Captain Martin's Company E Osage County Regiment Missouri Home Guards

In May, 1861, Theodore B. Robinson, W.H. Payne, and William Hawkins issued a call for a mass meeting to be held approximately one-half mile east of present day Brumley, below the Union Church house. Here, on the appointed day, before a tremendous crowd, J.W. McClurg, William Hawkins, Theodore B. Robinson, and others, made rousing speeches for Union organization. The womenfolk of the families of Hawkins and Robinson, having torn old dresses of vivid colors into proper strips, made of the cloth a National Flag. –the first Stars and Stripes ever seen by many persons in Glaze township.

On May 22, 1861, Union Home Guard companies, later becoming companies D, E, K, and G, were organized. The officers of Company D were Benjamin Jefferies, Captain; William Hawkins, 1st Lieutenant, and Andrew S. Ulman, 2nd Lieutenant. The aggregate strength of this company, 95 men.

The officers of Company E. were Charles D. Martin, Captain; James McMillen, 1st Lieutenant; Zebedee Spearman, 2nd Lieutenant. The aggregate strength of this company, 94 men.

Jonathan Allen