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Attached to Army of the West and Unattached District of Southwest Missouri, Dept. of Missouri. Engaged in road repair and construction between Rolla and Springfield, Missouri.
On March 18, 1862, Special Orders No. 43 of the Adjutant General of Missouri ordered Voerster's Independent Company of Sappers and Miners consolidated with other units to form the 5th Missouri Volunteer Infantry. [1] The company appears to have continues to be considered to be a specialized company of engineering specialists.
On December 3, 1862, the company (commanded by Captain J. E. Hensler), and by then known as Company "I (Sappers and Miners)", 5th Missouri Volunteer Infantry, was reassigned, becoming Company "I", 35th Missouri Volunteer Infantry. [2] The history of the "Company of Sappers and Miners" merges with the 35th Missouri from this point.
At least some of the members of Company "I" were subsequently transferred to the 1st Regiment Missouri Volunteer Engineers. [3]
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