PROVISIONAL ENROLLED MILITIA
County Origins of Specified Units
by Kirby Ross
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| Few if any of the many types of militia that existed in Missouri are as misunderstood and mis-categorized as this organization. The Provisional Enrolled Militia was formed in mid-1864 and was made up of 62 independent companies (56 of which are identified below). Because of its name, the Provisional Enrolled Militia is often confused as being a part of the Provisional Enrolled Missouri Militia, but there was absolutely no connection between the two.
The Provisional Companies were formed by county committees that handpicked the men that joined the ranks. As they were formed, the primary duty of these units was to maintain law and order in their localities. |
| COUNTY | COMMANDING OFFICER | DATE INTO SERVICE | COMMENTS |
| Adair County | Capt. Hiram B. Foster | Aug. 1864 | |
| Andrew County | Capt. John B. Majors | ?? | |
| Caldwell County | Capt. W.F. Tilson | Sept. 1864 | |
| Camden County | Capt. Henry G. Bollinger | Sept. 1864 | |
| Camden County | Capt. Sayles Brown | ?? | |
| Carroll County | Capt. Daniel Hoover | Dec. 1864 | |
| Clark County | Capt. D.A. Day | Nov. 1864 | |
| Clay County | Capt. Wm. G. Garth | Aug. 1864 | |
| Cole County | Capt. Andrew J. Green | Sept. 1864 | While serving as captain in the Cole County Provisional Enrolled Militia, Andrew Green was also serving as lieutenant colonel in the 42nd Enrolled Missouri Militia. |
| Cooper County | Capt. H. Shoemaker | Aug. 1864 | |
| Cooper County | Capt. R.B. Newman | ?? | |
| Crawford County | Capt. W.H. Ferguson | Aug. 1864 | |
| Crawford County | See Phelps county | ||
| Dallas County | Capt. Noah Bray | Aug. 1864 | |
| DeKalb County | Capt. John Pinger | Aug. 1864 | |
| Franklin County | Capt. Lucius C. Frazer | Sept. 1864 | |
| Franklin County | Capt. Andrew Fink | Sept. 1864 | |
| Franklin County | Capt. Frederick Steines | Sept. 1864 | |
| Franklin County | Capt. Elias Boyd | Oct. 1864 | Organized by refugees. |
| Franklin County | Capt. B.E. Anderson | Jan. 1865 | |
| Gentry County | Capt. James Castor | July 1864 | |
| Gentry County | Capt. John F. Mason | July 1864 | |
| Grundy County | Capt. George A. Spickard | July 1864 | |
| Grundy County | Capt. E.L. Winters | ?? | |
| Hickory County | 1st Lt. Wm. L. McCaslen | Jan. 1865 | |
| Iron County | Capt. Morgan Mace | ?? | Also included troops from Madison County and probably from Wayne County |
| Laclede County | Capt. D.A.W. Morehouse | Sept. 1864 | |
| Lafayette County | Capt. George W. Bingham | ?? | Also included troops from Saline County |
| Lincoln County | Capt. Dedrick Wehde | Oct. 1864 | |
| Linn County | Capt. Robert W. Holland | Aug. 1864 | Also included troops from Macon County |
| Macon County | Capt. Isaac P. Rallston | Sept. 1864 | |
| Macon County | Troops from this county also combined with men from Linn County to fill out Capt. Holland’s company (see above) | ||
| Maries County | Capt. Samuel Parpam | Aug. 1864 | |
| Miller County | Capt. John Long | Aug. 1864 | |
| Miller County | Capt. Thos. J. Babcoke | Jan. 1865 | |
| Moniteau County | Capt. A.B. Hale | Sept. 1864 | |
| Moniteau County | Capt. J.F. Hume | Sept. 1864 | While serving as captain in the Moniteau County Provisonal Enrolled Militia, J.F. Hume was also serving as major in the 43rd Enrolled Missouri Militia. |
| Moniteau County | Capt. John R. Legg | Sept. 1864 | |
| Moniteau County | Capt. Henry Pwiehaus | Sept. 1864 | |
| Moniteau County | Capt. E.P. Renshaw | Sept. 1864 | |
| Monroe County | Capt. E.G.B. McNutt | Dec. 1864 | |
| Monroe County | Capt. Lewis P. Corrothers | ?? | Also included troops from Shelby County |
| Montgomery County | Capt. John Kendrick | July 1864 | |
| Morgan County | Capt. A.J. Hart | ?? | |
| Osage County | Capt. Adam Miller | Aug. 1864 | While serving as captain in the Osage County Provisonal Enrolled Militia, Adam Miller was also serving as lieutenant colonel in the 28th Enrolled Missouri Militia. |
| Phelps County (?) | Capt. Abraham Johnson | ?? | The specific county this company originated in is uncertain. Capt. Johnson’s Provisonal Enrolled Militia Company was detailed from the 63rd Enrolled Missouri Militia, which consisted of men from Phelps, Crawford and Pulaski counties. Johnson’s PEM company came from one of those counties, or a combination of them. |
| Platte County | Capt. Edward Schelsky | Aug. 1864 | |
| Pulaski County | See Phelps county | ||
| Ralls County | Capt. John F. McNeil | Oct. 1864 | |
| Ralls County | Capt. John A. Lennon | Nov. 1864 | |
| Randolph County | Capt. Charles F. Mayo | Sept. 1864 | |
| Ray County | Capt. Martin T. Real | ?? | |
| St. Charles County | Capt. F.W. Gatzweller | Sept. 1864 | |
| Saline County | See Lafayette county | ||
| Shelby County | See Monroe County | ||
| Scotland County | Capt. John l. Morris | ?? | |
| Stone County | Capt. George E. Gaddy | Sept. 1864 | |
| Sullivan County | Capt. Henry D. Johnson | ?? | |
| Washington County | Capt. J.A.G. Palmer | Aug. 1864 | |
| Washington County | Capt. A.J. Harris | Sept. 1864 | |
| Washington County | Capt. John A. Harris | ?? | |
| 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. 629-632 |