List of Missouri Civil War Confederate units

This is a list of Missouri Civil War Confederate Units, or military units from the state of Missouri which fought for the Confederacy in the American Civil War. A border state with both southern and northern influences, Missouri attempted to remain neutral when the war began. However, this was unacceptable to the Federal government, and Union military forces moved against the capital to arrest the legislature and the governor. Governor Claiborne Jackson called out the Missouri State Guard to resist. Union forces under Gen. Nathaniel Lyon seized the state capital, and a minority of pro-Union members of the legislature declared the governor removed from office. They appointed a pro-Union governor, and the Federal government recognized him even though he had not been elected. This resulted in a civil war within the state, as Missourians divided and joined both the Union and Confederate armies. Missouri sent representatives to the United States Congress and the Confederate States Congress, and was represented by a star on both flags.

Infantry

 * 1st Infantry
 * 1st and 4th (Consolidated) Infantry
 * 2nd Infantry
 * 2nd and 6th (Consolidated) Infantry
 * 3rd Infantry
 * 3rd and 5th (Consolidated) Infantry
 * 4th Infantry
 * 5th Infantry
 * 6th Infantry
 * 7th Infantry
 * 8th Infantry
 * 9th Infantry
 * 10th Infantry
 * 11th Infantry
 * 12th Infantry
 * 16th Infantry
 * Clark's Regiment, Infantry
 * Winston's Regiment, Infantry
 * 1st Battalion, Infantry
 * 3rd Battalion, Infantry
 * 8th Battalion, Infantry
 * Perkins' Battalion, Infantry

Sharpshooters

 * 9th Battalion, Sharp Shooters
 * Searcy's Battalion, Sharp Shooters

Cavalry

 * 1st Cavalry
 * 1st and 3d (Consolidated) Cavalry
 * 1st Northeast Cavalry
 * 2nd Cavalry
 * 2nd Northeast Cavalry (Franklin's Regiment)
 * 3rd Cavalry
 * 4th Cavalry
 * 5th Cavalry
 * 6th Cavalry
 * 7th Cavalry
 * 8th Cavalry
 * 9th (Elliott's) Cavalry
 * 10th Cavalry
 * 12th Cavalry
 * 15th Cavalry
 * Coffee's Regiment, Cavalry
 * Coleman's Regiment, Cavalry
 * Freeman's Regiment, Cavalry
 * Fristoe's Regiment, Cavalry
 * Hunter's Regiment, Cavalry
 * Jackman's Regiment, Cavalry
 * Lawther's Temporary Regiment, Dismounted Cavalry
 * Poindexter's Regiment, Cavalry
 * Slayback's Regiment, Cavalry
 * Williams' Regiment, Cavalry
 * Wood's Regiment, Cavalry
 * 3rd Battalion, Cavalry
 * Clardy's Battalion, Cavalry
 * Davies' Battalion, Cavalry
 * Ford's Battalion, Cavalry
 * Preston's Battalion, Cavalry
 * Schnabel's Battalion, Cavalry
 * Shaw's Battalion, Cavalry
 * Snider's Battalion, Cavalry
 * Beck's Company, Cavalry
 * Hick's Company, Cavalry
 * Hobbs' Company, Cavalry
 * Stallard's Company, Cavalry
 * Woodson's Company, Cavalry

Mounted Infantry

 * Boone's Regiment, Mounted Infantry

Artillery

 * 1st Battery, Light Artillery
 * 1st Field Battery, Light Artillery
 * 2nd Field Battery, Light Artillery
 * 3rd Battery, Light Artillery
 * 3rd Field Battery, Light Artillery
 * 4th (Harris') Field Battery, Light Artillery
 * 13th Missouri Battery, Light Artillery
 * Farris' Battery, Light Artillery (Clark Artillery)
 * Hamilton's (Prairie Gun) Battery, Light Artillery
 * Barret's Company, Light Artillery
 * Bledsoe's Company, Light Artillery
 * Bledsoe's Company, Artillery
 * Landis' Company, Light Artillery
 * Lowe's Company, Artillery (Jackson Battery)
 * McDonald's Company, Light Artillery
 * Parson's Company, Light Artillery
 * von Phul's Company, Light Artillery
 * Walsh's Company, Light Artillery

Misc

 * Dorsey's Regiment
 * Douglas' Regiment
 * Lawther's Partisan Rangers
 * Miscellaneous, Missouri
 * Parsons' Regiment
 * Phelan's Regiment
 * Quantrill's Company
 * Missouri State Guard
 * Thompson's Command

Arkansas soldiers in Missouri units
In addition to serving in Confederate units organized in Arkansas, many Arkansas soldiers would serve in Confederate units organized in Missouri. Because Missouri Confederate troops were effectively driven out of the geographic area of Missouri after the Pea Ridge Campaign, except during raids by Generals Marmaduke, Shelby and Price, many of the Missouri units recruited heavily in Arkansas. This practice led some Missouri units to be mislabeled as Arkansas units when Confederate service records were compiled by the United States War Department in the 1880s, and some Arkansas units being mislabeled as Missouri units. Troops living near the borders with other states often enlisted in the nearest unit, even if across the state line, resulting in Arkansas soldiers enlisting in units from Missouri, Louisiana and Tennessee. The following is a list of Missouri units that contained large numbers of Arkansas soldiers: