Jennie St. John Mitchell, born in 1833, was the wife of General Robert B. Mitchell and the daughter of Henry St. John, a member of Congress from Ohio. Married in January 1855, the Mitchells moved from Ohio to Paris, Linn County, Kansas, in October 1856 and moved into a log house. Interestingly, the ...
Carte-de-Visite by C.G. Ginen, Nashville, Tenn. Image Courtesy Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield; WICR 11464
Robert Mitchell was born on April 4, 1823, in Mansfield, Ohio, and served in the Mexican-American War; in 1856 he moved to Linn County, Kansas Territory, and became active in territorial politics. From 1859 to 1861 he served as treasurer of the Kansas Territory. Commissioned colonel of the 2nd Kansas Infantry in May 1861, Mitchell ...
Carte-de-Visite by E. & H.T. Anthony, New York, N.Y. Image Courtesy Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield; WICR 31799
This photograph is of 19-year-old Thomas Moody who joined Company F, 11th Missouri State Militia Cavalry at Macon City, Missouri, on March 14, 1862. The 11th was consolidated with the 2nd Missouri State Militia Cavalry that October. Moody served with the regiment until he was mustered out on March 24, 1865. The 11th ...
David Moore was born on July 3, 1817, in Ohio; in 1861 he organized the 1st Northeast Missouri Home Guards, acting on orders issued by Brigadier General Nathaniel Lyon. As commander of that unit, he defeated Missouri State Guard forces at Athens, Missouri on August 5, 1861. Moore became colonel of the 21st ...
Edwin Moore was born in England in 1833; it is not known when he came to the United States. In May 1861 he enlisted in the 16th Illinois Infantry at Colchester, Illinois, as a second lieutenant; in July 1861 he was promoted to first lieutenant. Following the siege of New Madrid and Island ...
James A. Mulligan was born in Utica, New York, in 1829 to parents who had immigrated to the United States from Ireland. In 1856, while living in Chicago, he was appointed second lieutenant of the “Chicago Shield Guards.” When the Civil War broke out in 1861, Mulligan raised the 23rd Illinois Infantry Regiment, known locally ...
John Murphy enlisted in Bissell’s Engineer Regiment of the West on July 26, 1861; he was appointed a second lieutenant and assigned to Company B. Promoted to first lieutenant on July 22, 1863, he became a captain on August 13, 1863 and assumed command of Company K. Colonel Josiah W. Bissell’s “Engineer Regiment of the ...
Thomas Murray was born in Kentucky on May 2, 1835; he later moved to Missouri and became a newspaper editor. On July 4, 1861, he joined the 4th Infantry Regiment, 8th Division, Missouri State Guard at Warsaw, Missouri, and was elected major; he resigned on August 13, 1861, after fighting at Carthage and Wilson’s ...
Richard Musser was born on February 6, 1829, in Claysville, Harrison County, Kentucky, and was educated at Cynthiana, Kentucky. He moved to Brunswick, Missouri in 1849, and a year later to Trenton; he returned to Brunswick in 1854, was admitted to the bar, and began a law practice. Lieutenant Colonel Musser of the Missouri State ...
Undated photograph of the house in Ashford, Windham County, Connecticut, where Union Brigadier General Nathaniel Lyon was born on July 14, 1818. Lyon was killed on August 10, 1861 at the Battle of Wilson’s Creek, becoming the first Union general killed in the Civil War. Photograph by Unknown Photographer. Image Courtesy Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield; WICR 11563
This photograph of John Nichols was taken while he was a prisoner; he is shown seated with leg irons attached to a ball and chain. The leg of a guard and a revolver are visible on left side of the photo; “John Nichols. Executed at Jefferson City Mo. Oct. 30th 1863” is written on ...
Galen Norton was mustered in as captain of Company D, 3rd Colorado Infantry on February 28, 1863; that October, the 2nd and 3rd Colorado Infantry were consolidated in St. Louis to form the 2nd Colorado Cavalry. Norton was mustered in as captain of the new regiment’s Company L; he resigned from the army on ...
