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Re: Enrolled Missouri Militia
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David,

I meant to reply earlier than this, but things cropped up and I forgot. Thankfully, Jim's query came in to remind me.

You are very welcome. I do not contract, because it would interfere with my day job, family, church, and all the rest. I work on this when I have the time. I think highly of those who contract to research military and genealogy matters, and some of those folks read this forum. Maybe in my future I may reconsider... For now, I freelance, with the emphasis on "free." My purpose is to render enough help to send someone to more promising sources through the bewildering maze of researching MO CW stuff. There have been vast improvements in MO CW just in a few years, but more is needed.

My specialty is MO guerrilla warfare, and the Enrolled Missouri Militia figures prominently in that sub-group.

My philosophy on this is "to whomever much is given, much is expected." It sounds biblical, but don't quote me unless I can properly cite it. Missouri is my adopted state, since as part of a family that moved around a lot I have no other home--just cemeteries in several states. My wife, son, and daughter are from Missorui, so I feel the need to pay something back to Missouri that has been so good to me. The Civil War here is a dark chapter of its long history and hidden so long in order to move on from a horrible time. I tread gently out of respect for all the service and loss on both sides. My wife and I descend from both sides of that war, so we have learned to respect and choose our words carefully, because for many that war was not so long ago.

I wish you well in your ancestor search.

Bruce

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