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THREE YEARS' VOLUNTEERS. 127
have I, or will I, recommend to you for commission any officer without satisfactory
evidence of his having been in service from the time at which his commission is to
date.
I am satisfied, governor, that if you insist upon a strict compliance with the first
paragraph of your order No. 4, weeks, and perhaps months, must elapse before com-
missions can issue. In the meantime disorganization and want of discipline must
increase. I may wish to send these regiments into the field in a very few days.
If you refuse to commission the officers, how can they legally exercise command? By
delaying these commissions you' delay the pacification of Missouri, and greatly
embarrass all plans of ulterior operations.
I hope, governor, you will reconsider this matter and issue commissions as fast
as I obtain satisfactory proof of the service and muster in of the officers. It is
the only means of getting order out of chaos.
Your order is a very proper one for ordinary times and ordinary circumstances,
but I most strenuously urge you to make an exception in the cases I submit to you
as requiring immediate action.
All information in regard to muster-in rolls and vacancies which I have is at the
service of your adjutant-general.
Permit me to repeat, governor, that the present condition of the troops here
requires prompt action in this matter of commissions, and that delay may lead to
the most serious results.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant, H.W. HALLECK,
Major- General.
[Book No. 18, Department of the Missouri, pp. 80-83.]
This letter was followed by other letters from General Halleck,
with which he submitted lists of officers whom he desired to be com-
missioned, not from the dates of muster in, as previously recommended
in the case of the officers of the Merrill Horse, but from the dates of
their enrollment, it appearing that in many cases companies had been
" full and ready for service long before they were actually mustered."
(Book No. 18, Department of the Missouri, p. 88.)
The adjutant-general of Missouri, in his annual report to the gov-
ernor of the State, dated December 31, 1863 (p. 17), states:
The officers of all the regiments which were raised in Missouri were, as soon as
the machinery of the State government was properly put in operation, commissioned
by your excellency in due form.
On January 1, 1862, according to the adjutant-general's report of
that date, the Missouri volunteers in the service of the United States
numbered 32,821; but these included some organizations which were
subsequently mustered out of service by reason of unauthorized limi-
tations in their contracts of service, besides several organizations,
composed of citizens of other States, which were finally transferred
to the States to which a majority of their members belonged. Of this
latter class of troops the State adjutant-general says in his annual
report of 1863, page 18:
Owing to the refusal of the Government to accept all the men who offered their
services in the loyal States at the beginning of the war, large numbers of persons
came to Missouri to enlist, and in some instances nearly whole regiments were
mustered into service, and denominated Missouri regiments, while their members
were, a large majority of them, residents of other States. As a result, upon the
application, either of the governors of their States or of the organizations them-
selves, the following regiments were transferred to other States, and lost their his-
tory as Missouri troops: The Ninth Missouri Infantry was made the Fifty-ninth Illi-
nois Infantry; the Thirteenth Missouri Infantry was made the Twenty-second Ohio
Infantry; the Fourteenth Missouri Infantry or "Western Sharpshooters" was made
the Sixty-sixth Illinois Infantry, and Schwartz's Battery transferred to Second Illinois
Artillery.
Continuing, the adjutant-general says in the same report, page 18:
These are all the transfers of organizations that have been made to other States,
although in some of the present regiments of Missouri volunteers a majority of the
Object Description
| Title | Missouri troops in service during the Civil War |
| Author | United States. Record and Pension Office |
| Description | Letter from the Secretary of War, in response to the Senate Resolution passed on June 14, 1902, transmitting a paper prepared by the chief of Record and Pension Office of the War Department, showing various classes of Missouri volunteers, militia, and home guards in service during the civil war, and the laws, etc. under which they were raised; also what classes of such are recognized by the War department as being in the military service of the United States and what classes are not so recognized |
| Subject.LCSH |
Missouri -- Militia Missouri. Militia (C.S.A.) United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories -- Missouri United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories -- Missouri (C.S.A.) |
| Coverage | United State -- Missouri |
| Source | 57th Cong., 1st sess. Senate. Doc. no. 412 Washington : Government Printing Office, 1902 |
| Language | English |
| Date.Original | 1902 |
| Date.Digital | 2004? |
| Type |
Books and pamphlets |
| Format | JPEG |
| Collection Name | Civil War in Missouri - Monographs |
| Editorial Note | All blank pages have been eliminated |
| Publisher.Digital | University of Missouri Digital Library Production Services |
| Rights | These pages may be freely searched and displayed. Permission must be received for subsequent distribution in print or electronically. Please contact contributing institution for information. |
| Contributing Institution |
University of Missouri--Columbia. Libraries |
| Copy Request | Contact Ellis Library Special Collection, University of Missouri - Columbia at (573) 882-0076 or email: SpecialCollections@missouri.edu |
Description
| Title | civc000090p0127 |
| Description | THREE YEARS' VOLUNTEERS. 127 have I, or will I, recommend to you for commission any officer without satisfactory evidence of his having been in service from the time at which his commission is to date. I am satisfied, governor, that if you insist upon a strict compliance with the first paragraph of your order No. 4, weeks, and perhaps months, must elapse before com- missions can issue. In the meantime disorganization and want of discipline must increase. I may wish to send these regiments into the field in a very few days. If you refuse to commission the officers, how can they legally exercise command? By delaying these commissions you' delay the pacification of Missouri, and greatly embarrass all plans of ulterior operations. I hope, governor, you will reconsider this matter and issue commissions as fast as I obtain satisfactory proof of the service and muster in of the officers. It is the only means of getting order out of chaos. Your order is a very proper one for ordinary times and ordinary circumstances, but I most strenuously urge you to make an exception in the cases I submit to you as requiring immediate action. All information in regard to muster-in rolls and vacancies which I have is at the service of your adjutant-general. Permit me to repeat, governor, that the present condition of the troops here requires prompt action in this matter of commissions, and that delay may lead to the most serious results. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, H.W. HALLECK, Major- General. [Book No. 18, Department of the Missouri, pp. 80-83.] This letter was followed by other letters from General Halleck, with which he submitted lists of officers whom he desired to be com- missioned, not from the dates of muster in, as previously recommended in the case of the officers of the Merrill Horse, but from the dates of their enrollment, it appearing that in many cases companies had been " full and ready for service long before they were actually mustered." (Book No. 18, Department of the Missouri, p. 88.) The adjutant-general of Missouri, in his annual report to the gov- ernor of the State, dated December 31, 1863 (p. 17), states: The officers of all the regiments which were raised in Missouri were, as soon as the machinery of the State government was properly put in operation, commissioned by your excellency in due form. On January 1, 1862, according to the adjutant-general's report of that date, the Missouri volunteers in the service of the United States numbered 32,821; but these included some organizations which were subsequently mustered out of service by reason of unauthorized limi- tations in their contracts of service, besides several organizations, composed of citizens of other States, which were finally transferred to the States to which a majority of their members belonged. Of this latter class of troops the State adjutant-general says in his annual report of 1863, page 18: Owing to the refusal of the Government to accept all the men who offered their services in the loyal States at the beginning of the war, large numbers of persons came to Missouri to enlist, and in some instances nearly whole regiments were mustered into service, and denominated Missouri regiments, while their members were, a large majority of them, residents of other States. As a result, upon the application, either of the governors of their States or of the organizations them- selves, the following regiments were transferred to other States, and lost their his- tory as Missouri troops: The Ninth Missouri Infantry was made the Fifty-ninth Illi- nois Infantry; the Thirteenth Missouri Infantry was made the Twenty-second Ohio Infantry; the Fourteenth Missouri Infantry or "Western Sharpshooters" was made the Sixty-sixth Illinois Infantry, and Schwartz's Battery transferred to Second Illinois Artillery. Continuing, the adjutant-general says in the same report, page 18: These are all the transfers of organizations that have been made to other States, although in some of the present regiments of Missouri volunteers a majority of the |
| Source | Missouri Troops in Service During the Civil War |
| Type | Books and monographs |
| Format | JPEG |
| Identifier | civc000090p0127.jpg |
| Collection Name | Civil War in Missouri - Monographs |
| Editorial Note | All blank pages have been eliminated |
| Publisher.Digital | University of Missouri Digital Library Production Services |
| Rights | These pages may be freely searched and displayed. Permission must be received for subsequent distribution in print or electronically. Please contact koppk@umsystem.edu for more information. |
| Copy Request | Contact Ellis Library special collection at: SpecialCollections@missouri.edu |
