Enrolled Missouri Militia 72nd Regiment (union)

Missouri Militia

Brief History
Enrolled: 28 July 1862-9 August 1862 Ordered into Service: 4 August 1862-17 January 1863 Discharged: 4

December 1862-9 December 1863 Ordered into Service: 1 May 1863-20 August 1864 Discharged: 12 May 1863-15

October 1864 Colonel Henry Neill

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 above information about the companies with partial rosters is found in Kenneth E. Weant's book, Civil War 

Records: Missouri Enrolled Militia Infantry Regiments, Volume 9 

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.