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Our primary impression is that of the Fifth Missouri Infantry, Company A. This unit was formed from
Johnson County recruits and served under General Sterling Price in the Missouri State Guard, then in General John S. Bowen's
division of the Confederate Army of the West, and eventually under Warrensburg's Brigadier General Francis Marion Cockrell
as part of the Army of Tennessee. While part of the MSG's 8th Division, the company fought at Carthage, Oak Hills and
Lexington Missouri & Elk Horn Tavern Arkansas. The 5th Missouri Regiment was formed in 1862 in Mississippi under the command
of Col. James P. McCown of Johnson County. Company A was commanded by Owen A. Waddell of Warrensburg. He was later promoted
to Major and died at Alatoona Pass, Georgia. After Waddell's promotion, Capt. Royal Stokely commanded the Company until mortally
wounded at Port Gibson Mississippi. Capt. Barnett Atkeson succeeded in command, and died at Franklin Tennessee. After
the fall of Vicksburg, the Regiment was consolidated with the 3rd Missouri, and served with distinction until eventually surrendering
near Mobile Alabama on April 9, 1865. Some members returned west of the Mississippi River following Vicksburg and served out
the war under General John S. Marmaduke.
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