2nd Missouri Cavalry

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From Grundy County, MO. Enlisted 15 August 1861 and mustered out 17 September 1865.

John C. Wilder was one of three brothers who fought in the civil war for the Union. He served his full term, mustered out April, 4th 1865, and moved his family to California, where he ran a blacksmith shop. I have occassionally found him mis-represented online as a confederate soldier. His pension papers from the national archives, clearly state he fought on the union side.

Captured at the Battle of Lone Jack 15 Aug 1862.

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Enlisted as a Private on 08 January 1863 in Cincinnati, Ohio Died in service on 07 April 1864 in Olive Branch, Ohio

Ohio 1st Battalion Cavalry also known as Merrell's Horse and 2nd Missouri Cavalry. This unit was organized in St. Louis in 1861. Companies B, C, and K were recruited from Cincinnati, Ohio and were officered by Ohio men. William enlisted in Company K, Ohio 1st Battalion Regiment on 25 November 1862. He was killed on October 1, 1863 at DeVall's Bluff, Arkansas.

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Unionist Jefferson and his family fled mid-Tennessee to Arkansas after it fell under Union control. He mustered into the U.S. Army at Berryville, AR on 28 January 1864 at age 41. He served during the conflicts repulsing Price's Raid throughout western Missouri. He mustered out (according to Federal sources, although local records of the time stated that he deserted, this was a common 'miscommunication') on 23 December 1864, after official fighting in the area had ended. After the war, bushwhackers burned out the entire town of Berryville, but for 2 structures. Jefferson returned to Hardin and then McNairy Counties of Tennessee, where he raised a large family and lived until 1905 as a farmer.