The Woodruff Gun
Annotations to the Margreiter Article
3rd Missouri State Militia Cavalry at Pilot Knob, MO
The following image from Abstract of Issues of Ordnance Stores to the Missouri State Militia From June 6th 1863 to Ocober 29th 1863 At the St. Louis Arsenal Mo. Part 8. (Microfilm, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City, Mo.) shows on line 6 two Woodruff guns; two Woodruff Carriages; two Buckets, Sponge, Iron; two Buckets, Tar, Iron; two Gunner’s Gimlets; and two Gunner’s Haversacks, issued to Capt. G. W. Hammel, Co. K 2d [sic: 3rd] M. S. M., Pilot Knob, Mo., on 11 November 1863 by Voucher number 6. Click on the image to enlarge.
According to the 1865 Missouri Adjutant General’s Report, p. 463, Geo. W. Hammel, was captain of Company K, 3rd Missouri State Militia Cavalry, with rank as of 14 August 1862, effective 20 August 1862.
