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Re: Cochran's 6 month militia
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Pape was a pretty prominent Bollinger County unionist. His future son-in-law, Levi Baxter James, rode with Cochran. I suspect Pape was more than a funnel for supplies to Cochran and would take an educated guess that the personnel belonging to Cochran's command (Cochran's Six Month Volunteers, EMM "Cochran's Raiders") and Pape's command (Co. K, 3rd MSM "Hellhounds") were somewhat interchangeable.

Coincidentally, in a post I made a little earlier today concerning Major James Wilson I referred to an article I had published in North & South magazine entitled "The Burning of Doniphan." That raid was led by Pape, and I present a bit of an overview and profile on him in that article.

Post-war, Pape was a Bollinger County Judge, Bollinger County Sheriff, U.S. Marshal, merchant and farmer. Zalma, Missouri's, G.A.R. post was officially known as "Erich Pape Post 184." (For those new to Civil War research, the G.A.R. was the Civil War equivalent of today's VFW or American Legion. Having a post named after you would have been as great an honor then as having VFW post named after you today, which further illustrates the high regard Pape was held in by U.S. veterans.)

Anyway, being such a prominent citizen of Bollinger County as well as such a prominent veteran, I imagine Pape was a magnet for all sorts of war-time memorabilia, including the rosters for his son-in-laws unit.

In an earlier post, I had wondered whether those rosters might provide more than just names--perhaps notations or something that might shed light on Cochran's Six Month Militia. Perhaps if someone gets their hands on those rosters they might let us know.

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