Clark's Regiment, Missouri Infantry - Confederate

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Brief History
The book "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.

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.

Company A - enrolled Howard County, Missouri

Company B - enrolled Schuyler County, Missouri

Company C - enrolled Boone County, Missouri

Company D - enrolled Franklin County, Missouri

Company E - enrolled Ozark, Arkansas

Company G - enrolled Franklin County, Missouri

Company H - enrolled Callaway County, Missouri

Company I - enrolled Arkansas

The information about the companies is from Kenneth E. Weant's, Civil War records, Missouri Confederate infantry : 8th through the 11th Regiments plus 8th and 9th Battalions and Clark's Infantry Regiment, Volume 2, (Arlington, Texas : K.E. Weant, c2009), pages 41-54. Partial rosters are also included in this book. FHL book 977.8 M2wki, vol. 2. FHL book 977.8 M2wki v. 2

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 'Missouri 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 Missouri, 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.