Adolph Willhartitz was enrolled as a second lieutenant in Company E, 6th Regiment Enrolled Missouri Militia on August 15, 1862, at St. Louis, Missouri; he was promoted to first lieutenant on October 17, 1862. On June 16, 1863, he was ordered into active service, promoted to captain and assigned to the Paymaster Department. ...
James Wills enlisted for three years as a private in Company B, 12th Missouri Cavalry on October 21, 1863, and was mustered in at St. Joseph, Missouri. The regiment operated in Mississippi and Tennessee, and fought at Nashville, then, after the war was over, returned to the other side of the Mississippi to battle ...
Hollis Wilson of Woodford County, Illinois, enlisted in Company E, 108th Illinois Infantry on August 9, 1862; he was mustered into service on August 28, for three years. The regiment helped capture Fort Hindman (Arkansas Post) in January 1863, then participated in the Vicksburg campaign and the battles of Brice’s Cross Roads, Spanish Fort, ...
James Wilson enlisted as a second lieutenant in Company B, 11th Missouri Infantry, in Sangamon County, Illinois, on July 20, 1861. Many of the soldiers in the 11th Missouri were from the state of Illinois. He mustered in at St. Louis on December 31, 1861, and was promoted to first lieutenant on April ...
William Wilson enlisted at Keokuk, Iowa, in Company A, 3rd Iowa Cavalry, on August 31, 1861; the regiment was organized between August 3 and September 13, 1861. The 3rd fought at Pea Ridge, the siege of Vicksburg and in several battles during General Sterling Price’s 1864 raid into Missouri. The 3rd Iowa Cavalry ...
Undated post-Civil War stereoviews (circa 1883) of the Wilson's Creek battlefield. On the morning of August 10, 1861, Gen. Nathaniel Lyon and Col. Franz Sigel attacked Gen. Benjamin McCulloch’s Confederate troops and Gen. Sterling Price’s Missouri State Guardsmen encamped along Wilson Creek. Lyon engaged a small force of Missouri State Guardsmen at 5 a.m., while Sigel ...
This photograph may have been taken from behind the Ray family springhouse, looking across Ray’s Cornfield to the west or southwest, toward Bloody Hill. The grain stacks could possibly be wheat or oats. Stereoview by Sittler & Launey, Springfield, Mo. Image Courtesy Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield; WICR 31376
View looking towards the Confederate campsite at Wilson's Creek. Stereoview by Sittler & Launey, Springfield, Mo. Image Courtesy Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield; WICR 31373
The location of Wilson’s Creek and a road indicate that the photograph was possibly taken along the Wire Road, looking northwest from the area of the William B. Edwards’ Cabin. The image is marked "Foot of Bloody Hill." Stereoview by Sittler & Launey, Springfield, Mo. Image Courtesy Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield; WICR 31377
View of Bloody Hill to the northeast. Stereoview by Sittler & Launey, Springfield, Mo. Image Courtesy Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield; WICR 31374
The exact location of where the photograph was taken is unknown. A dry stream bed appears to be visible on the right, while a barn and bundled crops appear in the distance, suggesting that the photograph was taken in late summer or early fall. Stereoview by Sittler & Launey, Springfield, Mo. Image Courtesy Wilson’s Creek ...
Dr. Caleb Winfrey graduated from the Medical Department of St. Louis University in 1847 and settled in Lone Jack, Missouri, where he established his medical practice. In 1861 he enlisted as a surgeon in the Missouri State Guard, and accompanied Colonel Gideon Thompson to Cowskin Prairie. He was present at the battles of ...
Thomas Witt enlisted on February 1, 1862, as a second lieutenant and was assigned to the 1st Missouri Light Artillery, Battery K; on September 26, 1862, he was detailed as the regiment’s quartermaster. He was promoted to first lieutenant on October 22, 1863, and re-assigned to Battery L. The 1st Missouri Light Artillery fought in ...
David Wood was born on August 25, 1851 to Samuel and Margaret Wood, at Mount Gilead, Ohio. In 1854, Samuel moved his family to the Kansas Territory to help the “Free Staters” keep slavery out of the region. In April 1861, Samuel raised a company for the 2nd Kansas Infantry and served as their captain. ...
