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Capture of Camp Jackson

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On May 10, 1861, Missouri Volunteers captured Camp Jackson. The force included the First Regiment Infantry under Colonel Frank Blair, the Second Regiment Infantry under Colonel Henry Bernsyein, the Third Regiment Infantry under Colonel Franz Sigel, the Fourth Regiment Infantry under Colonel Nicholas Schuettner, the First Regiment U.S. Reserve Corps under Colonel Henry Almstedt, the Second Regiment U.S. Reserve Corps under Colonel Henry Kallman, the Third Regiment U.S. Reserve Corps under Colonel John Mcneil, the Fourth Regiment U.S. Reserve Corps under Colonel B. Gratz Brown, and the Fifth Regiment U.S. Reserve Corps under Colonel Charles G. Stifel.
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