6th Missouri, Company D
Stoddard County
6th Missouri Span-Am Service Medal
Company D, 6th Missouri Infantry was located in Dexter, Missouri and made up of men from across Stoddard County. It departed Bloomfield by rail for Jefferson Barracks on July 12, 1898. The company was presented with colors made and paid for by the citizens of Bloomfield.
The 6th Missouri was organized as part of President William McKinley's second call for volunteers on May 25, 1898. From the end of July until August 6, 1898, the regiment went through organization at Jefferson Barracks in St. Louis where it mustered twenty-seven officers and 1,265 enlisted men. From there the regiment was sent south to Camp Cuba Libre in Florida. From there it was sent to Savannah, Georgia and on December 21, company D boarded the transport Roumanian for Havana, Cuba. From Havana the regiment marched to Camp Columbia-Quemados, Mariano, Cuba. The regiment drilled and participated in a large "practice march" in February of 1899. On April 8, 1899, the regiment boarded the steamer, Havana and traveled to Savannah, Georgia, arriving April 10, 1899. The unit was quarantined on Daufuskie Island for six days to prevent any diseases from spreading. April 16, it crossed over to Savannah and mustered out of service on May 10, 1899.
During service, the regiment lost one officer and twenty-three enlisted men to disease, one enlisted man died in an accident, one was court-martialed, twenty-four deserted, and thirty-two were discharged on disability.
The 6th Missouri was organized as part of President William McKinley's second call for volunteers on May 25, 1898. From the end of July until August 6, 1898, the regiment went through organization at Jefferson Barracks in St. Louis where it mustered twenty-seven officers and 1,265 enlisted men. From there the regiment was sent south to Camp Cuba Libre in Florida. From there it was sent to Savannah, Georgia and on December 21, company D boarded the transport Roumanian for Havana, Cuba. From Havana the regiment marched to Camp Columbia-Quemados, Mariano, Cuba. The regiment drilled and participated in a large "practice march" in February of 1899. On April 8, 1899, the regiment boarded the steamer, Havana and traveled to Savannah, Georgia, arriving April 10, 1899. The unit was quarantined on Daufuskie Island for six days to prevent any diseases from spreading. April 16, it crossed over to Savannah and mustered out of service on May 10, 1899.
During service, the regiment lost one officer and twenty-three enlisted men to disease, one enlisted man died in an accident, one was court-martialed, twenty-four deserted, and thirty-two were discharged on disability.
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L.M. Abbott
Oscar C. Baldwin Andrew Bess Chas. A. Bradley Frank Brown John Brown T. B. O. Bryers D.U. Bullard G. Will Bush O.S. Butler Martin Byrnes John Cesart Wm. F. Chaney Walter Click Obie Conley Isaac W. Crawford Walter Crews Harry Dehl Joseph Douglas Lem Durham James B. Faber James Ferrell Jesse Ford John Gaines Ben Gevaltiny James Gibbons Lt. Grant Gillispie Joe Gladden J. W. Haney July 15, 1898 - Bloomfield Vindicator |
J.J. Hartley
Richard Heuls John Hinkle W.E. Jenkins Frank G. Jolly John S. Jolly Charles Jones William F. Jones James E. Kennard Hayes Langley Marshall D. Lasley James Lawson Green L. Lee Charles Lindsey Walter Martin James H. McFarland Walter McGaugh Charles McGinnis B.M. Mills Henry Morris George C. Nelson B.H. Nicks Frank Norman J.L. Overby Luther Palmer Thomas M. Pasley Albert O. Phelan R.H. Porter S.W. Reynolds Cpt. Mack Richardson |
Wallace Rodgers
Randolph M. Roper A.S. Scism J.A. Scism Lafayette Shelby Josephus Shervill L.H. Shipman W.A. Singleton A.B. Sitz J.S. Stewart Sam Stewart Thomas Sweeten W.D. Taylor James Temples Denver B. Threlkel James I. Towell Lawrence A. Tramley P.N. Troutman Clarence Turner J.D. Waggoner Bud Waller Henry S. Webb Joseph Webb John W. West Ben White Jack Williams Ward Wilson J.L. Wolf George York Walter Young Wm. S. Weaver |
6th Missouri Infantry Company M
By 1902 there had been a reorganization of the Missouri National Guard and Stoddard County became Company M, 6th Missouri Infantry. Captain Garlick was captain. In October of 1902, the company formed for drill in Cape Girardeau (October 10, 1902, Bloomfield Vindicator).
After reorganization at the end of the Spanish-American War, Company D became Company M, 6th Missouri out of Dexter (Image: Arnold Collection)
