1st Nebraska Militia

The Nebraska MILITIA were frontiersmen who furnished their own horses and arms. They were, as soldiers, first-class in every respect. The companies were small but efficient.

Companies

• First Regiment, Second Brigade:
• *Company A: fifty-three men with a captain, a first lieutenant, and a second lieutenant, mustered into service August 12, 1864 who served four months and nine days.
• *Company B: fifty-three men with a captain, a first lieutenant, and a second lieutenant, mustered into service August 13, 186i who served six months.
• *Company C: fifty-seven men with a captain, a first lieutenant, and a second lieutenant, mustered into service August 24, 1864 who served five months and thirteen days.
• First Regiment, First Brigade:
• *Company A: forty-seven men with a captain, a first lieutenant, and a second lieutenant, mustered into the service August 30, 1864 who served two months and twelve days.
• A detachment of artillery militia under command of Captain Edward P. Childs, numbering thirteen men, rank and file, was mustered into the service August 30, 1864, and served two months and twelve days.