10th Regiment, Missouri Infantry - Confederate

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Brief History
1st Battalion, Missouri Cavalry (1st Indian Brigade) was organized during the spring of 1864. The unit was at Fort Washita, Indian Territory, in May, 1865 and soon disbanded.

Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin
Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.

Company A - Captain George W. McCristy, Captain R. B. Overton. Also called 1st Regiment. Became Company A, 10th Consolidate Regiment, Missouri Infantry.

Company B - Captain John G. Musgrove, Captain Charles H. Burch.

Company C - Captain Benjamin Holt, Captain Robert F. Boals.

Company D - Captain John W. Lenox, Captain Elias D. Wright - mustered Orgon County, Missouri

Company E - Captain John M. Johnson, Captain Campbell Greenup, Captain Benjamin Holt, Captain Alexander Trammell.

Company F - Captain Isaac D. Wilson, Captain A.C. Hancock, Captain John C. McKinney, Captain R.B., Overton.

Company G - Captain Moses J. Bradford, Captain James B. McGhee.

Company H - Captain Jacob A. Love.

Company I - Captain D. F. M. Sigler, Captain John McDaniel.

Company K - Captain John Still, Captain Henry Brockman - mustered Arkansas The information about the companies is from Kenneth E. Weant's, Civil War Records, Missouri Confederate Infantry: 8th through the 11th Regiments plus 8th and 9th Battalions and Clark's Infantry Regiment, Volume 2, (Arlington, Texas : K.E. Weant, c2009), pages 15-32. Partial rosters are also included in this book.

Other Sources

 * Beginning United States Civil War Research gives steps for finding information about a Civil War soldier or sailor. It covers the major records that should be used. Additional records are described in 'Missouri in the Civil War' and 'United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865' (see below).


 * National Park Service, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, is searchable by soldier's name and state. It contains basic facts about soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, a list of regiments, descriptions of significant battles, sources of the information, and suggestions for where to find additional information.


 * Missouri in the Civil War describes many Confederate and Union sources, specifically for Missouri, and how to find them.. These include compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.


 * United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865 describes and explains United States and Confederate States records, rather than state records, and how to find them. These include veterans’ censuses, compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.