Cornelius Comegys was born in 1834. On March 23, 1863, he enlisted and was mustered into Company B, 19th Iowa Infantry, as a private. On March 23, 1864, he transferred to Company A, 29th Iowa Infantry. The 19th Iowa Infantry fought at Prairie Grove and the siege of Vicksburg; the 29th Iowa ...
In 1867, the Springfield National Cemetery was established because of the critical need for suitable burial space for the remains of men who fell at the Battle of Wilson’s Creek and in other battles and skirmishes in southwest Missouri. In 1870, the Confederate cemetery was established on a four-acre tract adjoining the National Cemetery, but separated ...
Carte-de-Viste by Unknown Photographer Images Courtesy Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield; WICR 00883
Carte-de-Viste by Unknown Photographer Images Courtesy Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield; WICR 00882
Carte-de-visite taken in Mexico, probably in early 1866, showing five former Confederate generals who left the United States following the Civil War. Standing in the rear (left to right) are John Bankhead Magruder and William P. Hardeman. Seated (left to right) are Henry W. Allen, Sterling Price, and Thomas C. Hindman. Eventually ...
George W. Cook of Grasshopper Falls (Valley Falls), Kansas, enlisted in Company I, 11th Kansas Cavalry (originally the 11th Kansas Infantry) on September 1, 1862. He was wounded at the Battle of Prairie Grove, Arkansas in December 1862, and was mustered out of the regiment on September 26, 1865. Strangely, Cook appears to ...
The Civil War was a unique conflict, in that the assets that were considered contraband often included human beings. After the issuance of Lincoln’s preliminary Emancipation Proclamation in September 1862, many slaves sought self-emancipation by rushing to safety behind Union lines. This drawing captures members of the Corinth Contraband Camp building fortifications at Corinth, ...
Dr. Florence Cornyn was born in August 1829 in Belmont County, Ohio. After graduating from New York University, Cornyn traveled to Sacramento, California, and practiced medicine until 1852; moving to Missouri, he settled in St. Louis. He began the Civil War as a surgeon with the 1st Missouri Infantry (later the 1st Missouri ...
Richard Corwine was born in Mason County, Kentucky, on April 12, 1812. He was admitted to the bar in 1834, and formed a law firm with future president Rutherford B. Hays and Caleb B. Smith, the future Secretary of the Interior under President Lincoln. He was very active in politics and had a ...
Matthew Cowley mustered into Company I, 9th Kansas Cavalry, as a first lieutenant on March 2, 1862, at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. The 9th Kansas Cavalry was organized on March 27, 1862, at Fort Leavenworth; the regiment fought at the 1862 battles of Newtonia and Prairie Grove, and performed scout and garrison duties. Cowley died of disease on ...
John H. Cox, a Virginia native and Methodist Episcopal minister, enlisted in the 1st Northeast Missouri Home Guard Regiment at Athens, Missouri in June 1861. He apparently served as the regiment’s chaplain until February 1862, when the regiment was redesignated the 21st Missouri Infantry. Cox served briefly as captain of Company H before ...
William D. Cox was born in Fulton County, Illinois, on May 4, 1843. He enlisted in Company H, 28th Illinois Infantry as a private on January 8, 1862, and re-enlisted on February 3, 1864. The 28th Illinois fought at Fort Donelson, Shiloh, and at the siege of Vicksburg, among other battles. Cox ...
Lewis Creitz enlisted on April 18, 1861, in Company A, 1st Iowa Infantry, and was mustered in at Keokuk, Iowa, on May 14 as a private. The 1st Iowa enlisted for ninety days under President Lincoln’s first call for volunteers; the Iowans fought at the Battle of Wilson’s Creek on August 10, 1861, then ...
William Creitz of Holton, Kansas, was mustered into Company A, 5th Kansas Cavalry, on July 16, 1861, as a first lieutenant; he was promoted to captain and company commander on September 11, 1861. The 5th Kansas Cavalry was organized on July 12, 1861, at Leavenworth, Kansas, and fought in the 1863 battles of Helena and Pine ...
