Nelson Swall
REGIMENT NAME:3rd Regiment, Missouri Cavalry
SIDE:Confederate
COMPANY:C
SOLDIER'S RANK IN:Private
SOLDIER'S RANK OUT:Private
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FILM NUMBER:M380 roll 14
3rd Regiment, Missouri Cavalry
OVERVIEW: 3rd Cavalry Regiment was organized during the summer of 1862 with men from Springfield and Newtonia, and Polk County. Many of its members had seen prior service in the Missouri State Guard. It served in Shelby's, C. Green's, and J.B. Clark's Brigade, Trans-Mississippi Department. The unit fought in Marmaduke's Expedition into Missouri, participated in numerous conflicts in Arkansas, and with Marmaduke, 9 at Helena, and 4 at Bayou Fourche. The regiment lost 2 killed and 5 wounded at Poison Spring, 6 killed and 31 wounded at Jenkin Ferry, and 19 killed and 110 wounded during Price's Expedition. In the spring of 1865 it disbanded. The field officers were Colonel Colton Green, Lieutenant Colonels L.A. Campbell and L.C. Campbell, and Major James Surridge.
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Swall, N. M.
REGIMENT NAME:15th Regiment, Missouri Cavalry
SIDE:Confederate
COMPANY:A
SOLDIER'S RANK IN:Private
SOLDIER'S RANK OUT:Private
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FILM NUMBER:M380 roll 14
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