Hildreth, Belzer and Faurot Civil War Veterans
Hildreth, Belzer and Faurot Civil War Veterans In a previous post (link) , we discussed the many descendants of Hinchea Gilliam (1775-1858) who fought in the Civil War. In this post, we take a look at the Civil War veterans in the Hildreth, Belzer and Faurot branches of the family. My generation's second great grandfather, Rees Hildreth (the father of Annie and Maggie Hildreth Gilliam) enlisted in the 27th Missouri Infantry Regiment on March 26, 1864, as an 18 year old. Rees joined the same unit with his older brother, Henry Hildreth (Henry was 22) and both enlisted for three year terms. Rees was in Company C; Henry was in Company F. The 27th Missouri Regiment was formed in the Chillicothe, Missouri area between September 1862 and January 1863 and formed part of the guard for St. Louis until the unit was fully formed. The unit moved first to participate in the sieges at Vicksburg and Jackson, Mississippi until July of 1863. When those operations concluded, the unit man...