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-=== Brief History ===
+''[[United States of America|United States]] &nbsp;[[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]&nbsp; [[United States Military Records|U.S. Military]]&nbsp;[[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]&nbsp; [[Missouri|Missouri]]&nbsp;[[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]&nbsp; [[Missouri Military Records|Missouri Military]]&nbsp;[[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]&nbsp; [[Missouri in the Civil War|Missouri in the Civil War]]&nbsp;[[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]40th Regiment, Missouri Infantry (Union)''
-Organized at Benton Barracks, Mo., August 11 to September 8, 1864. Attached to District of St. Louis, Mo., Dept. of Missouri, to November, 1864. Paducah, Ky., November, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 4th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to December 14, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division (Detachment), Army Tennessee, Dept. of the Cumberland, to February, 1865. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 16th Army Corps (New), Military Division West Mississippi, to March, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 16th Army Corps, to August, 1865.
+=== Brief History  ===
+The 40th Regiment, Missouri Infantry (Union) was organized at Benton Barracks, Mo., August 11 to September 8, 1864. Their last assignment was with the 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 16th Army Corps, to August, 1865.<ref name="cwss">National Park Service, [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System] (accessed 4 January 2011).</ref>&nbsp;
 === Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin  ===
-Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles,companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.
+Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.
-=== Other Sources  ===
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-WEB SITES
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-*[http://www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/ Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], (accessed 9 Dec. 2010) can be searched by soldier's name or by regiment; includes regimental rosters and additional history of the regiment.
+=== Other Sources  ===
 BOOKS AND FILMS
 *United States. War Department. Record and Pension Office. ''Compiled Records Showing Service of Military Units in Volunteer Union Organizations.'' (Washington, District of Columbia: The National Archives, c1964).{{FHL|499078|item}}FHL US/CAN Film 1488552. [http://www.worldcat.org/title/compiled-records-showing-service-of-military-units-in-confederate-organizations-1861-1865/oclc/122654112&referer=brief_results Other libraries with this microfilm]. View Online at&nbsp;[http://www.archive.org/details/volunteerunitsunion Internet Archives].
+==== Web Sites  ====
+*[http://www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/ Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], (accessed 9 Dec. 2010) can be searched by soldier's name or by regiment; includes regimental rosters and additional history of the regiment.
+<br>
 === References  ===
-[[Category:Missouri_-_Military_-_Civil_War,_1861-1865|Missouri_-_Military_-_Civil_War,_1861-1865]] [[Category:Missouri]]
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+[[Category:Missouri_-_Military_-_Civil_War,_1861-1865|Missouri_-_Military_-_Civil_War,_1861-1865]]