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Union service · Missouri
31st Missouri Infantry
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Company B
Private
Great-Great- Great-Great Uncle
Company B
Rank unknown
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Company C
Private
JOHN THOMAS BELLFIELD WAS THE ELDEST SON OF THOMAS BELLFIELD AND MATILDA E. COPELAND BELLFIELD. HE WAS BORN IN OLDHAM COUNTY, KENTUCKY IN 1843. HIS PARENTS HAD MOVED TO BRETON, WASHINGTON COUNTY, MISSOURI BY 1850 U. S. FEDERAL CENSUS. HE ENLISTED IN THE 31ST MO INFANTRY, ON AUGUST 6, 1862. HE DIED AT YOUNG'S POINT, LA OF (DIPTHERIA) ON 29 JAN 1863 AT THE AGE OF TWENTY. BURIAL SITE UNKNOWN. REFERENCES: CIVIL WAR SERVICE RECORD, BELLFIELD, JOHN THOMAS, NATIONAL ARCHIVES.
Company C
Private
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Company C
Private
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Company C
Private
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Company C
Rank unknown
Buried at Hopewell Cemetery, Hopewell, Missouri. Died February 27, 1863 at age 18 years, 8 months.
Company D
Private
Thomas J. Walters my great grandfather he joined the 31st Infantry and fought with them through all the major conflicts till muster out in 1865. He returned to Macon county, Missouri. He is listed in the 1870 census owning a large farm by 1880 however after the panic, his children are living with relatives,he is listed as divorced, his wife is living with her mother and father and is listed as a widow, he is listed as a coal miner. He died at age 92. I regret not knowing this until recently I would have enjoyed quizzing my mom for her memories of grandpa Thomas.
Larry Sears
Company E
Private
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Company E
2nd Lieutenant
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Company E
Private
James Francis Miller
b. 1835 in Athens, Tennessee
d. 1917 in Belgrade, Missouri (Buried at Bennett Bryan Cem.)
Company F
Corporal
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Company F
Major
Maternal Grandmothers grandfather buried in Decatur Texas 1903
Widow Virginia buried Apache Oklahoma with son James Shardrack Cuthbertson
Company F
Private
James served in the 31st Missouri Volunteers Infantry and died following the Battle of Vicksburg. He died on 13 Aug 1863 from edema or dropsy. The family story is that his mother said, 'My dear son died as a result of poor sanitary conditions, lack of nourishing food, and poor medical care.'
James' parents were my second great grandparents, and James was my second greatuncle.
Company F
Private
My Great Great Grandfather. If any one has any info on him I would love to have it. Thanks
Company F
Private
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Company F
Private
Died 8 January 1863 of disease on Steamer Isabelle. No idea where he is buried. He was brother of Fielding Jenkins Smith
Company H
Private
Enlisted at Greenville, Mo 21 Aug 1862.
John A. Woolard wounded at battle of Chickasaw Bayou 29 Dec 1862.Sent to Lawson hospital in St.Louis. Transfered to VRC April 1864 but never reported.
Company I
Private
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Company I
Captain
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Company K
Private
Gideon Stump was my great grand-uncle. He died on the hospital boat Henry Von Phul, 26 Jan 1863 of wounds received in action in the Battle of Arkansas Point at Fort Hindman. No record of his burial site has been found.