He also had service in:
"D" Co. MO 12th SM Cavalry
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- Index to Compiled Military Service Record
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Alexander Empfield, Private, Company D, 11th Battalion Mounted Rifles, Missouri State Militia,* enrolled April 19, 1862 for during the war in Mo., assigned extra duty at Quarter Master's Dept. from May 22, 1862 remaining so through the end of the year, last recorded on the Jan/Feb, 1863 muster roll as absent, no further records
* This organization subsequently became Company D, 12th Regiment Missouri State Militia Cavalry. This company was transferred to the 3rd Regiment Missouri State Militia Cavalry, February 4, 1863
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Alexander Empfield, Private, Company K, 5th Regiment Missouri State Militia Cavalry (2nd Organization), enlisted April 19, 1862 listed on April 10, 1863 as absent, on daily duty guard, recorded absent sick in Hospital at Waynesville, Mo., April 26, 1863, remaining so through the end of the year, discharged April 28, 1864 at Rolla, Mo. on Surgeon's Certificate of Disability, description on enlistment: 32 year old Farmer, born in Pencilvania [sic], 5' 9-1/2", dark complexion, blue eyes, dark hair, his disability contacted in the lines of duty on the 25th day of August, 1863 by a gun shot in his right arm in a skirmish with a band of guerrillas in Palasky Co., Mo. which deprives him of the use there of, no further records
Surgeon's Certificate: I certify, that I have carefully examined the said Alexander Empfield, Private, of Capt. Wm. ??'s Company, and find him incapable of performing the duties of a soldier because of Archylosis [sp?] of the right elbow and shoulder joint. Atrophia of the same limb, the consequences of a gunshot wound received in action, has lost the use of that limb. Is not fit for the Invalid Corps. Degree of disability 3/4
M405: Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Missouri.
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Alexander Empfield, Company K, 5th Regiment Missouri S. M. Cav., filed for Invalid pension June 29, 1864, Application No. 47776, received Certificate No. 38588, his widow filed Application No. 188, 903
T289: Organization Index to Pension Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900.