Service
Attached to Army of the West and Unattached District of Southwest Missouri, Dept. of Missouri, to September, 1862. Fremont's Campaign against Springfield, Mo., September to November, 1861. Duty at Jefferson City, Rolla and Springfield, Mo., until December 29, 1861. Advance to Springfield, Mo., and the Southwest December 29, 1861, to February 14, 1862. Duty in District of Southwest Missouri until September, 1862.
On March 8, 1862, Special Orders No. 43 of the Adjutant General of Missouri ordered Gerster's Independent Company of Pioneers consolidated with other units to form the 5th Missouri Volunteer Infantry. [1]
On December 18, 1862, Captain Gerster's company, now known as Company "H", 5th Missouri Volunteer Infantry, was reassigned, becoming Company "H", 27th Missouri Volunteer Infantry. [2] The history of Gerster's company merges with the 27th Missouri from this point.
The members of the company remaining in the 27th Missouri Volunteer Infantry were mustered out on May 15, 1865. [3]
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