Volume 34, Number 4 - Spring 1995
Sign of the Times
Captain Anderson Philips Company of Enroled Missouri Militia was enrolled by Captain James M. Moore Enrollingofficer for Stone County andby him organized in to company on the 27th day of August AD 1862 when the folowing named persons was duly Elected officers of said company.
Anderson Philips captain
James Lee First Lieutinant
O. D. Herbert Second Lieutinant
John H. Moore first sargeant
Paschal Moles second sergent
James L. McDowell third sargent
William Garret fourth sargent
Samuel M. Wilson fifth sargent
Martin Hilton first corporal
Christopher Snider second corporal
A. M. Collins third corporal
Daniel Doty Fourth corpral
A. J. Stites Fifth corporal
G. R. Bolin Sixth corporal
Ely Doty Seventh corporal
J. L. Stone Eighth corpora
The Sargents & corporals above named wereappointed to their Respective officer by Capt Anderson Philips
Aug 29 Scout offive men under captain Philip in the direction of Berryvil Ark
Aug 30 Scuts return now kews of of the Enemy approaching
Aug 30 corporal Snider sent as a spy in the direction of Cassville
Editor’s note: These small excerpts from the Adjutant General’s Collections at the Missouri State Archives represent two kinds of lists of men who served the Union during the Civil War in Missouri. The various company papers are immense in volume; there are over 500 reels of microfilm for this collection. In many cases, a researcher can reconstruct a company s movements during the war.
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