Photograph of unknown Union Hospital Steward. The full uniform of medical or hospital stewards, shown here, was usually only worn in hospitals for inspections and for other occasions that called for the dress uniform. The full dress uniform was, by regulation, to consist of a dark-blue, single-breasted frock coat, with “half chevrons” consisting ...
Michael Meeley enlisted on August 28, 1862, and was mustered into Company E, 13th Kansas Infantry on September 20, 1862. The 13th Kansas Infantry was organized on September 10, 1862, at Atchison, Kansas; the regiment fought in the 1862 battles of Newtonia and Prairie Grove and the 1863 capture of Fort Smith. Meeley received a disability discharge ...
William Meldrum enlisted on August 30, 1862, at St. Louis, Missouri, and was mustered in on October 31, 1862 as a private in Company F, 1st Missouri Cavalry. He was promoted to corporal on August 1, 1864, and to sergeant on September 15, 1864. Company F was assigned to the 3rd Battalion of the 1st ...
Lewis Merrill, a native of Pennsylvania, graduated from West Point in 1855. Commissioned a dragoon officer, Merrill saw service in Kansas and Utah. When the Civil War began, he was commissioned colonel of the 2nd Missouri Cavalry; the unit opposed guerrillas in Missouri from 1862-63 and became known as “Merrill’s Horse.” Merrill ...
William Messley of Howard County, Missouri, served as first sergeant of Company in the 67th U. S. Colored Infantry, which was organized on March 11, 1864, from the 3rd Missouri Colored Infantry at Benton Barracks (St. Louis), Missouri. The 67th U. S. Colored Infantry was consolidated with the 65th U. S. Colored Infantry on ...
Robert Milby enlisted on July 4, 1861, as a private in Company K, 62nd Pennsylvania Infantry; following service in the Peninsula and Seven Days campaigns, he was discharged on July 27, 1862, for varicose veins caused by long marches. On August 8, 1864, he enlisted in the U. S. Navy, serving as second engineer ...
Charles Miller originally enlisted as a private in Company D, 3rd Colorado Infantry; when the 2nd Colorado Cavalry was organized in St. Louis, Missouri, in October 1863 from the 2nd and 3rd Colorado Infantry regiments, Miller became a member of that regiment’s Company L. In addition to battling guerrilla bands, the 2nd Colorado was ...
Born in Mercer, Pennsylvania, on February 6, 1811, Madison Miller served in Company I, 2nd Illinois Infantry during the Mexican-American War, and was badly wounded at the 1847 Battle of Buena Vista, Mexico. When the Civil War began, Miller was commissioned the captain of Company I, 1st Missouri Infantry, and fought at the Battle of ...
Edward Mills enlisted on July 13, 1862, and was mustered into service as second sergeant of Company I, 23rd Iowa Infantry on August 28, 1862. Mills was promoted to first sergeant on July 1, 1863, and to first lieutenant on July 8, 1863. The 23rd Iowa Infantry was organized on September 19, 1862, at Des ...
Undated political cartoon of three mules, representing Missouri lawmakers, debating “Matters of Conscience,” by comparing the prohibition of teaching the Gospel to allowing the sale of liquor on Sunday. Political cartoons during the Civil War, much like today, were used to poke fun at politicians, political parties, and controversial issues. Carte-de-Visite by Unknown Photographer Image Courtesy Wilson’s Creek ...
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 ...
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
Carte-de-Visite by C.G. Ginen, Nashville, Tenn. Image Courtesy Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield; WICR 11464
