Larry Flesher Washington County, MO lflesher@fidnet.com
A list of officers and privates commanded by Capt John
Hughes mustered into survs on the 9th of Sept 1812,
and out on the 25 Oct.
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This company (4th Mounted Riflemen) was formed by Capt. John Hughes under the orders of Fredrick Bates (acting Commader in Chief). The notice of which appearered in the St. Louis Gazette on 13 Feb., 1813 Stated:
TERRITORY OF MISSOURI GENERAL ORDERS
The usual orders for the musters of battalions in
the spring will now be given. The threatened invasion
of our settlements by the northern indians , requires
arrangements of another character. To repell and if
possible to chastise these inroads, if they should be
attempted, the acting Commander in Chief orders,
That the volunteer companies commanded by
Captain's Dodge, M'Nair, Callaway, Ashley, Young,
Hughes, Millard, Ramsay, and Rankin, muster for
inspection at their respective parade grounds on
Saturday the 20th of the present month and hold
themselves thenceforth in readiness to be called into
actual service at a moments warning.
.........."
St. Louis March 1st, 1813
Captain Hughes' company is also cited in Schraf's HISTORY OF ST. LOUIS, Vol 1, Pg 355 AND by Robert Parkin in his MISSOURI RANGERS (1961) pages 95 and 239 and note xiv.
Larry Flesher Washington County, MO lflesher@fidnet.com