The Civil War

Not all ancestors are represented on this page. 

As research continues, additional ancestors and documentation will be included.

"A house divided against itself cannot stand."

~Abraham Lincoln

The Enrollment Act of 1863, also called the Civil War Military Draft Act was the first wartime draft of U. S. citizens in American history and called for registration of all males between the ages of 20 and 45.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Men were divided into two classes. Class one grouped men between the ages of twenty and thirty-five years and unmarried men between thirty-five and forty five. 

Class two included all other persons subject to do military duty.​​​​ Exemptions from the draft could be bought for $300 or by finding a substitute draftee. One exception was that married men could not be drafted until all available unmarried men had been drafted.

~ Missouri State Militia ~

Missouri had 1,162 military actions, the third highest number, after Virginia and Tennessee. Of that number, only two--Wilson's Creek (August 10, 1861) and Westport (October 23, 1864)-- are considered battles. The remaining incidents were primarily skirmishes.​

Missouri had over a dozen state militia organizations during the Civil War. As guerrilla warfare and recruiting increased, and as the state had been stripped of nearly all but the volunteer Missouri State Militia Cavalry regiments, a compulsory militia enrollment was declared on July 22, 1862, the Enrolled Missouri Militia. The EMM was solely state force, primarily mobilized as needed, but plagued with accusations of both disloyalty and excessive zealotry.

The Missouri State Militia (MSM) was a state force authorized and subsidized by the federal government. It was a full-time force and was primarily occupied in battling guerilla forces throughout the war.

The Missouri forces that fought east of the Mississippi River were primarily members of the Missouri Volunteers, or volunteers in federal service from Missouri (although the Union forces killed at the Battle of Centralia were recruits for the 39th Regiment Infantry, Missouri Volunteers). The Missouri Volunteers consisted of 56 regiments, infantry, 16 cavalry, 2 artillery, and one engineer regiments, as well as numerous independent companies, batteries, and battalions.

Missouri contributed a huge number of its men to both sides of the Civil War. Over 109,000 men enlisted and fought for the Union and at least 30,000 men fought for the Confederacy. This represents almost 60 percent of men of military age and places Missouri first among the states in proportion to the population. The State Historical Society of Missouri

~ Missouri Regiments ~

45th Regiment Missouri Infantry

Organized at Sedalia, Warrensburg and Otterville August 10 to September 17, 1864. Attached to District of St. Louis, Mo., Dept. of Missouri, to December, 1864. Unattached, 4th Division, 23rd Army Corps, Army Ohio, to March, 1865. ​​

Moved from Warrensburg, Mo., to Jefferson City, Mo., October 1, 1864. Price's attack on Jefferson City October 7. Duty at Jefferson City till December. Moved to Nashville, Tenn. Battle of Nashville December 15-16. Garrison and guard duty at Spring Hill, Tenn., till January 5, 1865. Moved to Johnsonville, Tenn., January 5-13, and duty there till February 20. Moved to St Louis, Mo. Mustered out March 6, 1865. Companies "C" and "D" transferred to 50th Missouri Infantry and Companies "G" and "H" to 48th Missouri Infantry. ​​Regiment lost during service: 4 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 82 Enlisted men by disease. Total 86. 

46th Regiment Missouri Infantry

Organized at Springfield, Mo., August to November. 1864, for six months. Attached to District of Southwest Missouri, Dept. of Missouri, to March, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 1st Sub-District. District of Middle Tennessee, Dept. of the Cumberland, to May, 1865. 

Duty at Springfield, Mo., and by detachments in Douglas County, Taney County, at Stockton, Hartsville, Neosho, Cassville, Newtonia and Buffalo till March, 1865, and in District of Middle Tennessee till May, 1865. Surrender of Paris, Mo., October 15, 1864 (Detachment). Operations in Ozark County February 12, 1865 (Co. "H"). Operations about Bennett's Bayou and Tolbert's Mill, Ark., February 16-18, 1865 (Co. "H"). Mustered out March 6 to May 24, 1865. Regiment lost during service: 8 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 18 Enlisted men by disease. Total 26.

50th Regiment Missouri Infantry

Organized in Missouri at large September 11, 1864, to April 27, 1865.  

Attached to District of St. Louis, Mo., Dept. of Missouri. (Co. "F" not mustered, was at Pilot Knob, Mo., and engaged October 26-27, 1864, and on retreat to Leesburg. Co. "E" in action at Potosi, Mo. Not mustered.) Regiment on duty in District of St. Louis and in Missouri till August, 1865. Mustered out July 1 to August 11,1865. Regiment lost during service by disease: 65.

50th Regiment Missouri Infantry

Organized in Missouri at large September 11, 1864, to April 27, 1865.  

Attached to District of St. Louis, Mo., Dept. of Missouri. (Co. "F" not mustered, was at Pilot Knob, Mo., and engaged October 26-27, 1864, and on retreat to Leesburg. Co. "E" in action at Potosi, Mo. Not mustered.) Regiment on duty in District of St. Louis and in Missouri till August, 1865. Mustered out July 1 to August 11,1865. Regiment lost during service by disease: 65.

Simpson's Regiment State Militia Infantry

Organized at Perryville for six months October 10, 1861. 

Duty at Pilot Knob, Ironton, and in District or Southeast Missouri, till February, 1862. Mustered out February 25, 1862.

Some of our Bohnert ancestors and relatives who fought for the Union in the Civil War include:


Charles "Carl" Bohnert 

(1845 - 1897)

2x Great Uncle



Ignatius Bohnert 

(1841 - 1909)

2x Great Uncle



Some of our Gibbar ancestors and relatives who fought for the Union in the Civil War include:


Henry R. Gibbar

(1832 - 1893)

2x Great Grandfather



John Franklin Hager

(1819 - 1874)

3x Great Grandfather



James Ruben Hager

(1845 - 1919)

2x Great Grandfather



James P. Kline

(1843 - 1929)

2x Great Grandfather