3rd Missouri, US Reserve Corps Infantry (Three Years Service)

3rd United State Reserve Corps (U.S.R.C) Infantry (3 Years Service)
Active September 1861 to January 1862
Country United States
Allegiance Union
Branch Infantry
Nickname(s) Turner Zouaves (Turner-Zuaven)
Company A, 3rd United States Reserve Corps (U.S.R.C.) Missouri Infantry Reunion, 1894

Members of the 3rd Missouri U.S. Reserve Corp Infantry (3 Months Service) who chose to reenlist in September 1861, when their unit was mustered out of service, were reorganized as the 3rd U.S.R.C. Infantry (3 Years Service) under the command of Colonel Charles A. Fritz, who had been the original regiment's Lieutenant Colonel.

In January 1862, the 3rd U.S.R.C Infantry (Three Years Service) was consolidated with the Gasconade Battalion to form the 4th Missouri Volunteer Infantry.[1]

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References

  1. Rombaur, Robert Julius (1909). "The Union Cause in St. Louis in 1861". St. Louis Municipal Centennial Year 1909. St. Louis. p. 441.
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