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"Birge's Western Sharpshooters" was a multi-state, Federal unit organized at St. Louis, Missouri and mustered into federal service on November 23, 1861. Initially two companies were raised in Ohio, three in Illinois, one in Michigan, and four were organized at St Louis' Benton Barracks of Missourians and detachments of volunteer candidates sent by recruiting officers from Iowa, Minnesota and ...
Horace E. Dimick was a gunsmith and firearms dealer active in St. Louis, Missouri from 1849 through the early 1870s. Dimick expanded from a small custom gun store, to a larger emporium selling a variety of firearms and even manufacturing cannons.
Duty in Missouri until February 1862. Operations against New Madrid, Mo., February 28-March 15, and against Island No. 10, Mississippi River, March 15-April 8. Pursuit and capture at Tiptonville April 8. Expedition to Fort Pillow, Tenn., April 13–17. Moved to Hamburg Landing, Tenn., April 18–22.
Western Sharpshooters-14th Missouri Volunteer Infantry - (formerly) Birge's Western Sharpshooters (later 66th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment (Western Sharpshooters)) 15th Missouri Volunteer Infantry; 16th Missouri Volunteer Infantry - Failed to complete organization; 17th Missouri Volunteer Infantry - "Western Turner Rifles"
This is a list of Missouri Confederate Civil War units, or military units from the state of Missouri which fought for the Confederacy in the American Civil War.A border state with both southern and northern influences, Missouri attempted to remain neutral when the war began.
The final U.S. Figure Skating Championships before the 2026 Milan Olympics will take place in St. Louis. U.S. Figure Skating announced Monday the 2026 nationals would be Jan. 5-11 at the ...
As a child his family moved to St. Louis, Missouri. On April 8, 1846, he entered the Vincentian Seminary at St. Mary of the Barrens in Perryville, Missouri as a secular student. On April 1, 1848, he graduated with honors. [2] Upon returning to St. Louis, Burke became a clerk at the law firm of Glover and Richardson.
Daniel Turner, 7, son of a Buckner police officer and the nephew of an Independence police officer, lit candles as he paid his respects to fallen Independence police officer Cody Allen, at the ...