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21st Missouri Infantry

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Company Unknown

Sergeant

No family notes have been added.
Contributor William RitterDate added 12/6/2012

Company B

Corporal

My GGGrandfather, He is buried in Rock Island Ill.
Contributor Douglas DwyerDate added 9/9/2008

Company B

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Richard ShafferHomepage dickshaffer@mac.comDate added 3/17/2014

Company C

Private

Was my 3rd Great Grandfather.
Contributor Clayton HensonDate added 6/20/2014

Company E

Private

Killed during the attack on Fort Blakely, AL on the evening of 9 April 1865. He is buried in the Military Cemetery in Mobile, AL.
Contributor Joel RussellHomepage www.rafert.org/homeDate added 9/20/2015

Company F

Private

Discharged April 19, 1866 at Fort Morgan Alabama
Contributor Joseph DifaniDate added 8/29/2009

Company G

Private

Great-Great Grandfather. Also served in Company G 24th Missouri infantry.
Contributor ThomasDate added 2/5/2007

Company G

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Brenda TaylorDate added 8/17/2016

Company H

Private

Alexander was a 47 year old Irish old potato famine immigrant when he signed on with the 21st MO. He died two months after the Battle of Shiloh at Pittsburgh Landing of disease, probably disentary. His widow, Sarah, was successful in getting a $6.per month pension to help support their four children.
Contributor Pat GreenDate added 8/24/2011

Company H

Corporal

Chesley W. Jones Side: Union Regiment Name : 21st Regiment, Missouri Infantry COMPANY: H Enlisted: 1/24/1862 Rank In: Private Rank Out: Corporal Deserted: 4/3/1866 Mobile AL
Contributor Fred RoseDate added 1/16/2009

Company I

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Kent PinegarHomepage freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pinegar/Date added 6/11/2009

Company I

Corporal

He is my Great-grandfather. He is buried in Weiser, Idaho and his headstone is marked that he was a Cpl., Co. I, 21st. Mo. (I have photos). His brother George Cope also served with the 21st.
Contributor Bill AbramsDate added 9/23/2012

Company K

Private

Died of chronic diarrhea in La Grange, Missouri after being released from a Confederate Prison camp
Contributor Scott S. SebestaDate added 8/2/2013

Company K

Private

Life History
Contributor Scott S. SebestaDate added 2/25/2013

Company K

Private

Life History
Contributor Scott S SebestaDate added 2/25/2013

Company K

Captain

Life History
Contributor Scott S SebestaDate added 2/25/2013

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