John R,

Yes, William Henry Harrison Musick of the Pike County Home Guard, 9th mil Cav, and ant 13th Cav was European. He and his brother, Lewis Elza, accepted commissions in the USCI.

After the War, William H H stayed in Washington City for some time before returning to Missouri. Lewis Elza went to medical school in St Louis, and practiced medicine in Missouri. Another brother, Thomas Hubbard, was an attorney.

All three were very active in the Civil Rights movement in Missouri in the latter part of the nineteenth century. Once someone shot Thomas Hubbard through a window while he was holding a child. Neither he nor the child were injured.

Their father, Lafreniere Chauvin Musick (the grandson of Thomas Roy Musick), was a Baptist Minister. He preached a sermon condemning slavery before the war. His neighbors came to call with a rope which they threw over a branch of their tree. The family begged, and Rev Musick was spared.

Thomas Roy Musick who established the Fee Fee Baptist Church ("The Oldest Protestant Church West of the Mississippi") often attending services of the local slaves. When the Fee Fee Congregation built a new church, he gave the old one to local slaves and freedmen. This was early in the nineteenth century.

Thomas Roy Musick was the brother of my ancestor, John Musick. While they were all European, my Civil War ancestor, Private William H Musick of the 106th Illinois Infantry is described as being "dark complexioned". I have a carte de viste of him in full battle gear, and he appears to be very dark.