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Re: Feb. 1864 Gratiot Prison Escape

Bruce, I did not realize you were the author of Guerrilla Warfare in Civil War Missouri series! I'm ordering a copy of Vol. 1 today! Some background on Robert A. Paxton, if you should need it.

Robert Alonzo Paxton
1840–1921
BIRTH 20 MAR 1840 • Sharpsburg, Bath County, Kentucky
DEATH 9 DEC 1921 • Lakeview, Lake County, Oregon

Birth 20 Mar 1840 • Sharpsburg, Bath County, Kentucky

Residence
1850 • Sharpsburg, Bath, Kentucky

1860 • Jefferson, Johnson, Missouri

Military
27 Jul 1862 • Missouri
Enlisted 5th Missouri Cavalry, CSA, Company F, Sergeant
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Name Robert A Paxton
Birth Date abt 1839
Age 23
Enlistment Date 1862
Military Unit Fifth Cavalry, I-Q
U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865

Name Robert A. Paxton
Side Confederate
Regiment State/Origin Missouri
Regiment 5th Regiment, Missouri Cavalry
Company F
Rank In Sergeant
Rank Out Sergeant
Film Number M380 roll 11
National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System

1 Sept 1863 • Gratiot Street Prison, St. Louis, Missouri
Paxton Robt/ Sgt/ 1st Mo Cav/ Co. F/ Residence: Johnson Co. Mo/ When Captd: 3 Aug. 1863/ Where: Henry Co., Mo/ Residence : Johnson Co., Mo/ Age: 23/ Height: 6ft/ Hair: Black/ Eye Color: Black/ Remarks: From Jefferson Co., Mo by order of Brigd. Genl. Brown.

29 Sept 1864
"Paxton, Robert/ Sergeant/ 1st Mo Cav/ Co. F/ Where Captured: Henry Co., Mo/ When: Aug 3, 1863/ Remarks: Sent to Alton, Ill. Sept 29, 64
Selected Records of the War Department Relating to Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865

Marriage
2 DEC 1868 • Johnson County, Missouri
Elizabeth Humes Davis (1844–1937)
Daughter of Thomas Jefferson Davis
Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002

Census
1870 • Post Oak, Johnson, Missouri

Census
1880 • Springfield, Lane, Oregon, United States
Marital status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Self

Source Citation for U.S., Appointments of U. S. Postmasters, 1832-1971
24 Nov 1891 • Antler, Lake, Oregon, United States

Census
1900 • Lakeview, Lake County, Oregon

Census
1910 • North Lakeview, Lake, Oregon

Census
1920 • North Lakeview, Lake, Oregon

Death
9 DEC 1921 • Lakeview, Lake County, Oregon
Age: 82
Oregon, Death Index, 1898-2008
Name Robert Alonza Paxton
Death Date 9 Dec 1921
Death Place Lake
Certificate 26

Burial
DEC 1921 • IOOF Cememtery, Lakeview, Lake County, Oregon

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