Information Sheet

 

 

R         Greene County (Mo.).

321                  Militia exemption roll, ca. 1863.

                                    One folder, photocopies.

 

 

 

This is an “Assessment Roll of Exemptions from Military Duty,” for Greene County, Mis­souri, ca. 1863.  The list bears the names of individuals who paid a tax in lieu of militia service during the Civil War, the fees paid, and the units from which exemptions were granted.  Most ex­emp­tions were from duty in the 72nd and 74th regiments of Enrolled Missouri Militia.

 

The 72nd and 74th regiments were raised in accordance with Missouri militia laws of 1862.  The units were organized in December 1862 at Springfield, the headquarters of the 4th Military District of Missouri.  They were commanded by Colonels Henry Sheppard and Mar­cus Boyd, re­spectively.  Both regiments served during Marmaduke’s raid into southwestern Missouri, and were engaged at the Battle of Springfield on 8 January 1863.

 

 

 

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