Chronicle of the Windmeyer, Schaper, Calwell/Carwell Linage.

July 2005

Oldest direct ancestors are in Bold Italic type, and underlined. More recent ancestors are in Bold type. For reasons that are not understood the ancestral name was changed from Hempelman, to Nolting to Windmeyer. No attempt has been made to fully describe the Schaper clan. Those individuals who interacted with the Carwells are covered, as are those Schapers and Carwell descendants that married into the Smith clan. Because the old Germans are unfamiliar, I have used a generational designator, the first time a name appears. G0 is Lydia Carwell, G1 is the John Carwell, Johanna Windmeyer Carwell generation. The next generation back is G2. I have also labeled the Windmeyer line as GW 2, and the Schaper line as GS 2, for example. The bigger the number the older the generation. There are seven generations in the compilation.

9 Feb 1721 Johan Henrich Hempelman GW5 is born in Westfalen,

Germany. He is the son of Diderich Hempelman. GW6

The ancestral line has not been traced beyond this point.

1744 Johann Ernest Windmeier, GW4 is born. He is the son of

Cord Heinrich Windmeyer. GW5

30 Sept 1750 Johan Heinrich Hempelman marries Catherine

Elizabeth Theis. GW5 Their son Johann Heinrich

Hempleman Jr, GW4, is our direct ancestor. Some

researchers have added Nolting as a final surname.

ca 1750's Johann Herman Schaper (Schepper, Schaeper) GS4 and

Catherine Marie Ilsabein (Stuckmann) Heidmann GS4

are born in Germany.

31 July 1756 Johann Heinrich Hempleman GW4, and is born in

Rehme, Westfaten, Germany.

1773 Johann Wilhelm Kiel GS4 is born in Germany. His

parents are Peter ? Kiel, GS5 and Marie Ilsabein

Nienaber GS5

5 Dec 1773 Johann Wilhelm Kiel is baptized.

1774 Margartha Ann Elizabeth Kuhlemann GS4 is born in

Spenge, Germany. Her parents are Jost Kuhlemann

(Kullman), (Gulman?) GS5 and Catherine Margiethe

Poens (Poers) GS5.

13 Mar 1774 Margaretha A.E. Kuhlemann is baptized. One source

gives this as her birth date.

7 Nov `1778 Johann Herman Schaper (Schepper, Schaeper) GS4

marries Catherine Ilsabein Heinemann (Heidmann) GS4

in Spenge, Germany. They will have a son Herman

Henrich Schaper Sr GS3.

11 Oct 1783 Johann Heinrich Hempleman GW4 marries Marie

Agnette Cutenant. GW4 Their son Johann Heinrich

Hempleman Nolting GW3 is our direct ancestor. The

reason for the change of the surname from Hempleman to

Nolting is not known, but one possible explanation is

that his parents died, and he was adopted by Noltings.

16 Feb 1785 Herman Henrich Schaper(Schaeper) Sr GS3 is born in

Spenge Kneis, Hereford, Prussia. Other sources list his

birth date as 6, or 26 Feb. at Lensinghausen, Germany.

6 Mar 1785 Herman Henrich Schaper Sr is baptized in Spenge,

Prussia.

10 Dec 1786 Johann Ernest Windmeier marries Anne Marie

Elisabeth Althof. GW 4. She is the daughter of Johan

Cord Althof and Anna Maria Ilsabein Giesselman.

GW 5.

17 Sept 1787 Johann Hemerich Hemplemann (Nolting) GW3 is born

in Rehme, Germany.

18 Feb 1790 Anne Marie Christine Windimeier GW3 is born, Rehme,

Germany. She is the daughter of Johann Ernest

Windmeier.

26 July 1791 Johann Auton Friedrich Meier GW4 marries Sophia

Christine Louise Wehmeier GW4. The will have a son

Karl Frederick Wilhelm Meier, GW3 who is our direct

ancestor. Johann's ancestors are not known.

10 Nov 1793 Anton Friedrich Gerd Schwager GW4 marries Anne

Marie Enge Offermeyer GW4. Their daughter Ann

Marie Engel Schwager GW3 is our direct ancestor.

Anton Friedrich Gerd Schwager is the son of Herman

Gerdswager GW5.

His wife Anne Marie Enge Offermeyer is the daughter

of Johann Herman Offermann GW5.

23 Oct 1795 Johann Wilhelm Kiel GS4 marries Margaretha Anna

Elizabeth Kuhlemann GS4 in Germany. They

will have a daughter Marie Ilsabein Kiel GS3.

21 Aug 1796 Ann Marie Engel Schwager GW3 is born in

Volmerdiwgsen, Germany.

14 Apr 1799 Marie Ilsabein Keil GS3 is born in Apenge, Kries

Herford, Germany. Other sources says Spenge,

Germany, or 26 Oct. 1796, in Lenzinehausen, Germany.

14 Aug 1799 Marie Ilsabein Keil is baptized.

5 Oct 1802 Karl Frederick Wilhelm Meier GW3 is born in

Bergkirchen, Germany.

ca 1805 – 1810 Herman Heinrich Schaper Sr marries Anna Catherine

Woermann.

ca 1811-1814 France has invaded Germany, and Johann Herman

Schaper (Schepper, Schaeper) disappears. One source

says his wife also vanishes.

18 Dec 1814 Johann Heinrich Nolting GW3 marries Anne Marie

Christine Windimeire GW3. They will live near Bad

Ozenhousen. The current address of the homestead is

4971 Oberbecken Eckernkcamp 5, West Deutchland.

The family name will be Windmeier (Wilmsmeier),

rather than Nolting, for some unknown reason.

It may be that if Nolting was his adopted

name, and he couldn't use his family name of

Hemplemann, that he just opted for his wife's name. Their

son Fredrick Wilhelm Nolting Windmeyer GW2 is

our direct ancestor.

20 Jan 1816 Herman Heinrich Schaper's first wife Anna dies, in

Prussia. Nothing is known about any children from this

first marriage.

12 Aug 1816 Johann Ernest Windmeier has died.

20 Sept 1816 Herman Heinrich Schaper Sr marries Marie Ilsabein

Kiel in the Spenge Evangelical Church, Spenge, Prussia.

They will have seven children who survive and one girl

who dies young. This is his second marriage.

ca. 1820 William S. Colwell G3 is born in Germany. 1850 Census,

Warren Co. Mo. In the 1880 census, John says his father

was born in Prussia.

His children will change the name to Carwell.

ca. 1820's Karl Frederich Wilhelm Meier GW3 marries Ann

Marie Engel Schwager GW3 in Germany or Prussia.

Their daughter Sophia Caroline Wilhelina Meier GW2 is

a direct ancestor.

17 Sept 1822 Frederick William Nolting Windmeyer GW2 is born in

Rehund in the province of Westphalia, (Westfalen) Prussia.

19 and 27 Sept are dates also found.

12 Mar 1825 Anna Katherine (Catherine) Ilsabein Schaper GS2 is born,

in Spenge, Kreis Herford, Prussia, Germany.

31 July 1829 Sophia Caroline Wilhelina Meier GW2 is born in Wejstel,

Westphalia Province, Prussia.

1 Sept 1830 Herman Heinrich Schaper Jr is born in Germany.

1 April 1835 Frederick Wilhelm Nolting Windmeyer's father, Johann

Heinrich Nolting Windmeyer dies in Rehme, Germany.

20 Mar 1836 Casper Heinrich (Kasper Henry) Schaper is born in Spenge,

Kreis Herford, Prussia..

1837 There is a record of a Colwell transferring land in

Warren County, Mo. There may be a brother in Virginia.

1838 John Snider is born in Germany.

Nov 1842 Herman Henry Schaper Sr and family leave Europe by boat

for America. The trip will take nine weeks. One family tale

is that some of them had been in the German Army, and had

been losing the war, so they came to America. One source

says they came in 1841.

20 Dec 1842 Herman Henry Schaper Sr and family, 3 sons, and

4 daughters, arrive in Lincoln County, Mo. They have come

directly from Germany, through New Orleans. They then

came up the Mississippi by boat.

One married daughter remains in Germany.

They will settle on part of the old Sievert farm, across the

road from the old Strathmann place, in southern Clark Twnsp,

near the Warren Co. line. Some of the neighbors aren't happy

to have new settlers around, and rumors that bushwhackers

might try to run them out are passed to the Schapers.

The day they were rumored to arrive Herman whets his sword,

and when it got dark, told the children to hide. When he heard

them outside he told his wife to blow out the light. open the

door, and get behind it. Herman went outside and started

swing the sword both ways, and soon everyone was gone.

Then he went back in and went to bed. The next morning

there was blood on the sword, and blood on the ground.

There was no further trouble with the neighbors. Family tales.

1843 Marie Elizabeth Schaper, Herman Heinrich's daughter,

marries Friedrich William Schloemann in Germany.

1844 The Schloemann's arrive in Lincoln Co. in 1844.

Descendants of this family will be neighbors of O. R.

and Lydia Carwell Smith, and are distantly

related through the Schapers.

ca 1846 William Colwell marries Catherine Ilsabein Schaper,

probably in Lincoln, or Warren Co. Mo. Nothing is known

of when he came to America. he is rumored to have a brother

in Virginia.

1847 The William Colwell family is believed to be in

Warren County, Mo. Matilda (Mathilda) is born.

20 Feb 1848 Margaretha A. E. Kuhlemann Kiel dies, in Spenge, Germany.

20 Aug 1849 Johann Wilhelm Kiel dies, in Spenge, Germany.

20 Oct 1849 John Henry Carwell, GW1 is born in Warren County, Mo.

25 Aug 1850 Census Lincoln Co. Mo. Herman Schaper Sr is listed as

Henry Shafer, age 67, his wife Mary, 56, Herman Jr is

listed as Henry age 19, Harden, age 14, and Mariah age 17.

Next door is his son, listed as William Shafer, age 30,

wife Jane age 21, and daughter Mary age 1.

20 Sept 1850 Census: Warren County, Mo. William Calwell, age 30,

born in Germany, wife Catherine, age 25, born in Germany,

Matilda, age 3, born in Mo. and John, age 1. He is family 64

on p. 557.

1850-1860 Marie Ilsabein Kiel Schaper dies in Lincoln Co. Mo. She is

believed to be buried in the cemetery on the old Sievert place.

The old log church near this cemetery is believed to be the

Methodist Indian Camp Church.

1851 Herman Heinrich Schaper Jr marries Christina Wilhemena

Meyer (Meier), the widow of a Kramer.

13 Oct 1851 John's sister Amelia (Emilia) is born in Warren county.

1 Aug 1853 William Schaper files on 40 acres in Twnsp 48N, R 1W,

in Lincoln Co. It is the SE ¼ of the SE ¼ of Sect 29. This

is believed to be Johann Wilhelm, Herman Heinrich Sr's

oldest son. By 1860 he owns 360 acres in Sect 35.

In 1876 he owns 260 acres in Sect 35, and 140 in Sect. 28

and 33. One of these holdings may belong to someone

else in the family.

22 Sept 1853 Frederick W. Windmeyer GW2 marries Sophia Caroline

(Carolyn) Wilhelmina Meier GW2.

They immediately set sail for America on their honeymoon.

They take with them a large jar of honey, to help them get

through the trip.

They will land in New Orleans, and then travel by train to New

Haven, Mo. New Haven is on the Missouri River in Franklin

County. They settle near Holstein, in Warren County.

They will have six children. Fredrick William (Fritz),

Gustave (August),and Ernst (Ernest).

The girls are Johannah Charlotte GW1 , who will marry John

Henry Carwell GS1 the son of one of the Shaper girls, and

Carrie, who will marry H. E. Shaper, and Anna who

will marry a Westerman,

14 Jan 1854 Fredrick Wilhelm Nolting Windmeyer's mother,

Anne Marea Christine Windimeire, dies in Rehme, Germany.

25 June 1854 Johannah Charlotte Windmeyer GW1 is born in Hostein,

Warren Co. Mo.

15 Nov 1854 Herman Schaper files on land in Twn 48N, R 1W.

It is the NW ¼ of the SE ¼ of Sect 33.

23 Dec 1855 Casper Henry Schaper marries Anna M. Henriette Koelling

in Lincoln Co. Mo. They will have eight children.

1856 Frederick Windmeyer moves his family onto land next to the

Shapers in Lincoln County, Mo.

1857 Katherine (Catherine) Ilsabein Schaper Colwell (Carwell)

dies. She is buried in the Indian Camp Cemetery, near Zoar

Church, in Lincoln County. Her stone is later moved to the

Zoar Church Cemetery.

12 Nov 1859 Casper Henry Schaper has a son Henry Ernest Schaper.

ca 1859 William Colwell (Carwell) remarries. The new wife is

believed to be Henrietta Koelling. Another report says Henrietta

Jaspering. He is reportedly well educated and can speak

several languages.

ca 1859 William Colwell's second marriage ends quickly,

by divorce, as Henrietta marries a Frederick Jaspering in 1859.

Henrietta first takes all the kids to the Schapers, to keep. She

turns them lose in the cornfield and tells them to go to their

uncles.

ca 1860 William S. Colwell has apparently enlisted in a Missouri State

Militia unit favoring the rebel cause. One source suggests he

was a Col in the State Guard, listed as William Caldwell, but

there has been no confirmation of this by any other source, and

it is considered very unlikely. His record of service in the

Missouri State Militia has not been found.

1860 Herman Henry Schaper, William Colwell's brother-in-law

enlists in the Missouri State Militia. He is 30 years old. He is

believed to have had the rank of Lt. He favors the Union.

1 June 1860 Lincoln Co. Census. Henry Schaper, (Casper Heinrich) age 24,

is listed with wife Henrietta, age 23, son Herman age 3, Henry

age 7 months, Hannah Eversmeyer, age 12, his niece, Matilda

Carwell, (Colwell) age 13, and his father, Herman H. Schafer

Sr age 75. Maltildas entry carries the occupation "hired",

and she is using Carwell as her surname.

Herman Schafer (Schaper) Jr, age 30, is listed with

his wife Wilhamina, age 33, Henry Eversmeyer age 10, his

nephew John Carwell age 10, his niece Emelia Carwell age 8.

They are listed as "bound". The term "bound" is presumed to

mean that Herman has been legally appointed as guardian.

Emelia is also listed as "raising". William Slater? age 65, and

Mary Myers, age 64, Wilhamenas mother, are listed as

boarders.

1860 land map Herman Schaper Sr owns his home place in Sections 28 and

33, consisting of 280 acres. in Twnsp 48 N, R 1 W.. Herman

Schaper Jr owns 160 acres in Section 32 on the Warren County

line. It is suspected that the William Calwell family must have

been living just south of this location. William Schaper, a

brother (Johann) , has 320 acres to the east in Sect 35.

1860-1861 The Missouri State Militia is the only formal military unit, and

men favoring the north and the south are in it, mixed up in

various units.

5 Jan 1861 The Missouri Senate introduces bills to arm the state militia, and

to call a state convention.

18 Feb 1861 The people of the state vote against secession, by a margin of

80,000 votes. The bill to arm the militia dies.

10 May 1861 The Missouri State Militia is forgotten, and the pro south

Missouri State Guard is authorized by the legislature. Lincoln

and Warren County are in the 2nd Division of the Missouri State

Guard.

13 June 1861 The Missouri State Guard is called out for 6 months of service.

General Price orders the generals commanding the various

geographical divisions of Missouri "to organize their forces as

rapidly as possible, and push them forward to Boonville and

Lexington. The men north of the Missouri River are to meet at

Booneville. If William Calwell is a member the war has started

for him. He has been free of family obligations for a year, so he

may have got into the fight early. The men are to assemble in

camp. General Order #11

20 June 1861 7,000 federal troops come off boats on the Missouri river near

Booneville. 800 rebs fight them for a hour and a half, then

retreat.

21 June 1861 The commander of the 2nd Division of the Missouri State

Guard, Thomas L. Harris, is ordered to organize the troops North

of the Missouri river. This includes Lincoln and Warren

counties. The divisions were based on the Congressional

districts of the state. He starts at Paris, Mo. then moves to the

knobs on Salt River. By the time he and Col Green cross the

Missouri river, at Glasgow, he has 2,730 men. William Calwell

is probably with them.

3 July 1861 Various groups of rebels have marched by different routes to

Cedar County, Mo. The organization of the force begins.

They have a total of about 3,600 men.

4 July 1861 The NE Mo rebels, from the 2nd division, who are in the field,

are assigned to Genl. John B. Clark. General Order #16.

3 p.m. 4 July 1861 The rebs begin to march out of Camp Lamar. General

Order #17.

10 A.M. 5 July 1861 The rebs take on Gen. Sigel, with 3,000 Federals at

Carthage, Mo. The fight lasts till 9 p.m., when Sigel retreats.

The rebs camp in Carthage.

11 July 1861 The 2nd Division rebs, in the field, are now commanded by

Brig Gen J. S. Rains. They are split up into Regiments of

Infantry. Adjt Gen Order #3.

11-23 July 1861 The 2nd Division is in Camp on Cowskin Prairie.

9 A.M. 24 July 1861 The reb army marches out of the Cowskin Prairie

towards Cassville, Barry County.

1 Aug 1861 The 2nd Division is marching from Cassville toward Springfield,

Mo. General Order # 13.

4 Aug 1861 The reb army moves out of its camp on Cane Creek.

8 Aug 1861 The reb army is in camp at Big Spring, just south of Wilson's

Creek. They are 10 and ½ miles south of Springfield.

9 Aug 1861 The reb army moves up to Wilson's Creek. They number about

11,300 men. Large fields of green corn give the men the first

good feed in 11 days. The plan is to move out at 9 p.m. to get

into position for a dawn attack. Rain changes the plan, as the

men don't have cartridge boxes to protect the ammunition from

rain. They spend the evening dancing around the campfires.

10 Aug 1861 Battle of Wilson's Creek. The 2nd Division, MSG is involved.

The Missouri troops are in the center of the line opposite the

main Union force. The Union troops move up during the night

and begin the attack. The rebs pulled their pickets into camp

at midnight, and get surrounded on three sides. The fight goes

on for 9 hours. It ends at 2:30 p.m. The rebs win.

13 Aug 1861 If William Colwell's MSG enlistment is for 6 months, this is

a enlistment date for him.

14-24 Aug 1861 The reb army is camped at Springfield, Mo.

6 A.M. 25 Aug 1861 The reb army marches out of Springfield, heading

north.

29 Aug 1861 The reb army is at Stockton.

30 Aug 1861 The reb army moves out for Cedar Creek.

3 Sept 1861 The reb army is at Camp Bledsoe.

sunrise 4 Sept 1861 The reb army is on the move.

7 Sept 1861 The reb army is in a fight at a stream called Drywood,

15 miles east of Fort Scott, Kansas. The fight lasts a hour and

a half, and the rebs win.

10 Sept 1861 sunset Hearing that Union forces are headed for Warrenburg

to seize the funds in the bank, the reb army sets off in pursuit.

11 Sept 1861 2 a.m General Price lets the infantry go into camp, and checks

out Warrenburg with his cavalry. The Union troops have left

town. The reb army moves up and goes into camp.

11 Sept 1861 The rebels from NE Missouri are on the move. They will

march 62 miles in 28 hours to get in the fight at Lexington,

Missouri. William Calwell may be with them.

12 Sept 1861 10 a.m. The reb army moves out toward Lexington. They

camp 2 ½ miles out of town.

13-20 Sept 1861 12,000 rebels attack 3,500 Union men at Lexington.

14 Sept 1861 The reb army camps at the Lexington fairgrounds. It is

waiting for the ammunition and supply wagons to catch up.

18 Sept 1861 The reb army moves back into Lexington. The 2nd division,

MSG is to the east and northeast of the Union fortifications in

the college building.

16 Sept 1861 The reb army is at Camp Wallace, Lexington, Mo.

20 Sept 1861 The rebs make movable breastworks out of hemp bales

they found on the river bank, wet them down, and attack again.

20 Sept 1861 2p.m. The union forces surrender, after 52 hours of fighting.

25 Sept 1861 The reb army is still in Lexington, Mo.

27 Sept 1861 The reb army, unable to be resupplied, retreats south.

6 Oct 1861 The reb army is camped on Panther Creek.

8 Oct 1861 The reb army is camped on the Osage River.

10 Oct 1861 The reb army is camped south of the Osage River.

12 Oct 1861 The reb army is camped near Montevallo.

18 Oct 1861 The reb army is camped near Sarcoxie.

23 Oct 1861 The reb army is camped near Neosho. They are in this area a

total of 10 days.

25 Oct 1861 There is a fight at Springfield, Mo. that William Calwell

may be in.

1-4 Nov 1861 The reb army is camped at Cassville.

9-13 Nov 1861 The reb army is camped at Pineville, McDonald County, Mo.

23 Nov 1861 The reb army is camped near Stockton, Cedar Co. Mo.

25 Nov 1861 General Price camps with his rebel army on the Sac River, near

Osceola. They will stay here for over a month. The Confederate

Army begins enlisting the State Guard into regular army units.

CSA privates are paid $11/month, with a $3/ month clothing

allowance. The MSG received no pay.

2 Dec 1861 Martin E. Green is elected Brig Gen for the 2nd Division.

sunrise 19 Dec 1861 The reb army leaves the camp on the Sac river.

The 2nd Division is commanded by Gen Green.

Dec 1861 Col Boone, and Dr William Griswold, of Warren County, are in

Warren County, recruiting rebs. Dr Griswold is captured in

April 1862, and eventually sent to the prison at Alton, Ill to

tend to sick prisoners.

23 Dec 1861 The reb army is in Springfield, Mo.

1 Jan 1862 The two Confederate Brigades formed from the Missouri State

Guard are paraded through Springfield.

11 Feb 1862 The Union Army begins to move against the rebs in Springfield.

12 Feb 1862 3 p.m. The reb army is leaving Springfield, Mo. They move

south to Wilson's Creek.

13 Feb 1862 If William Colwell's enlistment in the MSG was for six

months, he enlisted, perhaps for a second hitch on this date.

15 Feb 1862 9 p.m. The reb army reaches Cassville, Mo.

16 Feb 1862 The reb army camps on Sugar Creek.

17 Feb 1862 10 p.m. the reb army camps at Cross Hollows.

19 Feb 1862 The reb army is in Fayetteville reprovisioning.

21 Feb-3 Mar 1862 The reb army is in camp on Cove Creek, Ark.

4 Mar 1862 The reb army is on the move. They camp near Fayetteville.

5 Mar 1862 The reb army camps at Fulton springs, near Bentonville. 6-7 Mar 1862 The reb army is in a major fight at Pea ridge Ark.

"Elkhorn Tavern."

6 Mar 1862 3 a.m. The reb army moves out to attack. The MSG troops

hold the left end of the line. William Calwell is there with

the 2nd Division.

3 p.m. a general charge by the rebs drives the Union forces

back two miles, past Elkhorn Tavern.

7 Mar 1862 Short of ammunition, the reb army starts to retreat.

7 a.m. The union attacks again.

The rebs march for eight days. The Union forces

do not follow.

15-25 Mar 1862 The reb army is camped at Van Buren, Ark, on Frog Bayou

road. The camp is named Camp Ben McCulloch who was

killed in the last fight. The MSG is reorganized. General

Parsons organizes a Brigade to go into Mississippi. Gen. Rains

commands those MSG remaining in Arkansas. William

Calwell is with him.

27 Mar 1862 the reb army is on the move. They march for 12 days.

7 April 1862 The reb army arrives in Des Arc, Arkansas.

Gen Price addresses the troops.

9 April 1862 General Parsons takes command of all MSG troops who have

not joined the CSA. They move east of the Mississippi River

with the rest of the Rebs for service at Corinth, Mississippi.

7 May 1862 Caroline Catherine Windmeyer is born in Lincoln Co. Mo.

20 July 1862 General Schofield, commander of the Missouri State Militia,

Union, orders all men of military age to join the Enrolled

Missouri State militia. Many choose to join the rebs instead.

31 July 1862 General Braxton Bragg dismisses all Missouri State Guardsmen

from any further service east of the Mississippi. They cross the

river on this day The 700 men under General Parson's, then

move to Arkansas Post. William Colwell is probably serving

with Priest's Regiment of men from NE Missouri.

1862 William Calwell's records with the Confederate Army are

difficult to interpret because a second man with a similar

name serves in the same Regiment, and their histories are

very similar. Records exist for William Colwell, and

William Calwell at the Alton Prison, for rebels, and according

to the 1850 census this is our ancestor. Other records exist for

William Caldwel and William Coldwell. All the records are for

a private in Co B, of what becomes the 10th Regiment of

Missouri Infantry, CSA. I will put the name on the muster rolls

in ( ) after the entry, if it is not Colwell.

13 Aug 1862 The 700 men with General Parsons are told to enlist in the CSA

or they will be drafted. William (Coldwell) enlists for a year,

as a Private at the Arkansas Post, in Co B. of Steen's Regiment

of Missouri Infantry, CSA. Arkansas Post is near Gillett,

Arkansas, in SE Arkansas, near the mouth of the Arkansas

River. Men from Priest's Regiment (Northeast Mo) and

Winston's Missouri rifles, form all of Company A, and part of

Company B.

1 Sept 1862 The men who had enlisted at Arkansas Post are forced to

reenlist, for the war. William S. Caldwell enlists, for three

years, as a private in Company B, Moore's 10th Regiment,

4th Brigade, "Gen. M. M. Parson's Brigade", Missouri Infantry,

C.S.A. at Camp Mitchell, near Clarendon, Arkansas. He is 42