"The next day, (July 23, 1862) Colonel McClurg issued Special Order 26 transferring Captain Richard Chitwood from his assignment in Maries County back to Linn Creek. In response to General Order 19, the 47th Regiment Enrolled Missouri Militia (EMM) was organized at Linn Creek. The men enrolled in the 47th EMM were 'on call' as needed in their local counties. The purpose of the EMM was to provide protection in local counties. 'These units were untrained and lacked even the lax discipline of the MSM. A distressing number of men took advantage of their newfound military authority to harass, or even rob or kill, neighbors against whom they bore grudges or whom they suspected or knew to be Southern sympathizers.'(18) The 47th Regiment's Adjutant, Louis Chalfant, worked for Joseph McClurg as a steamboat engineer. The Lt. Colonel was Thomas O'Halloran, an Irish immigrant who worked as a meat cutter in St. Louis, then came to Camden County to work for Joseph McClurg. The Manes folk 'always hated old man O'Halloran with a hatred that was akin to poison, and he was always afraid of the Manes men.'(4) Joshua Chitwood served as First Lieutenant of the 47th EMM Company G.(11)"

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