Parson's Battalion, Missouri Infantry - Confederate

Brief History
The battalion was formed in the spring of 1864. It was attached to Colonel C.H. Tyler's Brigade and served in the Price's Missouri Expedition. The unit guarded the flanks of the wagon train, unarmed, in which five men were killed with 13 wounded. Early in 1865 it disbanded. Colonel Caleb Perkins was their commanding officer.

Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin
Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.

The information about the companies is from Kenneth E. Weant's Civil War Records: Missouri Confederate Infantry, 12th and 16th Regiments plus Miscellaneous Regiments and Battalions, Volume 3, page 60, (Arlington, Texas: K.E. Weant, c2009). This book has rosters of the companies. FS Library book 977.8 M2wki v. 3

Other Sources

 * Beginning United States Civil War Research gives steps for finding information about a Civil War soldier or sailor. It covers the major records that should be used. Additional records are described in 'Florida in the Civil War' and 'United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865' (see below).


 * National Park Service, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, is searchable by soldier's name and state. It contains basic facts about soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, a list of regiments, descriptions of significant battles, sources of the information, and suggestions for where to find additional information.


 * Missouri in the Civil War describes many Confederate and Union sources, specifically for Florida, and how to find them. These include compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.


 * United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865 describes and explains United States and Confederate States records, rather than state records, and how to find them. These include veterans’ censuses, compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.