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 HISTORY OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI 351 dered to Brownsville, Arkansas. There the men were dismounted and were dissatisfied with this proceeding and they were then sent to Thomasville, Arkansas, where they were attached to the Third Missouri Cavaliy un- der Colonel Green. They were later, after participating in the battles of Prairie Grove and Cane Hill, ordered to join General Por- ter and were then made a part of the com- mand of General ]Iarmaduke until the close of the war. The Ninth Jlissouri Infantry was organ- ized in September, 1862, at Little Black river bridge in Butler county, of which James B. "White was colonel and William S. Ponder lieutenant colonel. It was made up of men from Southeast Missouri in large part ; it marched to Pocahontas, Arkansas, then to Fort Smith and took part in the battle of Prairie Grove. It was then sent to Helena and to Camp Bragg where it was consolidated with the Tenth Infantry under Colonel Moore. The two regiments were then or- dered to Shreveport, Louisiana, and in the following year took part in the battles of Mansfield and Pleasant Hill. Thej' were then sent liack to assist in the campaign against Steele and were in the fight at Jenk- ins Ferry ; were then ordered to Camden and later to Shreveport, where they remained un- til the close of the war. The Second Missouri Infantry was organ- ized at ]Iemphis, Tennessee, in 1861 ; it was made up of men principally from New ]Iad- rid and Pemiscot counties; its regimental of- ficers were : Colonel, John S. Bowen ; lieuten- ant colonel, L. L. Rich, and major, Camp- bell. Company A, Captain Sprague, from New Orleans : Company B, Captain Duffie, from St. Louis; Company C, Captain Hearst, from St. Louis, New Madrid and Pemiscot counties; Company D, Captain Burke, from St. Louis ; Company E, Captain Riee, from Hickman, Kentucky, and Southeast ^Missouri ; Company F, Captain Garland, from St. Louis; Company G, Captain John A. Gordon, from Pemiscot and New Madrid counties; Company H, Captain Ilogan, from Pemiscot county ; Company I, Captain Thomas J. Phil- lips, from New Madrid county; Company K, Captain John E. Averill, from Pemiscot. This Second ^lissouri Regiment had a long and illustrious service from the place of its organization. New Madrid ; it was sent to Fort Pillow then to New Madrid, Colum})us, Ken- tucky, and to Camp Beauregard, taking part in all the battles and skirmishes on the way. On December 25, 1861, it was ordered from Camp Beauregard to Bowling Green, thence to Nashville, ]Iurfreesboro, luka and Barnsby. The mention of these places is sufficient evi- dence that the regiment was seeing its share of fighting. This regiment was at Shiloh and after that battle it went into camp at Mill- dale not far from Corinth. The term for which the men had enlisted expired while the regiment was in this camp, most or all of them, however, reenlisted for three yeai*s or for the entire period of the war. Colonel Bowen had been placed in com- mand of a brigade before the battle of Shi- loh and Lieutenant Colonel Rich was made colonel and A. C. Riley, first lieutenant of Company I, was made lieutenant colonel. This promotion of Riley offended some of the other officers who resigned their commissions. Lieutenant Colonel Riley was aftei-wards made Colonel of the regiment on the death of Colonel Rich, who was wounded at Shiloh. After the battle of Corinth the regiment was in camp at Lumpkins ]Iill near Holly Springs, and was there consolidated with the Fourth Missouri and assigned to Cockerill's brigade: it spent the winter of 1862-63 in