Could this be your Great Granddad?

Robert A. Paxton
Enlisted as a Sergeant :
"F" Co. MO 5th Cavalry

NAME RANK REGt CO RESIDENCE WHERE CAPT WHEN CAPT HGT AGE EYES HAIR REMARKS
Paxton, Robt
Sgt
1st Mo Cav
F
Johnson Co Mo
Henry Co Mo
Aug 3, 63
6
23
black
black

from Jefferson City by order Brigd Genl Brown

http://www.civilwarstlouis.com/Gratiot/List1.htm

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Robert A. Paxton, 5/4th Sergeant, Company F, Gordon’s Regiment, Missouri Cavalry,* enlisted July 27, 1862 in Henry Co., Mo. for 3 years or the war, captured in ?? County, Missouri August 3, 1863, received at Gratiot St. Military Prison, St. Louis, Mo., September 1, escaped by jumping from a window upon a pile of sand, sometime during Thursday night, October 9, 1863, 23 year old resident of Henry Co., Mo., 6’, blue eyes, black hair, last recorded absent with leave at the Jan/Feb 1864 muster,** no further records

* This regiment appears to have been variously known in the field as 1st Regiment Missouri Cavalry, Gordon’s Regiment Missouri Cavalry, and Shelby’s Regiment Missouri Cavalry; but it was designated by the Confederate War Department as the 5th Regiment Missouri Cavalry

** There are no further Company F muster rolls in the records, hence, we cannot ascertain his further service

Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Missouri

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See also: Gratiot Street Prison St. Louis @ https://civilwartalk.com/threads/gratiot-street-prison-st-louis.55216/