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44th Missouri Infantry

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Company Unknown

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Spencer MollmanDate added 1/8/2005

Company Unknown

Captain

I got this name from the diaries of William fortune, who is my ancestor. From the best that I can tell from his diaries, Capt. Hopkins was the commanding officer of the 44th.
Contributor Spencer MollmanDate added 1/8/2005

Company Unknown

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Spencer MollmanDate added 1/8/2005

Company A

Private

died Oct,24 1864 Buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery
Contributor Steve BakerDate added 12/4/2012

Company A

Private

Enlisted in Union Army Aug. 23, 1864 @ Trenton; Mustered in on September 5, 1864 @ St. Joe; Died January 28, 1865 @ New Albany Hospital 4 in Indiana.
Contributor Jan KeithDate added 5/23/2015

Company B

Private

Served with the 44th MO at the Battle of Franklin
Contributor Elliott BrownDate added 8/1/2007

Company B

Private

Found online list of Mercer County Veterans of Civil War
Contributor Richard MulvaniaDate added 3/19/2011

Company B

Lieutenant

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Spencer MollmanDate added 1/8/2005

Company B

Corporal

Killed in action at Frankin Tenn. 11-30-1864
Contributor Leslie ForneyDate added 2/1/2011

Company B

Private

Died 3-29-1865 at battle of Spanish Fort
Contributor Leslie ForneyDate added 2/1/2011

Company B

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Pam HarperDate added 8/31/2010

Company B

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Debra BudgeDate added 2/6/2011

Company C

Sergeant

Age 29, Enrolled and mustered into service in Company C, 44th Regular Infantry, Missouri Volunteers, USA on August 9,1864 at St. Joseph, Missouri, as a private. Promoted to Sergeant Aug 30, 1864. He was acting Ord. Sgt. when killed in action Nov 30, 1864 at the Battle of Franklin, TN
Contributor Dave BaneDate added 5/26/2009

Company C

Private

Henry P. Jones was a private under Capt. Hopkins. He enlisted 9 Aug 1864 in Kingston, Caldwell County, Missouri and mustered into service on 30 Aug 1864 in St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri. On 15 Aug 1865, Henry was mustered out at Benton Barracks in St. Louis, Missouri. Henry was the son of Hercules and Elizabeth (nee Robinson) Jones. He was born on 31 Oct 1847 in Clinton County, Illinois and died on 21 Apr 1924 in Kansas.
Contributor JennieDate added 10/1/2014

Company C

Private

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

Company C

Rank unknown

No family notes have been added.
Contributor John R SloanDate added 3/9/2013

Company D

1st Lieutenant

See comments on this individual in the 23rd Missouri Infantry, Co A.
Contributor Arthur E GouldDate added 1/3/2006

Company D

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Jon E. LickeyDate added 1/11/2011

Company D

Corporal

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Ruth McFarlandDate added 11/13/2011

Company D

Private

Enlisted 1864, Princeton, MO. Mustered out, St. Louis, MO, March 1865. Gunshot wound to the lower jaw during Battle of Franklin. Died in Missouri in 1926.
Contributor Jeremy J. HeltonDate added 3/5/2012

Company D

Captain

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Spencer MollmanDate added 1/8/2005

Company E

2nd Sergeant

Died May 31, 1865 of yellow fever in a POW camp in Montgomery AL. Buried at Nat'l Cemetery in Marietta, GA. Looking for place of capture, and why sent to Marietta for burial.
Contributor Walt KoontzDate added 2/2/2011

Company E

Private

Farmed near Milan Missouri in Sullivan County.
Contributor Lucas D ZippeHomepage lzippe.farms@gmail.comDate added 6/7/2026

Company E

Private

Captured at the Battle of Franklin Tennessee by the Confederate Army at the Smokehouse, Carter House. Died while in custody of Confederate Army on his way to Andersonville prison.
Contributor Sammy HukkanenDate added 5/22/2012

Company E

Rank unknown

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Ed LettsDate added 11/10/2011

Company F

Private

I have his enlistment and discharge papers. Also, I have a photograph of him taken in a studio in 1904, but would really like to find an image of this group, or ideally, of him in uniform during the war.
Contributor John JohnsonDate added 7/19/2008

Company G

Rank unknown

Fought for the Union in Co. G. Rank unknown. In the 1960s, two graverobbers attempted to dig him up to steal his military medals (he was buried in full military regalia). They dug up the wrong grave (thinking the headstone was at the foot). They were caught in the act and sent to prison.
Contributor James FiddlerDate added 5/31/2011

Company G

Private

Eli served in 1864 and 1865 in Co.G, 44th Missouri Infantry. He was the son of Reuben Lawlis who served in 87th Missouri Militia. Eli farmed near St. Joseph, MO.
Contributor Mary LawlisDate added 1/20/2013

Company G

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Betty Jo ReevesDate added 2/20/2008

Company H

Rank unknown

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Spencer MollmanDate added 1/14/2005

Company H

Rank unknown

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Spencer MollmanDate added 1/14/2005

Company H

Captain

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Spencer MollmanDate added 1/6/2005

Company H

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Saundra CoxDate added 2/19/2013

Company H

Rank unknown

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Spencer MollmanDate added 1/8/2005

Company H

Rank unknown

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Spencer MollmanDate added 1/14/2005

Company H

Rank unknown

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Spencer MollmanDate added 1/8/2005

Company I

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor James N. EatonDate added 1/29/2013

Company I

Private

S/O Lewios and Mary Martin of NW. MO. Lived in Gentry or Worth co. at time of enlistment I believe.
Contributor Jay GlidewellDate added 7/7/2018

Company I

2nd Lieutenant

ENLISTED FROM SULLIVAN CO, MISSOURI
Contributor VERNON A.MCDANNALDDate added 11/30/2009

Company I

1st Sergeant

Nephew of 2nd Lt. Daniel Webster McDannald who served with him in the 44th Missouri.
Contributor Dean WillowsDate added 1/3/2019

Company I

Private

Supported by Ancestry.com civil war documents. He was KIA and his wife Emily and child H tipton received pension.
Contributor Henry TorresDate added 8/27/2009

Company K

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Tim BarringtonDate added 8/27/2010

Company K

Private

Born 5 Apr 1835, Hickory Creek, Grundy County, Missouri. Enlisted in Trenton, Missouri on 1 Sep 1864. Mustered out 27 Mar 1865 in St Louis, Missouri. Died 26 May 1899, Pettigrew, Madison County, Arkansas, buried in Boston Cemetery, Madison County. His widow, 2nd wife Amanda 'Mandy' received pension.
Contributor Cheryl McKenzieDate added 12/3/2010

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