PACIFIC BATTALION, HOME GUARD & USRC (3months) (St. Louis County Home Guard Regiment)

PACIFIC BATTALION, HOME GUARD & USRC (3months) - Maj. Wm C. Inks

Among the patriotic organizations of Franklin and St. Louis Counties, during the Three-Months' Union Service of 1861, was the Pacific Battalion USRC. It was organized June, 1861, under the authority of Gen. Lyon, known as the Pacific Battalion Home Guard, St. Louis County. It consisted of 6 Companies and totaled 316 men with it's HQ at Franklin or Pacific, Missouri Pacific R.R. The chief service of the battalion was to guard bridges on the Pacific Railroad in St. Louis and Franklin Counties. The organization was mustered out of service by Colonel Chester Harding, on September 18th, 1861, receiving a nominal pay of $10, not having been regularly mustered into the United States Service.

WILLIAM C. INKS: Served as the first postmaster of Pacific from July 15, 1854 to May 4, 1861, at a modest salary never exceeding that of $122.16 for 1869, was a Major commanding the Pacific Home Guards, 1861. His organization is briefly mentioned as Franklin, possibly Franklin "County" or Pacific City Battalion, in a booklet about Missouri troops in service during the Civil War, 57th Congress, 1st session, Senate Document No 412, page 225. The organization is generally credited to Franklin county, but judging from the records of September, 1861, when it was active, it was apparently recruited from several counties.

COMPANY B, PACIFIC BATTALION USRC:
Formed at Allenton, the chief service of the Company was to guard the railroad bridges from June 8th to 28th at Fox Creek, and after that date at Glencoe. The Company made two larger scouts into Jefferson County, infested at the time by notorious bushwacker Sam Hilderbrandt. The first of these scouts, under Lieutenant Colonel Holmes, the second, under Captain Robert C. Allen, were undertaken to secure safety to Union people, arrest marauding bands and seize contraband of war.



PACIFIC BATTALION, USRC (3months)

Rank	 Officer		Commissioned	Remarks

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Major    William C. Inks

Surgeon  Gustave Stricker

QM       George King





Co.A (55 men)

Rank	 Officer		Commissioned	Remarks

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Captain  Charles Bender

1st Lt.	 George Bunde 





Co.B (43 men)

Rank	 Officer		Commissioned	Remarks

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Captain  Robert C. Allen

1st Lt.	 Daniel M. Keler

2nd Lt.  Fred. Wengler 	



1st Sgt. J. T. Ferguson

Sgt.     Hiram Wood

Sgt.     P. Murphy

Sgt.     C. L. Brown

Sgt.     Thomas Thomas

Cpl.     Theo. Logger

Cpl.     Numon Wood

Cpl.     J. C. Cloak

Cpl.     Wm. C. Wengler



Privates

Brown, Benjamin

Brown, John

Butterbread, John

Cloak, Wm. K.

Clifton, Thomas

Cochran, John

Cochran, Nat.

DeMire, John

Dickens, Geo.

Dickens, James

Dickens, Wood

Dickets, John

Fraze, Emanuel

Fleming, John

Hensley, Joshua

Hepp, George

Hinze, Herman

Hoffman, John

Lintz, Arntz

Mifler, Augustus

Schoemate, Wm.

Sickman, Kasper

Wasson, John

Wasson, Robert

Wasson, Thompson

Westmann, Michael

Will, David

Williams, Ben

Williams, John

Willis, Fred

Younger, John





Co.C (44 men)

Rank	 Officer		Commissioned	Remarks

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Captain  Adolphus Stricker

1st Lt.  Louis Krueger

1st Lt.  Frederick Steines

2nd Lt.  Hannibal Gutmann



Sgt.     Charles Ossenforth

Sgt.     Rudolph Franz. Stricker

Cpl.     John Schuster





Co.D (74 men)

Rank	 Officer		Commissioned	Remarks

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Captain  Christian Idel

1st Lt.  Gust. Hausgen

2nd Lt.  August Steuernagel/Stevermaget



Sgt.     Francis Becker

Sgt.     Alexander Gabler

Sgt.     Wm A. F. Hartmann

Sgt.     John William Pohlig

Cpl.     Charles A. Kincaid

Cpl.     Herman Steines

Musician Henry Kocks





Co.E (40 men)

Rank	 Officer		Commissioned	Remarks

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Captain  William Haaz

1st Lt.  Charles T. Grube

2nd Lt.  Emanuel Scheuddig/Scheledelig



Sgt.     John Holderik/Holderim

Sgt.     Christoph Vogel





Co.F (57 men)

Rank	 Officer		Commissioned	Remarks

-------- ---------------------- --------------- ---------------------------------------	

Captain  William Stossberg

1st Lt.  Reinhard Strecker/Frecker, Jr.

2nd Lt.  Charles Hildebrand



Sgt.     Valentine Funk

Sgt.     Philip Hahn

Cpl.     William Bohming/Bohning

Cpl.     Frederick Hilkenkamp

Cpl.     Louis Pillmann Jr.

Musician Henry Weber



Other officers (commissioned & non-cmmissioned) who's unit/rank has yet to be determined:

Michael Banquet

William Bartold

Henry Bucherding

Gust Hansgen

Chas. Holz

John Hude

Henry Mahlhase

Frederick Missen

Wm. Stolsberg

Bernhardt Zaver

Sources:
1) "A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, V.III" by Frederick H. Dyer, c1908, p.1342.
2) "The Union Cause in St. Louis in 1861, A Historical Sketch", by Rombauer, c1909, p.257 & 475.
3) "Pacific Transcript" ~1915, Clark Brown File p.212 at FRGS.
4) Future - Kiel, (additional soldiers in all companies from Franklin Co.).
5) Future - Missouri troops in service during the Civil War, 57th Congress, 1st session, Senate Document No 412, page 225.
6) "Annual Report of the Adjutant General of Missouri for the Year Ending December 31, 1863", c1864; p.104-105.

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