John C. Handley, age 45, born in Virginia, 3rd/Jr. 2nd Lieutenant, Company F, Gordon's Regiment, Missiouri Cavalry,* enlisted & elected, August 18,1862 at Waverly, Johnson County, Missouri by Col. Cockrall for 3 years or during the war, wounded in neck, slightly, at Springfield, Mo., January 8, 1863, resigned June 19, 1863, " . . . too old to make an officer - physically incompetent"

* This regiment appears to have been variously known on the field as 1st Regiment Missouri Cavalry, Gordon's Regiment Missouri Cavalry, and Shelby's Regiment Missouri Cavalry; but it was designated by the Confederate War Department as the 5th Regiment Missouri Cavalry.

M322: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Missouri