Samuel Cooper, Private, Company G, 5th Missouri S. M. Cavalry (1st Organization), appears on Returns as follows:
May 1862 May 11 St. Joseph Mo. Enlisted
May & June 1862. On extra duty Carpenter Platte Bridge May 12/62, by order.
Aug. 1862 Absent with leave at home Andrew Co.
Nov. 1862 Post Carpenter Harrisonville Nov. 5 order Col. Cottenwood
Feb. 1863. Absent on Escort for Paymaster
No further records
M405: Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Missouri.