Descriptive Roll of Captain G. W. Murphy Company E of Sixth Regiment Cavalry Missouri State Militia, called into service by Governor H. R. Gamble, in accordance with the terms of General Orders No. 96, War Department, series 1861, which said Company was mustered in at Cameron, State of Missouri, the 28th day of March 1862 for the period of during the war in Missouri, unless discharged.
Descriptive Roll of John G. Quinn Company C of Sixth Regiment Cavalry Missouri State Militia, called into service by Governor H. R. Gamble, in accordance with the terms of General Orders No. 96, War Department, series 1861, which said Company was mustered in at Mirabile, State of Missouri, the 5th day of March 1862 for the period of during the war in Missouri, unless discharged.
COMPANY C RECORDS TRANSCRIBED FROM UNION ARMY, MISSOURI STATE MILITIA RECORDS, 6TH CAVALRY, COMPANY C 1863, REEL BOX ML329, NO PAGE NUMBERS LISTED BY COMPANIES ONLY, MICROFILM REEL LOCATED AT THE MISSOURI STATE ARCHIVES.
"I CERTIFY, ON HONOR, THAT THE WITHIN DESCRIPTIVE ROLL IS A CORRECT TRANSCRIPT FROM THE RECORDS OF THE COMPANY. STATION, DATE, JOHN G. QUINN, CAPTAIN, COMMANDING THE COMPANY"
NOTES: COPIES OF MICROFILM CAN BE REQUESTED FROM THE MISSOURI STATE ARCHIVES SEE THEIR WEB SITE (STATE OF MISSOURI, SEC. OF STATE), PLEASE FOLLOW THEIR INSTRUCTIONS FOR OBTAINING COPIES. I TRIED TO TRANSCRIBE THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENT AS FAITHFULLY AS POSSIBLE (SPELLING ERRORS AND ALL). THERE WERE CASES WHERE HANDWRITING WAS UNCLEAR AND IS MARKED WITH QUESTION MARKS IN THIS TEXT. THERE STILL MAY BE SOME INCORRECT TRANSCRIPTIONS DUE TO UNIQUE HANDWRITING. PLEASE OBTAIN COPIES FROM THE STATE ARCHIVES FOR YOUR OWN TRANSLATION.
DUE TO LIMITED SPACE THE FOLLOWING WERE NOT LISTED FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL: ENLISTMENT DATE, MUSTER DATE, MUSTER LOCATION AND MUSTERED BY WHOM. IN GENERAL THE MAJORITY WERE MUSTERED AT MIRABILE, MO (A FEW FROM JEFF CITY AND SPRINGFIELD, MO) DURING FEBRUARY THROUGH MARCH OF 1862. THE MAJORITY WERE MUSTERED BY COL. E. D. JOHNSON. ENLISTMENTS WERE DURING JANUARY, FEBRUARY AND MARCH OF 1862. FOR COMPANY C, MOST REMARKS ON THE ROLL COULD NOT BE READ DUE TO FAINT SCRIBBLING AND BLURRED COPIES AND THEREFORE THE REMARKS SECTION WERE LEFT OUT OF THIS TRANSCRIPTION.
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COMPANY E RECORDS TRANSCRIBED FROM UNION ARMY, MISSOURI STATE MILITIA RECORDS, 6TH CAVALRY, COMPANY C 1863, REEL BOX ML329, NO PAGE NUMBERS LISTED BY COMPANIES ONLY, MICROFILM REEL LOCATED AT THE MISSOURI STATE ARCHIVES.
I CERTIFY, ON HONOR, THAT THE WITHIN DESCRIPTIVE ROLL IS CORRECT TRANSCRIPT FROM THE RECORDS OF THE COMPANY.
STATION, SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI
DATE, SEPTEMBER 8TH, 1863
G. W. MURPHY, CAPTAIN, COMMANDING THE COMPANY
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Notes: Lists for Companies A and B are very faint and difficult to read. Promotions are not listed. Copies of microfilm can be requested as possible (spelling errors and all). There were cases where handwriting was unclear and is marked with question marks in this text. There still may be some incorrect transcriptions due to unique handwriting. Please obtain copies from the state archives for your own translation.
Due to limited space, the following were not listed for each individual: enlistment date, muster date, muster location and mustered by whom. In general the majority were mustered at Cameron, MO (a few from Sedalia and Springfield, MO) during February and March of 1862. The majority were mustered by Col. Catherwood. Enlistments were during January, February and March of 1862. In the Remarks section the mustered out of service was left out most were mustered out in March of 1865. There were many remarks which could not be read due to faint scribbling and left out of this transcription.
Remarks section are numbered due to limited column space. A remark as 1, Sedalia Aug. 13, 1963 indicates that the person was recorded as deserted August 18, 1863 at Sedalia.
Remarks sections code: 1. Deserted. 2. Discharged for disability at Cameron, MO. 3. Temporialy assigned to Company H 6th M.S.M. Cavalry. 4. Discharged for disability at Sedalia, MO 5. Transferred to noncommissioned staff. 6. Discharged for disability at Warrensburg, MO. 7. Discharged for disability at Warsaw, MO. 8. Discharged by special order. 9. Discharged for disability at Calhoun, Mo. 10. Died of disease. 11. Killed at Battle of Lone Jack 12. Died at Springfield, MO. 13. Discharged for wounds received at Battle of Lone Jack, MO.
Abbreviations: Sed.-Sedalia, MO; Breck.-Breckenridge, MO; Lex.-Lexington, MO; Cam.-Cameron, MO; Warr.-Warrensburg, MO; Spr.-Springfield, MO. Transcribed by James K. Waters, October 28, 1997.
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