This is a list of Missouri Civil War Confederate 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.
Infantry[]
- 1st Infantry
- 1st and 4th (Consolidated) Infantry
- 2nd Infantry
- 2nd and 6th (Consolidated) Infantry
- 3rd Infantry
- 3rd and 5th (Consolidated) Infantry
The Van Dorn battle flag carried by the 4th Missouri Infantry
- 4th Infantry
- 5th Infantry
- 6th Infantry
- 7th Infantry
- 8th Infantry
- 9th Infantry
- 10th Infantry
- 11th Infantry
- 12th Infantry
- 16th Infantry
- Clark's Regiment, Infantry
- Winston's Regiment, Infantry
- 1st Battalion, Infantry
- 3rd Battalion, Infantry
- 8th Battalion, Infantry
- Perkins' Battalion, Infantry
Sharpshooters[]
- 9th Battalion, Sharp Shooters
- Searcy's Battalion, Sharp Shooters
Cavalry[]
Battle flag of the 1st Missouri Cavalry
- 1st Cavalry
- 1st and 3d (Consolidated) Cavalry
- 1st Northeast Cavalry
- 2nd Cavalry
- 2nd Northeast Cavalry (Franklin's Regiment)
- 3rd Cavalry
- 4th Cavalry
- 5th Cavalry
- 6th Cavalry
- 7th Cavalry
- 8th Cavalry
- 9th (Elliott's) Cavalry
- 10th Cavalry
- 12th Cavalry
- 15th Cavalry
- Coffee's Regiment, Cavalry
- Coleman's Regiment, Cavalry
- Freeman's Regiment, Cavalry
- Fristoe's Regiment, Cavalry
- Hunter's Regiment, Cavalry
- Jackman's Regiment, Cavalry
- Lawther's Temporary Regiment, Dismounted Cavalry
- Poindexter's Regiment, Cavalry
- Slayback's Regiment, Cavalry
- Williams' Regiment, Cavalry
- Wood's Regiment, Cavalry
- 3rd Battalion, Cavalry
- Clardy's Battalion, Cavalry
- Davies' Battalion, Cavalry
- Ford's Battalion, Cavalry
- Preston's Battalion, Cavalry
- Schnabel's Battalion, Cavalry
- Shaw's Battalion, Cavalry
- Snider's Battalion, Cavalry
- Beck's Company, Cavalry
- Hick's Company, Cavalry
- Hobbs' Company, Cavalry
- Stallard's Company, Cavalry
- Woodson's Company, Cavalry
Mounted Infantry[]
- Boone's Regiment, Mounted Infantry
Artillery[]
- 1st Battery, Light Artillery
- 1st Field Battery, Light Artillery
- 2nd Field Battery, Light Artillery
- 3rd Battery, Light Artillery
- 3rd Field Battery, Light Artillery
- 4th (Harris') Field Battery, Light Artillery
- 13th Missouri Battery, Light Artillery
- Farris' Battery, Light Artillery (Clark Artillery)
- Hamilton's (Prairie Gun) Battery, Light Artillery
- Barret's Company, Light Artillery
- Bledsoe's Company, Light Artillery
- Bledsoe's Company, Artillery
- Landis' Company, Light Artillery
- Lowe's Company, Artillery (Jackson Battery)
- McDonald's Company, Light Artillery
- Parson's Company, Light Artillery
- von Phul's Company, Light Artillery
- Walsh's Company, Light Artillery
Misc[]
- Dorsey's Regiment
- Douglas' Regiment
- Lawther's Partisan Rangers
- Miscellaneous, Missouri
- Parsons' Regiment
- Phelan's Regiment
- Quantrill's Company
- Missouri State Guard
- Thompson's Command
Arkansas soldiers in Missouri 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[1] | Col. John T. Coffee
Colonel Gideon W. Thompson Colonel Moses W. Smith |
6th Missouri Cavalry[2]
11th Missouri Cavalry | |
| Freeman’s Missouri Cavalry Regiment[3] | January 16, 1864 | Colonel Thomas R. Freeman
Major Martin V. Shaver |
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| Fristoe's Missouri Cavalry Regiment [4] | July, 1864 | Colonel Edward T. Fristoe | |
| Jackman's Arkansas Cavalry Regiment[5] | Spring 1864 | Colonel Sidney D. Jackman[6] | Nichols' Arkansas Cavalry Regiment[7]
Jackman's Missouri Cavalry |
| Kitchen's Missouri Cavalry Regiment[8] | April 9, 1863[9] | Colonel Solomon George Kitchen | 10th Missouri Cavalry
7th Missouri Cavalry Regiment Kitchen's Battalion Missouri Cavalry |
| Nichols' Arkansas Cavalry Regiment[10] | Spring 1864 | Colonel Charles H. Nichols | Jackman's Arkansas Cavalry Regiment[7] |
| Schnabel's Missouri Battalion Cavalry[11] | Lieutenant Colonel John A. Schnabel |
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, Confederate Arkansas Troops, Coffee's Regiment, Arkansas Cavalry. Retrieved 3 December 2011
- ↑ "Coffee's Regiment Missouri Cavalry CSA", Missouri Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans, Accessed 1 December 2011, http://www.missouridivision-scv.org/mounits/coffee6mocav.htm
- ↑ Grooms, Ed: "Freeman's Regiment Missouri Cavalry", Edward G. Gerdes Civil War Page, Accessed 23 December 2011, http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/freebiog.htm
- ↑ Grooms, Ed: "Fristoe's Regiment Missouri Cavalry", Edward G. Gerdes Civil War Page, Accessed 23 December 2011, http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/fristodx.htm
- ↑ National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, Confederate Arkansas Troops, Jackman's Regiment, Arkansas Cavalry. Retrieved 3 December 2011
- ↑ Maddox, George T. Hard Trials and Tribulations of an Old Confederate Soldier. Van Buren, AR: Argus Press, 1897.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 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
- ↑ Nichols, Ray: "7th Missouri Cavalry CSA", 7th Regiment Missouri Cavalry, CSA Homepage, Accessed 23 December 2011, http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/fristodx.htm
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, Confederate Arkansas Troops, Nichols' Regiment, Arkansas Cavalry. Retrieved 3 December 2011
- ↑ 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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