COMPLETE ROSTER.
Col. D. Moore, Jan. 17, 1862; mustered out, expiration of term, Feb. 11, ’65.
Col. James D. Lyon, Aug. 17, 1865; resigned as Lieut. Col. Aug. 7, 1865.
Col. Joseph G. Best, Sept. 30, 1865.
Lieut. Col. H. M. Woodyard, Jan. 17, 1862; resigned Jan. 27, 1864.
Lieut. Col. Edwin Moore, March 30, 1864; mustered out, expiration of term, Feb. 11, 1865.
Lieut. Col. James D. Lyon, April 20, 1865; promoted Colonel.
Lieut. Col. Joseph G. Best, Aug. 17, 1865; promoted Colonel.
Lieut. Col. Henry McGonigle, Sept. 30, 1865.
Maj. Barnabas B. King, Jan. 17, 1862; killed at Shiloh, Tenn., April 6, ’62.
Maj. Edwin Moore, May 27, 1862; promoted Lieut. Col. March 30, 1864.
Maj. George W. Fulton, Aug. 5, 1864; resigned Dec. 11, 1864.
Maj. Charles W. Tracy, Jan. 25, 1865; revoked.
Maj. James D. Lyon, Sept. 29, 1864; transferred from 24th Mo. Infantry; promoted Lieutenant Colonel.
Maj. Joseph G. Best, May 30, 1865; promoted Lieut. Col. Aug. 17, 1865.
Maj. Henry McGonigle, Aug. 17, 1865; promoted Lieut. Col. Sept. 30, ’65.
Maj. E. K. Blackburn, Sept. 30, 1865.
Adjt. Chas. C. Tobin, March 27, 1862; died in prison May 6, 1862.
Adjt. Jas. B. Comstock, July 9, 1863; promoted Capt. A. A. G. U. S. Vols.
Adjt. Stephen Hall, Aug. 2, 1865.
Quarter Master D. W. Pressell, March 25, 1862.
Surgeon R. H. Wyman, Dec. 21, 1861; mustered out S. O. 241, April 23, ’62.
Surgeon R. H. Wyman, May 21, 1862; restored to service; resigned June 11, 1862.
Surgeon David Skillings, June 18, 1862; vacated S. O. 108, A. A. G. Mo.
Surgeon J. H. Seaton, July 26, 1862; resigned June 2, 1863.
Surgeon Abel C. Roberts, July 9, 1863.
Ass’t Surg. J. H. Seaton, March 25, 1862; promoted Surgeon July 22, 1862.
Ass’t Surg. W. Knickerbocker, April 25, 1863.
Ass’t Surg. F. G. Stanley, June 12, 1863.
Chaplain John H. Cox, May 20, 1862; resigned April 23, 1864.
Co. A.
Capt Charles Yust, March 27, 1862.
1st Lieut. Henry Menn, March 27, 1862; resigned July 12, 1862.
1st Lieut. August Gloeser, July 22, 1862; resigned April 21, 1864.
1st Lieut. Thomas E. Amburn, Nov. 26, 1864.
2d Lieut. Edwin Turner, March 27, 1862; resigned May 1, 1862.
2d Lieut. Edward F. Nelson, May 27, 1862; resigned Oct. 27, 1864.
2d Lieut. G. F. Malthaner, Sept. 30, 1865.
Co. B.
Capt. Joseph Story, March 27, 1862; resigned July 12, 1862.
Capt. Josiah W. Davis, Jan. 5, 1862.
1st Lieut. L. D. Woodruff, March 27, 1862; resigned July 13, 1862.
1st Lieut. Richard Reese, Aug. 2, 1862.
2d Lieut. Edward Fox, March 27, 1862; died May 19, 1862.
2d Lieut. Jeremy Hall, Oct. 4, 1862; mustered out at expiration of term of service, Dec. 5, 1864.
2d Lieut. Owen S. Hagle, Sept. 30, 1865.
Co. C.
Capt. Simon Pearce, March 27, 1862; mustered out March, 1865.
Capt. Benjamin S. Palmer, Sept 30, 1865.
1st Lieut. William Lester, March 27, 1862; resigned March 29, 1862.
1st Lieut. W. H. Simpson, May 20, 1862; resigned Aug. 31, 1862.
1st Lieut. T. H. Richardson, Jan. 5, 1862; died in hospital at Memphis, Tenn., June 11, 1863.
1st Lieut. Frank M. Goff, Sept. 12, 1864; died of wounds April 10, 1865.
1st Lieut. Stephen Hall, July 6, 1865; promoted Adjutant Aug. 20, 1865.
1st Lieut. Benjamin S. Palmer, Aug. 2, 1865; promoted Captain.
1st Lieut. C. D. Dowell, Sept. 30, 1865.
2d Lieut. T. H. Richardson, March 27, 1862; promoted 1st Lieut. Dec. 29, ’62.
2d Lieut. James McFall, Jan. 5, 1863; resigned March 21, 1864.
2d Lieut. Frank M. Goff, Aug. 22, 1864; promoted 1st Lieut.
2d Lieut. Ezra Hambleton, Sept. 30, 1865.
Co. D.
Capt. N. W. Murrow, March 27, 1862; resigned July 12, 1862.
Capt. Henry McGonigle, Oct. 4, 1862; promoted Major Aug. 17, 1865.
Capt. Joshua Hagle, Sept. 30, 1865.
1st Lieut. Henry McGonigle, March 27, 1862; promoted Capt. July 13, ’62.
1st Lieut. Joshua Hagle, Feb. 11, 1863; promoted Captain.
1st Lieut. Charles L. Norton, Sept 30, 1865.
2d Lieut. Lewis J. Ainslie, March 27, 1862; resigned Oct. 22, 1862.
2d Lieut. Charles C. Murray, Feb. 27, 1863; resigned Aug. 29, 1865.
2d Lieut. Benjamin F. Jenkins, Oct. 18, 1865.
Co. E.
Capt. Geo W. Fulton, March 27, 1862; resigned Jan. 16, 1863.
Capt. E. B. Shafer, Sept. 12, 1864.
1st Lieut. T. M. McQuoid, March 27, 1862; resigned Dec. 17, 1862.
1st Lieut. James B. Comstock, Feb. 24, 1863; commissioned Adjutant.
1st Lieut. E. B. Shafer, April 23, 1864; promoted Captain.
1st Lieut. Nehemiah D. Starr, Sept. 12, 1864; resigned Aug. 2, 1865.
1st Lieut. Martin N. Sinnott, Sept. 30, 1865.
2d Lieut. W. J. Pulis, March 27, 1862; resigned April 22, 1862.
2d Lieut. James B. Comstock, Aug. 14, 1862; promoted 1st Lt. Jan. 1, ’63.
2d Lieut. E. B. Shafer, Feb. 24, 1863; promoted 1st Lieut. April 23, 1863.
2d Lieut. N. D. Starr, May 24, 1864: promoted 1st Lieut.
2d Lieut. Martin N. Sinnott, Sept. 12, 1864; promoted 1st Lieut.
2d Lieut. William H. Smith, Sept. 30, 1865.
Co. F.
Capt. Joseph T. Farris, March 27, 1862; resigned Jan. 16, 1863.
Capt. Alex. F. Tracy, Feb. 23, 1863; resigned Aug. 29, 1865.
Capt. Isaac C. Schram, Sept. 30, 1865.
1st Lieut. Alex. F. Tracy, March 27, 1862; promoted Captain Jan. 17, ’63.
1st Lieut. F. A. Whittemore, Feb. 23, 1863; mustered out expiration term of service, Feb. 11, 1865.
1st Lieut. Richard D. Andrews, Sept. 30, 1865.
2d Lieut. F. A. Whittemore, March 27, 1862; promoted 1st Lt. Jan. 17, ’63.
2d Lieut. Peter H. Orr, Feb. 23, 1863; killed on picket duty Oct. 27, 1863.
2d Lieut. Isaac C. Schram, April 22, 1864; promoted Captain.
2d Lieut. David Danforth, Sept. 30, 1865.
Co. G.
Capt. T. H. Roseberry, March 27. 1862; resigned Aug. 31, 1862.
Capt. E. K. Blackburn, Jan. 5, 1863; promoted Major Sept. 30, 1865.
Capt. Daniel R. Allen, Sept. 30, 1865.
1st Lieut. E. K. Blackburn, March 27, 1862; promoted Capt. Dec. 29, ’62.
1st Lieut. Daniel R. Allen, Jan. 5, 1863; promoted Capt. Sept. 30, 1865.
1st Lieut. Robert H. Harris, Sept. 30, 1865.
2d Lieut. Daniel R. Allen, March 27, 1862; promoted 1st Lieut. Dec. 30, ’62.
2d Lieut. Robert H. Harris, Jan 5, 1863; promoted 1st Lieut. Sept. 30, ’65.
2d Lieut. Thomas H. Roseberry, Sept. 30, 1865.
Co. H.
Capt John H. Cox, March 27, 1862; commissioned Capt. April 22, 1862.
Capt. Charles W. Tracy, May 27, 1862.
Capt. James Smith, July 6, 1865.
1st Lieut. Peter Washburn, March 27, 1862; resigned Aug. 31, 1862.
1st Lieut. Logan Tomkins, Nov. 19, 1862; resigned Dec. 20, 1864.
1st Lieut. James Smith, Feb. 24, 1865; promoted Captain.
1st Lieut. G. K. Jones, July 6, 1865.
2d Lieut. W. P. Rickey, March 27, 1862; resigned April 22, 1862.
2d Lieut. James Smith, May 27, 1862; promoted 1st Lieut.
2d Lieut. G. K. Jones, Feb. 24, 1865; promoted 1st Lieut.
2d Lieut. Geo. Coffman, Sept. 30, 1865.
Co. I.
Capt. W. H. Harle, March 27, 1862; resigned July 11, 1862.
Capt. Joseph G. Best, July 22, 1862; promoted Major May 30, 1865.
Capt. Jeremiah Hamilton, July 6, 1865.
1st Lieut. Joseph Oliver, March 27, 1862; resigned June 12, 1862.
1st Lieut. Joseph G. Best, June 18, 1862; promoted Captain.
1st Lieut. Geo. W. Stein, Jan. 5, 1863; mustered out expiration of term of service, Dec. 5, 1864.
1st Lieut. Jeremiah Hamilton, Dec. 17, 1864; promoted Captain.
1st Lieut. Henry Deems, July 6, 1865.
2d Lieut. Hudson Rice, March 27, 1862; resigned July 22, 1862.
2d Lieut. Geo. W. Stein, Aug. 2, 1862; promoted 1st Lieut.
2d Lieut. Cyrenus Russel, Jan. 5, 1863; mustered out at expiration of term of service Feb. 3, 1865.
2d Lieut. William H. Smith, Sept. 30, 1865.
Co. K.
Capt. Frederic Leeser, March 27, 1862; resigned Jan. 7, 1863.
Capt. Louis Puster, March 28, 1863.
1st Lieut. A. D. Starkweather, March 27, 1862; resigned Oct. 27, 1864.
1st Lieut. W. A. Weaver, Dec. 16, 1864.
2d Lieut. Geo. M. Davis, March 27, 1862; discharged disability Dec. 11, ’63.
2d Lieut. Carlton T. Shamp, Sept, 30, 1865.
All officers not noted by death or otherwise discharged, or resigned from the service, served until the close of the war and were mustered out with the regiment on the 19th of April, 1866.
All officers whose commissions are dated March 27, 1862, ranked from July 15th, 1861; all others from date of commission.
THE REUNION
Of the 21st Missouri at Edina, Missouri.
It is near thirty years since we came here to recruit after the
battles of Shiloh and Corinth.
POETRY INSPIRED BY THE OCCASION.
As we grasp old comrades by the hand,
The tears unbidden flow,
And memory swiftly calls us back
To some thirty years ago.
When with but one blanket to our back,
As we lay upon the snow,
And slowly munched our last hard tack
Near thirty years ago,
And talked of scenes of mortal strife
Through which we’ve had to go,
Thinking of home and the dear wife,
While time moved on so slow.
And as we pass the lone grave yards,
Where all in time must go,
We often think of lonely graves
Made some thirty years ago.
Think of the breast works we have charged,
Where the dead so thickly lay,
And how we tumbled them into the trench,
The blue as well as the gray.
We seem to hear the long roll beat,
That warns us of the foe,
Then hear them sound their own retreat,
And it’s all peace here below.
And when we’ve heard the last roll call,
Seen our last of earthly scenes,
With our old blue coat for a pall
We’ll lay down to pleasant dreams.
And with our flag still waving o’er us,
That blessed emblem of the free,
We’ll join in that immortal chorus
And help sound the jubilee.
Composed by A. W. Harlan, of Co. F, 21st Mo.
Croton, Iowa, Sept. 24th, 1892.
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE:
Obvious typographical erros have been corrected.
Archaic or alternate spelling which may have been in use at the time of publication has been retained from the original.
Inconsistencies in the spelling of names have been retained from the original, e.g. Whittemore vs. Whitmore, Ainslee vs. Ainslie, etc.