Edward Brodie Hull, Jr., began the Civil War as captain of the Pike County Mounted Guards Company in the 4th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Division, Missouri State Guard. He was elected lieutenant colonel of the 4th Cavalry Regiment on August 14, 1861, and was wounded leading the regiment at the siege of Lexington in September 1861.

Hull enlisted in the 2nd Missouri Infantry on January 16, 1862, at Springfield, Missouri, and was elected lieutenant colonel of the regiment. When the regiment reorganized on April 16, 1862, however, he was not reelected; he was appointed a lieutenant colonel by General Earl Van Dorn and assigned to duty as a recruiting officer.

Hull was captured in Shreveport, Louisiana in 1865 and held until he signed parole papers on June 9, 1865.

Carte-de-Visite by John A. Scholten, St. Louis, Mo.

Image Courtesy Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield; WICR 31549