James Birge

James Birge  private  Co. I, 26th MO Inf.

Full muster record: age 22; height 5' 7"; black hair; hazel eyes; dark complexion; single; farmer; born in Vandalia county, Illinois; residing in Franklin county, Missouri, at time of enlistment on
Sep. 21, 1861; mustered into service on Dec. 25, 1861 at Pacific, Missouri, by Captain Harper