Mr Seaton was a surgeon with the 21st MO Infantry
MISSOURI Twenty-first Infantry History:
Twenty-first Infantry. -- Cols., David Moore, James J. Lyon, Joseph G.: Best; Lieut.-Cols., H. M. Woodyard, Edwin Moore, J.J. Lyon, J. G. Best, Henry McGonigle; Majs., B. B. King, Edwin Moore, G. W. Fulton, C. W. Tracy, J. J. Lyon, J. G. Best, Henry McGonigle, E. K. Blackburn.
This regiment was formed by the consolidation of two battalions raised in northeast Missouri in July, 1861, the order for the consolidation being dated Dec. 31, 1861.
The first mention of the regiment in the official records is at Shiloh, where it formed part of the reconnaissance sent out by Gen. Prentiss, and which opened the battle. During the first day's fighting the regiment occupied a prominent place in the line, which it held with such tenacity that it only fell back when ordered to do so.
At Corinth it was in Gen. McKean's division, which met and repulsed the heaviest assault of the enemy. It fought at the battle of Tupelo and some of the less formidable engagements in Mississippi, where it remained until transferred to Gen. Thomas' army at Nashville, where it participated in the defeat and pursuit of the Confederates under Gen. Hood.
Early in Jan., 1865, it was ordered to Eastport, Miss., to guard the transportation of the 2nd division, 16th army corps, and remained there until March 22, when it was ordered to Alabama to assist in the reduction of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely, where it distinguished itself by its bravery and lost heavily in killed and wounded.
The last report of its commander, dated Oct. 31, 1865, states that the regiment was then on detached duty at Mobile, Sparta, St. Stephen's and Claiborne, Ala., and the date of its muster out is not shown in the reports of the adjutant-general for that year.
MISSOURI Twenty-first Infantry History:
Twenty-first Infantry. -- Cols., David Moore, James J. Lyon, Joseph G.: Best; Lieut.-Cols., H. M. Woodyard, Edwin Moore, J.J. Lyon, J. G. Best, Henry McGonigle; Majs., B. B. King, Edwin Moore, G. W. Fulton, C. W. Tracy, J. J. Lyon, J. G. Best, Henry McGonigle, E. K. Blackburn.
This regiment was formed by the consolidation of two battalions raised in northeast Missouri in July, 1861, the order for the consolidation being dated Dec. 31, 1861.
The first mention of the regiment in the official records is at Shiloh, where it formed part of the reconnaissance sent out by Gen. Prentiss, and which opened the battle. During the first day's fighting the regiment occupied a prominent place in the line, which it held with such tenacity that it only fell back when ordered to do so.
At Corinth it was in Gen. McKean's division, which met and repulsed the heaviest assault of the enemy. It fought at the battle of Tupelo and some of the less formidable engagements in Mississippi, where it remained until transferred to Gen. Thomas' army at Nashville, where it participated in the defeat and pursuit of the Confederates under Gen. Hood.
Early in Jan., 1865, it was ordered to Eastport, Miss., to guard the transportation of the 2nd division, 16th army corps, and remained there until March 22, when it was ordered to Alabama to assist in the reduction of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely, where it distinguished itself by its bravery and lost heavily in killed and wounded.
The last report of its commander, dated Oct. 31, 1865, states that the regiment was then on detached duty at Mobile, Sparta, St. Stephen's and Claiborne, Ala., and the date of its muster out is not shown in the reports of the adjutant-general for that year.
Mr Seaton was a surgeon with the 21st MO Infantry
MISSOURI Twenty-first Infantry History:
Twenty-first Infantry. -- Cols., David Moore, James J. Lyon, Joseph G.: Best; Lieut.-Cols., H. M. Woodyard, Edwin Moore, J.J. Lyon, J. G. Best, Henry McGonigle; Majs., B. B. King, Edwin Moore, G. W. Fulton, C. W. Tracy, J. J. Lyon, J. G. Best, Henry McGonigle, E. K. Blackburn.
This regiment was formed by the consolidation of two battalions raised in northeast Missouri in July, 1861, the order for the consolidation being dated Dec. 31, 1861.
The first mention of the regiment in the official records is at Shiloh, where it formed part of the reconnaissance sent out by Gen. Prentiss, and which opened the battle. During the first day's fighting the regiment occupied a prominent place in the line, which it held with such tenacity that it only fell back when ordered to do so.
At Corinth it was in Gen. McKean's division, which met and repulsed the heaviest assault of the enemy. It fought at the battle of Tupelo and some of the less formidable engagements in Mississippi, where it remained until transferred to Gen. Thomas' army at Nashville, where it participated in the defeat and pursuit of the Confederates under Gen. Hood.
Early in Jan., 1865, it was ordered to Eastport, Miss., to guard the transportation of the 2nd division, 16th army corps, and remained there until March 22, when it was ordered to Alabama to assist in the reduction of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely, where it distinguished itself by its bravery and lost heavily in killed and wounded.
The last report of its commander, dated Oct. 31, 1865, states that the regiment was then on detached duty at Mobile, Sparta, St. Stephen's and Claiborne, Ala., and the date of its muster out is not shown in the reports of the adjutant-general for that year.
MISSOURI Twenty-first Infantry History:
Twenty-first Infantry. -- Cols., David Moore, James J. Lyon, Joseph G.: Best; Lieut.-Cols., H. M. Woodyard, Edwin Moore, J.J. Lyon, J. G. Best, Henry McGonigle; Majs., B. B. King, Edwin Moore, G. W. Fulton, C. W. Tracy, J. J. Lyon, J. G. Best, Henry McGonigle, E. K. Blackburn.
This regiment was formed by the consolidation of two battalions raised in northeast Missouri in July, 1861, the order for the consolidation being dated Dec. 31, 1861.
The first mention of the regiment in the official records is at Shiloh, where it formed part of the reconnaissance sent out by Gen. Prentiss, and which opened the battle. During the first day's fighting the regiment occupied a prominent place in the line, which it held with such tenacity that it only fell back when ordered to do so.
At Corinth it was in Gen. McKean's division, which met and repulsed the heaviest assault of the enemy. It fought at the battle of Tupelo and some of the less formidable engagements in Mississippi, where it remained until transferred to Gen. Thomas' army at Nashville, where it participated in the defeat and pursuit of the Confederates under Gen. Hood.
Early in Jan., 1865, it was ordered to Eastport, Miss., to guard the transportation of the 2nd division, 16th army corps, and remained there until March 22, when it was ordered to Alabama to assist in the reduction of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely, where it distinguished itself by its bravery and lost heavily in killed and wounded.
The last report of its commander, dated Oct. 31, 1865, states that the regiment was then on detached duty at Mobile, Sparta, St. Stephen's and Claiborne, Ala., and the date of its muster out is not shown in the reports of the adjutant-general for that year.
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