1865, to sergeant major of the regiment. ...
Jonathan Ingham enlisted on December 22, 1863, as a private in Company M, 2nd Minnesota Cavalry, at the age of 43. The 2nd Minnesota Cavalry was under the command of Colonel Robert N. McLaren; the regiment was assigned to garrison duty, with occasional expeditions in pursuit of wandering bands of Native Americans in Minnesota ...
James Inskeep enlisted in Company H, 25th Missouri Infantry on October 2, 1862, at St. Joseph, Missouri. On February 17, 1864, he was transferred to Company M, 1st Missouri Engineers; he was mustered out of the service on January 22, 1865. The 25th performed duty in southeast and northwest Missouri, operating against guerrillas, performing garrison ...
John Jarrette joined William Clarke Quantrill’s guerrillas in October 1861. He was with Quantrill during the raid on Lawrence, Kansas, on August 21, 1863, and with William Anderson during the massacre at Centralia, Missouri, on September 27, 1864. After the war, Jarrette joined the Jesse James gang, and was a suspect in the ...
Samuel Jellison, a mechanic from Decatur, Illinois, enlisted in Company B, 8th Illinois Infantry when the war began. Mustered out of that unit in July 1861, he enlisted in the 61st Illinois Infantry that December; promoted to quartermaster sergeant and transferred to the regimental staff, he was reduced to private and transferred to Company ...
Benjamin Jennings was appointed a second lieutenant in Company C, 23rd Iowa Infantry on August 7, 1862. On September 19, 1862, the 23rd Iowa was mustered into the federal service and ordered to St. Louis. Jennings was promoted to first lieutenant on January 1, 1863, and to captain and company commander on November 6, 1863. After ...
