ROSTER OF THE EIGHTH MISSOURI CAVALRY REGIMENT, C.S.A
Compiled by James E. McGhee
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MACKEY, JOHN: Age: 32. Enlisted as Private in Co E 16 Aug 1862 in Mississippi County. Horse appraised at $150 and horse equipment at $10. Appointed regimental quartermaster Sergeant 4 Oct 1862. Paroled as noncommissioned officer on staff of Marmaduke's MO Cavalry Brigade at Shreveport, LA 7 Jun 1865. Residence: Pemiscot County.
MACKEY, MARTIN W.: Age:? Enlisted as Private in Co I 15 Aug 1863 at location not of record. Present Dec 1863. (No Further Record).
MANESS, JAMES D.: Age: 24. Enlisted as Private in Co C 4 Aug 1862 in Wayne County. Deserted 30 Sep 1862.
MANSFIELD, JOHN: Age: 27. Enlisted as Private in Co E 18 Aug 1862 in Mississippi County. Horse appraised at $75 and horse equipment at $4. He was left sick near Hartville, MO 10 Jan 1863. Taken prisoner and transferred to Alton, IL military prison where he died 4 Apr 1863. He is buried in the Confederate Cemetery at Alton.
MARKET, C. A.: No service record. Appears on a membership list of the Captain. S. S. Harris Camp, United Confederate Veterans, at Jackson, MO in 1896, and is listed as a former member of Co F.
MARKET, ERASTUS C. “RAS”: Age: 19. Enlisted as Private in Co F 27 Sep 1862 in Cape Girardeau County. Horse appraised at $95 and horse equipment at $5. Mar\Apr bi-monthly report states that he deserted while on a scout, but provides no specific date.
MARSHALL, ISAAC NEWTON: No enlistment data. Paroled as Private, Co G, at Shreveport, LA on 7 Jun 1865. Residence: Wayne County.
MARSHALL, WILLIAM C.: Age: 30. Enlisted as Private in Co D 22 Sep 1862 in Cape Girardeau County. Horse appraised at $150 and horse equipment at $15. Paroled at Shreveport, LA 7 Jun 1865. Residence: Cape Girardeau County.
MARTIN, ANDREW J.: Age: 28. Enlisted as Private in Co E 16 Aug 1862 in Mississippi County. Horse appraised at $175 and horse equipment at $5. Present Dec 1863. (No Further Record). Died 13 Jan 1864 and buried at Byrd Cemetery, Cape Girardeau Co, MO.
MARTIN, JAMES SILAS: Age: 18. Enlisted as Private in Co D 22 Sep 1862 in Cape Girardeau County. Horse appraised at $100 and horse equipment at $15. Transferred to Co F 2 Oct 1862. "Detached with Infantry, August 1, 1863." Reported as present with Co F Dec 1863. Paroled at Shreveport, LA, 7 Jun 1865. Residence: Cape Girardeau County. He was a charter member of the Captain S. S. Harris Camp, United Confederate Veterans, at Jackson, MO in 1896. Died 6 Feb 1910 and buried at Apple Creek Cemetery, Cape Girardeau Co, MO.
MARTIN, JOHN E.: Age: 22. Enlisted as Private in Co A 12 Oct 1862 in Bollinger County. Deserted 29 Dec 1862.
MARTIN, JOHN L.: Age:? Assistant Surgeon. No record exists of his service in regiment. Tried before a military commission in the Department of Missouri at St. Louis, MO, for violation of the laws of war. He was acquitted for his only “crime” had been serving as an assistant surgeon in the regiment from January until April 1864. He had voluntarily surrendered on 12 Apr 1864 by entering Union lines. Residence: Poinsett County, AR.
MARTIN, JOSEPH F.: Age: 16. Enlisted as Private in Co E 20 Sep 1862 in Mississippi County. Horse appraised at $100 and horse equipment at $10. Detailed as tailor 11 Feb 1864. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. at Memphis, TN 23 Mar 1865. At surrender he was described as fair complexion, brown hair, black eyes and 5’ 7” in height. A biography is in Goodspeed’s History of Southeast Missouri, pp. 989-990. He died February 16, 1902, and his obituary and a photo appear in the Confederate Veteran, Vol. X (1902), p. 323.
MARTIN, MOSES F.: Age: 24. Enlisted as Private in Co C 20 Aug 1862 in Wayne County. Horse appraised at $75 and horse equipment at $5. Died at hospital at Batesville, AR 25 Mar 1863 of cause not of record.
MARTIN, WILLIAM F.: (Served in Missouri State Guard as Private, 3rd Infantry Regiment, 1st Division) Age: ? Enlisted as Private in Co C 13 Mar 1863 in Wayne County. Transferred to dismounted cavalry 26 Jul 1863. (No Further Record).
MASON, ZEDOC M.: (Served in Missouri State Guard as Private, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 1st Division) Age: 32. Enlisted as Private in Co E 1 Sep 1862 in Mississippi County. Appears on a list of prisoners, dated 17 Feb 1865, at Memphis, TN and annotated "Deserters from the Rebel Army."
MASSEY, JOSEPH D.: Age: 19. Enlisted as Private in Co C 7 Oct 1862 in Wayne County. Horse appraised at $75 and horse equipment at $5. Transferred to dismounted cavalry 26 Jul 1863. (No Further Record). According to Goodspeed's History of Southeast Missouri, p. 782, he was wounded in action at Bloomfield, MO, although no date is provided. He was probably wounded 11 Sept 62. Also, the same source indicates he transferred to Pratt's Texas Battery in 1864. However, he was paroled as a member of the 4th MO Field Artillery (Harris’ Battery) at Grand Ecore, LA, 6 Jun 1865. The notation probably means Pratt’s Texas Artillery Battalion, as Harris’ MO Battery was assigned to that unit.
MASSEY, NATHANIEL: Age: 22. Enlisted as Private in Co E 1 Sep 1862 in Mississippi County. Deserted 12 Nov 1862.
MASTERSON, DAVID C.: (Served in Missouri State Guard as Private, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, 1st Division) Age: 30. Enlisted as Private in Co D 22 Sep 1862 in Cape Girardeau County. Transferred to Co K 6 Dec 1862. Transferred to dismounted cavalry 26 Jul 1863. (No Further Record). Brother of William C. Masterson. Residence: Cape Girardeau Co., MO. Buried Masterson Cemetery, Cape Girardeau Co, MO.
MASTERSON, JAMES A.: Age: 29. Enlisted as Private in Co F 1 Sep 1862 in Cape Girardeau County. Deserted 20 Aug 1863 on the march from Jacksonport to Little Rock, AR.
MASTERSON, ROBERT J.: Age: 25. Enlisted as Private in Co D 22 Sep 1862 in Cape Girardeau County. Transferred to Co K 6 Dec 1862. Deserted 29 Dec 1862.
MASTERSON, ROBERT P.: Age: 40. Enlisted as Private in Co D 22 Sep 1862 in Cape Girardeau County. Horse appraised at $175 and horse equipment at $16. Deserted 1 Jan 1863 while on sick furlough at White's Barracks, near Pocahontas, AR. Died 12 March 1879 and is buried in Apple Creek Cemetery, Cape Girardeau Co., MO.
MASTERSON, SAMUEL L.: Age: 24. Enlisted as Private in Co D 22 Sep 1862 in Cape Girardeau County. Elected 2nd Lieutenant 26 Sep 1862. Promoted to 1st Lieutenant 6 Dec 1862. Taken prisoner in Cape Girardeau Co, MO 2 or 27 Oct 1862. Described as dark complexion, dark hair and brown eyes. Exchanged 3 Apr 1863. Granted leave of absence of eight days effective 26 Dec 1863. (No Further Record). Buried Masterson Cemetery, Cape Girardeau Co, MO.
MASTERSON, WILLIAM: Age: 45. Enlisted as Private in Co D 22 Sep 1862 in Cape Girardeau County. Absent on sick furlough of 60 days from 15 Nov 1862. Never returned from sick leave. Died 1 Feb 1888 and is buried in the Hoyer Cemetery, Cape Girardeau County, MO.
MASTERSON, WILLIAM C. (F.?): (Served in Missouri State Guard as Private, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, 1st Division) Age: 25. Enlisted as Private in Co D 22 Sep 1862 in Cape Girardeau County. Appointed 1st Corporal 26 Sep 1862. Transferred to Co K and Appointed 2nd Corporal 6 Dec 1862. Present Aug 1863. Paroled at Wittsburg, AR 25 May 1865. A brother of David C. Masterson. Residence: Cape Girardeau Co., MO.
MATTHEWS, ADAM: Appears in the records as a Private, Co I, who surrendered at New Madrid on 26 Nov 1864 and was released on oath of allegiance at that place the same day.
MATTHEWS, EDWARD: Appears in the records as a Private, Co H, who surrendered at New Madrid on 28 Nov 1864 and was released on oath of allegiance and bond of $2000.
MATTHEWS, JOHN MARSHALL: Age: 22. Enlisted as Private in Co B 15 Aug 1862 in Cape Girardeau County. Horse appraised at $125 and horse equipment at $15. Present Dec 1863. He surrendered at New Madrid on 30 Nov 1864 and was released on oath the same day. His pension application is on file at the MO State Archives, Jefferson City, MO. It indicates that he was wounded in action at Boonville, MO, in (likely the 11th) Oct 1864, resulting in the amputation of his right arm. Died 26 Jun 1921 and is buried in the McGee Chapel Cemetery, Bollinger County, MO.
MATTHEWS, REUBEN: Age:? His enlistment data is not of record. Paroled as Private, Co F, at Shreveport, LA 7 Jun 1865. Residence: Cape Girardeau County.
MATTHEWS, SAMUEL: Age: 44. Enlisted as Private in Co D 22 Sep 1862 in Cape Girardeau County. Horse appraised at $130 and horse equipment at $10. Appointed 3rd Corporal 26 Sep 1862. Promoted to 2nd Corporal at date not of record. Present Dec 1863. (No Further Record). Killed or died 24 September 1864, per his headstone in Apple Creek Cemetery, Cape Girardeau County, MO.
MATTHEWS, WILLIAM: Age: 37. Enlisted as Private in Co F 27 Sep 1862 in Cape Girardeau County. Paroled at Shreveport, LA 7 Jun 1865. Residence: Cape Girardeau County.
MATTHEWS, WILLIAM J.: Age:? Enlisted as Private in Co I 24 Jan 1863 in Independence County, AR. Present Dec 1863. (No Further Record).
MAYFIELD, CALVIN: Age: 27. Enlisted as Private in Co G 3 Oct 1862 in Cape Girardeau County. Horse appraised at $140 and horse equipment at $8. Present Dec 1863. (No Further Record).
MAYFIELD, ELISHA: Age: 23. Enlisted as Private in Co G 3 Oct 1862 in Cape Girardeau County. Deserted 25 Oct 1862.
MAYFIELD, JOHN: Age: 19. Enlisted as Private in Co B 15 Aug 1862 in Cape Girardeau County. Deserted 10 Sep or 25 Oct 1862; the records show both dates.
McALLISTER, THOMAS J.: Age: 19. Enlisted as Private in Co G 26 Sep 1862 in Cape Girardeau County. Died at Pocahontas, AR 15 Dec 1862 of cause not of record.
McCAULEY, AVON: Age: 23. Enlisted as Private in Co C 20 Aug 1862 in Wayne County. Deserted 1 Oct 1862.
McCLARD, ELAM H.: Age: 24. Enlisted as Private in Co D 22 Sep 1862 in Cape Girardeau County. Horse appraised at $100 and horse equipment at $10. Transferred to dismounted cavalry 6 Aug 1863. Paroled at Shreveport, LA 7 Jun 1865. Residence: Cape Girardeau County. He was a charter member of the Captain S. S. Harris Camp, United Confederate Veterans, at Jackson, MO in 1896. His pension application is on file in the Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City, MO. Died 4 Oct 1917 in Cape Girardeau Co, MO, and buried at Apple Creek Cemetery in that county.
McCLARD, GEORGE W.: Age: 21. Enlisted as Private in Co D 22 Sep 1862 in Cape Girardeau County. Horse appraised at $100 and horse equipment at $12. Died at Camp Salado, AR 23 Jan 1863 of cause not of record. Residence: Cape Girardeau County.
McCRAY, WILLIAM L.: Age: 25. Appears in the records as McCrea. (Served in Missouri State Guard as Private, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Division) Enlisted as Private in Co B 1 Nov 1862 in Cape Girardeau County. Horse appraised at $100 and horse equipment at $10. Promoted to 3rd Sergeant at date not of record. Present Dec 1863. (No Further Record). A brief letter concerning his service can be found in the W. L. Skaggs Collection, Arkansas History Commission, Little Rock, AR. Residence: Stoddard County.
McDADE, DUDLEY: Age: 18. His enlistment data is not of record. Deserted 31 Jul 1863 at Jacksonport, AR. Residence: Stoddard County.
McDANIEL, JAMES: (Served in Missouri State Guard as Private, 3rd Cavalry Regiment, 1st Division) Age: 25. Enlisted as Private in Co A 20 Aug 1862 in Bollinger County. Deserted 1 Nov 1862. Returned to command. Present Dec 1863. Paroled at Wittsburg, AR 25 May 1865.
McDERMOTT, JAMES E.: (Served in Missouri State Guard as Private, 4th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division) Age: 18. Enlisted as Private in Co A 31 Aug 1862 in Bollinger County. Horse appraised at $100 and horse equipment at $5. Deserted 10 Aug 1863 after transferred to dismounted cavalry.
McDOWELL, DRAKE: (Served in Missouri State Guard as Lieutenant Colonel, Division Staff, 1st Division) Age: ? Served as surgeon, Jeffers' Missouri Cavalry Battalion, 4 Oct to 14 Dec 1862. Appointed regimental surgeon 11 Dec 1862. Granted a leave of absence for sixty days on 20 Jul 1863. (No Further Record).
McDOWELL, JAMES: (Served in Missouri State Guard as Private, 1st Infantry Battalion, 1st Division) Age: ? Enlisted as Private in Co F 5 Feb 1863 at location not of record. Joined by attachment from 6th Missouri Infantry Regiment with final statement. Paroled at Shreveport, LA 7 Jun 1865. Residence: Cape Girardeau County. Died 24 Feb 1890 and buried at Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Fruitland, MO.
McDOWELL, JOSEPH: Age: 22. Enlisted as Private in Co C 20 Aug 1862 in Wayne County. Deserted 1 Oct 1862.
McELMURRAY, ABSOLOM: Age: 22. Enlisted as Private in Co B 15 Aug 1862 in Cape Girardeau County. Killed in action in Bollinger Co, MO 24 Aug 1862.
McELRATH, JOHN: Age: 18. Enlisted as Private in Co F 27 Sep 1862 in Cape Girardeau County. Deserted 15 Dec 1862.
McELROY, EDWARD B. (or D.): Age: 22. Enlisted as Private in Co B 12 Sep 1862 in Cape Girardeau County. Horse appraised at $100 and horse equipment at $25. Present Aug 1863. (No Further Record).
McFARLAND, LARKIN A.: (Served in Missouri State Guard as Private, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 1st Division) Age: 24. Enlisted as Private in Co E 16 Sep 1862 in Mississippi County. Horse appraised at $115 and horse equipment at $5. Paroled at Shreveport, LA 7 Jun 1865. Residence: Mississippi County. May be the person buried at Pendleton Cemetery, Doe Run, MO.
McFERREN, JOSEPH: Age: 24. Enlisted as Private in Co E 12 Oct 1862 in Mississippi County. Horse appraised at $50. Paroled at Shreveport, LA 7 Jun 1865. Residence: Cape Girardeau County.
McGEHEE, GEORGE M.: Age:? Enlisted as Private in Co I 17 Apr 1863 in Independence County, AR. Present Dec 1863. (No Further Record).
McGUIRE, CHARLES: (Served in Missouri State Guard as Private, 1st Infantry Battalion, 1st Division) Age: 22. Enlisted as Private in Co B 15 Aug 1862 in Cape Girardeau County. Transferred to Co D 5 Oct 1862. Appears on roster of Co F 12 Dec 1862. Deserted 15 Dec 1862. However, according to Eakin, Missouri Prisoners of War, he was captured in Cape Girardeau Co, MO 12 Dec 1862, and exchanged at City Point, VA at a date not of record. Died in 1923 and is buried in McGuire Cemetery, Cape Girardeau County, MO.
McGUIRE, GEORGE WASHINGTON: Age: 24. Enlisted as Private in Co B 15 Aug 1862 in Cape Girardeau County. Taken prisoner of war 20 Oct 1862 in Cape Girardeau County, MO, while on a scout. Exchanged at City Point, VA, at date not of record. Transferred to dismounted cavalry 1 Aug 1863. Returned to command. Taken prisoner of was on s scout 3 Nov 1864 in Conway Co, AR. Released from Alton, IL military prison for exchange 17 Feb 1865. Paroled at Meridian, MS 11 May 1865 with detached men.
McGUIRE, LORENZO W.: Age: ? Enlisted as Private in Co F 5 Jun 1863 in Cape Girardeau County. Captured at Little Rock, AR 10 Sep 1863. Released upon taking oath of allegiance from Camp Morton, IN 20 Feb 1865. Residence: Cape Girardeau County.
McGUIRE, WILLIAM RANIE: Age: 26. Enlisted as Private in Co F 27 Sep 1862 in Cape Girardeau County. Horse appraised at $140 and horse equipment at $20. Sent to dismounted cavalry July 1863. Reported as remounted and ready to return to command 23 Aug 1863. Taken as prisoner of war in Conway Co, AR 3 Nov 1864. Initially incarcerated at the military prison at Little Rock. AR. He then transferred to Alton, IL, prison, and from Alton to Rock Island, IL, and then to Point Lookout, MD for exchange. Exchanged 13 Mar 1865. After exchange, he was one of over sixty men placed under the charge of Lt. Robert H. Stockton, 2nd MO Infantry Regt, who was to escort them from Richmond, VA to the 1st MO Brigade at Mobile, AL. The contingent of former prisoners left Richmond by rail on or about 24 March 1865, but after the first fifty miles the trains ceased running and the group was forced to proceed on foot. They reached Eufaula, AL on 12 Apr. Lt. Stockton learned of the surrender of Gen. Robert E. Lee at that point and released the men to go where they wished. See Confederate Veteran, 12 (1904), pp. 380-381. Paroled at Wittsburg, AR 25 May 1865. Described at age 28, blue eyes, light hair, light complexion, 5’ 10” in height, at time of parole. His petition for amnesty may be found in Bartels, Missouri Amnesty, while his pension application is on file with the Texas State Archives, Austin, TX. He died in Chico, Wise County, TX, 8 Apr 1910, and is buried in the Chico Cemetery. Residence: Cape Girardeau County.
McINTOSH, ALEXANDER: Age: 38. Enlisted as Private in Co I 17 Aug 1862. (No Further Record). Subsequently enlisted in Co B, 7 Mo Cavalry Regiment 18 Oct 1862.
McKINNEY, THOMAS LEWIS: (Served in Missouri State Guard as Private, 1st Infantry Battalion, 1st Division) Age: 22. Enlisted as Private in Co K 12 Aug 1862 in Cape Girardeau County. Horse appraised at $100 and horse equipment at $15. Elected 2nd Lieutenant 6 Dec 1862. Wounded in action (left arm shot off) at Pine Bluff, AR 25 Oct 1863. Exchanged at Red River Landing, LA 26 Feb 1865. Paroled at Shreveport, LA 7 Jun 1865. Residence: Cape Girardeau County.
McKINNIS, RICHARD: Age: 20. Enlisted as Private in Co C 12 Aug 1862 in Wayne County. Horse appraised at $60 and horse equipment at $10. Detailed as provost guard 15 Nov 1863. Paroled as Private, Co D, at Shreveport, LA 7 Jun 1865. Residence: Cape Girardeau County.
McLAIN, AMOS B.: Age: 28. Enlisted as Private in Co K 29 Sep 1862 in Cape Girardeau County. Horse appraised at $80 and horse equipment at $10. Died near Greensboro, AR 8 Mar 1863 of cause not of record.
McLAIN, WILLIAM H.: (Served in Missouri State Guard as Private, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 1st Division) Age: 22. Enlisted as Private in Co K 30 Sep 1862 in Cape Girardeau County. Horse appraised at $100 and horse equipment at $12. Appointed 1st Corporal 6 Dec 1862. Transferred to dismounted cavalry 26 Jul 1863. (No Further Record).
McLEAN, JULIUS A.: Age: 27. Enlisted as Private in Co H 1 Oct 1862 in Scott County. Horse appraised at $115 and horse equipment at $3. Present Dec 1863. (No Further Record).
McLOUGHLIN, PATRICK A.: (Served in Missouri State Guard as Private, 1st Infantry Battalion, 1st Division) Age: 30. Enlisted as Private in Co D 22 Sep 1862 in Cape Girardeau County. Deserted 25 Dec 1862. Returned to command. Captured at date and place not of record. Died of typhus and malarial fever at Alton, IL military prison 12 Dec 1863.
McMANUS, ANDREW JACKSON “BUCK”: Age: 31. Enlisted as Private in Co B 12 Sep 1862 in Cape Girardeau County. Transferred to Co F 5 Oct 1862. Detailed to 2nd Squadron, Hulett's Missouri Cavalry Battalion at date not of record. Paroled 8 Jun 1865 at Monroe, LA, with that unit. Residence: Cape Girardeau County. Died 2 Sep 1927 in Calhoun Co, AR, and is buried in Oak Grove Cemetery in the county. Brother of Francis Marion and Henry Harrison McManus.
McMANUS, FRANCIS MARION: Age: 19. Enlisted as Private in Co F 27 Sep 1862 in Cape Girardeau County. Horse appraised at $100 and horse equipment at $8. Detailed to 2nd Squadron, Hulett's Missouri Cavalry Battalion at a date not of record. Residence: Cape Girardeau Co. Paroled at Monroe, LA 8 Jun 1865 with that unit. Died 12 Dec 1925 in Calhoun Co, AR. Buried Oak Grove Cemetery in the same county. See note to Andrew Jackson McManus entry.
McMANUS, HENRY HARRISON “BOGUE”: Age: 22. Enlisted as Private in Co F 27 Sep 1862 in Cape Girardeau County. Horse appraised at $75 and horse equipment at $6. Detailed as herdsman in the Commissary Department 15 Aug 1863. Detailed to 2nd Squadron, Hulett’s Missouri Cavalry Battalion at date not of record. Paroled at Monroe, LA 8 Jun 1865 with that unit. Residence: Cape Girardeau County. There is a record in Louisiana indicating that he drew a Confederate pension from that state. Died 23 Feb 1929 in Eunice, St. Landry Parish, LA. Is buried at St. Louis Cemetery at Eunice. See note to Andrew Jackson McManus entry.
McMANUS, JAMES H.: Age: 31. Horse appraised at $125 and horse equipment at $5. Enlisted as Private in Co F 27 Sep 1862 in Cape Girardeau County. Deserted 1 Aug 1863. Residence: Cape Girardeau County.
McMILLON, WILLIAM P.: Age: 21. Enlisted as Private in Co A 20 Aug 1862 in Bollinger County. Horse appraised at $100 and horse equipment at $5. Discharged for reasons not of record 26 Aug 1862. Apparently re-enlisted for shown present with regiment from Dec 1862 to Apr 1863. Deserted __ Apr 1863.
McNEELY, ELAM TEMPLETON “BUD”: Age: 20. Enlisted as Private in Co F 27 Sep 1862 in Cape Girardeau County. Horse appraised at $120 and horse equipment at $12. Died in hospital at Batesville, AR 20 Apr 1863. Cause of death is not of record.
McNEIL, GEORGE: Shown as a Cpl, Co G, who was paroled at Shreveport, LA, on 7 Jun 1865. (No Further Record)
McPASS, GEORGE: Age: 32. Enlisted as Private in Co K 7 Oct 1862 in Cape Girardeau County. Deserted 29 Dec 1862.
McWILLIAMS, JOSEPH E.: Age: 20. Enlisted as Private in Co K 22 Sep 1862 in Cape Girardeau County. Horse appraised at $100 and horse equipment at $5. Detailed to 13th Mo Battery (Hamilton's Battery) 14 Apr 1863. (No Further Record).
MEATT, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN: Age: 20. No enlistment data. Shown in the records as having voluntarily surrendered to Union authorities in New Madrid County on 30 Nov 1864. Released on oath of allegiance the same date. Residence: New Madrid County. Died September 21, 1901 and is buried in the Adams-Meatt Cemetery, Portageville, MO.
MEDLEY, CHARLES P.: No record. (Served in Missouri State Guard as 2nd Sergeant, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, 1st Division) Appears on a membership list of the Captain S. S. Harris Camp, United Confederate Veterans, at Jackson, MO in 1896, and is listed as a former member of Co F. Died in 1924 and is buried in the city cemetery at Jackson, MO.
MERRITT, JAMES M.: (Served in Missouri State Guard as Private, 4th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division) Age: 21. Enlisted as Private in Co H 18 Oct 1862 in Scott County. Deserted 15 Dec 1862. Returned to command. Present Dec 1863. Transferred to 4th MO Field Artillery (Harris' Battery) for paroled with that unit at Grand Ecore, LA 6 Jun 1865. Residence: Scott County.
MIDGETT, LACY MEADOWS: Age: 26. Enlisted as Private in Co G 27 Sep 1862 in Cape Girardeau County. Horse appraised at $130 and horse equipment at $8. Appointed 1st Sergeant 8 Oct 1862. Deserted 18 Aug 1863. b: March 11, 1834 in Graves Co, KY d: ca. 1907 in Stubblefield, Graves County, KY Burial: Poyners Chapel Cemetery, Graves County, KY
MILLER, GEORGE W.: (Served in Missouri State Guard as Private, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, 1st Division) Age: 23. Enlisted as Private in Co I 8 Apr 1863 at location not of record. Paroled at Wittsburg, AR 25 May 1865. At time of parole he was described at 6’ 2” in height, with blue eyes, light hair and fair complexion. Residence: Stoddard County. Died on 12 Sep 1873 and is buried in the City Cemetery, Bloomfield, MO.
MILLER, JAMES W.: Age: 19. Enlisted as Private in Co D 22 Sep 1862 in Cape Girardeau County. Horse appraised at $150 and horse equipment at $8. Died 24 Mar 1863 in hospital at Batesville, AR. Cause of death is not of record.
MILLER, JOHN C.: Age: 24. Enlisted as Private in Co B 1 Oct 1862 in Cape Girardeau County. Deserted 20 Oct 1862.
MILLER, JOHN R.: (Served in Missouri State Guard as Captain, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 1st Division) Age: 30. Enlisted as Private in Co I 15 Oct 1862 in New Madrid County. Transferred to 7th MO Cavalry Regiment where he served as 2nd Lieutenant in Co F. Residence: Dunklin County.
MILLER, ROBERT M.: Age: 23. Enlisted as Private in Co D 22 Sep 1862 in Cape Girardeau County. Present Dec 1863. (No Further Record).
MILLS, LEMUEL: (Served in Missouri State Guard as Private, 3rd Infantry Battalion, 1st Division) Age: 24. Enlisted as Private in Co C 4 Aug 1862 in Wayne County. Horse appraised at $50 and horse equipment at $2. Transferred to dismounted cavalry 1 Aug 1863. Returned to command. Detailed as hospital steward in Sep 1864, probably at Pilot Knob, MO beginning 27 Sep. Paroled as Private, Co D, at Shreveport, LA 7 Jun 1865. Residence: Butler County. His biography is in Goodspeed’s History of Southeast Missouri, pp. 1083-1084. He died March 26, 1904 and is buried in the Old City Cemetery, Poplar Bluff, MO.
MILLS, LEONARD O.: (Served in Missouri State Guard as Unit unknown, 1st Division) Age: 26. Enlisted as Private in Co C 25 Aug 1862 in Wayne County. Captured at location not of record 25 Apr 1863. Exchanged at City Point, VA Jun 1863. Returned to command. Paroled as Private, Co D, at Shreveport, LA 7 Jun 1865. Residence: Butler County. A biography of this soldier is in Goodspeed’s History of Southeast Missouri, p. 1083. He was the brother of Lemuel Mills.
MINSON, BENJAMIN: Appears in the records as a Private, Co I, who surrendered at New Madrid on 30 Nov 1864 and was released on the same day upon taking an oath of allegiance and posting a $1000 bond.
MINSON, WILLIAM: Appears in the records as a Private, Co I, who surrendered at New Madrid on 28 Nov 1864 and was released on the same day upon taking an oath of allegiance and posting a $1000 bond. Residence: [Mississippi County].
MINTON, JOHN W.: Age: 19. Served a Private in Jeffers’ independent cavalry company, having enlisted on 8 Apr 1862 in Cape Girardeau County. He remained with the companyuntil he took furlough in August, as which time he enlisted as a Private in Co C 12 Aug 1862 in Wayne County. Horse appraised at $100 and horse equipment at $16. Appointed 3rd Sergeant 24 Sep 1862. Present Dec 1863. Transferred to 4th MO Field Artillery (Harris' Battery) at date not of record and paroled with that unit at Grand Ecore, LA 6 Jun 1865. Residence: Cape Girardeau County.
MINTON, OSIAH: Age: 21. Enlisted as Private in Co C 12 Aug 1862 in Wayne County. Detailed as wagon-master 12 Nov 1862. Present Dec 1863. (No Further Record).
MINTON, WILTON: Age: 19. Enlisted as Private in Co C 12 Aug 1862 in Wayne County. Horse appraised at $70 and horse equipment at $4. The Jan\Feb 1863 bi-monthly report shows that he died at Batesville, AR. Date and cause of death not of record.
MIRES, CHRISTOPHER C.: Age: 24. Enlisted as Private in Co E 10 Sep 1862 in Mississippi County. Horse appraised at $100 and horse equipment at $5. Appointed 2nd Sergeant 1 Oct 1862. Promoted to 1st Sergeant 24 Dec 1862. Present Dec 1863. (No Further Record). According to theDalton Record Book, pp. 133-134, he was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant sometime in 1864. This promotion is not shown in the regimental records.
MONDY, JAMES: (Served in Missouri State Guard as Private, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 1st Division). Age: 22. Enlisted as Private in Co I 14 Aug 1862 in New Madrid County. (No Further Record).
MONDY, SAMUEL: (Served in Missouri State Guard as Private, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 1st Division). Age: 24. Enlisted as Private in Co I 14 Aug 1862 in New Madrid County. (No Further Record).
MONTGOMERY, JOHN W.: Age: 45. Enlisted as Private in Co I 1 Sep 1862 in New Madrid County. Deserted 25 Dec 1862.
MONTGOMERY, JOSEPHUS: Age: 25. Enlisted as Private in Co H 1 Oct 1862 in Scott County. Horse appraised at $80. and horse equipment at $3. Drowned accidentally 10 Jan 1863.
MOON, CHARLES P.: Age: ? Enlisted as Private in Co K at date and location not of record. Ordered to report to Col Robert R. Lawther's dismounted command 4 Nov 1863. (No Further Record).
MOORE, JAMES M.: Age: 23. Enlisted as Private in Co A 16 Aug 1862 in Bollinger County. Discharged for reason not of record 26 Aug 1862.
MOORE, REECE B.: Age: 22. Enlisted as Private in Co A 15 Aug 1862 in Bollinger County. Deserted 1 Nov 1862.
MORGAN, DESVANEY “VES”: Age: 23. Enlisted as Private in Co F 27 Sep 1862 in Cape Girardeau County. Captured at Bloomfield, MO 27 Nov 1862. Died of pneumonia at Alton, IL military prison 14 Jan 1863 and is buried at the Confederate Cemetery at that locale.
MORGAN, JOHN A.: Age: 18. Enlisted as Private in Co E 1 Sep 1862 in Mississippi County. Absent on sick furlough for 30 days from 16 Dec 1862. Left sick at _____, AR 6 Aug 1863. Wounded in action and taken prisoner at Mine Creek, KS 25 Oct 1864. Released upon taking oath of allegiance at Camp Morton, IN prison 22 May 1865. Described in the prisoner files as having a florid complexion, sandy hair, blue eyes, and 5’ 9 ½ “ in height. Died in Alhambra, OK and is buried there.
MORGAN, WILLIAM SYLVESTER: (Served in Missouri State Guard as Sergeant, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, 1st Division) Age: 23. Enlisted as Private in Co F 27 Sep 1862 in Cape Girardeau County. Horse appraised at $125 and horse equipment at $10. Appointed 4th Sergeant 4 Oct 1862. Transferred to Co K 6 Dec 1862. Elected 1st Lieutenant 6 Dec 1862. Detailed on special duty to Southeast Missouri 28 Jan 1863. Transferred to dismounted cavalry 4 Nov 1863. Returned to command at date not of record. Granted a leave of absence of twenty days effective 5 Feb 1864. (No Further Record). Residence: Cape Girardeau County. A biographical sketch of Morgan appears in Joseph T. Derry, “Georgia,” Vol. 7, Confederate Military History (Expanded Edition), pp. 863-864. It indicates that Morgan was captured at Lake Providence, AR, at a date not of record in 1863, incarcerated at Memphis, TN, and then shipped north to Camp Douglas, IL, but was exchanged at Cairo, IL en route and returned to the regiment. It also states that he was promoted to regimental Major before the war ended. The compiler has been unable to verify this promotion in the Confederate records. He died at Bellingham, WA on 9 Mar 1916.
MORGAN, WILLIAM T.: Age: 24. Enlisted as Private in Co E 20 Oct 1862 in Mississippi County. Horse appraised at $100 and horse equipment at #5. Detailed as blacksmith helper in 1863. Paroled at Shreveport, LA 7 Jun 1865. Residence: Mississippi County.
MORRIS, JESSE C.: (MO State Guard) Age: ?. Enlisted as Private in Co I 1 Apr 1863 in Greene County, AR. Taken prisoner on or about 9 Apr 1863 in Greene County, AR. Exchanged at City Point, VA Jun 1863. Paroled as Private, Co C, at Shreveport, LA 7 Jun 1865. Residence: Stoddard County.
MORRIS, MASTIN H.: Age: ? Enlisted as Private in Co I 21 Jan 1863 in Independence County, AR. Present Dec 1863. (No Further Record).
MORTON, JAMES: Age: 40. Enlisted as Private in Co D 22 Sep 1862 in Cape Girardeau County. Detailed as teamster. Present Dec 1863. Transferred to 4th MO Field Artillery (Harris' Battery) in 1864 and paroled with that unit at Grand Ecore, LA 6 Jun 1865. Residence: Cape Girardeau County.
MORTON, JAMES G.: Age: 20. Same entry as James Morton.
MOUSER, CARTER: Age: 24. Enlisted as Private in Co A 23 Aug 1862 in Bollinger County. Horse appraised at $130 and horse equipment at $15. Died of cause not of record in Greene Co, AR 10 Jun 1863.
MOUSER, PINCKNEY: Age: 21. Enlisted as Private in Co A 23 Aug 1862 in Bollinger County. Horse appraised at $100 and horse equipment at $5. Transferred to dismounted cavalry 26 Jul 1863. (No Further Record). According to his record in the Provost Marshall records at the Missouri State Archives, Roll F1203, he took the oath of allegiance to the United States government on 1 October 1863, and was released on $1000 bond on 7 October.
MOXLEY, CHRISTOPHER H.: (Served in Missouri State Guard as Private, 1st Infantry Battalion, 1st Division) Age: 15. Enlisted as Private in Co K 28 Oct 1862 in Cape Girardeau County. Horse appraised at $75 and horse equipment at $5. Transferred to dismounted cavalry 25 Jul 1863. Returned to command. Paroled as Private, Co F, at Shreveport, LA 7 Jun 1865. Residence: Cape Girardeau County.
MULLINS, CHARLES: Only record with the regiment is a prisoner of war notation that he surrendered himself at New Madrid on 26 Nov 1864 and was released on taking the oath of allegiance the same day. Listed as a Private in Co I.
MURPHY, JAMES M.: Age: 42. Enlisted as Private in Co G 26 Sep 1862 in Cape Girardeau County. Taken prisoner 28 Oct 1862. Released upon taking oath of allegiance.
MUSGROVE, HENDERSON: (Served in Missouri State Guard as Private, 4th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division) Age: 19. Enlisted as Private in Co G 3 Oct 1862 in Cape Girardeau County. Horse appraised at $80 and horse equipment at $3. Captured near Bloomfield, MO 23 Apr 1863. Exchanged at City Point, VA Jun 1863. Discharged for physical disability 5 Oct 1863. Paroled at San Antonio, TX 15 Aug 1865. His pension application is on file at the MO State Archives, Jefferson City, MO.
MYATT, WYLIE: (Served in Missouri State Guard as 1st Cavalry Regiment, 1st Division) Age: 36. Enlisted as Private in Co H 18 Oct 1862 in Scott County. Horse appraised at $75 and horse equipment at $2. Deserted 25 Mar 1863. Subsequently served in 15 Mo Cavalry Regiment. Wounded in action twice.
MYERS, ARCHIBALD: Age: 20. Enlisted as Private in Co E 10 Sep 1862 in Mississippi County. Horse appraised at $100 and horse equipment at $5. He was captured in Cooper Co, MO 11 Oct 1864, probably sick or wounded. Sent to St. Louis, MO and then to Alton, IL military prison. In Alton prison hospital with variola 28 Dec 1864. Returned to quarters 5 Jan 1865. (No Further Record).
MYERS, J.: No enlistment data. Paroled as Private, Co H, at Shreveport, LA on 7 June 1865. Residence: Boone County. Likely recruited or conscripted during Price’s Missouri Raid in the fall of 1864.
MYRICK, DAVID S.: Age: 22. Enlisted as Private in Co A 18 Oct 1862 in Bollinger County. Horse appraised at $140 and horse equipment at $10. Deserted 7 Jan 1863. (No Further Record) According to Eakin, Missouri Prisoners of War, n.p., he was captured in Bollinger Co, MO, 17 Apr 1863, and forwarded to Gratiot Prison in St. Louis, MO.
NEAL, JOHN: Age: 25. Enlisted as Private in Co D 22 Sep 1862 in Cape Girardeau County. Transferred to Co K 6 Dec 1862. Left sick near Denmark, AR 20 Aug 1863. (No Further Record).
NEAL, PHILIP PETER: Age: 25. Enlisted as Private in Co D 22 Sep 1862 in Cape Girardeau County. Horse appraised at $125 and horse equipment at $15. Transferred to Co K 6 Dec 1862. Present Aug 1863. (No Further Record).
NEWBERRY, WILLIAM: Age: 25. Enlisted as Private in Co C 1 Oct 1862 in New Madrid County. Horse appraised at $90 and horse equipment at $15. Deserted on date not of record.
NEWELL, WILLIAM: Age: 25. Enlisted as Private in Co A 18 Aug 1862 in Bollinger County. Deserted 1 Nov 1862. According to Eakin, Missouri Prisoners of War, n.p., Newell was captured in Bollinger County, MO, on 12 Nov 1862, and released from Myrtle St. Prison, on sick parole on 31 Jan 1863.
NEWMAN, ISAAC J. W.: Age: 25. Enlisted as Private in Co H 1 Oct 1862 in Scott County. Taken prisoner at Howell County, MO, on 28 Jan 1863, after having been left sick at Hartville, MO 11 Jan 1863 Died of pneumonia while a prisoner at St. Louis, MO on 16 Feb 1863. Buried in Grave 4764 at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, St. Louis, MO. Residence: Mississippi County.
NEWTON, ISAAC: Age: 25. Enlisted as Private in Co D 22 Sep 1862 in Cape Girardeau County. Transferred to Co G 12 Oct 1862. Wounded in action in Bollinger Co, MO 10 Nov 1862. Placed on furlough. Captured in Bollinger Co, MO 23 Nov 1862. Exchanged at City Point, VA Apr 1863. (No Further Record).
NICHOLS, CHARLES T.: Age: 27. (Served in Missouri State Guard as Private, 4th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division) Enlisted as Private in Co G 1 Nov 1862 in Cape Girardeau County. Horse appraised at $135 and horse equipment at $5. He was Chief Bugler for the regiment. Promoted to 3rd Sergeant 26 Feb 1863. Paroled with non-commissioned officers of Clark's (Marmaduke's) Mo Cavalry Brigade at Shreveport, LA 7 Jun 1863.
NIPPER, ROBERT: Age: 25. Enlisted as Private in Co B 26 Sep 1862 in Cape Girardeau County. Horse appraised at $120 and horse equipment at $6. Present Aug 1863. (No Further Record).
NISWONGER, BENNETT V.: (Served in Missouri State Guard as Private, 4th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division) Age: 24. Enlisted as Private in Co G 3 Oct 1862 in Cape Girardeau County. Captured by enemy 28 Oct 1862, in Cape Girardeau County, MO. Sent from Gratiot Prison, St. Louis, MO to City Point, VA for exchange 12 Jun 1863. (No Further Record).
NISWONGER, JOSEPH: (Served in Missouri State Guard as Private, 4th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division) Age: 18. Enlisted as Private in Co G 3 Oct 1862 in Cape Girardeau County. Horse appraised at $100. Transferred to dismounted cavalry 26 Jul 1863. Reported as remounted and returned to command. Paroled as Private, Co B, at Shreveport, LA 7 Jun 1865. Residence: Cape Girardeau County.
NISWONGER, PHILLIP: Age: 29. Enlisted as Private in Co G 5 Oct 1862 in Cape Girardeau County. Horse appraised at $75 and horse equipment at $5. Present Jul 1863. (No Further Record).
NORMAN, COLUMBUS J.: (Served in Missouri State Guard as Private, 4th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division) Age: 26. Enlisted as Private in Co H 5 Oct 1862 in Scott County. Horse appraised at $175 and horse equipment at $5. Present Dec 1863. (No Further Record). Residence: Scott County.
NORMAN, WASHINGTON: Age: 25. Enlisted as Private in Co H 5 Oct 1862 in Scott County. Horse appraised at $125. Present Dec 1863. (No Further Record). Residence: Scott County.
NORMAN, WILLIAM A.: (Served in Missouri State Guard as Private, 4th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division) Age: 28. Enlisted as Private in Co H 5 Oct 1862 in Scott County. Horse appraised at $100 and horse equipment at $5. Present Dec 1863. Transferred to 4th Missouri Field Artillery (Harris' Battery) at date not of record in 1864. Taken prisoner at Mine Creek, KS 25 Oct 1864. Died as a prisoner of war at Rock Island, IL 8 Feb 1865 and is buried in Grave 540 in the Confederate Cemetery at that locale. Residence: Scott County.
NORMANT, GILES K.: (Served in Missouri State Guard as Cpl, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 1st Division) Age: 28. Enlisted as Private in Co E 16 Aug 1862 in Mississippi County. Elected Junior 2nd Lieutenant 1 Oct 1862. Promoted to Senior 2nd Lieutenant 18 Dec 1862. Killed in action at Helena, AR 4 Jul 1863. Residence: Mississippi County.
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