Who was inaugurated as US President on March 4th 1861?
4th Missouri Volunteer Infantry (3 months, 1861) on the authority of President Lincoln. The 4th Missouri Volunteer Infantry evolved out of a pre-existing German hunting society "Die Schwarzen Jäger". Upon entry into Federal service the members of the new Fourth Missouri elected Nicolaus Schuettner colonel of the regiment. The new Missouri Volunteer regiments, subsequently elected (then) Captain Nathaniel Lyon as the brigadier general of the new brigade of Missouri volunteers. President Lincoln would later confirm Lyon's promotion from Captain to Brigadier general. On May 10, 1861, the 1st Missouri under Colonel Blair participated in the arrest of the Missouri Volunteer Militia drilling at Camp Jackson at Lindell
4th Missouri Volunteer Infantry (3 months, 1861) Years Service) created by the consolidation of the Gasconade Battalion and 3rd Regiment United States Reserve Corps in January 1862 4th Missouri Volunteer Infantry (3 months, 1861) The 4th Missouri Volunteers evolved from one of several unofficial pro-Unionist militia units formed semi-secretly in St. Louis in the early months of 1861 by Congressman Francis Preston Blair, Jr. and other Unionist activists. The organization that would become the Fourth Missouri was largely composed of ethnic Germans, who were generally opposed to slavery and strongly supportive of the Unionist cause. Although initially without any official standing, beginning on April 22, 1861, four