Ishmael M. Copeland, Captain Chas. Johnson’s Company, Mitchell’s Battalion, Missouri Vols.,* enlisted August 4, 1862 at Eleven Points, Mo. by C. S. Mitchell for 3 years, elected 1st Lieutenant August 7, 1862, absent on recruiting service April 30 to July 1, 1863, General court martial August 26, 1863 sentences to be cashiered, captured in Dunklin County, Mo. September 9, 1863, received at Gratiot St. Military prison, St. Louis, September 16-20, 1863, cashiered by S. O. No.86-3 October 22, 1863, sent under guard for examination August 7, 1865, “ . . . send this man under strong guard. He is a Guerrilla and guilty of murder - and knows it - will escape at any risk,” admitted Small Pox U. S. A. General Hospital, St. Louis, Mo. August 10, 1865, Rebel Prisoner, Varioloid, escaped August 11, description on enlistment, 40 years old, born in Tennessee, black eyes, black hair, dark complexion, 6’ 2”

* The company subsequently Company B, 8th Regiment Missouri Infantry

M322: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Missouri