Company A
Sergeant
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47th Missouri Infantry
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Company B
Captain
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Company D
Private
Enlisted Aug. 27 1864 at Pilot Knob, MO. Mustered in September 11 1864. Mustered out March 30 1865.
Company D
Lieutenant
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Company D
2nd Sergeant
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Company D
Rank unknown
Served in Co D. 47th Missouri Infantry USA
Company E
Corporal
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Company F
Private
Served 9/64-3/29/1865. Described on enlistment papers as gray eyes, dark hair, dark complexion, 6'2', and from Henry County. Present at battle of Pilot Knob.
Brothers-in-law and cousins of his wife from St. Francois Co. served in the same company:
Jacob Murray
Joined 8/27/1864, and deserted along with brother-in-law Timothy Landrum on 09/27/1864.
George Calloway J. Bayless
Enlisted 8/27/64. Contracted pneumonia and died in a hospital in Tennessee.
Timothy S. Landrum
Served for 1 month before deserting with brother-in-law Jacob Murray on 9/27/1864.
Thomas P. Eaves
A cousin of Angela Eaves said 'He enlisted with the others, but they enlisted on one side then the other then deserted and hide in the woods on Thomas' mother and dad's farm all the while his mother was bringing food and necessities to them till the coast was clear.'
Elisha Clement Eaves
Joined 8/25/1864, discharged 3/29/1865. Applied for disability 7/24/1890, supported by Berry H. Lanham on 6/1/1895, John H. Lanham.
Albert L. Eaves
Enlisted 8/23/1864, discharged 3/29/1865. '6 foot, fair complexion'.
Company F
Corporal
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Company F
Private
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Company F
Private
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Company G
Private
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Company G
Private
My great-grandfather enlisted in the Union Army at Patterson, MO, September 09, 1864, and assigned to Company G. 47th Regiment, Infantry Volunteers Missouri. He was mustered
in on November 26, 1864, At Pilot Knob, MO Where he
participated in the Battle of Pilot Knob. He mustered out on March 29, 1865 at Benton Barracks, MO.
“I feel that He also served in a unit of the Missouri State Militia, before serving in Company G, 47th Regiment, Missouri Infantry. He as much admits this in an August 10, 1895 Pension Affidavit. The governor of Missouri required men to serve [in the State Militia] before being authorized at the federal level. The injured soldiers were denied support by the U.S. Government.”
“He joined some Organization Called Mo. State Militia, in 1863, but he got badly hurt before he rendered any service, and was exempted from further service in that organization; that all the papers in regard to that organization got burnt; therefore, he is unable to remember the name of Company or Regiment.”
Born 23 Mar 1845, died 6 Jul 1923. He is buried at Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Hunter, near Ellsinore, Carter Co, MO.
Company H
Private
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Company H
Private
Albert Kelly was my Great, Great Grandfather. He was killed in action at Patterson,MO on 9/20/1864.
Company H
Sergeant
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Company H
Private
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Company I
Private
On August 12, 1864 at the ripe old age of 18, Marion joined the Union Army at Fredricktown, Mo. To serve with Captain Bradly in I company of the 47th Regiment Infantry Volunteers.
Mustering in at Pilot Knob, Mo. he was just in time to fight in the battle of Ft. Davidson.
At wars end he and a small group of Volunteers walked three days home back to Shannon County, wearing out there shoes in the process. This little tidbit of information was related to me as a small child by my parents and it has stuck with me all my life.
Company K
Private
Evan also served in Company H of the Osage County Rifles Home Guard from 22 June 1861 to 20 Dec 1861. He is listed on the 1890 veterans schedule as having a gunshot wound in the left arm.