The 1st and 4th Missouri Infantry (Consolidated) was formed on November 7, 1862 when the 1st Missouri Infantry and the 4th Missouri Infantry were consolidated as a result of heavy battle losses in both units. The regiment served in several battles in the 1863 Vicksburg campaign, including a charge that almost broke the Union line at the Battle of Champion Hill. When the Siege of Vicksburg ended with a Confederate surrender, the regiment was captured and later exchanged. In 1864, the regiment fought in the Atlanta campaign, and suffered heavy losses at the Battle of Franklin. On April 9, 1865, the regiment surrendered at the Battle of Fort Blakely, and was paroled in May.
OFFICERS:
Because Archibald MacFarlane, the colonel of the 4th Missouri, had been severely wounded at the Second Battle of Corinth and was unfit for further service, Amos Camden Riley, colonel of the 1st Missouri, commanded the regiment. Hugh A. Garland served as the regiment's major. The regiment did not have a lieutenant colonel until Garland was promoted to that rank on May 1, 1863.
ASSIGNMENTS:
Assigned to the First Missouri Brigade.
SERVICE:
Battle of Grand Gulf
Battle of Champion Hill
Battle of Big Black River Bridge
Siege of Vicksburg
Battle of New Hope Church
Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
Siege of Atlanta
Battle of Allatoona
Battle of Franklin (1864)
Battle of Fort Blakely
ROSTERS:
The rosters of this unit contains the names of 1957 men.
Company "A": Originally Company "A" of the 1st. Commanded by William C. P. Carrington.
Company "B": Originally Companies "A", "F", and "G" of the 4th. Commanded by Francis McShane.
Company "C": Originally Companies "B" and "C" of the 4th. Commanded by Daniel Hays.
Company "D": Originally Companies "B" and "D" of the 1st. Commanded by Robert J. Duffy.
Company "E": Originally Companies "E" and "H" of the 4th. Commanded by Norval Spangler.
Company "F": Originally Companies "E", "F", and "H" of the 1st. Commanded by Lewis H. Kennerly.
Company "G": Originally Companies "C" and "G" of the 1st. Commanded by James MacFarland.
Company "H": Originally Company "K" of the 4th. Commanded by Jeptha D. Feagan.
Company "I": Originally Companies "D" and "I" of the 4th. Commanded by Matthew G. Norman.
Company "K": Originally Companies "I" and "K" of the 1st. Commanded by Charles L. Edmondson.
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