George Smith enlisted as a private in Company F, 1st Iowa Infantry on April 23, 1861, and was mustered into service on May 14, 1861; he mustered out on August 21, 1861, after fighting in the Battle of Wilson’s Creek. On September 25, 1861, he enlisted in Company C, 4th Iowa Cavalry as second ...
Giles Smith joined Company D, 8th Missouri Infantry as a captain on June 14, 1861; the regiment was commanded by his brother, Colonel Morgan L. Smith. In the summer of 1862, following the battles of Fort Donelson and Shiloh, Giles Smith was promoted to lieutenant colonel and colonel, succeeding his brother as regimental ...
Ira Smith mustered into the 9th Minnesota Infantry on August 19, 1862, as a private; on November 27, 1862, he was transferred to the non-commissioned staff as sergeant-major. The 9th Minnesota Infantry saw service in Minnesota before being assigned to duty as railroad guards in Missouri. On February 15, 1864, Smith was discharged in order ...
John Smith, a native of Washington County, Ohio, and a resident of Crawfordville, Iowa, enlisted as a private in Company I, 25th Iowa Infantry on August 1, 1862; he was mustered into service on August 28, 1862. On January 11, 1863 he was wounded at the Battle of Fort Hindman (Arkansas Post), Arkansas. ...
John Smith enlisted as a private in Company H, 18th Missouri Infantry on October 21, 1862, at Columbia, Missouri. He saw action at Corinth, Kennesaw Mountain, during Sherman’s “March to the Sea,” and at Bentonville. He was promoted to second lieutenant on June 16, 1865, and assigned to Company K. Smith was ...
Morgan Smith was born on March 8, 1822, in Oswego County, New York; in 1843 he settled in Indiana. At the start of the Civil War, Smith raised the 8th Missouri Volunteer Infantry and was elected its colonel in 1861. He was in command of a brigade at the capture of Fort Donelson ...
Undated post-Civil War photograph of William Sparks, possibly taken in the early 1880s; Sparks has a miniature metal Grand Army of the Republic medal on his vest lapel and a reunion medal on his coat. Sparks, a native of Wilkes County, North Carolina, and resident of Mercer County, Missouri, joined Company E, 12th Missouri Cavalry ...
Anson Spinner (listed as Anson B. or R. Spinney in some records), a resident of Junction City, Davis County, Kansas, enlisted as a first lieutenant in Company B, 2nd Kansas Infantry on May 14, 1861. Some sources state that he resigned his commission on August 3, 1861, only a week before the 2nd Kansas ...
Photograph of an unidentified military hospital at St. Louis, Missouri; the thirty-four star flag hanging next to the building would indicate the photo was taken sometime between 1861 and 1863. St. Louis played an important role in the Civil War as the main Union supply depot on the Mississippi River, headquarters for the Western Department, and ...
Undated group photograph of a pro-Union club in St. Louis. The photograph includes Major Henry L. McConnell of the 3rd Missouri State Militia Cavalry and St. Louis Mayor Oliver Dwight Filley. McConnell was commissioned major of the 3rd on May 16, 1862 and resigned on July 3, 1863. Filley served as mayor ...
David Sloan Stanley was born on June 1, 1828, at Cedar Valley, Ohio; he attended West Point, graduated in 1852, and was assigned to the Western frontier, including duty in Kansas and the Indian Territory. When the Civil War began, Stanley was a captain in the 1st U.S. Cavalry. He participated in the ...
Frank Stanley of Knox County, Illinois, originally enlisted in Company C, 83rd Illinois Infantry, on January 31, 1865; on June 30, 1865, he was transferred to Company D, 61st Illinois Infantry. While with the 83rd Illinois, Stanley served in Nashville, Tennessee, as part of the city’s garrison. He was mustered out of the service ...
Undated post-Civil War photograph of James Stanley, wearing ornate Masonic vest and apron, indicating he was the senior warden in his local lodge; Stanley was a member of the 1st Illinois Cavalry and 7th Missouri Cavalry during the Civil War. Carte-de-Visite by J. Thurlow, Peroia, Ill. Image Courtesy Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield; WICR 30683
Two post-Civil War photographs of steamboats on the Mississippi River at St. Louis, Missouri; one includes a bridge spanning the river into Illinois; the other features a loading and unloading area with supplies in the foreground. St. Louis was a major supply port for the Union forces in the Trans-Mississippi Theatre. Following the ...
