Category: 18th Regiment, Missouri Infantry, United States Civil War

Categories: Missouri, United States Civil War | Battle of Shiloh

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18th Regiment, Missouri Infantry

Overview:Organized at Laclede, Mo., July to November, 1861. Attached to District of St. Louis, Dept. of Missouri, to March, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 6th Division, Army of the Tennessee, to July, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 6th Division, District of Corinth, Miss., to November, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 6th Division, District of Corinth, 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, November, 1862. 3rd Brigade, District of CorInth, 13th Army Corps, to December, 1862. 3rd Brigade, District of Corlnth, 17th Army Corps, to January, 1863. 3rd Brigade, District of Corinth, 16th Army Corps, to March, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 16th Army Corps, to November, 1863. Fuller's Brigade, 2nd Division, 16th Army Corps, to January, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 16th Army Corps, to March, 1864. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, 16th Army Corps, to September, 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 17th Army Corps, to July, 1865.

Service:Duty on Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad during summer and fall of 1861. At Weston, Mo., till December, Ordered from St. Louis to Cairo, Ill., December 22. At Bird's Point, Mo., till March, 1862. Ordered to Pittsburg Landing, Tenn. Battle of Shiloh, Tenn., April 6-7. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. At Corinth and Bolivar till December. Battle of Corinth October 3-4 (Cos. "A," "B," "C" and "E"). Pursuit to Ripley October 5-12 (Cos. "A," "B," "C" and "E"). On duty in District of Corinth guarding Railroad toward Bethel till June, 1863. Affairs at Camp Sheldon February 8 and 10, 1863. Operations in Northeast Mississippi June 13-22. Skirmishes at New Albany June 19. Mud Creek June 20. At Corinth till November. March to Pulaski, Tenn., November 2-12. Duty there and guard duty on Railroad till April, 1864. Veterans on furlough January and February, 1864. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1-September 8. Demonstrations on Resaca May 8-13. Sugar Valley May 9. Near Resaca May 13. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Advance on Dallas May 18-25. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Ruff's Mills July 3-4. Chattahoochie River July 6-17. Battle of Atlanta July 22. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Lovejoy Station September 2-6. Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September 29-November 3. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Monteith Swamp December 9. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. Pocotaligo, S. C., January 14-16. Reconnoissance to Salkehatchie River January 25. Skirmishes Rivers' and Broxton's Bridges, Salkehatchie River, February 2. Rivers' Bridge, Salkehatchle River, February 3. Binnaker's Bridge, South Edisto River, February 9. North Edisto River February 12-13. Columbia February 15-17. Juniper Creek, near Cheraw, March 3. Fayetteville, N. C., March 11. Battle of Bentonville March 20-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D. C. via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 20. Grand Review May 24. Moved to Louisville, Ky., June, and duty there till July. Mustered out July 18, 1865.

Regiment lost during service 6 Officers and 75 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 164 Enlisted men by disease. Total 245.

• National Park Service Soldiers and Sailors Database

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John Alderman 03 Apr 1838 Madison, Indiana, United States - 14 Apr 1862

Daniel Ayler - 14 Apr 1862

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G. Beckworth - 04 May 1862

John Blann 1843 Lexington, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA - 31 May 1862

Henry Brown 1815 Wayne County, Kentucky, United States - 13 Oct 1864

Francis Burnett abt 1832 Licking, Texas County, Missouri, United States - 16 Jan 1865

C

Patrick Camberford 1844 - 20 Apr 1862

N. Crag - abt Apr 1862

D

Asa Dye - abt May 1862

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Bryant Flanagin 05 Sep 1834 Russell, Kentucky, United States - 07 Apr 1862

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Walter Gardner abt 1827 Gallatin, Kentucky, United States - Jan 1899

Patrick Gernon 1833 Ireland - 06 Apr 1862

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Ira Guffey 01 Jan 1821 Clinton, Kentucky, United States - 21 Apr 1881

Joshua Guffey 05 Mar 1811 Roane, Tennessee, United States - 02 Sep 1901

Leroy Guthrie abt 07 Oct 1823 Ross County, Ohio, United States - 06 Apr 1862

H

Mathew Hutchinson 10 Aug 1819 Kelton, Kirkcudbright, Scotland - 18 Jun 1862

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Alfred Kirk abt 1834 Tennessee, United States - abt 1862

Henry Kunst Missouri, United States - 09 Oct 1864

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Thomas McDaniel 23 May 1842 Cooper, Missouri, United States - 21 Dec 1906

John McGirl Jun 1836 Ireland - 27 Dec 1910

Joseph Menzer 05 May 1822 Offenburg, Ortenaukreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany - 06 Apr 1862

Benjamin Musgrove abt 1805 Virginia, United States - Mar 1862

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Friedrich Partenheimer 27 Jan 1834 Waldböckelheim, Bad Kreuznach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany - 01 Feb 1916

R

James Rogers 09 Jan 1845 Illinois, United States - 19 May 1907

Thomas Rogers 16 Mar 1846 Columbiana, Ohio, United States - 13 Apr 1914

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Henry Schlapp 1846 Vienna, Austria - 03 Jul 1880

Daniel Shelton 13 Jun 1840 Clinton, Kentucky, United States - 09 Nov 1907

Gilbert Shelton 1833 Kentucky, United States - 28 May 1862

Joel Shelton 18 Feb 1836 Kentucky, United States - 06 Jun 1862

Miles Shelton 09 May 1846 Missouri, United States - 04 Jun 1864

Stephen Shelton 17 Jun 1842 Unionville, Putnam, Missouri, United States - 12 Jun 1863

Isaac Smith 24 Mar 1829 Kentucky, United States - 14 Jun 1864

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Noah Waggoner 22 May 1839 Lawrence, Indiana, United States - 14 Apr 1862

George Wyckoff 04 Mar 1838 Illinois, United States - 28 Aug 1925

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