The 11th Missouri Infantry Regiment (also known as Hunter’s Missouri Infantry Regiment and 8th Missouri Infantry Regiment (Burns’) was an infantry regiment that served in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. The unit was mustered into Confederate service as an Infantry Unit on August 31, 1862, although many of the men recruited for the regiment had already seen action at the Battle of Lone Jack.
RECORD OF EVENTS – 11 Reg’t Missouri Infantry – Formally known as Dewitt C. Hunter’s Regiment
COMPANY A, July 21 to Dec 31, 1862
Lieutenants Gibson & Cross with 25 men of this company started from Vanburen Ark on the 2th day of July 1862 under command of Col. Cockrel and marched to Lone Jack in Mo distance 250 miles ____ They engaged the enemy on the 16 day of August defeating them and capturing two pieces of rifled Canon and then returning to Bentonville, Ark Aug. 22 1862. This Company lost in the action 1 Lieutenant and three privates wounded.
COMPANY C, Aug 27 to Dec 31, 1862
This Company was organized _____ & while in this ____ a part of it march from near Vanburen in Ark to Lone Jack Mo a distance of 250 miles. Engaged the Federals & routed them with no loss, neither killed no wounded.
COMPANY E, Aug 31 to Dec 31, 1862
Was engaged at Lone Jack with the enemy, Aug 16, 1862. In Lone Jack Battle Loss three killed and two wounded, one severely, one slightly.
COMPANY F, Aug 2 to Dec 31, 1862
This Company was Cavalry and went on a scout to Lone Jack, MO from near Van Buren Ark distance about 250 miles – Encountered the enemy at that point, routing them and returning to Camp near Fayetteville, Ark. Having two men wounded who were left in Hospital at Lone Jack, Mo. One has since returned to duty the other one never heard from.
COMPANY G, Aug 31 to Dec 31, 1862
A part of this Company was in the raid made into Missouri under Col. Cockrell, Hunter and Coffee and were engaged at Lone Jack by the 6 & 7th Mo Fes and 1 reg of Militia with 2 pieces of Artillery on the 16th of August 1862. Routed them and took all their baggage and artillery and a great many small arms, killing their commander, 2 wounds.
COMPANY I, To Sept 13, 1862
A part of this Company started on a scout from Vanburen, Arkansas on the 1st Aug 1862 a distance of three hundred (300) miles had an engagement at Lone Jack Mo with the Federal forces on Aug 16, 1862 which resulted in a complete route of the enemy.
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US, Civil War Service Records (CMSR) – Confederate – Missouri, 1861-1865
| Name | Rank | Co | Enlistment Date/Location | Enlisted By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbot, Wilson J. | Corp. | A | 8/7/1862 Newtonia, Mo | Hunter | Transferred to Thompson’s Regiment; Captured in Jasper Co, Mo on 11/28/1863 and sent to St. Louis |
| Adams, Elmore | Corp. | D | 8/2/1862 Camp Coffee | Burns | Transferred to the 10th Infantry 4/1/1863 |
| Alexander, G. F. | Pvt. | D | 8/12/1862 Benton County | Feaster | Deserted 12/25/1862 at Van Buren, Arkansas |
| Austin, Joshua B. | Pvt. | A | 7/21/1862 Camp Cedar, Ark | Burns | Transferred to Thompson’s Regiment |
| Bandy, James M. | Pvt. | A | 8/3/1862 Cane Hill, Ark | Cockrell | Wounded at Lone Jack & left in hospital at Lone Jack; back with command in Arkansas by April 1863 |
| Bandy, W. J. | Pvt. | A | 8/3/1862 Cane Hill, Ark | Cockrell | From Benton County, Arkansas |
| Batten, William H. | Pvt. | D | 7/19/1862 Camp Rains, Ark | Gale | Deserted 9/15/1862 |
| Baysinger, M. M. | Pvt. | D | 8/12/1862 Benton County | Feaster | Detailed to the Commisary Dept. 6/21/1863 |
| Bedford, M. V. | Pvt. | A | 7/21/1862 at Fayetteville, Ark | Stemmons | |
| Berry, J. J. | Pvt. | A | 8/10/1862 Carthage, Mo. | Jackman/Hunter | Wounded at Lone Jack 8/16/1862; Wounded at Helena, Ark 7/4/1863; left at Polk’s Plantation, 6 miles from Helena, where he was captured and paroled on 7/7/1863; Wounded on head at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana 4/9/1864 |
| Bishop, Alfred | Pvt. | D | 8/11/1862 Camp Rains, Ark | Feaster | Transferred to Joseph Bledsoe’s Battery 9/18/1862 |
| Blackburn, Albert | Pvt. | A | 7/21/1862 Camp Cedar, Ark | Burns | Transferred to Capt. Phillips Sharp Shooters 11/28/1862 |
| Borland, James | Pvt. | A | 7/21/1862 Camp Cedar, Ark | Cockrell | Taken prisoner on 1/3/1863 in the Boston Mountains and exchanged; served as a nurse in Van Buren, Ark |
| Boyd, David L. | Pvt. | A | 7/21/1862 Camp Cedar, Ark | Burns | Wounded in shoulder at Pleasant Hill, LA 4-9-1864 |
| Boyd, Robert A. | Pvt. | A | 7/21/1862 Camp Cedar, Ark | Burns | Sent to hospital 8/30/1863 at Little Rock by order of regimental surgeon; Captured at Little Rock 9/10/1863; released 5/18/1865 |
| Bradley, T. J. | Pvt. | D | 8/5/1862 Horse Creek, Mo | Tracy | Died at Mulberry, Ark 11/28/1862 |
| Bridges, Aaron | Pvt. | A | 7/21/1862 Camp Cedar, Ark | Burns | Wounded and taken prisoner at Helena, Ark; Exchanged 2/27/1865 |
| Bridges, Thomas H. | Pvt. | A | 7/21/1862 Camp Cedar, Ark | Burns | Transferred to Capt. Phillips Sharp Shooters 11/28/1862 |
| Bristoe, R. C. | Pvt. | D | 7/8/1862 Fayetteville, Ark | Gale | Detailed as musician 9/13/1863 |
| Brite, Benton | Pvt. | A | 7/21/1862 Camp Cedar, Ark | Burns | Transferred to Camp Crump’s Co., Mitchell’s regiment 9/15/1862 |
| Britt, John R | Pvt. | A | 7/21/1862 Camp Cedar, Ark | Burns | Transferred to Camp Crump’s Co., Mitchell’s regiment 9/15/1862 |
| Burris, L. W. | Pvt. | D | 7/19/1862 Camp Rains, Ark | Gale | No additional information |
| Butts, Israel | Pvt. | A | 7/21/1862 Camp Cedar, Ark | Burns | Detailed to Little Rock as a bootmaker 5/1/1863 |
| Cameron, James. E. | Pvt. | D | 8/5/1862 Cedar County, Mo | Tracy | No additional information |
| Carter, Granville | Pvt. | A | 7/21/1862 Camp Cedar, Ark | Burns | Discharged for disability 9/1/1862 |
| Carter, Silas | Pvt. | A | 7/21/1862 Camp Cedar, Ark | Burns | Detailed to Hospital at Fort Smith; Deserted 5/5/1863 |
| Cash, Thornton | Pvt. | D | 7/20/1862 Camp Rains, Ark | Gale | In the battle of Lone Jack; Detailed as blacksmith 8/21/18162; Deserted 1/1/1863 |
| Clifton, Thomas | Pvt. | D | 7/24/1862 Camp Rains, Ark | 8/21/1862;Deserted | |
| Cline, Miles | Pvt. | A | 7/21/1862 Camp Cedar, Ark | Burns | No additional information |
| Cock, John F. Jr | 2nd Lt. | D | 8/12/1862 Benton County | Feaster | Severely wounded at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana 4/9/1864 |
| Copeland, Benjamin L | Pvt. | A | Probably 7/21/1862 Camp Cedar, Ark | No additional information | |
| Copeland, John M. | Pvt. | A | 7/21/1862 Camp Cedar, Ark | Burns | Discharged for disability 3/28/1863 for kidney affliction, possibly due to being run over by a wagon before enlistment, and old age, he was 47 |
| Copeland, R. M. | Pvt. | A | 7/21/1862 Camp Cedar, Ark | Burns | Transferred to Capt. Roberts Battery 9/1/1862 |
| Cross, O.M. | 2nd Lt. | A | 7/21/1862 Camp Cedar, Ark | Burns | Killed at Lone Jack, 8/16/1862 |
| Crouch, John H. | Pvt. | A | 7/21/1862 Camp Cedar, Ark | Burns | Captured at Helena, Arkansas 7/4/1863 |
| Darrow, F. M. | Pvt. | A | 7/21/1862 Camp Cedar, Ark | Burns | He was from Jasper County, Missouri |
| Donnell, Thomas F. | 2nd Lt. | D | 6/23/1862 Musgrove, Cherokee Nation | Gale | Wounded at Pleasant Hill 4/9/1864 |
| Duncan, W. D. | Pvt. | A | 7/21/1862 Camp Cedar, Ark | Burns | No additional information |
| Feaster, Elbert S. | Capt. | D | 7/18/1862 Camp Rains | Hunter | Elected Captain 8/31/1862 |
| Fitzgerald, J. T. S. | Pvt. | A | 7/21/1862 Camp Cedar, Ark | Burns | No additional information |
| Foster, John | Pvt. | A | 7/21/1862 Camp Cedar, Ark | Burns | No additional information |
| Foster , A. P. | 1sr Lt. | D | 7/6/1862 Fayetteville, Ark | Gale | Killed a Helena, Arkansas 7/4/1863; he was 32 |
| Fuller, John L. | Pvt. | A | 7/21/1862 Camp Cedar, Ark | Burns | Discharged for disability 9/3/1862 |
| Gaines, J.T. | Lt. | A | Enlisted 7/21/1862 | Burns | Died 11/8/1862 |
| Gibson, Benjamin R. | Pvt. | A | 7/21/1862 Camp Cedar, Ark | Burns | Wounded and left in hospital at Prairie Grove, Arkansas 12/8/1862 |
| Gibson, George C. | Pvt. | A | 7/21/1862 Camp Cedar, Ark | Burns | Detailed as nurse at hospital in Prairie Grove to wait on his wounded brother, Benjamin. Captured 4/15/1863 and taken to Fort Scott, KS |
| Gibson, James | Capt. | A | 7/21/1862 Camp Cedar, Ark | Burns | Promoted to Major on 3/24/1863 |
| Gibson, John F. | 1st Lt. | A | 7/21/1862 Camp Cedar, Ark | Burns | Elected 1st Lt. 7/21/1862 at age 19 |
| Giles, Marion H. | Pvt. | A | 7/21/1862 Camp Cedar, Ark | Burns | Transferred to Capt. Phillips Sharp Shooters 11/28/1862 |
| Gill, Daniel D. | Pvt. | A | 8/10/1862 Coon Creek, Mo | Hunter | No additional information |
| Gill, Samuel S. | Pvt. | A | 7/21/1862 Camp Cedar, Ark | Burns | Wounded at Helena, Ark 7/4/1863 |
| Gipson, John E. | 2nd Lt. | D | 7/3/1862 Musgrove, Cherokee Nation | Gale | Captured at Helena, Arkansas 7/4/1863 |
| Godwin, George M. | Sgt. | A | 7/21/1862 Camp Cedar, Ark | Burns | Captured at Helena, Arkansas 7/4/1863 |
| Hall, Marion H. | Pvt. | A | 7/4/1862 Musgrove, Cherokke Nation | Tracy | hospital at Little Rock 9/13/1863 by order of regimental surgeon |
| Harrison, S. J. | Pvt. | A | 7/21/1862 at Fayetteville, Ark | Stemmons | Detailed to Washignton, Ark as a tailor 2/1/1864 |
| Hickey, J. M. | Corp. | A | 7/21/1862 Camp Cedar, Ark | Burns | Killed at the battle of Prairie Grove 12/7/1862 |
| Holman, John J. | Pvt. | A | 7/21/1862 Camp Cedar, Ark | Burns | Died 11/22/1862 Mulberry, Arkansas of disease |
| Hood, Lafayette J. | Corp. | A | 7/21/1862 Camp Cedar, Ark | Hunter | No additional information |
| Hood, W. W. | Pvt. | A | 7/21/1862 Camp Cedar, Ark | Burns | No additional information |
| Johnson, Obahiah | Pvt. | A | 7/21/1862 Camp Cedar, Ark | Burns | Wounded in head at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana 4/9/1864 |
| Jones, John L. | Pvt. | A | 7/21/1862 Camp Cedar, Ark | Burns | Deserted on 12/18/1862 and was captured at Fayetteville, Ark on 1/8/1863 and did not wish to be exchanged; he was 16 |
| Keith, John R. | Pvt. | A | 7/21/1862 Camp Cedar, Ark | Burns | Silghtly wounded in head at Jenkins Ferry on 4/30/1864 |
| Lawrence, Samuel P. | Pvt. | A | 7/21/1862 Camp Cedar, Ark | Burns | Wounded at Lone Jack 8/16/1862; Wounded at Helena, Ark 7/4/1863; Wounded and captured at Helena, Ark 7/4/1863 |
| Lewis, C. W. | Pvt. | A | 7/21/1862 Camp Cedar, Ark | Burns | Detailed as Teamster 5/10/1863 |
| Lewis, J. G. | Pvt. | A | 7/21/1862 Camp Cedar, Ark | Burns | Sick at Little Rock 4/1/1863 and Bayou Metra 8/10/1863 |
| Lovell, Thomas | Pvt. | A | 7/21/1862 Camp Cedar, Ark | Burns | Transferred to Capt. Cump’s co 9/17/1862 |
| Lusk, Noah G. | Pvt. | A | 7/21/1862 Camp Cedar, Ark | Burns | Transferred to Thompson’s Cavalry 12/1/1863 |
| Lynn, John W. | Pvt. | A | 7/21/1862 Camp Cedar, Ark | Burns | Captured at Helena, Arkansas 7/4/1863 |
| Lynn, William | Pvt. | A | 7/21/1862 Camp Cedar, Ark | Burns | On detached service at hospital at Frot Smith, Ark; Died at Fort Smith 2/25/1863 |
| Margrave, Thaddeaus P. | Sgt. | A | 7/21/1862 Camp Cedar, Ark | Burns | In battle of Lone Jack 8/16/1862, per application to the Higginsville Soldier’s home 8/6/1913 |
| Marlow, Elijah | Pvt. | A | 7/21/1862 Camp Cedar, Ark | Burns | Discharged for disability 9/15/1862 |
| McAdmas, John B. | Pvt. | A | 7/21/1862 Camp Cedar, Ark | Burns | Wounded and captured at Helena, Ark |
| McPherson, A. D. | Pvt. | A | 7/21/1862 Camp Cedar, Ark | Burns | Transferred to Robert’s Battery 9/1/1862 |
| McPherson, James T. | Pvt. | A | 7/21/1862 Camp Cedar, Ark | Burns | No additional information |
| Meador, Flemmings | Corp. | A | 7/21/1862 Camp Cedar, Ark | Burns | No additional information |
| Meador, Joel | Pvt. | A | 7/28/1862 Camp Cooper, Ark | Burns | Transferred to Tilden’s Battery 9/1/1863 |
| Meador, Joseph E. | Corp. | A | 8/5/1862 Camp Flint, Ark | Phillips | Reduced in rank 9/13/1862; left sick at Little Rock 8/25/1863 |
| Patrick, John D. | Pvt. | A | 8/5/1862 Camp Flint, Ark | Phillips | No additional information |
| Scott, W. J. | Pvt. | A | 7/21/1862 Camp Cedar, Ark | Hunter | Died at Fort Smith, Arkansas+G72 1/11/1863 |
| Sereant, James | Pvt. | A | 7/21/1862 Camp Cedar, Ark | Burns | Transferred to Capt. Phillips Sharp Shooters 11/28/1862 |
| Shofner, Newton C. | Pvt. | A | 7/21/1862 Camp Cedar, Ark | Burns | No additional information |
| Slawson, James L. | Pvt. | A | 7/21/1862 Camp Cedar, Ark | Burns | Severely wounded at Helena, Arkansas, left in hospital at Little Rock; Capture 9/10/1863 |
| Snow, James | Pvt. | A | 7/21/1862 Camp Cedar, Ark | Burns | Diedat Little Rock 2/22/1863 |
| Spence, Newton J. | Sgt. | A | 7/21/1862 Camp Cedar, Ark | Burns | Wounded and captured at Helena, Ark |
| Stacy, Miles H. | Pvt. | A | 7/21/1862 Camp Cedar, Ark | Burns | Deserted 10/3/1863 |
| Thompkins, Joseph J. | Pvt. | A | 8/20/1862 Carthage, Mo | Phillips | Captured at Fayetteville, Arkansas 1/8/1863 |
| Turk, N. G. | Pvt. | A | 7/21/1862 Camp Cedar, Ark | Burns | Left as a nurse at Fort Smith 11/30/1862 |
| Walker, S. H. | Pvt. | A | 7/21/1862 Camp Cedar, Ark | Burns | Transferred to Capt. Phillips Sharp Shooters 11/28/1862 |
| Watson, James A. | Pvt. | A | 7/21/1862 Camp Cedar, Ark | Hunter | Captured at Newton County 8/21/1862, exchanged 4/1/1863; Captured again at Jackson, Miss on 5/16/1863 and paroled the same day |
| Whitaker, R. J. | Pvt. | A | 7/21/1862 Camp Cedar, Ark | Burns | No additional information |
| Wilson, Benjamin M. | Pvt. | A | 7/21/1862 Camp Cedar, Ark | Burns | Appointed Sgt. 9/15/1862; In hospital at Little Rock 1/12/1863 |
| Wilson, Henry C. | Pvt. | A | 7/21/1862 Camp Cedar, Ark | Burns | No additional information |
| Winters, Andrew J. | Pvt. | A | 7/21/1862 Camp Cedar, Ark | Burns | Wounded and captured at Helena, Ark; Died at Alton Prison 11/10/1863 |
| Woods, Levi G. D. | Pvt. | A | 7/21/1862 Camp Cedar, Ark | Burns | Wounded and captured at Helena, Ark |
| Workman, Samuel | Pvt. | A | 7/21/1862 Camp Cedar, Ark | Burns | Discharged for disability 3/31/1862 at Little Rock, Arkansas |
| Wormington, William | Pvt. | A | 7/21/1862 Camp Cedar, Ark | Burns | Sick near Clarksville, Arkansas April 1863; Died in early 1863 |
| Zackry, J. L. | Pvt. | A | 8/10/1862 Center Creek | Hunter | Discharged for disability 9/1/1862 |