8th MISSOURI STATE MILITIA CAVALRY

 

COMPANY F Record of events.

 

On the 15th under command of Major Foster about 500 strong marched about 30 miles to a little town called Lone Jack and there engaged

a force of rebels some 4 or 5 thousand strong. The engagement lasted 4 hours when order was given to return.  Loss of Federals about

51 killed and a number wounded. The rebels lost over one hundred killed – wounded not known.

 

Company H Record of events.

 

On the morning of the 15th in connections with some five to seven hundred under the command of Major Foster we marched in a

southwesterly direction until we arrived at Lone Jack, and engaged the rebel pickets about 9 PM. The rebels fled.  We camped in Lone Jack.

On the morning of the 16th we engaged the rebels some fifteen to thirty hundred after 3 ½ hours returned to Lexington.

 

 

 

NAME

COMPANY

RANK

COMMENTS 

 

ADAMSON, ALFRED

H

Pvt.

Present for duty Aug 1862

ALCOM, JOHN

H

Pvt.

Lost horse and equipment at Lone Jack, Aug 16, 1862

AMICK, JOHN

H

Pvt.

Present for duty Aug 1862

AMOS, WILLIAM

H

Pvt.

Discharged for disability Dec 2, 1862 of wounds received in Battle of Lone Jack; Lost horse and equipment at LJ

ATCHLEY, JOHN S.

H

Pvt.

Present for duty Aug 1862

BARGER, WILLIAM H.

H

Pvt.

Wounded in action at Lone Jack, Aug 16, 1862; Discharged for disability Dec 2, 1862 

BEACH, SAMUEL

F

Blacksmith

Present for duty Aug 1862

BERRY, JOHN

H

Pvt.

Lost horse and equipment at Lone Jack, Aug 16, 1862

BISHOP, JOHN

F

Pvt.

Present for duty Aug 1862

BISHOP, RICHARD

F

Pvt.

Lost horse and equipment at Lone Jack, Aug 16, 1862

BLAKE, DAVID

F

Pvt.

Present for duty Aug 1862

BOWERS, JOHN G.

H

Pvt.

Present for duty Aug 1862; deserted Oct 19, 1862

BRADY, ROBERT

F

Pvt.

Present for duty Aug 1862

BRAWLEY, JOHN C.

H

Pvt.

Present for duty Aug 1862; Died of disease Dec 1, 1862 at Lebanon, MO.

BRIXLEY, JAMES M.

H

Pvt.

Wounded in action at Lone Jack, Aug 16, 1862; Discharged for disability Dec 2, 1862 

BRIXLEY, THOMAS

H

Pvt.

Present for duty Aug 1862

BROWN, CALEB N.

F

Pvt.

Wounded in action at Lone Jack, Aug 16, 1862; Discharged May 2, 1863

BROWN, JOHN W.

H

Pvt.

Killed in action at Lone Jack, MO Aug 16, 1862

BROY, ELI T.

H

Pvt.

Present for duty Aug 1862

BRYANT, GRANVILLE F.

F

Pvt.

Present for duty Aug 1862

BURIS, WILLIAM

H

Pvt.

Lost horse and equipment at Lone Jack, Aug 16, 1862

BUSH, WILLIAM

F

Sgt.

Lost horse and equipment at Lone Jack, Aug 16, 1862

BYRD, PLEASANT

F

Pvt.

Wounded in action at Lone Jack, Aug 16, 1862; Discharged May 10, 1863

BYRUM, ALEXANDER R.

F

Corp

Deserted Oct 15, 1862

CARRICO, ISAAC O.

H

Pvt.

Wounded in action at Lone Jack, Aug 16, 1862; Discharged for disability Dec 2, 1862; Lost horse and equipment at LJ

CARRICO, JOSEPHUS

H

Pvt.

Discharged for disability Dec 2, 1862 

CARSON, WILLIAM L.

H

Pvt.

Died of disease at Lebanon, MO Feb 10, 1863

CAYWOOD, JAMES M.

F

Pvt.

Lost horse and equipment at Lone Jack, Aug 16, 1862

CHILCOAT, JOSHUA

F

Pvt.

Lost horse and equipment at Lone Jack, Aug 16, 1862

CLOUD, WILEY V.

H

Pvt.

Present for duty Aug 1862

COOK, WILLIAM F.

F

Corp

Wounded in action at Lone Jack, Aug 16, 1862

COPELAND, THOMAS A.

H

Pvt.

Lost horse and equipment at Lone Jack, Aug 16, 1862

COX, JOSIAH

H

Corp.

Lost horse and equipment at Lone Jack, Aug 16, 1862

CRISP, WILLIAM R.

H

Pvt.

Present for duty Aug 1862

CUSICK, ROBERT

F

Pvt.

Present for duty Aug 1862

DAVIDSON, JOHN

H

Pvt.

Killed in Battle of Lone Jack, MO Aug 16, 1862

DAVIDSON, JOHN

H

Pvt.

Wounded in action at Lone Jack, Aug 16, 1862; Died as a result of stabbing

DAVIS, JAMES

H

Pvt.

Died of disease at Springfield, MO Nov 6 1862, buried Nat'l Cem Springfield, MO

DAY, JOHN

H

Pvt.

Present for duty Aug 1862; Deserted Aug 28, 1862

DELOZIER GEORGE T.

F

Pvt.

Wounded in action at Lone Jack, Aug 16, 1862; Left at Sedalia Sept 2, 1862

DELOZIER, EDWARD B.

F

Pvt.

Wounded in action at Lone Jack, Aug 16, 1862

DENNSMAN, THOMAS

F

Pvt.

Present for duty Aug 1862

DENNY, JOHN

H

Pvt.

Wounded in action at Lone Jack, Aug 16, 1862; Lost horse and equipment at LJ; Discharged for disability Dec 2, 1862 

DIBBLE, WILLIAM

F

Pvt.

Present for duty Aug 1862

DILLON, SAMUEL J.

F

Pvt.

Present for duty Aug 1862

DOTY, ANDREW D.

F

Pvt.

Killed at Warsaw, MO Oct 7, 1864

EATON, JESSE A.

F

Pvt.

Present for duty Aug 1862

EATON, WILLIAM H.

F

Pvt.

Present for duty Aug 1862

ELKIN, LEROY J. H. P.

H

Pvt.

Killed in Battle of Lone Jack, MO Aug 16, 1862

ENGLAND, JOHN C.

F

Pvt.

Present for duty Aug 1862

ENGLAND, LEWIS

F

Pvt.

Discharged for disability, Apr 2, 1863 Springfield, MO

EVANS, THOMAS

H

Pvt.

Discharged for disability Dec 18, 1862 at Elkhorn, AR-buried Sunset Hill Cem Warrensburg, MO

FERREL, WILSON C.

H

Pvt.

Present for duty Aug 1862; Deserted Sep 23, 1862

FORDENY, GEORGE W.

F

Pvt.

Present for duty Aug 1862

GERHEART, AUGUST

F

Pvt.

Present for duty Aug 1862

GLENN, JOHN W.

H

Bugler

Present for duty Aug 1862

GROSHONG, WILLIAM

F

Pvt.

Present for duty Aug 1862

GUM, THOMAS L.

F

Pvt.

Present for duty Aug 1862

HAILEY, PETER F.

H

Sgt.

Present for duty Aug 1862; Deserted Sep 20, 1862; Stabbed by J. Davidson Apr 8, 1863

HAMPTON, WILLIAM H.

H

Pvt.

Died of disease Mar 29, 1863 at Lebanon, MO

HANCOCK, GEORGE W.

H

Pvt.

Died of wounds received at Lone Jack, Dec 11, 1862; Lost horse and equipment at LJ

HANDEOCH, MARTIN

F

Pvt.

Joined by transfer from 14th MSM

HARRYMAN, CHRISTOPHER Z.

F

Pvt.

Present for duty Aug 1862

HICKMAN, JASPER

H

Pvt.

Wounded in action at Lone Jack, Aug 16, 1862

HOLLOWAY, JOHN L.

F

Sgt.

Present for duty Aug 1862

HOLLOWAY, TITUS

F

Pvt.

Present for duty Aug 1862

HOLLY, JOHN W.

F

Pvt.

Deserted Oct 27, 1862

HOLT, WILLIAM P.

H

Pvt.

Present for duty Aug 1862

HOPKINS, ELISHA C.

F

Pvt.

Present for duty Aug 1862

HOWARD, HENRY

H

Pvt.

Present for duty Aug 1862

HOWARD, PHILLIP J.

H

Pvt.

Present for duty Aug 1862; Deserted Oct 14, 1862

HUNTER, MALCOME

H

1st Lt.

Present for duty Aug 1862

INGRAM, JOHN

F

Pvt.

Discharged for disability, Sep 9, 1862 at Warsaw, MO

INGRAM, JOSIAH

F

Pvt.

Present for duty Aug 1862

JACKMAN, THOMAS

F

Pvt.

Present for duty Aug 1862

JAMISON, SAMUEL J.

H

Pvt.

Wounded in action at Lone Jack, Aug 16, 1862; Died of disease Jan 6, 1863 buried Nat'l Cem Springfield, MO

JOHNSON, DAVID M.

H

Pvt.

Discharged May 12, 1863 on account of wounds received in action Aug 16, 1862

JOHNSTON, HUGH G.

F

Pvt.

Deserted Sep 2, 1862

KEY, WILLIAM A.

H

Pvt.

Missing in action at Lone Jack; Lost horse and equipment at LJ; Horse and equipment belonged to another soldier, his having died Aug 12 1862: Discharged by S.O. #69 Apr 15, 1863

KIDWELL, DAVID JR

F

Bugler

Discharged Sept 9, 1862 on account of right hand being off

KIDWELL, JOSEPH

F

Pvt.

Present for duty Aug 1862

KIDWELL, LUNA

F

Pvt.

Murdered by Rebels in Hickory Co, MO Nov 1, 1864

KIDWELL, THOMAS

F

Pvt.

Killed in action at Lone Jack, Aug. 16, 1862

KIDWELL, WILLIAM

F

Pvt.

Dismissed Feb 11, 1864 by reason of failure to pass Board of Examiners

KNIGHT, JOHN

H

Corp.

Killed in action at Lone Jack, MO Aug 16, 1862

LAND, JAMES F.

F

Pvt.

Present for duty Aug 1862; Deserted Oct 27, 1862

LARIMORE, HIRAM

F

Pvt.

Present for duty Aug 1862

LAWHORN, JAMES K.

F

Pvt.

Wounded in action at Lone Jack, Aug 16, 1862; Discharged by Special Order April 13, 1863

LEE, JAMES R.

F

Pvt.

Present for duty Aug 1862

LIFTON, DAVID

F

Pvt.

Deserted Aug 13, 1863

LINDSEY, JAMES M.

F

Corp

Present for duty Aug 1862

LINDSEY, OSMOND E. F.

F

Pvt.

Deserted

LITTER, DAVID

F

Pvt.

Absent without leave Oct 1862

LONG, BENJAMIN J.

F

Sgt.

Present for duty Aug 1862

LONG, GEORGE

F

Pvt.

Wounded in action at Lone Jack, Aug 16, 1862

LONG, GEORGE

H

Pvt.

Wounded in action at Lone Jack, Aug 16, 1862; In hospital at Springfield

LOPP, BENNETT

F

Pvt.

Deserted Oct 19, 1862

LOPP, JOHN H.

F

Pvt.

Deserted Oct 19, 1862

LORD, DAVID

F

Pvt.

Absent without leave Oct 1862

LORD, JEREMIAH B.

F

Pvt.

Killed in action with the rebels Aug 16, 1862; Lost horse and equipment at LJ

LORD, JOHN T.

F

Pvt.

Absent without leave Oct 1862

LORD, WILLIAM R.

F

Pvt.

Discharged for disability Sep 9, 1862

MATNEY, JOSEPH L.

H

Pvt.

Lost horse and equipment at Lone Jack, Aug 16, 1862

MCCALL, JOHN W. D.

F

Pvt.

Present for duty Aug 1862; Deserted Oct 27, 1862

MCCALL, THOMAS H.

F

Pvt.

Present for duty Aug 1862

MCCLAIN, JAMES

H

Pvt.

Killed in action at Lone Jack, MO Aug 16, 1862

MCCORMICK, ROBERT A.

H

Pvt.

Wounded in action at Lone Jack, Aug 16, 1862; In hospital at Jefferson City, MO; Lost horse and equipment at LJ

MCCUBBIN, ABRAHAM S.

F

Pvt.

Killed in action with the rebels Aug 16, 1862; Lost horse and equipment at LJ

MCCUBBIN, ALBERT

F

Pvt.

Present for duty Aug 1862

MCCUBBIN, JAMES A.

F

Pvt.

Present for duty Aug 1862; Deserted Oct 27, 1862

MCDANIEL, NATHAN

F

Pvt.

Present for duty Aug 1862; Deserted Oct 27, 1862

MCDONALD, GEORGE W.

H

Pvt.

Wounded in action at Lone Jack, Aug 16, 1862; In hospital at Jefferson City, MO; Lost horse and equipment at LJ

MCDONALD, RALEIGH

H

Pvt.

Present for duty Aug 1862

MILBURN, JOHN L.

H

Pvt.

Wounded in action at Lone Jack, Aug 16, 1862; In hospital at Jefferson City, MO; Lost horse and equipment at LJ

MILLER, GEORGE W.

F

Pvt.

Present for duty Aug 1862

MILLER, HENRY

H

Pvt.

Killed in Battle of Lone Jack, MO Aug 16, 1862: Lost horse and equipment at LJ

MILLER, JOHN

F

Pvt.

Present for duty Aug 1862; Accindently shot Sept 2, 1862; Died Nov 17, 1862

MINZE, JAMES M.

H

Pvt.

Present for duty Aug 1862

MOORE, GEORGE A.

H

Pvt.

Missing in action at Lone Jack, Aug 16, 1862: Discharged by S.O. #69 Apr 15, 1863

MOORE, HENRY

H

Corp.

Killed in Battle of Lone Jack, MO Aug 16, 1862

MOORE, HENRY D.

H

Capt.

Wounded in action at Lone Jack, Aug 16, 1862

MOORE, NATHANIEL B.

H

Pvt.

Present for duty Aug 1862

MOORE, WILLIAM

H

Pvt.

Wounded in action at Lone Jack, Aug 16, 1862;  Discharged by S.O. #69 Apr 15, 1863

MORGAN, GEORGE W.

H

1st Corp

Missing in action at Lone Jack, Aug 16, 1862; Captured and paroled: Discharged by S.O. #69 Apr 15, 1863

MULLINS, GEORGE

F

Pvt.

Wounded severely in action at Lone Jack, Aug 16, 1862; The actual date of his death is not known but he did die as a result of wounds received at Lone Jack.

MULLINS, JAMES A.

F

Pvt.

Present for duty Aug 1862; Deserted Oct 27, 1862

MULLINS, LEROY

F

Pvt.

Present for duty Aug 1862

MURPHY, SIMON

F

Pvt.

Present for duty Aug 1862; Deserted Oct 17, 1862

NAME

COMPANY

RANK

Comments 

NEWELL, VILAROUS

F

Farrier

Present for duty Aug 1862

NICHOLS, NOAH N.

H

Pvt.

Wounded in action at Lone Jack, Aug 16, 1862; Wounded in hip and leg; At hospital in Jefferson City

NICKELSON, ROBERT

F

Pvt.

Present for duty Aug 1862

NICKELSON, THOMAS J.

F

Pvt.

Present for duty Aug 1862; Deserted Oct 27, 1862

NOWELL, SHEDRICK W.

F

Corp

Present for duty Aug 1862

ODLE, JOHN

H

Corp.

Wounded in action at Lone Jack, Aug 16, 1862; Discharged by S.O. Feb 3, 1863

ODLE, WILLIAM C.

H

Pvt.

Wounded in action at Lone Jack, Aug 16, 1862; Wounded in thigh

OWENS, CHRISTOPHER C.

F

1st Sgt

Present for duty Aug 1862

OWENS, WILLIAM W.

F

Capt

Wounded in action at Lone Jack, Aug 16, 1862; Resigned Oct 17, 1862

PALMER, HORACE J.

F

Corp

Present for duty Aug 1862

PARKER, PHILLIP A.

F

1st Lt.

Wounded in action at Lone Jack, Aug 16, 1862; Resigned Dec 5, 1862 for disability

PARSLY, GEORGE W.

F

Corp

Present for duty Aug 1862; Murdered by Rebels in Hickory Co, MO Nov 1, 1864

PHILIPOTT, DAVID A.

H

Pvt.

Present for duty Aug 1862

PIERCE, BENJAMIN

H

4th Sgt.

Wounded in action at Lone Jack, Aug 16, 1862; Discharged Jul 23, 1863 by order of War Department

PIERSON, JOHN T.

H

Pvt.

Wounded in action at Lone Jack, Aug 16, 1862: Discharged by S.O. #69 Apr 15, 1863

PILKINTON, ASA

H

Pvt.

Present for duty Aug 1862; Absent without leave Aug 23, 1862

PILKINTON, JAMES

H

Pvt.

Present for duty Aug 1862; Deserted Mar 19, 1863

PROCK, JOHN

H

Pvt.

Present for duty Aug 1862

RHOADS, LORENZO D.

H

Pvt.

Wounded in action at Lone Jack, Aug 16, 1862; Lost horse and equipment at LJ

RHOE, EDWARD

H

Pvt.

Wounded in action at Lone Jack, Aug 16, 1862

RICKABOUGH, IRA

F

Pvt.

Wounded in action at Lone Jack; wounded in knee; Lost horse and equipment at LJ

RIGGS, JESSE

F

Pvt.

Wounded in action at Lone Jack; Lost horse and equipment at LJ

ROBERTSON, JOHN P.

H

Pvt.

Present for duty Aug 1862

RONEY, WILLIAM L.

F

Corp

Present for duty Aug 1862; first hand account of battle; responsible for placing the Union Monument on the Lone Jack Battlefield in August 1912

ROSS, HENRY

H

Pvt.

Wounded in action at Lone Jack, Aug 16, 1862; Discharged by S.O. #69 Apr 15, 1863 for wounds received at LJ

SALLEY, ANDREW J.

F

Pvt.

Present for duty Aug 1862

SANDS, ROBERT W.

F

Pvt.

Present for duty Aug 1862; Deserted Oct 27, 1862

SANDS, SAMUEL V.

F

Pvt.

Wounded in action at Lone Jack, Aug 16, 1862; Wounded in hip; Lost horse and equipment at LJ; Deserted Sep 29, 1862

SHULL, ANDREW J.

F

Pvt.

Present for duty Aug 1862; Deserted Oct 27, 1862

SHULL, HENRY

F

Pvt.

Present for duty Aug 1862; Deserted Mar 1863

SHULL, WILLIAM H.

F

Pvt.

Present for duty Aug 1862

SIMMONS, DILLARD

H

Pvt.

Died of wounds received in battle of Lone Jack, MO Aug 16, 1862 Died Oct 1, 1862 burial Nat'l Cem Jefferson City, MO

SINGLETON, WASHINGTON B.

H

Pvt.

Wounded in action at Lone Jack, Aug 16, 1862; In hospital at Jefferson City, MO; Lost horse and equipment at LJ

SLATE, JOSEPH F

F

Pvt.

Lost horse and equipment at Lone Jack, Aug 16, 1862

SMITH, WILLIAM

F

Pvt.

Present for duty Aug 1862; Deserted Oct 27, 1862

STEARNS, ALFRED

H

Pvt.

Present for duty Aug 1862

STEWART, MORGAN

F

Corp

Present for duty Aug 1862; Deserted Oct 27, 1863

STOUT, JACOB

H

Pvt.

Killed in Battle of Lone Jack, MO Aug 16, 1862: Lost horse and equipment at LJ

TAYLOR, JAMES C.

F

Pvt.

Present for duty Aug 1862

TODD, GEORGE W.

H

Pvt.

Wounded in action at Lone Jack, Aug 16, 1862; Discharged Jan 13, 1863

TODD, NEVELS N.

H

Pvt.

Lost horse and equipment at Lone Jack, Aug 16, 1862

TODD, WILLIAM F.

H

Pvt.

Killed in Battle of Lone Jack, MO Aug 16, 1862; Lost horse and equipment at LJ

TOMBS, JAMES

F

Pvt.

Wounded in action at Lone Jack, Aug 16, 1862; Wounded in head

TRUSTY, JAMES

H

Pvt.

Wounded in action at Lone Jack, Aug 16, 1862; Lost horse and equipment at LJ

TURNER, JOHN F.

H

Pvt.

Present for duty Aug 1862

TURNER, JOHN W.

F

Pvt.

Present for duty Aug 1862

VICKERS, WILLIAM

F

Pvt.

Discharged for disability Sep 9, 1862

WALKER, JOHN W.

F

Pvt.

Present for duty Aug 1862; Died of disease Jan 20, 1863

WALLACE, GEORGE W.

F

Pvt.

Present for duty Aug 1862

WAMMACK, JAMES M.

H

Pvt.

Discharged Dec 2, 1862 for disability from wounds received at Lone Jack, MO

WARD, MARION V.

H

Pvt.

Wounded in action at Lone Jack, Aug 16, 1862; Discharged by S.O. #69 Apr 15, 1863

WELCH, JAMES

H

Pvt.

Wounded in action at Lone Jack, Aug 16, 1862; Lost horse and equipment at LJ

WETZEL, GEORGE C.

F

Pvt.

Present for duty Aug 1862; Deserted Oct 27, 1862

WOOTEN, JOSEPH R.

H

Pvt.

Killed in action at Lone Jack, MO Aug 16, 1862