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quickly as possible." One Union officer riding along the road noted that
Confederates could be clearly seen walking around the campfires. The 40th Missouri Infantry underwent an embarrassing experience. Typical of new recruits, the men carried too much equipment. The clatter from their cooking utensils and other gear made so much noise that the regiment drew fire from Confederate skirmishers, causing the soldiers to lie down in the road. After the firing died down, the men did not immediately get up and continue marching, so the commander of the following
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on 26 March–8 April. By 7 April, there were 2,827 Confederates and 57 guns holding
Spanish Fort. By this date, the 53 Union siege guns were causing great damage to the Confederate defensive works, while the infantry dug trenches closer and closer. On 8 April, Carr's 3rd Brigade captured a 300 yd
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were Adam Bax, George W. Gilson, Hermann
Kallman, Daniel S. Stillinger, Monroe Harrison, Robert C. Allen, William I. Whitwell, Mosley Greene, John Ruedi, and Philip Anderson. The surgeon was Homer Judd and the chaplain was William Bradley. Captain Anderson was dismissed on 20 June 1865. Each infantry
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Schofield finally realized the danger and retreated, the Union troops were forced to make a desperate night march past the Confederate army. As Wood's division marched, a staff officer warned about the nearby campfires, "Boys, this is a Rebel camp lying near the road, and we must march by it as
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was fought on 9 April. The 2nd
Division of XVI Corps participated in the attack, in which 16,000 Union soldiers overran and killed or captured the 4,000 defenders. Smith tried to shift his 1st and 3rd Divisions from Spanish Fort to Fort Blakeley, but they were not needed. The 40th Missouri Infantry
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on 15–16 December 1864. On 16 December, Schofield asked for reinforcements and Smith sent the 3rd
Division to his support. Subsequently, Smith's 1st and 2nd Divisions made the decisive assault which broke Hood's lines and captured 4,273 Confederates and 24 guns.
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ordered his veteran soldiers to march over the
Missourians. After this humiliating episode, the men of the 40th Missouri got up and resumed the march. Afterward, Wood's veterans called them the "40th Misery".
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Brigade, 3rd Division, XVI Corps and remained in that formation until it mustered out. The unit first sailed to Lakeport on
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and withdrew at 4:00 am on 1 December. The 40th
Missouri Infantry was transferred to the 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, (Detachment) Army of the Tennessee on 14 December. Colonel
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Missouri Infantry took part in the siege and
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on 12–25 April and performed occupation duty there until August. The soldiers were mustered out of Federal service on 8 August 1865.
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was in overall command of Union Army forces. Canby's army counted 45,000 soldiers of which 16,000 belonged to XVI Corps.
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Operational Art and the Campaign for Mobile, 1864-1865: A Staff Ride Handbook
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from 17 March to 12 April 1865. The regiment was part of Ward's 2nd Brigade,
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A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: 40th Missouri Infantry
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The 40th Missouri Infantry participated in the campaign against
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on 20 October 1864. The unit took part in an expedition to
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The 40th Missouri Infantry was assigned to the District of
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Original Company Officers, 40th Missouri Infantry Regiment
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219:The 40th Missouri Infantry Regiment organized at
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511:commanded the 3rd Division, and Major General
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408:on 23–30 October. The regiment traveled to
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561:'s 3rd Division, A. J. Smith's XVI Corps.
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185:40th Missouri Infantry Regiment
19:40th Missouri Infantry Regiment
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448:at the start of the campaign.
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231:Alexander G. Hequembourg, and
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485:13th Ohio Infantry Regiment
444:commanded the IV Corps and
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469:Nathan Bedford Forrest
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398:Department of Missouri
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152:Battle of Spanish Fort
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525:Eastport, Mississippi
477:Battle of Spring Hill
412:on 7–10 November, to
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571:Fort Gaines, Alabama
513:Andrew Jackson Smith
509:Jonathan Baker Moore
414:Nashville, Tennessee
348:Daniel S. Stillinger
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713:"Gilson, George W."
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517:Battle of Nashville
418:Columbia, Tennessee
337:William I. Whitwell
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146:Battle of Nashville
1089:Dyer, Frederick H.
772:Annual Report 1866
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465:Pulaski, Tennessee
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340:10 September 1864
318:22 September 1864
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229:Lieutenant Colonel
227:Samuel A. Holmes,
201:American Civil War
140:Battle of Franklin
129:American Civil War
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556:Brigadier General
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457:Army of Tennessee
430:Frederick Knefler
410:Paducah, Kentucky
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455:'s Confederate
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304:Philip Anderson
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586:marched to
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491:During the
446:XXIII Corps
121:Engagements
1206:Categories
1046:References
941:Sword 1992
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594:Casualties
541:Mobile Bay
473:Duck River
359:John Ruedi
244:, and one
197:Union Army
191:unit from
172:commanders
165:Commanders
95:Union Army
62:Allegiance
797:Dyer 1908
742:Dyer 1908
653:Nashville
535:and then
529:XVI Corps
501:rearguard
215:Formation
1193:July 20,
1148:July 20,
1132:June 12,
1101:July 20,
1091:(1908).
1061:July 23,
719:July 23,
701:See also
630:Franklin
422:IV Corps
394:St Louis
271:Adam Bax
260:Captain
257:Company
237:captains
193:Missouri
189:infantry
115:Regiment
105:Infantry
85:Missouri
607:Action
380:History
225:Colonel
170:Notable
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