1st. The battalion of Missouri Volunteers heretofore known as 1st
North Missouri Regiment, under the command of Col. D. Moore, and
the battalion of Missouri Volunteers heretofore known as the 2d
North Missouri Regiment, under the command of Col. H. M. Woodyard,
are hereby consolidated into a regiment to be hereafter known and
designated as the 21st Regiment of Missouri Volunteers.
2d. Col. D. Moore is hereby appointed Colonel, and Col. H. M.
Woodyard is hereby appointed Lieutenant-Colonel, of the regiment thus
formed.
By order of the Commander in Chief.
CHESTER HARDING, JR.
Adjutant General.
As a result of the above order the two regiments were consolidated
on the 1st day of February, 1862, and were mustered into the service
of the United States by Lieut. Col. Fetterman, as the 21st Missouri
Infantry Volunteers, with the following field officers:
D. Moore, Colonel.
H. M. Woodyard, Lieutenant Colonel.
B. B. King, Major.
Charles C. Tobin, Adjutant
The ten companies of the regiment had the following officers:
Company A--Charles Yust, Captain.
Henry Menn, 1st Lieutenant.
Edwin Turner, 2d Lieutenant.
Company B--Joseph Story, Captain.
L. D. Woodruff, 1st Lieutenant.
Edward Fox, 2d Lieutenant.
Company C--Simon Pearce, Captain.
William Lester, 1st Lieutenant.
T. H. Richardson, 2d Lieutenant.
Company D--N. W. Murrow, Captain.
Henry McGonigle, 1st Lieutenant.
Louis J. Ainslee, 2d Lieutenant.
Company E--Geo. W. Fulton, Captain.
T. M. McQuoid, 1st Lieutenant.
Wm. J. Pulus, 2d Lieutenant.
Company F--Joseph T. Farris, Captain.
Alex. F. Tracy, 1st Lieutenant.
F. A. Whitmore, 2d Lieutenant.
Company G--T. H. Roseberry, Captain.
E. R. Blackburn, 1st Lieutenant.
Daniel R. Allen, 2d Lieutenant.
Company H--Jno. H. Cox, Captain.
Peter S. Washburn, 1st Lieutenant.
Wm. P. Rickey, 2d Lieutenant.
Company I--Wm. Harle, Captain.
Joseph Oliver, 1st Lieutenant.
Hudson Rice, 2d Lieutenant.
Company K--Frederick Leeser, Captain.
A. D. Starkweather, 1st Lieutenant.
Geo. M. Davis, 2d Lieutenant.
It was in Canton where the regiment was mustered into service and
about the 15th of February it left that place and marched by way of
LaGrange and Palmyra to Hannibal, Mo., where several weeks were spent
in training in military duties. On the 28th of March orders came to
go to the front. Camp equipments were soon packed and the regiment on
the way to St. Louis. After a brief stop there it was taken by boat to
Savannah, Tennessee. This place was General Grant’s headquarters, who
was then making the plans which resulted in the fall of Corinth. The
regiment reported to Gen. Grant and was sent immediately to the front
and assigned to the 1st Brigade, 6th Division, Army of West Tennessee,
under command of Gen. B. M. Prentiss.
The men were soon to see fighting in earnest now. They were on the
ground where the memorable battle of Shiloh was fought a few days after
their arrival, to-wit: the 6th and 7th of April, 1862, and on account
of their advanced position they were the first to become engaged with
the enemy. The regiment suffered heavily in the fight, losing one
officer and thirty men killed, with four officers and one hundred
and fifty men wounded. Three officers and sixty-eight men were also
taken prisoners. It was here that the gallant Maj. King fell mortally
wounded. The reports of the battle by Cols. Moore and Woodyard,
published here, give a full account of the part taken by the regiment: