6th Missouri Volunteer Infantry The 6th Missouri Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 6th Missouri Infantry was organized at St . Louis , Missouri June 15 - July 9 , 1861 and mustered in for three years service . The regiment was attached to Pilot Knob , Missouri , to September 1861 . Fremont ' s Army of the West to January 1862 . Department of the Missouri to April 1862 . 1st Brigade , 5th . Division , Army of the Tennessee , to July 1862 . 1st Brigade , 5th Division , District of Memphis , Tennessee , to November 1862 . 1st Brigade , 5th Division , Right Wing , XIII Corps , Department of the Tennessee , to November 1862 . 1st Brigade , 2nd Division , Right Wing , XIII Corps , to December 1862 . 1st Brigade , 2nd Division , Sherman ' s Yazoo Expedition , to January 1863 . 1st Brigade , 2nd Division , XV Corps , Army of the Tennessee , to July 1865 . The 6th Missouri Infantry mustered out of service on August 17 , 1865 . Detailed service . Ordered to Pilot Knob , Mo . , July 19 , 1861 , and duty there until September . Moore ' s Mills August 29 . Moved to Jefferson City , then to Tipton , Mo . Fremont ' s campaign against Springfield , Mo . , October and November . Moved to Tipton and Lamine and guarded Pacific Railroad from Syracuse to Jefferson City until April 1862 . Action at Sink Pole Woods March 23 , 1862 ( Company A ) . Expedition in Moniteau County and skirmish March 25 – 28 ( Companies A & C ) . Sink Pole Woods April 20 . Moved to Pittsburg Landing April 1862 . Advance on and siege of Corinth , Miss . , April 29 - May 30 . Coldwater , Miss . , May 11 . March to Memphis , Tenn . , via Lagrange , Holly Springs , and Moscow June 3 - July 21 . Duty at Memphis until November . Expedition to Coldwater and Hernando , Miss . , September 9 – 13 . Grant ' s Central Mississippi Campaign November – December . " Tallahatchie March " November 26 - December 12 . Sherman ' s Yazoo Expedition December 20 , 1862 , to January 3 , 1863 . Chickasaw Bayou December 26 – 28 . Chickasaw Bluff December 29 . Expedition to Arkansas Post , Ark . , January 3 – 10 , 1863 . Assault and capture of Fort Hindman , Arkansas Post , January 10 – 11 . Moved to Young ' s Point , La . , January 13 – 22 , and duty there until March . Expedition to Rolling Fork via Muddy Steele ' s and Black Bayous and Deer Creek March 4 – 27 . Demonstration on Haines and Drumgould ' s Bluffs April 29 - May 2 , Haines Bluff May 1 . Moved to join army in rear of Vicksburg , Miss . , via Richmond and Grand Gulf May 2 – 16 . Battle of Champion Hill May 16 . Siege of Vicksburg May 18 - July 4 . Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22 . Advance on Jackson , Miss . , July 4 – 10 . Siege of Jackson July 10 – 17 . Brandin Station July 19 . At Big Black until September 25 . Moved to Memphis , then marched to Chattanooga , Tenn . , September 25 - November 21 . Operations on Memphis & Charleston Railroad in Alabama October 20 – 29 . Bear Creek , Tuscumbia , October 27 . Chattanooga - Ringgold Campaign November 23 – 27 . Brown ' s Ferry November 23 . Foot of Missionary Ridge November 24 . Tunnel Hill , Missionary Ridge , November 24 – 25 . Pursuit to Graysville November 26 – 27 . March to relief of Knoxville , Tenn . , November 28 - December 5 . Expedition to Tellico Plains December 6 – 13 . March to Chattanooga , Tenn . , December 13 – 17 ; then to Bridgeport , Ala . , December 19 . Garrison duty in Alabama until May 1864 . Atlanta Campaign May 1 to September 8 . Demonstrations on Resaca May 8 – 13 . Battle of Resaca May 14 – 15 . Advance on Dallas May 18 – 25 . Battles about Dallas , New Hope Church , and Allatoona Hills May 25 - June 5 . Operations about Marietta and against Kennesaw Mountain June 10 - July 2 . Bushy Mountain June 15 – 17 . Assault on Kennesaw June 27 . Nickajack Creek July 2 – 5 . Chattahoochie River July 6 – 17 . Battle of Atlanta July 22 . Siege of Atlanta July 22 - August 25 . Ezra Chapel July 28 . Hood ' s 2nd sortie . Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25 – 30 . Battle of Jonesboro August 31 - September 1 . Lovejoy ' s Station September 2 – 6 . Operations in northern Georgia and northern Alabama against Hood September 29 - November 3 . March to the sea November 15 - December 10 . Near Clinton November 21 – 23 . Oconee River November 25 . Statesboro December 3 . Siege of Savannah December 10 – 21 . Fort McAllister December 13 . Campaign of the Carolinas January to April . Duck Branch , near Loper ' s Cross Roads , S . C . , February 2 . Salkehatchie Swamps February 3 – 5 . South Edisto River February 9 . North Edisto River February 12 – 13 . Columbia February 16 – 17 . Battle of Bentonville , N . C . , March 20 – 21 . Occupation of Goldsboro March 24 . Advance on Raleigh April 10 – 14 , Occupation of Raleigh April 14 . Bennett ' s House April 26 . Surrender of Johnston and his army . March to Washington , D . C . , via Richmond , Va . , April 29 - May 19 . Grand Review of the Armies May 24 . Moved to Louisville , Ky . , June . Duty there and at Little Rock , Ark . , until August . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 269 men during service ; 4 officers and 80 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 3 officers and 182 enlisted men died of disease .