Battle Unit Details

CONFEDERATE MISSOURI TROOPS

16th Regiment, Missouri Infantry

Overview:
16th Infantry Regiment was formed by consolidating Caldwell's 7th and Jackson's 7th Missouri Infantry Regiment early in 1864. The unit was assigned to Parson's and S.P. Burns' Brigade, Trans-Mississippi Department, and was active in Louisiana and Arkansas. It sustained 14 casualties at Pleasant Hill and 25 at Jenkins' Ferry. In May, 1865, the regiment disbanded. Its field officers wre Colonel Levin M. Lewis, Lieutenant Colonel Pleasant W.H. Cumming, and Major Jesse P. Herrell.
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