21st Missouri Infantry Regiment

Last updated
21st Missouri Infantry Regiment
ActiveFebruary 1, 1862, to April 19, 1866
Country United States
Allegiance Union
Branch Infantry
Engagements Battle of Shiloh
Siege of Corinth
Battle of Iuka
Battle of Corinth
Grant's Mississippi Central Campaign
Action Against Guerrillas at Islands Nos 70 & 71
Red River Campaign
Battle of Fort DeRussy
Battle of Pleasant Hill
Retreat to Morganza
Battle of Mansura
Battle of Yellow Bayou
Smith's Expedition to Tupelo
Battle of Camargo's Cross Roads
Battle of Tupelo
Battle of Old Town Creek
Smith's Expedition to Oxford
Tallahatchie River
Battle of Abbeville
Pursuit of Price
Fight near Lone Jack
Battle of Nashville
Siege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakeley
Assault on Fort Blakeley
Occupation of Mobile

The 21st Missouri Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Contents

History

The 21st Missouri Infantry Regiment was organized February 1, 1862, from 1st and 2nd Northeast Regiments of the Missouri Infantry. It was attached to the Department of Missouri in March, 1862 the 1st Brigade, 6th Division, Army of Tennessee, to July, 1862, 1st Brigade, 6th Division, District of Corinth, Miss., to November, 1862. 1st Brigade, 6th Division, Left Wing 13th Army Corps (Old), Department of Tennessee, to December, 1862. District of Columbus, Ky., 16th Army Corps, Department of the Tennessee, to May, 1863. 4th Brigade, District of Memphis, Tenn., 5th Division, 16th Army Corps, to January, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 16th Army Corps, to December, 1864. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Detachment Army of the Tennessee, Department of the Cumberland, to February, 1865. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 16th Army Corps (New), Military Division West Mississippi, to August, 1865. Department of Alabama to April, 1866.

Col. David Moore, the 21st commander from inception until February, 1865. General David Moore.JPG
Col. David Moore, the 21st commander from inception until February, 1865.

Detailed service

Casualties

The Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 68 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 5 Officers 234 Enlisted men by disease.

Commanders

See also

Related Research Articles

The 32nd Iowa Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

The 13th Michigan Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">50th Illinois Infantry Regiment</span> Military unit

The 50th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, nicknamed the "Blind Half-Hundred," was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army and fight with the Army of the Tennessee during the American Civil War. They engaged in such battles as Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Corinth, Vicksburg, the Atlanta Campaign, Allatoona, and the Marches to the Sea and north through the Carolinas.

The 39th Ohio Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

The 26th Kentucky Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

The 17th Kentucky Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Battery G, 1st Missouri Light Artillery Regiment was an artillery battery from Missouri that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The battery was often referred to as Hescock's Battery. The battery formed part of the defense of Philip Sheridan's division at the Battle of Stones River. Other battles in which it served were Island No. 10, Corinth (Siege), Perryville, Tullahoma Campaign, Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain, and Missionary Ridge. It spent the remainder of the war in garrison at Chattanooga and was mustered out in July 1865.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">4th Missouri Cavalry Regiment (Union)</span> Military unit

The 4th Missouri Cavalry Regiment, also known as the Fremont Hussars, was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Elements of the regiment fought at Pea Ridge, Whitney's Lane, Little Blue River, Byram's Ford, Westport, Marais des Cygnes, Marmiton River, and Mine Creek. Company C served at Iuka and Corinth while Company F was at Raymond, Jackson, Champion Hill, and Vicksburg.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">53rd Ohio Infantry Regiment</span> American Union army infantry regiment

The 53rd Ohio Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The 53rd was present at the Battle of Shiloh and Battle of Vicksburg, among a number of other engagements.

The 54th Ohio Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. They wore Zouave uniforms that were identical to those of the 34th Ohio Infantry Regiment

The 22nd Ohio Infantry Regiment, originally mustered in as the 13th Missouri Infantry Regiment, was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">27th Ohio Infantry Regiment</span> Military unit

The 27th Ohio Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

The 57th Ohio Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

The 72nd Ohio Infantry Regiment, sometimes 72nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

The 80th Ohio Infantry Regiment, sometimes 80th Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

The 26th Missouri Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

The 24th Missouri Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bissell's Engineer Regiment</span> Military unit

Bissell's Engineer Regiment, also known as Bissell's Engineer Regiment of the West, was an engineer regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Battery K, 1st Missouri Light Artillery Regiment</span> Military unit

Battery K, 1st Missouri Light Artillery Regiment was an artillery battery unit from Missouri that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The 1st Missouri Light Artillery Regiment was formed 1 September 1861. Battery K fought at Fort Henry, Fort Donelson, Shiloh, 1st Corinth, and 2nd Corinth in 1862. The unit was in action at Helena and Bayou Fourche in 1863. Battery K performed garrison and occupation duty at Little Rock, Arkansas in 1863–1865 before being mustered out on 4 August 1865.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Battery H, 1st Missouri Light Artillery Regiment</span> Military unit

Battery H, 1st Missouri Light Artillery Regiment was an artillery battery unit from Missouri that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The 1st Missouri Light Artillery Regiment was created on 1 September 1861. Battery H fought at Fort Henry, Fort Donelson, Shiloh, 1st Corinth, and 2nd Corinth in 1862. The battery performed mostly garrison duty in 1863. The unit was in action in the Atlanta campaign and Sherman's March to the Sea in 1864 and in the Carolinas campaign in 1865. Battery H marched in the Grand Review of the Armies before being mustered out on 16 June 1865.

References

Attribution