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The Missouri State Militia was a federally funded state militia organization of Missouri conceived in 1861 and beginning service in 1862 during the American Civil War.It was a full-time force whose primary purpose was to conduct offensive operations against Confederate guerrillas and recruiters as well as oppose raids by regular Confederate forces.
The 2nd Missouri Cavalry Regiment, also known officially as Merrill's Horse, [1] was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The regiment was one of only a handful of Missouri regiments to be officially named as well as numbered.
Each regiment was designed to contain between six and eight companies, so a Missouri State Guard regiment would contain 600 to 800 men at full strength. [2] At the Battle of Wilson's Creek on August 10, 1861, Missouri State Guard units fought alongside Confederate States Army troops; both the Missourians and the Confederate troops were under ...
Missouri State Militia Cavalry. 1st Missouri State Militia Cavalry; 1st Battalion Missouri State Militia Cavalry "Krekel's" 2nd Missouri State Militia Cavalry;
The 4th and 7th units were blocked by Battery L, 2nd Missouri Light Artillery Regiment, and Colonel James McFerran, leading the 1st Missouri State Militia Cavalry, remained in the rear. Under Lazear's command, the 1st Missouri State Militia Cavalry skirmished with the Confederates. As pressure mounted on Lazear's line, he requested reinforcements.
Simultaneously a battalion of the 2nd Missouri Cavalry ("Merrill's Horse") moved northeast to complete the envelopment. Realizing his guardsmen were in a precarious position, Robertson formed a firing line of approximately 250 men while Colonel Magoffin was detailed with several dozen men to take possession of the bridge before the Federals ...
5th Missouri Militia Cavalry: Ltc Joseph Eppstein; Detachments from: 7th Kansas Cavalry: Maj Francis Malone; 2nd Missouri Cavalry: Cpt George M. Houston; 3rd Missouri Militia Cavalry: Ltc Henry M. Matthews; 9th Missouri Militia Cavalry: Ltc Daniel M. Draper; 3rd Brigade BG John B. Sanborn. 2nd Arkansas Cavalry: Col John E. Phelps; 8th Missouri ...
1st Missouri Cavalry Regiment (Union) 1st Missouri Colored Infantry Regiment; 1st Missouri Engineer Regiment; 1st Missouri Infantry Regiment (Union) 1st Missouri Light Artillery Regiment; 1st Missouri State Militia Infantry Battalion; 1st Missouri US Reserve Corps Infantry Regiment; 2nd Missouri Cavalry Regiment (Union) 2nd Missouri Colored ...