Battery A’s Farewell


The Civil War military unit, Battery A, departed the St. Louis by train on their way to Chickamauga. The list provides the names of the officers and enlisted men who departed that evening on their way to another Civil War battle.

The information appears in the St. Louis Society Scrapbook located at Missouri Historical Society, who submitted this information for the 1999 St. Louis Genealogical Society Quarterly, volume 32, number 3, pages 87–89.


Battery A’s Farewell – 16 May 1898

Name Rank Date
Armstrong, Mark Private 16 May 1898
Bauduy, L.C. Private 16 May 1898
Billon, Guy P. Private 16 May 1898
Boeckeier, Henry A. Corporal 16 May 1898
Boogher, Clinton Private 16 May 1898
Boogher, Lawrence Corporal 16 May 1898
Borup, George Doane Private 16 May 1898
Burder, Gus. H. Private 16 May 1898
Burder, Theo. C. Private 16 May 1898
Cannon, Edgar D. Private 16 May 1898
Carpenter, W. D. Private 16 May 1898
Carr, James Yeatman Private 16 May 1898
Carr, Lucien D. Private 16 May 1898
Chamers, William Lionel Private 16 May 1898
Chapin, Fred Private 16 May 1898
Chappee, George Private 16 May 1898
Colloday, W.P. Private 16 May 1898
Conde, C.W. Private 16 May 1898
Corby, John L. Private 16 May 1898
Cornwell, Fred L. Private 16 May 1898
Crouch, Charles L. Private 16 May 1898
Curry, Wm. M. Farrier 16 May 1898
Dana, Leslie Music 16 May 1898
Dean, Early Private 16 May 1898
Durwin, J.J. Private 16 May 1898
Dyer, John W. Private 16 May 1898
Emmendorf, Otto Private 16 May 1898
Eno, Edw. Bates Second Lieutenant 16 May 1898
Fairbanks, W.J. Private 16 May 1898
Farrar, B.C. Private 16 May 1898
Fradenburg, Thos. B. Private 16 May 1898
Frederick, Jr., Boyd Corporal 16 May 1898
Freudenstein, W.W. Private 16 May 1898
Gerkin, Fred A. Private 16 May 1898
Giesecker, Fred Private 16 May 1898
Gieseker, Alfred Private 16 May 1898
Gioor, Leonidus M. Corporal 16 May 1898
Goodwin, Ben P. Private 16 May 1898
Gray, Shirley Private 16 May 1898
Grover, Blow Private 16 May 1898
Hall, Edwin W. Private 16 May 1898
Heitz, John W. Private 16 May 1898
Hengst, Bernard Farrier 16 May 1898
Hicley, W.W. Private 16 May 1898
Hilkener, John H. Private 16 May 1898
Hill, Harry Private 16 May 1898
Hite, St. Clair Corporal 16 May 1898
Hodges, Clarence A. Private 16 May 1898
Janis, Peere A. Private 16 May 1898
Janssen, Benno Private 16 May 1898
Jennerman, Joseph A. Private 16 May 1898
Jones, Richard A. Private 16 May 1898
Karman, Robert Private 16 May 1898
Kellerman, Theo. Private 16 May 1898
Kennerley, Claud Private 16 May 1898
Kern, Herman B. Private 16 May 1898
Kerney, Charles B. Sergeant 16 May 1898
Kersting, Joseph A. Corporal 16 May 1898
Kuemmel, Edgar H. Corporal 16 May 1898
Lightholder, Wm. P. Second Sergeant 16 May 1898
Loewe, Charles M. Music 16 May 1898
McDonald, Jr., Robert S. Sergeant 16 May 1898
McDowell, Horace Private 16 May 1898
McGinnitie, Herbert J. First Sergeant 16 May 1898
McIntosh, Claude M. Private 16 May 1898
McKay, Arthur H. Private 16 May 1898
Meusstrina, Theo. C. Veterinary Sergeant 16 May 1898
Mills, George Artificer 16 May 1898
Mirdiinger, Clarence Private 16 May 1898
Momson, James D. Wagoner 16 May 1898
Morris, Richard E. Private 16 May 1898
Mulhall, Jos. P. Private 16 May 1898
Mullally, Daniel S. Corporal 16 May 1898
Mullins, Jason W. V. Private 16 May 1898
Murray, Wm. J. Second Lieutenant 16 May 1898
Neimeyer, Henry A. Private 16 May 1898
New, Robert L. Private 16 May 1898
Orrick, Alleen C. Corporal 16 May 1898
Papin, J. Vion Private 16 May 1898
Parze, Hugh Private 16 May 1898
Porter, Mott V. Private 16 May 1898
Richter, Rudolph Private 16 May 1898
Roepke, William H. Private 16 May 1898
Rohlfing, William C. Private 16 May 1898
Rumbold, Frank M. Captain 16 May 1898
Sample, Ralph H. Private 16 May 1898
Sanguinett, Eugene O. Sergeant 16 May 1898
Saunders, Ripley D. Corporal 16 May 1898
Scanlan, Mike H. Private 16 May 1898
Schmidt, Otto M. Private 16 May 1898
Scott, Peere Private 16 May 1898
Scudder, Jr., Chas Private 16 May 1898
Shepley, Arthur B. Private 16 May 1898
Shields, Jr., George H. Corporal 16 May 1898
Shine, John P. Corporal 16 May 1898
Smith, Griswold Private 16 May 1898
Smith, Hamilton Private 16 May 1898
Smith, Percy A. Corporal 16 May 1898
Stone, H.W. Private 16 May 1898
Storkey, Chester Private 16 May 1898
Tatum, George Private 16 May 1898
Tesson, Ernest L. Private 16 May 1898
Thompson, A.R. Private 16 May 1898
Thompson, Roy M. Private 16 May 1898
Tiffany, Jr., Dexter Private 16 May 1898
Torrent, Thelbert Private 16 May 1898
Trapp, John W. Private 16 May 1898
Ulrich, Albert D. Corporal 16 May 1898
VanValkenberg, Edmund A. Corporal 16 May 1898
Waddill, John S. Private 16 May 1898
Walker, P.H. Private 16 May 1898
Wardlow, Gladstone Private 16 May 1898
Waters, Palmer J. Private 16 May 1898
Webber, John E. First Lieutenant 16 May 1898
Weitham, Joseph L. Saddler 16 May 1898
Weitzel, George T. Private 16 May 1898
Whisttlesey, Cullon E. Private 16 May 1898
Williams, Thomas B. Sergeant 16 May 1898
Wilson, Wm. J. Sergeant 16 May 1898
Zeller, John L. Private 16 May 1898