List of Missouri Confederate Civil War units explained

This is a list of Missouri Confederate Civil War units, or military units from the state of Missouri which fought for the Confederacy in the American Civil War. A border state with both southern and northern influences, Missouri attempted to remain neutral when the war began. However, this was unacceptable to the Federal government, and Union military forces moved against the capital to arrest the legislature and the governor. Governor Claiborne Jackson called out the Missouri State Guard to resist. Union forces under Gen. Nathaniel Lyon seized the state capital, and a minority of pro-Union members of the legislature declared the governor removed from office. They appointed a pro-Union governor, and the Federal government recognized him even though he had not been elected. This resulted in a civil war within the state, as Missourians divided and joined both the Union and Confederate armies. Missouri sent representatives to the United States Congress and the Confederate States Congress, and was represented by a star on both flags.

Early in 1861, the Missouri State Guard was formed as a replacement to a state militia force that had previously been in existence. Sterling Price was selected by Governor Jackson to command the unit. Volunteers for the Missouri State Guard were organized into companies of 50 to 100 men, which were then assigned to regiments. Each regiment was designed to contain between six and eight companies, so a Missouri State Guard regiment would contain 600 to 800 men at full strength. At the Battle of Wilson's Creek on August 10, 1861, Missouri State Guard units fought alongside Confederate States Army troops; both the Missourians and the Confederate troops were under the command of Confederate Brigadier General Benjamin McCulloch. Beginning on November 25, 1861, the men of the Missouri State Guard were allowed to transfer from the Guard to official Confederate service. At the Battle of Pea Ridge in March 1862, Price commanded a mixed force that contained both Confederate soldiers from Missouri and elements of the Missouri State Guard. By July 1862, almost all of the Missouri State Guard had left the unit to join Confederate States Army units.

The list of Missouri Union Civil War units is shown separately.

Infantry

Sharpshooters

Cavalry

Mounted Infantry

Artillery

Misc

Arkansas soldiers in Missouri units

See also: List of Arkansas Civil War Confederate units. In addition to serving in Confederate units organized in Arkansas, many Arkansas soldiers would serve in Confederate units organized in Missouri. Because Missouri Confederate troops were effectively driven out of the geographic area of Missouri after the Pea Ridge Campaign, except during raids by Generals Marmaduke, Shelby and Price, many of the Missouri units recruited heavily in Arkansas. This practice led some Missouri units to be mislabeled as Arkansas units when Confederate service records were compiled by the United States War Department in the 1880s, and some Arkansas units being mislabeled as Missouri units. Troops living near the borders with other states often enlisted in the nearest unit, even if across the state line, resulting in Arkansas soldiers enlisting in units from Missouri, Louisiana and Tennessee. The following is a list of Missouri units that contained large numbers of Arkansas soldiers:

Regiment Organization Date Commanders Alternated designations
Coffee's Arkansas Cavalry Regiment[2] Col. John T. Coffee

Colonel Gideon W. Thompson

Colonel Moses W. Smith

6th Missouri Cavalry[3]

11th Missouri Cavalry

Freeman's Missouri Cavalry Regiment[4] January 16, 1864 Colonel Thomas R. Freeman

Major Martin V. Shaver

Fristoe's Missouri Cavalry Regiment [5] July, 1864 Colonel Edward T. Fristoe
Jackman's Arkansas Cavalry Regiment[6] Spring 1864 Colonel Sidney D. Jackman[7] Nichols' Arkansas Cavalry Regiment[8]

Jackman's Missouri Cavalry

Kitchen's Missouri Cavalry Regiment[9] April 9, 1863[10] Colonel Solomon George Kitchen10th Missouri Cavalry

7th Missouri Cavalry Regiment

Kitchen's Battalion Missouri Cavalry

Nichols' Arkansas Cavalry Regiment[11] Spring 1864 Colonel Charles H. Nichols Jackman's Arkansas Cavalry Regiment
Schnabel's Missouri Battalion Cavalry[12] Lieutenant Colonel John A. Schnabel

See also

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Knight, Charles R., Valley Thunder, The Battle of New Market and the Opening of the Shenandoah Valley Campaign, May 1864, Savas Beatie, NY, 2010, pgs. 157, 247
  2. http://www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/regiments.cfm National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System
  3. "Coffee's Regiment Missouri Cavalry CSA", Missouri Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans, Accessed 1 December 2011, http://www.missouridivision-scv.org/mounits/coffee6mocav.htm
  4. Grooms, Ed: "Freeman's Regiment Missouri Cavalry", Edward G. Gerdes Civil War Page, Accessed 23 December 2011, http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/freebiog.htm
  5. Grooms, Ed: "Fristoe's Regiment Missouri Cavalry", Edward G. Gerdes Civil War Page, Accessed 23 December 2011, http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/fristodx.htm
  6. http://www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/regiments.cfm National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System
  7. Maddox, George T. Hard Trials and Tribulations of an Old Confederate Soldier. Van Buren, AR: Argus Press, 1897.
  8. Johnston, James J.,: "Skirmishes at Richland Creek (May 3 and 5, 1864)", Accessed 2 December 2011, http://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=6766
  9. Nichols, Ray: "7th Missouri Cavalry CSA", 7th Regiment Missouri Cavalry, CSA Homepage, Accessed 23 December 2011, http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/fristodx.htm
  10. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. 128 volumes. (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1880-1901), Series I, Volume 3, p. 132, further references as ORA; Stanton, Donal J., Berquist, Goodwin F., and Bowers, Paul C., ed., The Civil War Reminiscences of General M. Jeff Thompson, (Dayton: Morningside Press, 1988), p. 76.
  11. http://www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/regiments.cfm National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System
  12. Howerton, Bryan R. "Schnabel's Battalion", Arkansas in the Civil War Message Board, Posted 17 November 2001, Accessed 2 June 2012, http://history-sites.com/cgi-bin/bbs53x/arcwmb/arch_config.pl?read=406

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