The unit was organized by Captain Anton Gerster, a professional engineer and a veteran of the 1848-48 Hungarian War of Independence.
The company was intended to provide engineering and pioneer support to the Army of the West operating at that time in the state of Missouri.
Attached to Army of the West and Unattached District of Southwest Missouri, Dept.
[2] The history of Gerster's company merges with the 27th Missouri from this point.
The members of the company remaining in the 27th Missouri Volunteer Infantry were mustered out on May 15, 1865.