Those of you who have family stories that your ancestor was a ( Scout ) in one of the American Wars, but couldn’t find proof that the story is true. Now is your chance maybe to find out. The men on this list cover three of the major American wars. Although these men scouted for the army, many were not enlisted, but were civilians employed by the military. There isn’t a lot of information on these names, but then this list is to let you know he was a Scout and give you a know starting point.
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First. On the 4th day of March, T. L. Hand and B. R. Moore were ordered out on a scout and to report to Major Fisher, commanding at Waynesville, Mo., from time to time. These men have made several scouts during the month.
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Second. On the 15th day of March, James C. Madden, scout, was sent out and ordered to report to Captain Murphy, commanding post of Houston, and to operate through Texas, Douglas, Ozark, and the northwest portion of Shannon Counties, and to report to Captain Murphy at Houston from time to time. I have not received any report from him yet.
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Third. On the 23rd day of March, George W. Johnson, scout, was ordered out with instructions to report to Captain Whybark, commanding post of Salem, in Dent County, Mo. He was instructed to feel his way carefully through Dent County, and to go into Shannon County and endeavor to find out the movements of the rebel Colonel Freeman, who is encamped on Currant River, and to report the result to Captain Whybark from time to time. No report from him yet.
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James D. Salisbury, sergeant Company K, Third Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry, captured near Petersburg, Va., May 24, 1864; was a scout for the Tenth Army Corps.
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JOSE MARIA RIVAS, was charged as being a spy and was to be shot. But President
Lincoln give him a stay by giving the following statement:
Waiving the question of jurisdiction in the case the sentences not approved because the accused is not shown to have been within our lines in disguise or by false pretense except by hearsay testimony, and because in his admission that he was a spy he may not have understood the technical term and may have meant no more than that he was a scout of the enemy. He clearly is a prisoner of war.
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Rupel G. French will perhaps be crippled for life, probably die. Can't he but put in the position of a soldier enlisted or something to get his family the pension land, &c.? What can be done? He was a scout in our uniform on duty at the time of receiving his wound.
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Second Lieutenant ADAM CARNES, 32nd Ohio, was a scout before coming a Lieutenant.
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John Shaw, of Wisconsin asking to be paid for services as a spy or scout in the war of 1812, and compensation for losses sustained in furnishing supplies for the Missouri and Illinois mounted rangers during that war.
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Willis N. Arnold, of Mifflin, Tennessee, to be paid for services as scout and guide during the war,
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Ethan A. Sawyers, praying compensation for services rendered in the army as a scout and recruiting officer.
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Civil War, Mary M. Clark, widow of Leonard Clark, praying compensation for services rendered by her husband as a guide and scout for United States troops during the late war.
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John H. Parker, praying for compensation for services as a federal scout.
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Dabney Walker asking for pay for services as scout in the Army of the Potomac.
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William Hough, of the Loudon, Virginia, Rangers, praying for relief, as scout and guide.
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Hiram Osborne, praying compensation for services rendered as a scout during the late civil war. .
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William M. Riggs, praying compensation for services rendered the Union armies as scout and guide in the years 1864 and 1865.
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Daniel Mills, was a scout.
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Walter D. Plowden, for compensation for services as a spy and scout
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Civil War, John W. Smith, for expenses incurred and losses sustained in the United States service, as scout and spy.
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Civil War, Charles L. Hurlbut, of Norwalk, Ohio, for compensation for services as a scout.
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Civil War, Andrew Jackson, for compensation for services as a scout and guide during the late war.
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Patrick Murphy, a Union scout in the service of the Army of the United States, in the State of Kentucky, from June, 1862, to April, 1865.
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Thomas Max well, of Hardin County, Tennessee, for services as a scout in the Union Army during the late rebellion.
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David Beaty of Fentress County, Tennessee, did on the twenty-fifth day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, organize a company of independent scouts, numbering one hundred and two men, including himself as captain, and his first and second lieutenants; and whereas said company was on continuous duty engaged in the work of suppressing the rebellion from the date of its organization until the first day of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, serving under the orders of the commander of the army in Tennessee; and whereas said company was never legally mustered into the service of the United States by any properly authorized mustering officer, and neither officers nor privates of said company have ever received any compensation for said services from the government of the United States.
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Robert Pettit, of Fairfax County, Virginia, did on the sixth day of October, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, organize a company of independent scouts, numbering sixty-one, including himself as captain and his first and second lieutenants; and Whereas said company was on continuous duty, engaged in the work of suppressing the rebellion, from the date of its organization until the first day of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, serving under the orders of the commander of the post at Alexandria, Virginia; and Whereas said company was never legally mustered into the service of the United States by any properly-authorized mustering officer, and neither officers nor privates of said company have ever received any compensation for said services from the Government of the United States.
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War of 1812, Leslie Combs, on behalf of a company of spies or scouts, lately in the service of the United States, in the Northwestern Army, and of which he was Captain, praying that the said company may receive the pay to which they are entitled.
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W. W. Page, of Virginia, to be captain company of cavalry scouts stationed at Camp Lee, to rank from January 26, 1864.
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Captain H. J. Springfields, company of Alabama scouts and guides, praying compensation for services.
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David Kennamore and others, members of Captain Kennamore's company of independent scouts and guides, praying compensation for supplies furnished the United States Army in Alabama during the late war.
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James A. Mitchell and others, praying that provision may be made for the pay, pension, and exchange of persons employed as scouts in the same manner as is provided for soldiers enlisted in the regular or volunteer service.
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Sherman Underwood, late captain of the Tenth Missouri Cavalry, for gallant services while scouting in Mississippi, to date from March 13, 1865.
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Second Iowa Infantry, Co. H.
Henry Russell, Age 18, residence Crawfordsville, Nativity Ohio, Enlisted May 1, 1861, Mustered in May 27, 1861, wounded in left hand severely April 6, 1862, Shiloh Tennessee. Wounded severely in stomach, while on duty as a scout for General Dodge, Russellville, Ala., Mustered out May 27, 1864, Pulaski Tennessee, expiration of service.
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Sixth Iowa Infantry, Co. C.
Francis Loughrey, Veteran, Age 35, Residence Fontaine, Pennsylvania, Enlisted July 4, 1861, as a fourth Corporal, Mustered in July 17, 1861, reduced to rank August 23, 1861. Promoted Eighth Corporal September 21, 1861. Taken prisoner while acting as a scout in July 1863. Absent on detached service at Department Headquarters, Army of Tennessee. Reenlisted and re-mustered January 26, 1864, Mustered out, October 1, 1865, Davenport, Iowa.
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13th., Indiana Infantry, Co. H.
Lazarus Williams, Residence Marion, county, Mustered in June 19, 1861, Scout, taken prisoner 1862, and was never heard from.
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