Hello, Everyone.

I was reading I acted from Principle: The Civil War Diary of Dr. William M. McPheeters, Confederate Surgeon in the Trans-Mississippi, edited by Cynthia DeHaven Pitcock and Bill J. Gurley. Dr. McPheeters was a surgeon working under General Sterling Price when Price led the "Grand Expedition" into Missouri in September and October 1864.

I was surprised to read Dr. McPheeters's accounts of Price's troops picking up recruits in Missouri in October 1864. For example, OCt. 1, 1864, "We get many recruits also." The next day, in Union, the county seat of Franklin Co., "It is cheering to see ... the alacrity with which the young men join our army." Oct. 14, at Jonesborough, Saline Co., "Recruits in large numbers are all the time joining us." Lastly, Oct. 15, passing through Marshall, county seat of Saline Co., "Recruits are coming in by the hundreds, as many as 700 reported yesterday and last night."

These diary entries make me ask:
1. Did many of these recruits actually made it into the Confederate service?
2. Did many of them remain in the Confederate service (until their units surrendered)?
3. Do any records state the names of men who were recruited in October 1864 in Missouri -- and then served the Confederacy?

Thanks for thinking about these questions.

David Connon