Bibliography of Sources for bio of Colonel John A. Poindexter, Missouri State Guard

BIBLIOGRAPHY of SOURCES

For Colonel John A. Poindexter



"THE WAR OF THE REBELLION OFFICIAL RECORDS OF THE UNION AND CONFEDERATE ARMIES," also known as the Official Records; pub. Washington Government Printing Office, 1880-1900;

  • Series 1 Vol VIII. Union Correspondence, Orders and Returns relating to Operations in MO, ARK, KANS, and the Indian Terr. Pgs 49, 50, 319, 491, 493.
  • Series 1 Vol XIII. Union Correspondence, Orders and Returns relating to Operations in MO, ARK, KANS, Indian Terr, and Dept of the N.W. Pgs 12-14, 184-189 (Porter), 193, 208, 225, 514, 527, 528, 533, 536-38, 547, 551, 561, 563, 564, 568, 578, 579, 605, 612, 621, 623, 647, 700. Pgs 611- 12, Gen. Orders No. 2. Pg 402, Gen. Orders No. 7. Pg 835, Gen. Orders No. 17.
  • Series 1 Vol LIII. Official correspondence of Louisianna and the Trans-Mississippi, Union and Confederate. Pgs 438-39, 581.
  • Series 1 Vol XXXIV/4. Official correspondence of Louisianna and the Trans-Mississippi, Union and Confederate. Pgs 397, 416.
  • Series 2 Vol IV. Union Correspondence Relating to Prisoners of War and State. Pgs 390, 397, 500, 502, 525, 535, 611.
  • Series 2 Vol V. Confederate Correspondence Relating to Prisoners of War and State, Union Correspondence Relating to Prisoners of War and State. Pgs 22, 442, 651, 652, 941.

    "DYER'S COMPENIUM, Pt. 2" (Campaigns etc.) Battle Losses Arranged By States.

    "DYER'S COMPENIUM, Pt. 2" (Campaigns etc.) Battles, Campaigns, Etc., - Missouri.

    "DYER'S COMPENIUM, Pt. 3" (Regimental Histories) Missouri, Iowa, Wisconsin, Indiana Volunteers.

    LDS microfilm #1500101; including Porter's Cavalry and Poindexter's Regiment, MO Cavalry, Confed., entitled "COMPILED SERVICE RECORDS OF CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS WHO SERVED IN ORGANIZATIONS FROM THE STATE OF MISSOURI" (A compilation of Confederate soldiers captured from Poindexter's Regiment.)

    Newpapers;
    Liberty Tribune, Liberty, MO - Sept 13, 1861; Sept 5, Oct 17, Nov 1,1862; Oct 30, 1863; Aug 19, 1864; Jul 28, 1865.
    Columbia Missouri Statesman, Columbia, MO - Aug 8, Sept 2, Nov 21, Sept 11, 1862; Oct 30, 1863; Jul 21, 1865; Jul 26, 1867.
    Weekly People's Tribune, Jefferson City, MO - May 5, 1869, Death Notice.
    Weekly Missouri State Times, Jefferson City, MO - May 21, 1869, Death Notice.
    North Missouri Herald, Huntsville, MO - Apr 21, 1869 - Death Notice.

    Microfilm or Scanned On-Line Images of original, United States Federal Census;
    1850 Scott County, Kentucky, District 2, pages 475, 477, 495.
    1860 Scott County, Kentucky, Stamping Grounds Township, page 946.
    1870 Randolph County, Missouri, Union Township, Cairo P.O., page 346.
    1880 Randolph County, Missouri, Union Township, page 12.
    1900 Randolph County, Missouri, Union Township, page 3.

    "BRANDED AS REBELS," compiled by Joanne C. Aiken & Donald R. Hale c. 1993.

    "GREY GHOSTS OF THE CONFEDERACY," by Richard S. Brownlee c. 1958 & 1986, Louisiana State University Press.

    "STERLING PRICE'S LIEUTENANTS; A Guide to the Officers and Organization of the Missouri State Guard 1861-1865," by Richard C. Peterson, James E. McGhee, Kip A. Lindberg, and Keith I. Daleen. Two Trails Publishing, Shawnee Mission, KS.

    "MISSOURI HISTORICAL REVIEW," Vol. 7, No. 3, April 1913, pgs 113-131; "The Story of the Civil War in Northeast Missouri," by Floyd C. Shoemaker, Ass't Librarian, State Historical Society of Missouri.

    "EMBATTLED ARKANSAS; The Prairie Grove Campaign of 1862." by Michael E. Banasik. Broadfoot Publishing Co., Wilmington, NC.

    "SHADES OF GRAY," compiled by William Neil Block, c. 1996. Two Trails Genealogy Shop, Shawnee Mission, KS.

    "HISTORY OF KENTUCKY AND KENTUCKIANS," by E. Polk Johnson c. 1912, pg. 1197-98, biographical article about Benjamin Haley Poindexter, nephew of Colonel John A. Poindexter.

    United States Federal census from microfilm, 1850 Scott Co. KY, John Poindexter age 25, wife Melissa age 22, daughter Mary E. age 1.

    Correspondence with Mr. Neil Block, SCV Camp #1743, Huntsville, MO

    Poindexter Family Genealogy, by Nealon Agee, Nashville TN.

    Poindexter Family Genealogy, from Poindexter Descendants Association database, as kept by DorisAnn Lucas of Lakeview, OR.

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