
Records for the Dallas County Home Guards typically only show men in Captain Thomas Franklin's Co. A, Captain Jason Lemons' Co. C, Captain Matthew Pare's Co. F, and Captain Joseph Eldrige's Co. G, most of them serving from June 24, 1861, to September 24, 1861. However, the Osage Regt., Missouri Home Guards, organized by Col. Joseph McClurg at Linn Creek, Camden County, in the spring and summer ...