8th MISSOURI INFANTRY REGIMENT (US) |
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Individual Soldier Biographies |
TO VIEW INDIVIDUAL 8th MO (US) SOLDIER BIOGRAPHIES:
CLICK ON A NAME IN THE LIST BELOW.
(To check Civil War rosters for a specific soldier's name:
click here)
Ayers, John | Co. H | Awarded the Medal of Honor |
Bailey, John Read | Co. ? | Surgeon from Macinac Island, Michigan |
Baird, Oliver | Co. B | Founded hardware store in Lincoln, Nebraska |
Bamford, John | Co. G | Married an Army nurse |
Barr, Joseph W. | Co. I | Was a member of the National Blues |
Bartholemew, John B. | Co. B | Buried in Elmwood IL Cemetery |
Bates, William H. | Co. H | Photo of the Cabinet Card he gave his daughter |
Baurdick, Anton J. | Co. H | His papers are in the Emory University Library |
Benson, H.K. | Co. D | Farmer in Livingston County, Missouri |
Bickford, Matthew | Co. G | Buried in Whatcom County, Washington |
Blakesley, Seth | Co. A | Buried in Elmwood IL Cemetery |
Boyd, Samuel | Co. B | Brother to Nebraska governor |
Casey, John | Co. K | Born in Ireland; Enlisted from Iowa |
Cheaver, W. H. | Co. H | Attended the Civil War Gathering of 1882 |
Colby, Herman Elias | Co. H | Was a Mail Carrier in Yucatan, Minnesota |
Coleman, David C. | Regiment Commander at Vicksburg and other battles | |
Coles, John B. | Co. D | Was an Indiana lawyer |
Cunningham, James S. | Co. D | Awarded the Medal of Honor |
Danley, J. H. | Co. D | Attended the Civil War Gathering of 1882 |
Dixon, James | Co. ? | Photo of gravestone at Andersonville |
Dundas, James | Co. G | Attended the 1890's Peoria Area Reunion |
Ellington, Daniel | Co. E | Newspaper article: 85th birthday tribute |
Emerson, John | Co. C | Photo supplied by his great-great-grandson |
Evenson, Syver | Co. A | Norwegian immigrant, joined from Minnesota |
Fassel, Edward | Co. K | Deserted and re-joined the unit |
Flanigan, Dennis | Co. K | Born in Ireland; Enlisted from Iowa |
Funcheon, Peirce | Co. K | Born in Ireland; Enlisted from Iowa |
Grier, David | Co. G | Founded the 77th Illinois Volunteer Infantry |
Harris, Isaac | Co. K | Born in England; Enlisted from Iowa |
Hill, William | Co. B | Born in Scotland; Founded bank in Neodesha, Kansas |
Hoover, J. H. | Co. E | Attended the Civil War Gathering of 1882 |
Howe, George W. | Co. C | Was a Mississippi riverboat pilot |
Hurff, Isaac Jr. | Co. E | Buried in Elmwood IL Cemetery |
Hurff, Isaac Ewalt | Co. D | Buried in Elmwood IL Cemetery |
Jacqrium, Eli | Co. K | Musician: Born in France; Enlisted from Iowa |
Jacqrium, Louis | Co. K | Musician: Born in France; Enlisted from Iowa |
Johnston, David | Co. K | Awarded the Medal of Honor |
Keeler, Daniel N | Co. C | GAR Post in Wildwood MO named after him |
Kirby, Dennis | Co. E | Buried in Arlington National Cemetery |
Kirkpatrick, Kyus | Co. H | Granduncle to U.S. Heavyweight Wrestling Champion |
Kightlinger, Hiram | Co. G | Attended the 1890's Peoria Area Reunion |
Knoble, Joseph | Co. K | Became deaf during the war; led to his death |
Maxwell, John M. | Co. A | Buried in Elmwood IL Cemetery |
McCullough, Pete | Co. G | Photo/Obituary: "Hanging Judge of Andersonville Prison" |
Neill, Hugh | Co. L | Was a member of the National Blues |
O'Connor, Timothy | Co. D | War Department lost record of his Medal of Honor |
O'Dea, John | Co. D | Born in Ireland; Awarded the Medal of Honor |
Parsell, William R. | Co. I | Buried in Elmwood IL Cemetery |
Parvin, Elam B. | Co. D | A travelling Methodist minister |
Peckham,James | In 1866, wrote biography of Gen. Nathaniel Lyon | |
Redden, John | Co. K | Born in Delaware; Enlisted from Iowa |
Reed, John Byers | Co. H | Detaied Biography written by great-grandson |
Reed, William | Co. H | Photo of Reed wearing his Zouave jacket |
Riddle, Fielding | Co. D | Photo of gravestone at Andersonville |
Rowley, Nathan B. | Co. G | Great-Grandson of a Green Mountain Boy |
Russell, William C. | Co. A | Aide-de-Camp to General Schuyler Hamilton |
Ryan, Edward | Co. E | Deserted; then re-enlisted under alias: Edwin Hinds |
Schott, Joseph Anton | Co. I | In the Missouri Civil War Museum |
Schultz, Charles | Co. L | Was an Army musician |
Seibel, Edward | Co. K | Brought many volunteers from Illinois to join 8th MO |
Shay, Ephraim | Co. D | Inventor of the Shay Locomotive |
Simon, Matthias | Co. B | Photo of his Zouave Jacket |
Smith, Giles A. | Appointed Major General | |
Smith, Morgan L. | Appointed Brigadier General | |
Smith, Phillip | Co. H | Color Bearer |
Swarthout, George B. | Co. H | Killed at Fort Donelson, Tennessee |
Tinan, Hartin | Co. K | Born in Ireland; Enlisted from Iowa |
Trogden, Howell | Co. B | First North Carolinian to receive the Medal of Honor |
Wagner, John W. | Co. F | Awarded the Medal of Honor |
Wartick, Joseph | Co. A | Photo of Wartick wearing his Medal of Honor |
Wilson, Shelby | Co. E | Enlisted from Lee County, Iowa |
Wilson, J.E.C. | Co. G | Promoted for "valuable services rendered" |
Winkler, John | Co. E | In the Missouri Civil War Museum |
Wright, Craft James | Co. ? | Raised the 13th Missouri |
(To check Civil War rosters for a specific soldier's name: click here)
"We thank you, the heroes of yesterday,
who have given our heroes of today
your shining example of
bravery and patriotism
worthy of the greatest nation on earth."
-- VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS --