Who Shot Callaway Manes? Part 8

Ghost Soldier

In brief: The formation of the 48th Volunteer Infantry at Waynesville and the Order 107 militia at Linn Creek.  
Time period July to August, 1864.

"Finally, the people, to escape the raids and persecutions of the Chitwoods and their associates, called a meeting at Waynesville on Sunday, July 31, 1864, to organize a company of the 48th Missouri Volunteer Infantry."(2)   The Commanding Officer at Waynesville was so impressed by the response that he wrote to the Adjutant General in St. Louis. "The Citizens of Pulaski County are entitled to great credit for the promptness with which they have responded to the call of the Government for troops, and I would respectfully suggest that their action be made the subject of an order giving them praise for their promptness and willingness manifested to secure their country in time of need."(3) 

Family stories contend that Callaway Manes enlisted in the 48th Missouri Infantry and this photograph is purported to be Callaway Manes after being elected First Lieutenant at Waynesville.  No records exist in the Missouri state archives of his enlistment or appointment as an officer.  He was well beyond the age required to serve.  I believe this photograph is of a younger man, Francis Marion Manes, Callaway's nephew.  He was appointed Corporal of Company C of the 48th on September 5, 1864, a month after Callaway's murder.

Military service cards substantiate that many men enlisted in Company A of the 48th Regiment on July 31, 1864, at Waynesville, and were mustered into service on August 3.(4)   A report issued on August 3rd stated that 87 men were mustered in at Waynesville to Company A by Lt. Collins.

The men named in service records as officers for Company A all were noted as enlisted at Rolla. The service card for the Captain of Company A, William Wilson, was altered, changing both the date and place of enlistment.

Captain William Wilson's card

Missouri State Archives Soldiers Database

     

The First Lieutenant was Daniel E. Davis, a neighbor of Callaway's, and the grandson of William Gillespie, whom Callaway had worked with when he first came to Pulaski County.

Two weeks after Callaway's murder, a second company enlisted at Waynesville on August 20, including Seth's sons, Francis Marion and Jacob Newton Manes.

General Order 107 created yet another type of organization.  Commonly referred to as “Order 107 Militia” the organization was intended “to provide for local defense against bands of bushwhackers and other disturbers of the public peace, and for the maintenance of law and order more effectually than could be done by calling out the Enrolled Militia, as well as to engage all good citizens in the work.”(1) Residents of the individual counties were required to hold meetings to choose and organize one or two companies of “about 100 men each, selected for courage, energy, and willingness to serve for the protection of your respective counties.”

Unlike the MSM, EMM and PEMM, the companies that were formed under Order 107 were independent companies as opposed to being one company in a larger regiment.  An Order 107 militia company was organized in Camden County.  Joshua Chitwood enlisted and was appointed First Lieutenant in Captain Bollinger's Company on Monday, August 1, 1864.(4) 

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Sources:

(1) THE DISORDERS IN MISSOURI.; An Order from Gen. Rosecrans. [General Orders No. 107.] PEOPLE OF MISSOURI. New York Times. Published: July 3, 1864
http://www.nytimes.com/1864/07/03/news/disorders-missouri-order-gen-rosecrans-general-orders-no-107-people-missouri.html

(2) Manuscript of family history and letters written by Samuel Jasper Manes and Jesse Gustin.  These pages are contained in the collection edited by E.V. Brezeale.  The collection is available on microfilm at the Springfield, Missouri Public Library or the microfilm may be requested at any LDS Family History Center.

(3) Letter from Major Kaiser, Commanding Post at Waynesville, to Brig. Genl. J. B. Gray, Adjutant General, State of Missouri.  August 24, 1864.  Records of the 48th Volunteer Infantry, Company A at the Missouri State Archives.  Copies may be requested by mail, but it's difficult to determine which records have the desired information without going to Jefferson City and searching the folders.

(4)  Missouri State Archives online soldiers' database at http://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/archives/archivesdb/soldiers/