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Civil War CDV Lt Stephen Child 6th Missouri Vols

Civil War CDV Lt Stephen Child 6th Missouri Vols
Civil War CDV Lt Stephen Child 6th Missouri Vols

Civil War CDV Lt Stephen Child 6th Missouri Vols   Civil War CDV Lt Stephen Child 6th Missouri Vols
The 6th Missouri Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The 6th Missouri Infantry was organized at St. Louis, Missouri June 15 - July 9, 1861, and mustered in for three years service.

The regiment was attached to Pilot Knob, Missouri, to September 1861. Fremont's Army of the West to January 1862. Department of the Missouri to April 1862.

Division, Army of the Tennessee, to July 1862. 1st Brigade, 5th Division, District of Memphis, Tennessee, to November 1862. 1st Brigade, 5th Division, Right Wing, XIII Corps, Department of the Tennessee, to November 1862.

1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Right Wing, XIII Corps, to December 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Sherman's Yazoo Expedition, to January 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, XV Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to July 1865. The 6th Missouri Infantry mustered out of service on August 17, 1865. Ordered to Pilot Knob, Mo.

July 19, 1861, and duty there until September. Moore's Mills August 29. Moved to Jefferson City, then to Tipton, Mo. Fremont's campaign against Springfield, Mo.

Moved to Tipton and Lamine and guarded Pacific Railroad from Syracuse to Jefferson City until April 1862. Action at Sink Pole Woods March 23, 1862 (Company A). Expedition in Moniteau County and skirmish March 2528 (Companies A & C).

Sink Pole Woods April 20. Moved to Pittsburg Landing April 1862. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss.

Via Lagrange, Holly Springs, and Moscow June 3-July 21. Duty at Memphis until November. Expedition to Coldwater and Hernando, Miss. Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign NovemberDecember.

"Tallahatchie March" November 26-December 12. Sherman's Yazoo Expedition December 20, 1862, to January 3, 1863. Expedition to Arkansas Post, Ark. Assault and capture of Fort Hindman, Arkansas Post, January 1011. Moved to Young's Point, La.

January 1322, and duty there until March. Expedition to Rolling Fork via Muddy Steele's and Black Bayous and Deer Creek March 427. Demonstration on Haines and Drumgould's Bluffs April 29-May 2, Haines Bluff May 1. Moved to join army in rear of Vicksburg, Miss.

Via Richmond and Grand Gulf May 216. Battle of Champion Hill May 16. Siege of Vicksburg May 18-July 4.

Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22. Siege of Jackson July 1017.

At Big Black until September 25. Moved to Memphis, then marched to Chattanooga, Tenn. Operations on Memphis & Charleston Railroad in Alabama October 2029. Bear Creek, Tuscumbia, October 27. Brown's Ferry November 23. Foot of Missionary Ridge November 24. Tunnel Hill, Missionary Ridge, November 2425. Pursuit to Graysville November 2627. March to relief of Knoxville, Tenn. Expedition to Tellico Plains December 613. December 1317; then to Bridgeport, Ala. Garrison duty in Alabama until May 1864.

Atlanta Campaign May 1 to September 8. Demonstrations on Resaca May 813. Battle of Resaca May 1415. Advance on Dallas May 1825. Battles about Dallas, New Hope Church, and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5.

Operations about Marietta and against Kennesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Assault on Kennesaw June 27. Battle of Atlanta July 22. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 2530.

Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Lovejoy's Station September 26.

Operations in northern Georgia and northern Alabama against Hood September 29-November 3. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Siege of Savannah December 1021.

Campaign of the Carolinas January to April. Duck Branch, near Loper's Cross Roads, S. South Edisto River February 9.

North Edisto River February 1213. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 1014, Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army.

Grand Review of the Armies May 24. Duty there and at Little Rock, Ark. The regiment lost a total of 269 men during service; 4 officers and 80 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 3 officers and 182 enlisted men died of disease. Lieutenant Colonel Ira Boutell - commanded at the battle of Champion Hill. Lieutenant Colonel Delos Van Deusen - commanded during the Carolinas Campaign.

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Civil War CDV Lt Stephen Child 6th Missouri Vols   Civil War CDV Lt Stephen Child 6th Missouri Vols