MISSOURI MILITIA
(STATE CONVENTION)
County Origins of Specified Units
by Kirby Ross
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| On April 8, 1865, a second organization called the Missouri Militia was created, this one by the State Convention. Eighty-four regiments, six battalions, and two independent companies were formed, all of which have been identified and are listed on the chart below. |
| UNIT | COUNTY OF ORIGIN | COLONEL | COMMENTS |
| 1st Regiment M.M. | Ray County | A.J. Bair | |
| 2nd Regiment M.M. | Buchanan County | Wm. R. Penick | |
| 3rd Regiment M.M. | Buchanan County | Cyrus J. Missemer | |
| 4th Regiment M.M | Buchanan County | Joseph Thompson (Maj.) | |
| 5th Regiment M.M. | Osage & Maries Counties | James M. Dennis | |
| 6th Regiment M.M. | Jackson & Cass Counties | H.H. Williams | |
| 8th Regiment M.M. | Franklin County | Daniel Q. Gale | |
| 9th Regiment M.M. | Moniteau County | F.W. Hickox | |
| 10th Regiment M.M. | Cooper County | Andrew P. McKee | |
| 11th Regiment M.M. | Cooper County | John Fessler | |
| 12th Regiment M.M. | Greene County | Hosea G. Mullings | |
| 13th Regiment M.M. | Greene County | Jacob Hursh | |
| 14th Regiment M.M. | Livingston County | Robert S. Moore | |
| 15th Regiment M.M. | Jefferson County | Anton Yerger | |
| 16th Regiment M.M. | Audrain County | Winfield S. Wood | |
| William E. Jones | |||
| 17th Regiment M.M. | Polk & Cedar Counties | James J. Akard | |
| 18th Regiment M.M. | Dallas & Laclede Counties | Milton Burch | |
| 19th Regiment M.M. | Webster, Douglas, Wright, Texas, Ozark, & Howell Counties | John S. Coleman | |
| 20th Regiment M.M. | Lawrence, Newton, McDonald, & Barry Counties | John M. Filler | |
| 21st Regiment M.M. | Nodaway County | Josiah Coleman | |
| 22nd Regiment M.M. | Clay County | James M. Jones | |
| 23rd Regiment M.M. | Mississippi County | ——— | |
| 24th Regiment M.M. | Iron County | William T. Leeper | Note: Leeper, a prominent Missouri State Militia captain during the war as well as Radical Unionist candidate for Congress in 1864, was commonly referred to as “Colonel Leeper” in the post-war period. He was quite controversial and has in modern times been the target of revisionist historical writings in southeast Missouri that assert he lied about being a colonel. However his appointment at that rank and as senior commanding officer of the 24th Missouri Militia Regiment on 23 June 1865 is easily verified through the 1865 Missouri Adjutant General’s Report as well as through personal and regimental records at the Missouri State Archives. |
| 25th Regiment M.M. | Cole County | Herman L. Bruns | |
| 26th Regiment M.M. | Miller & Camden Counties | T.J. Babcoke | |
| 27th Regiment M.M. | Knox County | Jacob Pugh | |
| 28th Regiment M.M. | Adair County | J.B. Dodson | |
| 29th Regiment M.M. | Linn County | Marion Cave | |
| 30th Regiment M.M. | Andrew County | William P. Hobson | |
| 31st Regiment M.M. | Grundy County | Henry V. Stall | |
| 32nd Regiment M.M. | Holt County | Geo. W. Kelly (Lt. Col.) | |
| 33rd Regiment M.M. | Atchison County | George Steck (Lt. Col.) | |
| 34th Regiment M.M. | Gentry County | C.G. Comstock (Lt. Col.) | |
| 35th Regiment M.M. | Mercer County | David M. King | |
| 36th Regiment M.M. | Carroll County | Daniel Hoover (Lt. Col.) | |
| 37th Regiment M.M. | Putnam County | James B. Harper | |
| 38th Regiment M.M. | Clinton County | H.L. Rogers | |
| 39th Regiment M.M. | Cape Girardeau County | Geo. F. Thilenues | |
| 40th Regiment M.M. | St. Louis City | N. Schittner | |
| 41st Regiment M.M. | St. Louis City | Christian Ploeser | |
| 42nd Regiment M.M. | St. Louis City | Ezra O. English | |
| 43rd Regiment M.M. | St. Louis City | T. Niederweiser | |
| 44th Regiment M.M. | St. Louis City | James Blood | |
| 45th Regiment M.M. | St. Louis City | John McFall | |
| 46th Regiment M.M. | St. Louis City | Henry Hildebrand | |
| 47th Regiment M.M. | St. Louis City | E.C. Harrington | |
| 48th Regiment M.M. | St. Louis City | Phil H. Murphy | |
| 49th Regiment M.M. | St. Louis City | Wm. D. Bowen | |
| 50th Regiment M.M. | Pacific Railroad | Joseph B. Wilde (Lt. Col.) | |
| 51st Regiment M.M. | St. Louis County | R.C. Allen | |
| 52nd Regiment M.M. | Colored, St. Louis | Frank Robinson | |
| 53rd Regiment M.M. | Macon County | Dennis C. McKay | |
| 54th Regiment M.M. | DeKalb County | Levi Pritchard (Lt. Col.) | |
| 55th Regiment M.M. | Gasconade County | W.Q. Dallmeyer | |
| 56th Regiment M.M. | Harrison County | John W. Moore | |
| 57th Regiment M.M. | Boone County | Thomas J. Sutton (Lt. Col.) | |
| 58th Regiment M.M. | Lafayette County | James C. McGinnis | |
| 59th Regiment M.M. | Clark County | John H. Cox (Lt. Col.) | |
| 60th Regiment M.M. | Platte County | Wm. J. Fitzgerald | |
| 61st Regiment M.M. | Pike County | Robert McElroy | |
| Pat. F. Lonergan | |||
| 62nd Regiment M.M. | Randolph County | A.F. Denny | |
| 63rd Regiment M.M. | St. Charles County | Fred. Weineben | |
| 64th Regiment M.M. | Lincoln County | A.C. Marsh | |
| 65th Regiment M.M. | Marion County | J.T.K. Hayward | |
| 66th Regiment M.M. | Lewis County | Robert Carrick | |
| 67th Regiment M.M. | Scotland & Schuyler Counties | E.A. Kutzner | |
| 68th Regiment M.M. | Shelby County | George Lair (Lt. Col.) | |
| 69th Regiment M.M. | Ralls County | John A. Lennon | |
| 70th Regiment M.M. | Crawford & Phelps Counties | A.A. Harrison | |
| 71st Regiment M.M. | Monroe County | E.G.B. McNutt | |
| 72nd Regiment M.M. | Daviess County | Joseph H. McGee | |
| 73rd Regiment M.M. | Montgomery County | L.A. Thompson | |
| 74th Regiment M.M. | Benton County | Richard H. Melton | |
| 75th Regiment M.M. | Callaway County | J.J.P. Johnson | |
| 76th Regiment M.M. | Chariton County | Peter R. Dolman | |
| 77th Regiment M.M. | Johnson County | ——— | |
| 78th Regiment M.M. | Morgan County | ——— | |
| 79th Regiment M.M. | Sullivan County | Asahael Jones (Lt. Col.) | |
| 80th Regiment M.M. | Saline County | Benj. H. Wilson | |
| 81st Regiment M.M. | St. Louis | H.F. Vohlkamp | |
| 82nd Regiment M.M. | St. Louis | Francis Romer | |
| 83rd Regiment M.M. | Bollinger County | ——— | |
| 84th Regiment M.M. | Perry County | Thomas Hooss (Adj.) | |
| National Guard Regiment | St. Louis | H. Kleinschmidt | |
| INDEPENDENT BATTALIONS | |||
| 1st Battalion M.M. | Christian, Stone, & Taney Counties | S.C. McCullah (Maj.) | |
| 2nd Battalion M.M. | Dade, Jasper, & Barton Counties | James M. Smith (Maj.) | |
| 3rd Battalion M.M. | St. Louis | William A. Steele (Maj.) | |
| 5th Battalion M.M. | Caldwell County | John G. Pierce (Adj.) | |
| 6th Battalion M.M. | Worth County | Adam Wall (Maj.) | |
| Benton Barracks Battalion | St. Louis | John W. McHarg (Maj.) | |
| INDEPENDENT COMPANIES | |||
| Fletcher Guards | Middletown, Montgomery County | S.W. Hammack (Capt.) | |
| Clark County Ind. Co. | Clark County | D.A. Day (Capt.) |
Source: Annual Report of the Adjutant General of Missouri for the Year Ending December 31, 1865. (Jefferson City, Mo.: Emory S. Foster, Public Printer, 1866), pp. 635-685. Spellings of names in the above chart remain unchanged from the original document.