Grenville Dodge was born on April 12, 1831, at Danvers, Massachusetts; he attended Norwich University, where he received a degree in civil engineering in 1851. He then moved to Council Bluffs, Iowa, and worked for the railroad. In July 1861, Dodge was appointed colonel of the 4th Iowa Infantry Regiment; he commanded the First Brigade ...
Charles Daniel Drake was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on March 11, 1811; he moved to St. Louis, Missouri, in 1834 and practiced law. From 1859 to 1860 he served in the Missouri House of Representatives. In 1865 Drake was a member of the Missouri State Constitutional Convention. The most radical portions of the ...
Thomas Draper enlisted in Company G, 18th Missouri Infantry, on July 8, 1861; he was mustered into service as a private on November 14, 1861, and was promoted to corporal on June 16, 1865. The 18th Missouri Infantry fought in numerous battles, including Shiloh, Resaca, Kennesaw Mountain, Atlanta, and Jonesboro, and participated in Sherman’s “March to ...
Charles Drew was one of four brothers from Burlingame, Kansas, who enlisted in the 11th Kansas Infantry on September 1, 1862; they were all mustered into Company I on September 15, 1862. Charles was promoted to corporal, and was wounded at the Battle of Prairie Grove, Arkansas, on December 7, 1862. In April ...
George Drew was one of four brothers from Burlingame, Kansas, who enlisted in the 11th Kansas Infantry on September 1, 1862; they were all mustered into Company I on September 15, 1862. George was wounded at the Battle of Prairie Grove, Arkansas, on December 7, 1862. In April 1863 the regiment was converted ...
Josiah R. Drew was one of four brothers from Burlingame, Kansas, who enlisted in the Union army. He first joined Company D, 2nd Kansas Infantry on May 14, 1861 as a private, and participated in the Battle of Wilson’s Creek. Mustered out with the regiment that October, Drew joined the 11th Kansas Infantry ...
William Dunlap, a resident of Leavenworth, Kansas, enlisted in Company H, 15th Kansas Cavalry on August 12, 1863 and was mustered into service on October 2, 1863. The 15th was stationed at various points in Kansas to guard against Confederate guerrilla incursions, and made occasional forays into Missouri. Dunlap was discharged from the 15th on ...
Although the soldier in this photo cannot be positively identified, he is likely John Durnil of the 14th Missouri State Militia Cavalry. Durnil enlisted in Company A, 14th MSM Cavalry in January 1862, and was seriously wounded in a skirmish at Forsyth on August 4, 1862. He died of his wounds in Mount Vernon ...
Henderson Duvall was born in 1838 in Culpeper County, Virginia, one of eight children born to the Reverend James and Lydia Duvall. On December 10, 1861, after serving with the Missouri State Guard at Wilson’s Creek and Lexington, Henderson enlisted as a private in Company C, 3rd Missouri Infantry at Richmond, Missouri. His ...
Thomas Duvall (left) and William Duvall (right), along with their brother Henderson, enlisted in Company C, 3rd Missouri Infantry on December 10, 1861, at Richmond, Missouri, after serving with the Missouri State Guard at Wilson’s Creek and Lexington. William was promoted to junior second lieutenant on May 8, 1862. The Duvall brothers fought at Pea ...
James Edgar joined Company H, 11th Missouri Cavalry, as a private, on July 28, 1863; he was promoted to acting regimental sergeant major on December 11, 1863, and to first lieutenant of Company I on June 18, 1864. The 11th Missouri Cavalry was organized from March to December 1863, and participated in various operations ...
Philander Edmonson enlisted as a private in Company L, 6th Missouri Cavalry, on August 2, 1862, at Mellville, Missouri; he was promoted to corporal on October 7, 1863. During Edmonson’s enlistment the 6th Missouri Cavalry fought at Pea Ridge and through the Vicksburg and Red River campaigns. Edmonson mustered out with his regiment on August ...
William Eisermann enlisted as a first sergeant in Company K, 15th Missouri Infantry, on September 14, 1861; he was promoted to second lieutenant on January 1, 1863, and assigned to Company B. Eisermann was promoted to first lieutenant on February 24, 1864, and was wounded on November 29, 1864, at the Battle of Spring ...
Alfred Ellet was born on October 11, 1820, at Penn’s Manor, Pennsylvania; he worked on his father’s farm and studied civil engineering. Living in Bunker Hill, Illinois, at the start of the Civil War, he was commissioned a captain in the 59th Illinois Infantry. In the spring of 1862, his brother Charles Ellet ...
