John Mallory and William F. Mallory in the Civil War

Quoting Norma Mallory Geiger, the Mallory history records that "John went into the army and took William who was about 16 with him so the 'bushwhackers'* wouldn't kill him." June Mallory Ferguson goes on to state, "John was wounded in battle, a chest wound which put him in a hospital for some time." 
 
According to the Biographical Souvenir of the State of Texas, John "served a short time in the Confederate army, but, owing to his advanced age, returned home and died in Grayson county, in 1869" (566).  The same source states that William "joined the Confederate army as a private in Company H, of Coffee's regiment of State guards, but was afterward transferred to Company A, of the Third Missouri cavalry, of Shelby's brigade, and served until the close of the war" (566).
 
The National Park Service Soldier Details entry for Wm Mallory shows that he was in the Missouri State Guards, but lacks any dates or rank.  John does not appear at all, but record keeping for the State Guards appears spotty. 
 
The Missouri State Guard was formed 14 May 1861 under Major General Sterling Price.  Coffee's Regiment, under Col. John T. Coffee, was raised in Dade County, Missouri, at the beginning of the war.  During the winter of 1861, Gen. Price "began enrolling many of his men into the regular Confederate service" and then merged the Missouri State Guard into the Confederate army on 17 March 1862 (Wikipedia "Missouri State Guard"). 
 
"During the summer of 1862 many Confederate and Missouri State Guard recruiters were dispatched...to replenish the depleted ranks of the Trans-Mississippi Confederacy...these included...Colonel John T. Coffee['s regiment, but]...Most of these commands were working independently and there was no clear sense of seniority yet established" (Wikipedia "Battle of Lone Jack").  
 
Based on the date, John and William were probably part of Coffee's Regiment on 16 Aug 1862, at the Battle of Lone Jack, when, about 10:30 am, the Confederates staggered from the field in defeat and the Union army cheered their victory, but then "800 fresh Rebels under Colonel John T. Coffee appeared" and with "heavy casualties among their own officers and many wounded horses, the Federals had no choice but to surrender" (Lone Jack). 

William's enlistment date into the Confederate Army proper as a Private in Company A, 6th Regiment, Missouri Cavalry, is dated little more than a month later, 23 Sept 1862, out of Dade County, Missouri (Ancestry.com).  
 
It seems likely that John was not enlisted into the Confederate Army at this or any time, either due to age (although 47 doesn't seem that old) or because he was wounded and sent to the hospital.  (The Civil War enlistment records for a John Mallory out of Kentucky are probably not his, and there are none for a John Mallory out of Missouri.) 

The 6th regiment (including William), under General Shelby, took part in "Shelby's Raid."  Then, in the winter of 1863-4, the regiment was re-designated the 11th Missouri Cavalry, again under...Colonel John T. Coffee... (Wikipedia). 

*It was probably Bushwhackers who burned down the Mallory home, forcing the family to flee to Texas.

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