Officers of the 25th Missouri Volunteer Infantry
R.C. Bradshaw
George K. Donnelly
Valentin Korell
William Perkins
A.C. Mills
James Dunn
Emile Thomas
S.S. Eveans
J.T. Berghoff
William J. Hahn
H. Dill
J.B. Hawley
G.H. Rumbaugh
B.F. Coleman
W.H.P. Norris
Charles Graff
B.F. Buzard
J.W. Singleton
John McArthur

This ca. 1862 petition is addressed to Maj. Gen. Halleck of the Commanding Department of the Mississippi, and is signed by twenty officers of the 25th Missouri Volunteer Infantry. The petitioners urge Halleck to promote Lieut. Col. R.T. Van Horn to Colonel, citing his skill and bravery in the First Battle of Lexington and in the Battle of Shiloh.

Battle for Missouri, 1861-1865 -- Military History of Missouri and Kansas
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Battle of Hemp Bales / Battle of Lexington

Officers of the 25th Missouri Volunteer Infantry
R.C. Bradshaw
George K. Donnelly
Valentin Korell
William Perkins
A.C. Mills
James Dunn
Emile Thomas
S.S. Eveans
J.T. Berghoff
William J. Hahn
H. Dill
J.B. Hawley
G.H. Rumbaugh
B.F. Coleman
W.H.P. Norris
Charles Graff
B.F. Buzard
J.W. Singleton
John McArthur

Lexington, Missouri
Lafayette County, Missouri

Petition

State Historical Society of Missouri – Kansas City

Robert Thompson Van Horn (1824-1916) Family Papers (K0297): f.11, Item 8

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