Found the following items in the Missouri Historical Society's digital collection: http://mohistory.org/society
http://mohistory.org/collections/item/resource:142761
http://mohistory.org/collections/item/resource:158742
"Our Mess." Group of Missouri Confederate officers at Johnson's Island POW camp, January, 1864.
"OUR MESS JOHNSON'S ISLAND, JANUARY 1864" (printed below image).
Lt. John G. Kelly, Co. A, 1st Missouri Cavalry. Captured May 17, 1863 at Big Black, Mississippi.
Capt. Reuben Kay, Adjutant of 1st Missouri Infantry, 4th Division, Missouri State Guard.
Lt. Harrison McClure, Co. K, 1st Missouri Cavalry. Captured May 17, 1863 at Big Black, Mississippi.
Capt. William B. Cox, Co. E, 9th Missouri Infantry (Clark's Regiment). Captured October 1863 at Little Rock, and spent time at Gratiot and Alton before being sent to Johnson's Island.
Capt. John C. Ward, unidentified.
Capt. John Yates, unidentified.
Lt. John T. Mahan, Co. A, 1st Missouri Cavalry. Captured three times, the second time at Big Black (this is why he was at Johnson's Island). The third time, at Jackson, Tennessee, he escaped even though he was wounded.
Lt. Price. Probably Stephen R. Price of the 1st Missouri Cavalry.
Gen. Meriwether Jeff Thompson.
Lt. William Eller, Co. K, 1st Missouri Cavalry. Captured at Big Black, Mississippi and spent 22 months at Johnson's Island.
Lt. William A. Bast, Co. B, 3rd Missouri Cavalry.
(All information taken from digital soldier records.)
http://mohistory.org/collections/item/resource:159453
Major Absalom Grimes, a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi before the war, served in the 1st Missouri Cavalry and later as mail runner for the C.S. Missouri troops serving east of the Mississippi River. He was captured and escaped a number of times.
http://mohistory.org/collections/item/resource:157891
Postwar photograph of Confederate Veterans at Versailles, Mo., some of which served in Cockrell's Missouri Brigade.
Subjects in Photograph from left to right are:
1. John McClannahan, Co. B, 9th Missouri Infantry
2. John E. Price, Co. 1st Missouri Infantry. Price was wounded twice and fought at the battles of Pea Ridge, Corinth, Iuka, Grand Gulf, Port Gibson, Big Black River, and the siege of Vicksburg.
3. Frank Madole, 2nd Missouri Infantry
4. Monroe Iva, unidentified. Subject looks considerably younger than the other men in the image. He many not be a veteran or may have served in some capacity as a boy in the war. If so, he would not be listed in the digital soldier records.
5. H.C. Thurston, [spelled Thruston on image], 4th Missouri Cavalry, Marmaduke's Division. Thurston's record states that "He stands 7' 7 1/2" tall, weighs nearly 200 pounds. He is the tallest man in Texas and one of the tallest men in the world. His tallness has been exhibited in many States of the Union by different circuses."
6. Pvt. T.G. Snodgrass, [spelled Snorgrass on image], Co. D, 2nd Missouri Infantry (of which he deserted Sept. 2, 1864). and Co. F, 2nd Cavalry, M.S.G.
7. Pvt. William J. Scoggins, Co. D, 2nd Missouri Infantry. Served in M.S.G. with Co. D, 1st Regiment before joining the Missouri Brigade. Fought at Boonville, Carthage, Oak Hill, Drywood, Elk Horn, Iuka, Corinth, Grand Gulf (where he was wounded), Baker's Creek, Big Black River, and Vicksburg.
8. John Salmon. Probably either J. M. Salmon of Co. G, 11th Missouri Infantry or J. B. Salmon of Hunter's Regiment, Shelby's Brigade.
9. Pvt. William B. Dudley, Co. D, 2nd Missouri Infantry. Wounded in the right ulna and captured at Franklin, Tennessee and paroled at Jackson, Mississippi May 13, 1865.
(All information taken from the Missouri digital soldier records.)
http://mohistory.org/collections/item/resource:198076?view=zoom
Canteen used by unidentified soldier in the 1st Missouri Infantry, Cockrell's Brigade.
http://mohistory.org/collections/item/resource:142761
http://mohistory.org/collections/item/resource:158742
"Our Mess." Group of Missouri Confederate officers at Johnson's Island POW camp, January, 1864.
"OUR MESS JOHNSON'S ISLAND, JANUARY 1864" (printed below image).
Lt. John G. Kelly, Co. A, 1st Missouri Cavalry. Captured May 17, 1863 at Big Black, Mississippi.
Capt. Reuben Kay, Adjutant of 1st Missouri Infantry, 4th Division, Missouri State Guard.
Lt. Harrison McClure, Co. K, 1st Missouri Cavalry. Captured May 17, 1863 at Big Black, Mississippi.
Capt. William B. Cox, Co. E, 9th Missouri Infantry (Clark's Regiment). Captured October 1863 at Little Rock, and spent time at Gratiot and Alton before being sent to Johnson's Island.
Capt. John C. Ward, unidentified.
Capt. John Yates, unidentified.
Lt. John T. Mahan, Co. A, 1st Missouri Cavalry. Captured three times, the second time at Big Black (this is why he was at Johnson's Island). The third time, at Jackson, Tennessee, he escaped even though he was wounded.
Lt. Price. Probably Stephen R. Price of the 1st Missouri Cavalry.
Gen. Meriwether Jeff Thompson.
Lt. William Eller, Co. K, 1st Missouri Cavalry. Captured at Big Black, Mississippi and spent 22 months at Johnson's Island.
Lt. William A. Bast, Co. B, 3rd Missouri Cavalry.
(All information taken from digital soldier records.)
http://mohistory.org/collections/item/resource:159453
Major Absalom Grimes, a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi before the war, served in the 1st Missouri Cavalry and later as mail runner for the C.S. Missouri troops serving east of the Mississippi River. He was captured and escaped a number of times.
http://mohistory.org/collections/item/resource:157891
Postwar photograph of Confederate Veterans at Versailles, Mo., some of which served in Cockrell's Missouri Brigade.
Subjects in Photograph from left to right are:
1. John McClannahan, Co. B, 9th Missouri Infantry
2. John E. Price, Co. 1st Missouri Infantry. Price was wounded twice and fought at the battles of Pea Ridge, Corinth, Iuka, Grand Gulf, Port Gibson, Big Black River, and the siege of Vicksburg.
3. Frank Madole, 2nd Missouri Infantry
4. Monroe Iva, unidentified. Subject looks considerably younger than the other men in the image. He many not be a veteran or may have served in some capacity as a boy in the war. If so, he would not be listed in the digital soldier records.
5. H.C. Thurston, [spelled Thruston on image], 4th Missouri Cavalry, Marmaduke's Division. Thurston's record states that "He stands 7' 7 1/2" tall, weighs nearly 200 pounds. He is the tallest man in Texas and one of the tallest men in the world. His tallness has been exhibited in many States of the Union by different circuses."
6. Pvt. T.G. Snodgrass, [spelled Snorgrass on image], Co. D, 2nd Missouri Infantry (of which he deserted Sept. 2, 1864). and Co. F, 2nd Cavalry, M.S.G.
7. Pvt. William J. Scoggins, Co. D, 2nd Missouri Infantry. Served in M.S.G. with Co. D, 1st Regiment before joining the Missouri Brigade. Fought at Boonville, Carthage, Oak Hill, Drywood, Elk Horn, Iuka, Corinth, Grand Gulf (where he was wounded), Baker's Creek, Big Black River, and Vicksburg.
8. John Salmon. Probably either J. M. Salmon of Co. G, 11th Missouri Infantry or J. B. Salmon of Hunter's Regiment, Shelby's Brigade.
9. Pvt. William B. Dudley, Co. D, 2nd Missouri Infantry. Wounded in the right ulna and captured at Franklin, Tennessee and paroled at Jackson, Mississippi May 13, 1865.
(All information taken from the Missouri digital soldier records.)
http://mohistory.org/collections/item/resource:198076?view=zoom
Canteen used by unidentified soldier in the 1st Missouri Infantry, Cockrell's Brigade.
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