Frank White was commissioned captain of Company A, 10th New York Infantry in New York City in late April 1861. Described as “a scout by profession,” he scouted around Fortress Monroe, where he was involved in a number of small actions and won the admiration of General Benjamin Butler. He then came west and asked ...
Born in Licking County, Ohio, on December 29, 1828, Onesimus W. Whitehead married Mary Jane Davis in 1851 and was working as a farm laborer in Dry Point Township, Shelby County, Illinois, by the time the Civil War began. Whitehead enlisted in Company C, 35th Illinois Infantry on July 3, 1861, and was mustered ...
David Whitney was commissioned as assistant surgeon of the 4th Missouri State Militia Cavalry on March 5, 1862; he was promoted to surgeon on April 28, 1862. During Whitney’s service, the regiment was involved in numerous skirmishes and scouts, including the Battle of Springfield and operations against General Joseph Shelby during his 1863 raid through Missouri. Whitney ...
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 ...
