Steam Boats Missouri-Kansas Rivers 1819-1853

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1819.

Independence-First Steam Boat to ascend the Missouri arrived Franklin Mo. May 28.

Wester Engineer-Stern Wheel Steam Boat designed for the Missouri arrived St.Louis June 9 from Pittsburgh Pa.

Expedition-second Steam Boat on Missouri upper waters August 27or 28.

R.M. Johnson anchored a little below the mouth of the Kansas with a broken piston head ( cabin boy) Jacob H. Holt 17 years old.

1830.

Wm. D. Duncan regular trips between St.Louis and Franklin Mo.

Globe Master ( John Clark ) a departure for Farnklin and Cantonment Leavenworth on March 28.

Yellow Stone First Steam Boat to be employed in the mountain trade. Master ( Andew S. Bennett )

Missouri to Liberty Mo.
Liberty to Franklin Mo.

1832.

Otto for the mouth of the Kansas River.Master ( James B. Hill )
Freedom for Fort Leavenwoth Kansas Master (A. Harkins )

1833.

Assiniboine own by American Fur Company Master ( Bernard Patte Jr.
S.Yellow Stone befor ( 1830 ) own by American Fur Company ( La. Barge Joseph ).

1834.

Diana left St.Louis on May 29 to ascend the Missouri.

1836.

Chariton came from the East after a trip up the Missouri.
Kansas left for Missouri June 27.
John Hancock left for Missouri June 27.
Iowa-
Howard February 1839 going down river sank and was entirely lost.
Boonville November 1837 hit a snag a few miles above Independence Mo. Total lost.
St.Charles-
Tiskilwa-
Chariton-
Dart-
St.Peters runing Missouri 1836-37
Missouri Republican runing 1838-1839
Antelope March 1838-39 Master ( Edward F. Chouteau ).
Wilmington May 1838.
Pirate-1839 a new craft ascended the Missouri.Sank seven miles below Council Bluffs ( Iowa )

1839.

Shawnee 1839 built for the Missouri Capt. ( John D. Keiser's.
Smelter 1839 departed on the 25Th. for Independence Mo.
General Leavenworth with 50 cabins-1839
Naomi Master ( George Taylor ) -1839-Sank on the Grand River 1840.

1839.

Pizarro-
Rhine-
Malta-

1840.

Bedford-
Euphrasie new Master ( W.B. Miller
Thames Master ( Thomas Dennis )

1841.

Trapper- American Fur Company's Boat.
Oceana- new Master ( W.B. Miller ).
Bowling Green.
Iatan-
Emilie new Master ( J.W. Keiser )
Mary Tompkins new Master B.J. Byer.

1842.

Edna at lest 66 person died after more then 60 passengers were scalded when the boiler burst at the mount of the Missouri.

Omega-
Huntsville-
Rowena-
General Brooke-
Lebanon sank in five feet of water 50 miles below Independence Mo. total lose.

1843.

Ione-
Weston new June was enitrely comsumed by fire a few miles above St.Charles Mo.
John Aull-
Tobacco Plant-
Rowena-
Colonel Woods-
Mary Tompkins-
Vermillion-
Omege Capt. ( Joseph A. Sire's )
Admiral-
Republic-
Nodaway-
New Haven- Union Fur Company Steam Boat.

1853.

Ben West-
Banner State-
Polar Star Capt. ( Thomas H. Brierly )
St.Ange Capt. ( P.E. Hannum.
Patrick Henry-
St.Paul-10 miles below St.Joseph Mo. hard ground.
Robert Campbell-
El Paso-
Highland Mary-
Hindoo-
Kansas Capt. ( Henry White ) struck a snag near Iowa Point and sank in 20 feet of water a toal lose.

Alton-
Honduras-
Ne Plus Ultra-
Timour No.2 October-November 25 miles below St.Joseph lays high and dry no water.

Martha Jewett-
F.X. Aubrey-
Bluff City-Capt. ( John Mc Clay )
Sonora-
Clara-
Kate Swinney-

Kansas Birth's 1830-1842.

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1830-Daniel and Rosannah Yoacham. Co. Johnson-Pg.168

1831-Rev. Thomas and Sarah T. ( Davis ) Co. Johnson-Pg.188
1832-born a son. Co. Wyandotte.
1834-born a daughter.

1834-Mackinaw and Betsy [ or Mary ] ( Rogers ) Beauchemie. Co.Wyandotte.-Pg.350

1834-Rev. Jerome C. and Sarah C. [ Cessna ] Berryman. Co. Leavenworth.-Pg. 351
1835-born a son.-Pg.511

1834-Jotham and Eleanor ( Richardson ) Meeker. Co.Johnson.-Pg.-366

1835-Robert and Fanny ( Goodridge ) Simerwell. Co.Johnson.-Pg.497

1836-John Smith and his wife Elizabeth.Co. Leavenworth.-Pg-42.

1836-Rev.Edward T. and Mary S. Peery. Co. Wyandotte.-Pg.42.
1839-born a son. Pg.187.

1836-Rev.Thomas and Sarah T. ( Davis ) Johnson. Co.Wyandotte.-Pg.45.
1838-born a daughter.-Pg.144.

1836-Pensineau and Catharinette ( Vulgo Greenwood ). Co. Leavenworth.-Pg.54.

1836-Rev.Ira D. and Mary ( Walton ) Blanchard. Co.Wyandotte-Pg.57.
1839-born a daughter.-Pg173.

1837-Col. Stephen W. and Mary ( Radford ) Kearny. Fort Leavenworth.-Pg.59.
1839-born a daughter.-Pg.175.

1837-Rev.David B. and Sarepta ( Reed ) Rollin. Co. Johnson.- Pg.60.

1837-Moses Pearson and his wife Sarah. Co.Johnson.-Pg-70.

1838-Rev.Jerome C. and Sarah C. ( Cessna ) Berryman. Co.Leavenworth.-Pg.144

1838-John G. and Olivia ( Evans ) Pratt. Co.Johnson.-Pg.151.

1838-Rev. William and Julia ann N. ( McGiffin ) Hamilton. Co.Doniphan.-Pg.155.

1839-Maj. Clifton and Oliveretta ( Ormsby ) Wharton. Fort Leavenworth.-Pg.179.

1839-Jotham and Eleanor ( Richardson ) Meeker. Co.Franklin.-Pg.181.

1840-Rev. William and Julia Ann N. ( McGiffin ) Hamilton. Co.Doniphan.-Pg.325

1840-Moses Pearson and his wife Sarah. Co. Johnson.-Pg.331.

1840-Rev. Jesse and Mary ( Todd ) Greene. Co.Johnson.-Pg.335.

1841-Col. Stephen W. and Mary ( Radford ) Kearny. Fort Leavenworth.-Pg.342.

1841-Robert Wilson and his wife Genevieve C. Wilson. Co. Linn.-Pg.350.

1841-Rev. Thomas and Sarah T.( Davis ) Johnson. Co.Johnson.-Pg.352.

1842-Rev.Edward T. and Mary S. ( Peery ) Peery. Co.Wyandotte.-Pg.430

1842-Hiram Rich and his wife Julia. Fort Leavenworth. Pg.430.

1842-Capt. Philip St. George and Rachel ( Hertzog ) Cooke.-Pg.430.

1842-Rev. Jerome C. and Sarah C. ( Cessna ) Berryman. Pg.431.

1842-Andrew M. and Rosina ( Lose ) Eisele. Co. Johnson. Pg.441.

1842-Francis and Elizabeth F. ( Churchill ) Barker. Co. Johnson.-Pg.450.

Kansas Surnames In The Civil War.

I had just did a page on the ( Kansas Men In The Battles Of The Civil War. ) that page told of the battles and about the regiments that were in them, but there were few Surnames. This page is a follow up, I will list all the surnames I can found. The information will be rank and regiment and any other information I can. There may be only a little info on these names, but this page is to help you find that Kansas ancestor you been looking for so long.

As always my site is to put up as may surnames as I can to help those looking for their ancestors , I may not have a lot of information on the name at this time, but the important thing is to find them first, the research will come later. If you see a name on this list that you would like more information on let me know, and I will help you all I can. My address can be found in my profile.
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1. Colonel C. R. Jennison, Fifteenth Kansas Cavalry.
2. Colonel T. Moonlight, Eleventh Kansas Cavalry.
3. Colonel C. W. Blair, Fourteenth Kansas Cavalry
4. Colonel G. A. Colton, Fifth Regiment Kansas State Militia.
5. Colonel James D. Snoddy, Sixth Regiment Kansas State Militia.
6. Colonel William Pennock, Tenth Regiment Kansas State Militia.
7. General W. H. M. Fishback, Kansas State Militia.
8. James Ketner, Sixteenth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry.
9. J. P. Erickson, surgeon Sixteenth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry
10. Nathan Ames, captain Company A, Sixteenth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry.
11. John Kendall, captain Company D, Sixteenth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry.
12. J. W. Hall, captain Company G, Sixteenth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry.
13. H. W. Stubblefield, captain Company H, Sixteenth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry.
14. John K. Wright, captain Company B, Sixteenth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry.
15. N. C. Credit, captain Company K, Sixteenth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry.
16. T. J. Ferril, chaplain, Sixteenth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry.
17. W. B. Halyard, first Lieutenant and quartermaster, Sixteenth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry.
18. J. W. Hendrix, first lieutenant Company C, Sixteenth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry.
19. A. Montgomery, first lieutenant Company A, sixteenth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry.
20. Silas Dexter, second lieutenant Company D, Sixteenth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry. 21. 21. Chas. Ballance, second lieutenant Company C, Sixteenth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry; 22. Charles Byer, second lieutenant Company I and quartermaster Sixteenth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry.
23. J. Malcolm, second lieutenant Company F, Sixteenth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry.
24. Captain Nick L. Benter, 12th Kansas Infantry, Company C.
25. Captain Benjamin F. Goss, 9th Kansas Cavalry, Company F.
26. Captain Joshua A. Pike, 9th Kansas Cavalry, Company K.
27. Captain Jerome Kunkel, 11th Kansas Cavalry, Company D.
28. Lieutenant Charles Drake, 11th Kansas Cavalry, Company E.
29. Lieutenant Matthew Cowley, 9th Kansas Cavalry, Company I.
30. Captain James W. Parmetar, 12th Kansas Infantry, Company H.
31. Captain William H. Lindsey, 5th Kansas Cavalry, Company M.
32. Captain Elijah E. Harvey, 6th Kansas Cavalry, Company B.
33. Lieutenant John I. Delashmutt, 9th Kansas Cavalry, Company L.
34. Captain George W. Ashby, 12th Kansas Infantry, Company D.
35. Lieutenant Peter J. Miserez, 12th Kansas Infantry, Company K.
36. Captain Henry Flesher, 9th Kansas Cavalry, Company E.
37. Captain Lewis D. Joy, 11th Kansas Cavalry, Company I,
38. Captain Charles F. Coleman, 9th Kansas Cavalry, Company D,
39. Captain Henry E. Palmer, 11th Kansas Cavalry, Company A.
40. Captain John W. Duff, 6th Kansas Cavalry, Company M.
41. Captain Joseph T. Gordon, 12th Kansas Infantry, Companies A and I.
42. Nathaniel A. Adams, 11th Kansas, Company G.

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1. Captain John A. Wanless, 15th Kansas Cavalry, Company A.
2. Captain John L. Thompson, 15th Kansas Cavalry, Company B.
3. Lieutenant Joseph H. Phillips, 15th Kansas Cavalry, Company C.
4. Captain Tyrus I. Hurd, 15th Kansas Cavalry, Company D.
5. Lieutenant Henry L. Barker, 15th Kansas Cavalry, Company F.
6. Captain Samuel W. Greer, 15th Kansas Cavalry, Company I.
7. Captain Joseph B. Swain, 15th Kansas Cavalry, Company K.
8. Captain Orloff Norton, 15th Kansas Cavalry, Company L.
9. Captain Edward B. Metz, 15th Kansas Cavalry, Company M.
10. Captain John Kendall. 16th Kansas Cavalry, Company D.
11. Lieutenant Daniel C. Knowles, Kansas Light Artillery, 2nd Battery (section.)

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SUB-DISTRICT Numbers 1.

Colonel CHARLES R. JENNISON.

Humboldt, Kans.

15th Kansas Cavalry, Company A, Captain John A. Wanless.
15th Kansas Cavalry, Company I, Captain Samuel W. Greer.

Mound City, Kans.
15th Kansas Cavalry, Company F, Captain Orren A. Curtis.
15th Kansas Cavalry, Company G, Captain Charles O. Smith.
15th Kansas Cavalry, Company M, Captain Edward B. Metz.

Potosi, Kans.
15th Kansas Cavalry, Company C, Lieutenant Joseph H. Phillips.

Osage Mission, Kans.
15th Kansas Cavalry, Company E, Captain Curtis Johnson.

Trading Post, Kans.
15th Kansas Cavalry, Company B, Captain John L. thompson.

Turkey Creek, Kans.
15th Kansas Cavalry, Company K, Captain Joseph B. Swain.

SUB-DISTRICT Numbers 3.

Colonel THOMAS MOONLIGHT.

Aubrey, Kans.

Major MARTIN ANDERSON.

138th Illinois, Company H, Captain Septimus J. Hanna.
11th Kansas Cavalry, Company A, Lieutenant Joseph L. Thornton.
11th Kansas Cavalry, Company D, Lieutenant Peleg Thomas.

Camp Clayton, Kans.
5th Kansas Cavalry, Company L, Captain James H. Young.

Coldwater Grove, Kans.
11th Kansas Cavalry, Company C, Captain Henry Pearce.

Lawrence, Kans.
Captain WILLIAM D. MCLAIN.

11th Kansas Cavalry, Company E, Captain John D. Walker.
16th Kansas Cavalry, Companies F and G, Captain William D. McLain.
17th Kansas, Company D, Captain richard D. Mobley.

Olathe, Kans.

Captain JACOB G. REES.

11th Kansas Cavalry, Company F, Captain Jacob G. Rees.
16th Kansas Cavalry, Company A, Captain Nathan Ames.

Osawatomie, Kans.
16th Kansas Cavalry, Company L, Lieutenant George Wolfe.

Oxford, Kans.
11th Kansas Cavalry, Company K, Captain John M. Allen.

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Osage Catholic Mission, Kans., September 20, 1864.

The following is a list of the officers now at this post:

1. Captain H. P. Ledger, Company L, Sixth Kansas.
2. Captain Thomas Stevenson, Company H, Fourteenth Kansas.
3. Captain J. W. Duff, Company M, Sixth Kansas.
4. W. B. Clark, Company E, Fourteenth Kansas.
5. Lieutenant W. P. Phillips, Company B, Second Kansas.
6. Lieutenant E. W. Lucas, Company G, Sixth Kansas.
7. Lieutenant Levi F. Stewart, Company I, Sixth Kansas.
8. Lieutenant J. Brooks, Company M, Sixth Kansas.

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Harrisonville, Mo.
9th Kansas Cavalry, Companies E and G, Lieutenant Colonel Charles S. Clark.

Humboldt, Kans.
Major PRESTON B. PLUMB.
11th Kansas Cavalry, Companies C, F, and K.
3rd Wisconsin Cavalry, Company M, Captain Jay Thompson.

Independence, Mo.
11th Kansas Cavalry, Company B, Captain Jacob G. Rees.

Kansas City, Mo.
Major HENRY H. WILLIAMS.
2nd Colorado Cavalry, Company F, Captain George West.
15th Kansas Cavalry, Companies I and L, Captain Samuel W. Greer.

Lawrence, Kans.
11th Kansas Cavalry, Company E, Captain Edmund G. Ross.

Olathe, Kans.
15th Kansas Cavalry, Company K, Captain Joseph B. Swain.

Pleasant Hill, Mo.
9th Kansas Cavalry, Companies D and K, Captain Charles F. Coleman.

Sibley, Mo.
11th Kansas Cavalry, Company H, Lieutenant John W. Ridgway.

Topeka, Kans.
15th Kansas Cavalry, Company F, Captain Orren A. Curtis.

Westport, Mo.
11th Kansas Cavalry, Company A, Captain Henry E. Palmer.

Aubrey, Kans.
11th Kansas Cavalry, Company I, Captain Jerome Kunkel.

Barnesville, Kans.
9th Kansas Cavalry, Company H, Lieutenant John M. Singer.

Coldwater Grove, Kans.
9th Kansas Cavalry, Company F, Lieutenant Henry H. Opdyke.

Hickman Mills, Mo.
11th Kansas Cavalry, Company I, Captain Lewis D. Joy.

Paola, Kans.
15th Kansas Cavalry, Company C, Captain Benjamin F. Simpson.

Trading Post, Kans.
9th Kansas Cavalry, Companies A, C, and M, Captain George F. Earl.

West Point, Mo.
15th Kansas Cavalry, Company D, Captain Tyrus I. Hurd.

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Fort Scott, Kans.
Captain ROBERT CARPENTER.
15th Kansas Cavalry, Company B, Lieutenant William H. Morris.
15th Kansas Cavalry, Company D, Lieutenant Abraham Ellis.
15th Kansas Cavalry, Company E, Lieutenant John T. Smith.
15th Kansas Cavalry, Company F,
15th Kansas Cavalry, Company I,
Captain Samuel W. Greer.
15th Kansas Cavalry, Company L, Lieutenant Alonzo Donovan.
Kansas Light Artillery, 2nd Battery (section), Lieutenant Daniel C. Knowles.

Fort Curtis, Mo.
3rd Wisconsin Cavalry, Company A, Captain Julius Giesler.

Humboldt, Kans.
15th Kansas Cavalry, Company A, Lieutenant David W. Wallingford.

Marmaton, Kans.
15th Kansas Cavalry, Company M, Lieutenant Jacob A. Slonaker.

Mount City, Kans.
15th Kansas Cavalry, Company K, Lieutenant Henry L. Barker.

Trading Post, Kans.
15th Kansas Cavalry, Company G, Lieutenant Francis M. Hall.

SUB-DISTRICT Numbers 3.

5th Kansas Cavalry, Company L, Captain James H. Young.
5th Kansas Cavalry, Company M, Lieutenant Livingston G. Parker.
15th Kansas Cavalry, Company C, Lieutenant Joseph H. Phillips.

DISTRICT OF NORTH KANSAS.
Brigadier General THOMAS A. DAVIES.

FORT LEAVENWORTH, KANS.
Colonel WERTER R. DAVIS.
11th Kansas Cavalry, Company G, Captain Alfred C. Pierce.
15th Kansas Cavalry, Company H, Caot. Oscar F. Dunlap.
16th Kansas Cavalry, Company I, Lieutenant George R. Barricklow.

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Captain George J. Clark, Fourteenth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, acting ordnance officer.

Lieutenant Colonel John T. Burris (late of Tenth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry), volunteer aide-de-camp.

Major R. G. Ward, First Kansas Colored Volunteers, volunteer aide-de-camp.

Captain T. E. Milhoan (late Tenth Kansas), acting aide-de-camp.

Second Lieutenant W. B. Clark, Company E, Fourteenth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, commanding escort.

Lieutenant Joseph Mackle, Fifteenth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, assistant adjutant-general.

Lieutenant W. H. Bisbee, Fifteenth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, regimental adjutant.

Captain Young, Fifth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry.

Lieutenant Taber, Eleventh Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, acting assistant adjutant-general.

Lieutenant Goble, Company L, Fifth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry.

*Surgeon Ainsworth and Assistant Surgeon Adams, Eleventh Kansas Volunteer Cavalry.
*Sergt. Major I. H. Isbell, Quartermaster.
*Sergeant W. H. Cowan, and Chief Bugler N. D. Horton, Eleventh Kansas Volunteer Cavalry.

*for gallantry in the field are deserving promotion.

Lieutenant-Colonel Morris, Twenty-fourth Kansas State Militia.

Lieutenant-Colonel Eves, Twenty-fourth Kansas State Militia.

Major Smith, Nineteenth Kansas State Militia.

Major Wiley, Tenth Kansas State Militia.

Lieutenant L. J. Beam, Fifteenth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, acting assistant adjutant-general.

Lieutenant James Aitken, Twenty-fourth Kansas State Militia (severely wounded at Westport).

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DISTRICT OF THE FRONTIER.
Major General JAMES G. BLUNT.

Baxter Springs, Kans.
1st Kansas (colored), Colonel James M. Williams.

Camp Leroy, Kans.
6th Kansas Cavalry (four companies), Captain John W. Orahood.
3rd Kansas Battery, Captain Henry Hopkins.

Fort Larned, Kans.
Captain HORATIO N. F. READ.
9th Kansas Cavalry, Company I.
12th Kansas Infantry, Company H, Captain James W. Parmetar.

Fort Leavenworth, Kans.
12th Kansas Infantry, Companies A, G, and I, Colonel Charles W. Adams.

Leavenworth City, Kans.
9th Kansas Cavalry, Company H, Captain Thomas P. Killen.

Fort Riley, Kans.
12th Kansas Infantry, Company C, Captain Nick. L. Benter.

Fort Scott, Kans.
Major CHARLES W. BLAIR.
2nd Kansas Battery, Lieutenant Edward A. Smith.
2nd Kansas Cavalry (detachment), Lieutenant Patrick Cosgrove.
12th Kansas Infantry, Companies B, E, and F, Major Thomas H. Kennedy.
12th Kansas Infantry, Company K, Captain John J. Sears.

Paola, Kans.
9th Kansas Cavalry (six companies), Colonel Edward Lynde.

Westport, Mo.
Major WYLLIS C. RANSOM.
6th Kansas Cavalry, Company B, Captain Elijah E. Harvey.
9th Kansas Cavalry, Company C, Captain John E. Stewart.

DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA.

Brigadier General THOMAS J. McKEAN.

Fort Halleck, Nebr.
9th Kansas Cavalry, Company B, Captain Asaph Allen.

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DISTRICT OF NORTH KANSAS.

Brigadier General THOMAS A. DAVIES.

Fort Leavenwroth.
Colonel CHARLES R. JENNISON.
16th Kansas Cavalry (seven companies), Lieutenant Colonel Werter R. Davis.
U. S. Veteran Reserve Corps (detachment), Captain John Vander Horck.

Fort Riley.
Captain DANIEL S. MALVEN.
11th Kansas Cavalry, Company L, Lieutenant William Booth.

Wyandotte Bridge.
16th Kansas Cavalry, Company C, Lieutenant Michael C. Clary.

DISTRICT OF SOUTH KANSAS.

Brigadier General THOMAS J. McKEAN.

Fort Larned, Kans.
12th Kansas, Company H, Captain James W. Parmetar.

FIRST BRIGADE.

Colonel CHARLES W. BLAIR.

Fort Scott, Kans.
Colonel CHARLES W. BLAIR.
15th Kansas Cavalry, Company D, Captain Tyrus I. Hurd.
15th Kansas Cavalry, Company L, Captain Orloff Norton.
16th Kansas Cavalry, Company D, Captain John Kendall.
2nd Kansas Battery (section), Lieutenant Daniel C. Knowles.

Osage Mission, Mo.
15th Kansas Cavalry, Company E, Captain Samuel W. Greer.

Humboldt, Kans.
Major HENRY C. HAAS.
11th Kansas Cavalry, Company C, Captain Henry Pearce.
15th Kansas Cavalry, Company A, Captain John A. Wanless.
15th Kansas Cavalry, Company K, Captain Joseph B. Swain.
15th Kansas Cavalry, Company M, Captain Edward B. Metz.

Pleasant Grove, Mo.
15th Kansas Cavalry, Company I, Captain Curtis Johnson.

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Olathe, Kans.
11th Kansas Cavalry, Company D, Lieutenant Peleg Thomas.
16th Kansas Cavalry, Company A, Captain Nathan Ames.

Oxford, Kans.
5th Kansas Cavalry, Company L, Captain James H. Young.
11th Kansas Cavalry, Company K, Captain John M. Allen.

Paola, Kans.
Captain WILLIAM B. TOMPKINS.
17th Kansas, Company B, Captain William C. Barnes.
17th Kansas, Company E, Captain Herbert Robinson.
11th Kansas, Cavalry, Company B, Captain Louis F. Green.
11th Kansas Cavalry, Company E, Captain John D. Walker.
11th Kansas Cavalry, Company H, Captain Joel Huntoon.
11th Kansas Cavalry, Company M, Captain Nathan P. Gregg.
16th Kansas Cavalry, Company L, Lieutenant George Wolfe
5th Kansas Cavalry, Company M, Lieutenant Livingston G. Parker.

Shawnee Mission, Kans.
11th Kansas Cavalry, Company I, Captain James E. Greer.

DISTRICT OF THE UPPER ARKANSAS.

Major BENJAMIN S. HENNING.

Fort Larned, Kans.
Captain EDWARD A. JACOBS.
12th Kansas, Company H, Lieutenant Augustus W. Burton.

Fort Riley, Kans.
Captain HENRY BOOTH.
17th Kansas, Company A, Lieutenant James Kelsey.
11th Kansas Cavalry, Company L, Captain Henry Booth.

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SECOND BRIGADE.

Colonel THOMAS MOONLIGHT.

Mound City.
Colonel THOMAS MOONLIGHT.
11th Kansas Cavalry, Company B, Lieutenant Ira I. Taber.

Paola.
Captain NATHAN AMES.
11th Kansas City, Company H, Lieutenant John W. Ridgway.
16th Kansas Cavalry, Companies A and L, Captain Nathan Ames.

Aubrey.
11th Kansas Cavalry, Companies A and D, Major Martin Anderson.

Coldwater Grove.
15th Kansas Cavalry, Company B, Captain John L. Thompson.

Oxford.
11th Kansas Cavalry, Company K, Captain John M. Allen.

Rockville.
15th Kansas Cavalry, Company C, Captain Benjamin F. Simpson.

Olathe.
Lieutenant Colonel GEORGE H. HOYT.
15th Kansas Cavalry, Companies F and G, Lieutenant Colonel George H. Hoyt.
16th Kansas Cavalry, Company C, Captain Shubial P. Thompson.
Shawnee Mission.
5th Kansas Cavalry, Company L, Captain James H. Young.
11th Kansas Cavalry, Company I, Captain Lewis D. Joy.
16th Kansas Cavalry, Company B, Captain Albert S. W. Kanpper.

Lawrence.
11th Kansas Cavalry, Companies E and M, Major Edmund G. Ross.

Osawatonie.
16th Kansas Cavalry, Company I, Lieutenant George R. Barricklow.

Potosi.
11th Kansas Cavalry, Company F, Lieutenant John G. Lindsay.

Trading Post.
5th Kansas Cavalry, Company M, Lieutenant Livingston G. Parker.

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DISTRICT OF THE FRONTIER.
Brigadier General JOHN M. THAYER.

First Brigade.
Colonel JOHN EDWARDS.
12th Kansas, Colonel Charles W. Adams.
Kansas Light Artillery, 2nd Battery, Lieutenant
Andrew G. Clark.

Second Brigade.
Colonel JAMES M. WILLIAMS.
1st Kansas Colored Troops, Captain John R. Graton.
Kansas Light Artillery, 3rd Battery, Lieutenant Levinus Harris.

Third Brigade.
Colonel WILLIAM R. JUDSON.
2nd Kansas Cavalry, Captain Austin W. Matthews.
6th Kansas Cavalry, Major John A. Johnson, jr.
14th Kansas Cavalry, Major Charles Willetts.

Indian Brigade.
Colonel STEPHEN H. WATTLES.
14th Kansas Cavalry, Company M, Lieutenant Dudley Sawyer.

Fort Smith, Ark.
Colonel WILLIAM R. JUDSON.
13th Kansas, Companies A, C, D, G, H, and I, Major Caleb A. Woodworth.

Van Buren, Ark.
Colonel THOMAS M. BOWEN.
13th Kansas, Companies B, E, F, and K, Captain Patrick H. McNamara.

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ROLL OF HONOR.

Major General George W. Deitzler, Kansas State Militia.
Brigadier General W. H. M. Fishback, Kansas State Militia.
Colonel Charles R. Jennison, Fifteenth Kansas Cavalry Volunteers.
Colonel Charles W. Blair, Fourteenth Kansas Cavalry Volunteers.
Colonel Thomas Moonlight, Eleventh Kansas Cavalry Volunteers.
Colonel M. La Rue Harrison, First Arkansas Cavalry Volunteers.
Colonel George W. Veale, Second Kansas State Militia.
Colonel G. A. Colton, Fifth Kansas State Militia.
Colonel James Montgomery, Sixth Kansas State Militia.
Colonel William D. McCain, Fourth Kansas State Militia.
Colonel William Pennock, Tenth Kansas State Militia.
Colonel L. S. Treat, Twelfth Kansas State Militia.
Colonel A. S. Hogan, Nineteenth Kansas State Militia.
Colonel Sandy Lowe, Twenty-first Kansas State Militia.
Lieutenant Colonel George H. Hoyt, Fifteenth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry.
Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Walker, Sixteenth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry.

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SPECIAL
HEADQUARTERS FIRST DIVISION, FIELD ORDERS,
ARMY OF THE BORDER, Numbers 3.
In the Field, Hickman Mills, October 16, 1864.

I. Brigadier General W. H. M. Fishback, Kansas State Militia, will report under arrest to Captain A. J. Shannon, provost-marshal.

II. Brigadier General W. H. M. Fishback will confine himself to the limits of his quarters and hold no intercourse with any one except by permission from these headquarters.

III. Colonel G. A. Colton, Fifth Regiment Kansas State Militia.
Colonel William Pennock, Tenth Kansas State Militia.
Captain Charles Barnes, Company A, Sixth Regiment Kansas State Militia.
Will report with their respective commands immediately to Colonel C. W. Blair, commanding Third Brigade, for duty.
By command of Major-General Blunt.

SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. 1ST DIV. ARMY OF THE BORDER, PROVOST-MARSHAL'S OFFICE, Numbers 1.
Hickman Mills, October 16, 1864.

You will receive and keep in close confinement to their quarters at the post of Paola the following-named officers.

First, Brigadier General W. H. M. Fishback, Kansas State Militia.
Colonel J. D. Snoddy, Sixth Regiment Kansas State Militia.

By order of Major-General Blunt.

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1. Captain P. Cosgrove, Second Kansas Cavalry.
2. Lieutenant D. C. Knowles, Fifteenth Kansas Cavalry; Company D, Sixteenth Kansas Cavalry; right section Second Kansas Battery.
3. Captain George J. Clark, Fourteenth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry.
4. Lieutenant William B. Clark, Company E, Fourteenth Kansas Cavalry.
5. Brigadier-General Sherry, Kansas State Militia.
6. First Lieutenant R. J. Harper, Eleventh Kansas Cavalry, is assigned to duty as acting assistant adjutant-general.
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GENERAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. DISTRICT OF SOUTH KANSAS, Numbers 32.
Paola, December 6, 1864.

For the better convenience of police regulations the District of South Kansas is divided into sub- districts, as follows

I. Sub- District Numbers 1, comprising the counties of Linn, Anderson, Coffey, Lyon, and Osage, commanded by Colonel C. R. Jennison, Fifteenth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, with headquarters at Mound City.

II. Sub- District Numbers 2, comprising the counties of Bourbon, Allen, Woodson, Greenwood, and Butler, and all territory south to the southern boundary of Kansas and the military outposts of Fort Scott, commanded by Colonel C. W. Blair, Fourteenth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, headquarters at Fort Scott.

III. Sub-0 District Numbers 3, comprising the counties of Miami, Franklin, Johnson, Douglas, Shawnee, and Wabaunsee, commanded by Colonel T. Moonlight, Eleventh Kansas Cavalry, with headquarters at Paola, Kansas.

IV. The regimental headquarters of the Eleventh and Fifteenth Kansas Cavalry will be established at the headquarters of their respective colonels as above designated, but the troops will remain in the sub- district where now on duty until transferred under authority from these headquarters.

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Numbers 28. Report of Lieutenant Anson J. Walker, Sixth Kansas Cavalry, of engagement at Poison Spring.

CAMP NEAR CAMDEN, April 20, 1864.

Private Christopher C. Goodman, Company D, Sixth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, and attached to and doing duty with a section of howitzers attached to the Sixth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, was killed in the early part of the engagement.

Private Henry Gable, Company K, Sixth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, and attached to and doing duty with a section of howitzers attached to the Sixth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, is missing, supposed to be a prisoner.

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Fort Smith, Ark.
Colonel JOHN EDWARDS.

2nd Kansas (colored), Colonel Samuel J. Crawford.
12th Kansas (nine companies), Colonel Charles W. Adams.
6th Kansas Cavalry, Lieutenant Colonel William T. Campbell.
14th Kansas Cavalry (eight companies), Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Moonlight.
2nd Kansas Battery, Captain Edward A. Smith.

Roseville, Ark.
1st Kansas (colored), Colonel James M. Williams.

Colonel WILLIAM A. PHILLIPS.
1st Indian Home Guards, Colonel Stephen H. Wattles.
2nd Indian Home Guards, Major Moses B. C. Wright.
3rd Indian Home Guards, Major John A. Foreman.
14th Kansas Cavalry (four companies), Major Charles Willetts.

Colonel JOHN EDWARDS.
2nd Kansas Cavalry, Major Julius G. Fisk.

Colonel THOMAS M. BOWEN.
13th Kansas, Lieutenant Colonel John B. Wheeler.
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Colonel [William] Weer leading the Tenth and Thirteenth Kansas Regiments.

South Kansas (dismounted), under command of Captain S. J. Crewford.

Eleventh Kansas, under Colonel [Thomas] Ewing, jr.

Eleventh Kansas, under Lieutenant-Colonel [T.] Moonlight,

First Lieutenant J. M. Laing, of the Sixth Kansas Volunteers.

Major Charles W. Blair, of the Second Kansas Volunteers.

Captain J. B. Stockton, First Kansas Volunteers.
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TROOPS IN KANSAS AND MISSOURI.

Fort Larned, Kans.
Captain HORATIO N. F. READ.

9th Kansas Cavalry, Company I, Lieutenant Matthew Cowley.
12th Kansas (one company), Captain James W. Parmetar.
9th Wisconsin Battery (one section), Lieutenant Watson D. Crocker.

Fort Riley, Kans.
Captain NATHANIEL A. ADAMS.

11th Kansas Cavalry (one company), Lieutenant Grenville L. Gove.
15th Kansas Cavalry (two companies), Captain Oscar F. Dunlap.

Fort Leavenworth, Kans.
Colonel CHARLES R. JENNISON.

15th Kansas Cavalry (three companies).
16th Kansas Cavalry (five companies).
Invalid Corps (one company).

Fort Scott, Kans.
Lieutenant Colonel CHARLES W. BLAIR.

9th Kansas Cavalry (one company), Captain John I. Delashmutt.
15th Kansas Cavalry (two companies).
2nd Kansas Battery (one section), Lieutenant Daniel C. Knowles.

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DISTRICT OF NORTH KANSAS.
Brigadier General ROBERT B. MITCHELL.

FORT LEAVENWORTH, KANS.
Lieutenant Colonel GUSTAV HEINRICHS.

11th Kansas Cavalry, Company G, Captain Alfred C. Pierce.
15th Kansas Cavalry, Company H, Captain Oscar F. Dunlap.
16th Kansas Cavalry, Company I, Captain Absalom Hyde.

FIRST SUB- DISTRICT OF SOUTH KANSAS.
Colonel CHARLES W. BLAIR.

Coldwater Grove, Kans.
5th Kansas Cavalry, Company M, Captain Livingston G. Parker.
Fort Curtis, Mo.
15th Kansas Cavalry, Companies A and I, Captain Samuel W. Greer.
Fort Insley, Mo.
15th Kansas Cavalry, Company M, Lieutenant Jacob A. Slonaker.
Mound City, Kans.

Olather, Kans.
Captain ORRIN F. WALLER,
5th Kansas Cavalry, Company L, Captain James H. Young.
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HEADQUARTERS SEVENTEENTH KANSAS INFANTRY,
Paola, October 29, 1864.
Lieutenant J. E. Tappan,

SIR: I have the honor to report that; On The 25th instant. During the night march Private Lewis Gilstrap, of B. Company, and *Private Knight, of E Company, Seventeenth Kansas Volunteer Infantry, fell out of ranks and were captured, and from evidence received supposed to have been killed by the enemy.

* Authors note. This could have been George W. Knight or James Knight, as both were of Co. E.
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Numbers 28. Report of Lieutenant Anson J. Walker, Sixth Kansas Cavalry, of engagement at Poison Spring.
CAMP NEAR CAMDEN, April 20, 1864.

Private Christopher C. Goodman, Company D, Sixth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, and attached to and doing duty with a section of howitzers attached to the Sixth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, was killed in the early part of the engagement. Private Henry Gable, Company K, Sixth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, and attached to and doing duty with a section of howitzers attached to the Sixth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, is missing, supposed to be a prisoner.
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Numbers 29. Report of Lieutenant Josephus Utt, Fourteenth Kansas Cavalry, of engagement at Poison Spring.
CAMDEN, ARK., April 20, 1864.

Josephus Utt, first lieutenant, K Company, Fourteenth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, commanding detachment comprised of details from Squadrons A, C, E, H, I, and K-mounted, 50; dismounted, 20; total, 70.
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No. 31. Report of Major Richard G. Ward, First Kansas Colored Infantry, of engagement at Poison Spring.

HEADQUARTERS FIRST KANSAS COLORED VOLUNTEERS,
Camden, Ark., April 20, 1864.


Captain John R. Graton, Company C; Captain William H. Smallwood, Company G; Lieutenant R. L. Harris, Company I; Lieutenant B. G. Jones, Company A; Lieutenant John Overdear, Company E; Lieutenant S. S. Creps, Company F, and Adjt. William C. Gibbons.

Killed; Captain *A. J. Armstrong, Company D; Lieutenant *B. Hitchock, Company G; Lieutenant Charles J. Coleman and Joseph B. Samuels, Company H, and Lieutenant John Topping, Company B.

*Captain A. J. Armstrong and Lieutenant B. Hitchock were afterward found to be captured.

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No. 33. Report of Lieutenant William W. Haines, Second Indiana Battery, of engagement at Poison Spring.
CAMDEN, ARK., April 20, 1864.

Corpl. George Walker, in left knee by piece of shell; John Highstreet, with musket-ball in left breast, I think mortally; Levi H. Burgess, by musket-ball passing through left leg; Charles Van De Venter, by musket-ball in left temple, fracturing the skull; Alonzo Hinshaw, missing; I think he is killed.
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No. 34. Report of Colonel Samuel J. Crawford, Second Kansas Colored Infantry, of engagement at Jenkins' Ferry.
CAMP SECOND Regiment KANSAS COLORED INFY. VOLS.,
Fort Smith, Ark., May 20, 1864.

Sergt. John P. Mosley and Private George R. Benedict, Thirteenth Kansas Infantry, the former acting as first sergeant Company B, the latter as sergeant-major of my regiment, both of whom were severely wounded near the latter part of the engagement.
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Colonel J. M. WILLIAMS,
Commanding Escort to Forage Train.
FORT SMITH, ARK., May --, 1864.

Lieutenant Robert Henderson was wounded and captured; Private C. C. Goodman, Company D, attached to the howitzers, was killed; Private H. Gable, Company K, was captured, and several wounded.

Private E. Gray, Company C, was severely wounded.

Sergt. G. P. Freeman, Company A, was mortally wounded, and Sergt. Joseph E. Powell severely wounded.

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HDQRS. 2nd Brigadier, 1ST DIV., ARMY OF THE BORDER,
Paola, Kans., December 15, 1864.

The following enlisted men to whom special praise is due for their services on the battle-fields as aides; I had none other, nor could I have had better, viz: Sergt. Major I. H. Isbell, Quartermaster Sergt. W. H. Cowan, Chief Bugler N. D. Horton, all of the Eleventh Kansas Volunteer Cavalry. These non-commissioned officers well merit promotion. I had forgotten to mention that Lieutenant W. F. Goble, Company L, Fifth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, served in the brigade from the beginning as battalion adjutant for Colonel Plumb and is reported by him as being an officer of uniform good conduct and high standing.

T. MOONLIGHT,
Colonel Eleventh Kansas Cavalry, Commanding.
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Lawrence, Kansas.

Up to this morning 183 bodies were buried in Lawrence. The remains of 7 more bodies are found. One hundred and eighty-two buildings were burned; 80 or them were brick; 65 of them were on Massachusetts street. There are 85 widows and 240 orphans made by Quantril's raid. Lane has commenced rebuilding his house. Three men have subscribed $100,000 to rebuild the Free State Hotel, known as the Eldridge Hotel. Several merchants have commenced rebuilding. All the laboring men in town will be set to work to-morrow to clear off the ruins. In spite of the terrible calamity, the people are in good spirits. All the towns in the State have sent in large sums of money. Even the men burned out on Quantrill's retreat have sent in loads of vegetables and provisions. A man was to-day tried in Lawrence, and found guilty of being a spy for Quantrill, and was hung.

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Authors last note. There are well over 300 reports on Kansas in the Civil War and I have only covered 140, so if you did not see a ancestor on the page and would like to know if he was in the war, just send his name and I will see if I can find him.

Kansas Men In The Battles Of The Civil War.

In the civil war, Kansas was in the fight, the men of Kansas faced the enemy many times. They fought at places as Pea Ridge and Wilson Creek and more. The people of Kansas were very proud of their men.

This page will have bits and pieces of battle reports of the battles they were in, if you would like a full report of a battle, I will be glad to send you one on request, my address can be found in my profile.
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Important note. I will be glad to send any report, however keep in mind I am putting down all there was said about Kansas regiments, from these reports.
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HDQRS. 2nd Brigadier, 1ST DIV., ARMY OF THE FRONTIER,
Camp at Cane Hill, Ark., December 12, 1862.
Page 88-90.

The Third Indian Regiment (Cherokee) had, previously to the action, been ordered to protect the train, some miles distant, so that we went into the engagement as follows: Tenth Kansas Regiment, Major H. H. Williams commanding, 387 men (Company I being absent on detached service); First Kansas Battery, Lieutenant Marcus D. Tenney commanding, 96 men; Third Indian Regiment, Adjutant Gallagher commanding, 44 men; Thirteenth Kansas Regiment, Colonel Thomas M. Bowen commanding, 375 men. Total number of men engaged, 902.

We entered the field upon the enemy's left, General Herson being then engaged some distance in our front, and immediately receiving an order to hurry forward to his assistance. The battery was placed in advance, the infantry marching by the right flank in its rear. The hurrying forward just commenced, the head of the battery having entered an orchard, when a shower of bullets was sent at it from an adjoining thicket on the right. Fearing for its safety, and surprised at this unexpected reception, so far distant from where General Herron was engaged, the Tenth Kansas was hurried into the thicket to clear it. They had hardly entered before they were subjected to a terrific fire, but fortunately with little loss. The battery moved forward into a meadow out of reach of small-arms, while the Tenth Kansas continued moving and driving the enemy, but were soon again involved in a severe contest. Thereupon the Thirteenth Kansas and the fragment of the Third Indian were moved forward into the timber to the assistance of the Tenth. A line of battle was formed under the brow of a gentle declivity. Some detachments from the Second Kansas Cavalry, dismounted, and the right wing of the Eleventh Kansas Regiment came to our help during the fight, and a continuous firing, with but slight intermission, was kept up until dark. The lines was as follows: The Indians upon the right, under Lieutenant [William] Gallagher, as skirmishers; next, to the left, the Tenth Kansas, under Major Williams; next, a detachment of Second Kansas, under Lieutenant-Colonel [O. A.] Bassett; next, the Thirteenth Kansas, under Colonel Bowen; next, the right wing of the Eleventh Kansas, under Colonel Ewing, and, next and last, upon the left, a small detachment of the Second Kansas, under Captain [S. J.] Crawford.

The firing was general and very rapid, with occasional lulls, during which we several times attempted to pass the brow of the hill and engage the enemy inclose quarters. We were as often repulsed by the rain of bullets. At one time two mountain howitzers, under Lieutenant [E. S.] Stover, Second Kansas, came to our assistance did splendid execution.
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GENERAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF KANSAS, Numbers 14.
Fort Leavenworth, Kans., February 1, 1862.
This is a full report.

1. Colonel G. W. Deitzler, commanding First Kansas Regiment, who so nobly distinguished himself in the battle of Wilson's Creek, fought last August, is hereby appointed acting brigadier-general.

2. On his arrival at Fort Scott he will assume command of his brigade, embracing the First, Fifth, and Sixth Kansas Regiment, and such other troops as may hereafter be assigned to him.

By order of Major-General Hunter:
CHAS. G. HALPINE.

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SAINT LOUIS, September 21, 1861.
Brigadier-General STURGIS:
Full report.

GENERAL: By a telegram of to-day, sent to Captain W. E. Prince, of Fort Leavenworth, the officer in command of the Second Kansas Regiment has been directed to take the steamer West Wind, or any other steamer, and proceed at once carefully down the river to join you. You will therefore send a messenger up the river to communicate to the commander of the Second Kansas Regiment such orders as you may deem proper to secure a safe landing of the boat, and then make every effort to cross the river and effect a junction with Colonel Mulligan. Acting Brigadier General Jefferson C. Davis, of Jefferson City, will also endeavor with his force to join Colonel Mulligan from Georgetown by land and from Glasgow by steamer. Every effort, therefore, should be made to retain the post at Lexington.
J. C. FREMONT,
Major-General, Commanding.
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ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE,
Washington, May 30, 1862.
Brigadier General J. G. BLUNT,
Commanding Department of Kansas, Fort Leavenworth, Kans.:
Full report.

GENERAL: I have the honor to in close herewith a copy of Special Orders, Numbers 80, current series, for this office, the object of which was to restore Colonel Weer and certain other officers to their positions in the Fourth Regiment Kansas Volunteers, from which they had been displaced by the order of the Governor of Kansas. Colonel Weer has reported to this office that great confusion would take place by endeavoring to carry out the provisions of this order, requiring the restoration of the original organization of the Fourth Regiment Kansas Volunteers, and suggests that the order be modified so as to transfer him as colonel to the present Third Regiment, and to provide for the field officers who might thus be displaced by transferring them to vacancies of their own grade in other Kansas regiments. This report of Colonel Weer has been referred to His Excellency the Governor of Kansas, with the request of the Secretary of War that the suggestion of Colonel Weer might be carried into effect. As, however, it appears that the Governor and Lieutenant-Governor of Kansas are both absent from Kansas, the Secretary of War now directs that the transfers proposed be carried into effect by you, and that Colonel William Weer, Lieutenant Colonel J. T. Burris, and Lieutenant and Adjt. J. A. Phillips, be provided with positions in their own grade, and that any field or regimental staff officers displaced by them be assigned by you to vacancies in their respective grades in other Kansas regiments.

I am, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
L. THOMAS,
Adjutant-General.
WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE,
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HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF KANSAS,
Fort Leavenworth, March 14, 1862.
Major General H. W. HALLECK,
Commanding Dept. of the Mississippi, Saint Louis, Mo.:
Page 615-617.

The mustering is now, I believe, complete, or will be in a few days; but the rolls have not yet been received, and until they are no reliable returns of Lane's brigade or Clark's cavalry battalion (formerly Tenth Kansas Regiment) can be prepared. Four or five companies have been mustered out as Home Guards, who should have been mustered out last October; and when the remuster rolls are received no doubt the Third and Fourth Kansas Infantry will be consolidated into one regiment, their overplus, if any, being needed to fill the ranks of the First Kansas, which has lacked its full complement by several hundred since the bale of Wilson's Creek. This will leave the State but three infantry regiments-the First, Third and Fourth consolidated, and Eighth.

The Fifth and Sixth Cavalry, too, can be consolidated into one regiment, absorbing a portion of Clark's battalion, and turning over the balance to fill the incomplete companies of the Kansas Ninth, hereafter, by Governor Robinson's order, to be known as the Kansas Second. This last-named regiment, of twelve companies, is now being armed, mounted, and equipped in camp near Lawrence, about 200 of its men belonging to the old Kansas Second (disbanded after the battle of Springfield), and six companies of the Ninth Kansas Cavalry, with other cavalry companies drawn from infantry regiments. This will give three full regiments of cavalry, of twelve companies each, as the complement of the State-the Second, and Fifth and Sixth had recently twelve regiments nominally, ten quasi regimental organizations, and attempts were in progress to raise two more Kansas regiments for service in New Mexico. This no doubt has caused the exaggerated opinions as to the strength of the department. It was represented that all Kansas had flocked to arms, whereas, in fact, no State has been more backward.
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HEADQUARTERS FIRST TENNESSEE PARTISAN RANGERS,
January 5, 1863.
COMMANDER OF THE POST, Bolivar, Tenn.
No more information.

I have now in my possession Second Lieutenant Robert Hill, Company D, and Adjt. James E. Philpott, of Eighth Ohio Regiment Volunteers, also Surg. Joseph S. Martin, of Seventeenth Kansas Regiment U. S. Volunteers, whom I intend to hold as hostages for the violations of civilized usages of war and the cartel already committed and threatened against my command. If my surgeon and forage master are exchanged I will parole the other officers named. Captain A. W. Suchman and Privates John A. Hill, Henry B. Bullard, Thomas Bates, William Johnson, Henry S. Dancey, Spencer B. Shelton, John M. Lewis, Marcus Lott and Cullin McCray, as an escort, are bearers of flag of truce and this dispatch.
Very respectfully,
R. V. RICHARDSON,
Colonel, Commanding Regiment of Partisan Rangers, C. S. Army.
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HEADQUARTERS SOUTHWEST DIVISION,
Springfield, Mo., July 15, 1862.
General JOHN M. SCHOFIELD,
Commanding District of Missouri, Saint Louis.
Full report.

GENERAL: I learn that four prisoners, soldiers of one of the Kansas regiments, were murdered in Coffee's camp at Fayetteville on the night or evening of the 9th instant. Major Murray (the bearer of the flag of truce whose dispatch I sent you yesterday) gives the following version of the affair:

The four men killed were Kansas soldiers. On Wednesday night a firing was heard in the upper end of Coffee's camp which created inquiry and it was learned that 4 men had been shot - 3 killed dead and 1 wounded badly who made his escape through a fence and went into a house where a woman gave him some help. She was warned not to do so. It was stated in Fayetteville that the shooting was done by Coffee's order. There was some indignation at the deed in Coffee's camp which was likely to become general. It was then reported that the shooting was ordered by Coffee's provost-marshal. This did not, however, prevent one which company of Coffee's regiment from leaving and joining Tracy's (whose camp was eight miles distant) regiment of Confederate troops. Rains heard of the act next morning and cursed bitterly. He sent up a wagon to get the wounded man and three dead ones. Before the wagon came the wounded man was dead. Rains buried the dead. In Tracy's camp the act was loudly condemned.

This affair may have prompted the dispatch he sent to me charging us with shooting men, women and children.

I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
E. B. BROWN,
Brigadier-General.
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The following dispatch, just received from Johnsonville, is forwarded for your information:
JOHNSONVILLE, November 26, 1864-8.15 p.m.
Major-General THOMAS:
No more information.

Colonel.
I have sent you by rail this a.m. the Fortieth Regiment Missouri Volunteers and a detachments of the Tenth Kansas Regiment Volunteers in all over 900 men. Will send you further re-enforcements as soon as received at this place. Have you all the fords on Duck River securely guarded and cavalry covering the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad?

GEO. H. THOMAS,
Major-General, U. S. Volunteers, Commanding
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HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE FRONTIER,
Rhea's Mills, Ark., December 20, 1862.
Page 71-77

Observing that the enemy had now thrown a large force upon my center and right, I directed the infantry of the First Division to enter the wood and engage them, which order was executed with promptness, Colonel [William] Weer leading the Tenth and Thirteenth Kansas Regiments of his brigade upon the right; a portion of the South Kansas (dismounted), under command of Captain S. J. Crewford; the right wing of the Eleventh Kansas, under Colonel [Thomas] Ewing, jr., and the First Indian, under Colonel [S. H.] Wattles, upon the left; the Twentieth Iowa Regiment advancing upon the left if the Indians, the left wing of the Eleventh Kansas, under Lieutenant-Colonel [T.] Moonlight, supporting Rabb's and [H.] Hopkins' batteries. The First Iowa, Tenth Illinois, Eighth Missouri, and the First Battalion of the Second Wisconsin Cavalry, under Colonel Wickersham, and the Third Wisconsin Cavalry, under Major Calkins, were directed to proceed to my extreme right to watch any flank movement of the enemy that might be attempted in that direction, and also to guard the road leading to Rhea's Mills, and prevent communication being cut off the First Brigade (General Solomon's).

The contest by this time (about 3 p. m.) had become vigorous and determined. The entire infantry of the three divisions, and also a portion of the Second Kansas (dismounted), were engaged in the wood with the rebel infantry, three times their number. The ratting of musketry, uninterrupted for fully three hours, was terrific. The contending armies swayed to and from, each alternately advancing and retiring. Some rebel sharpshooters, firing from the windows of a house situated in the edge of the wood and a little to my left, were evidently directing their compliments specially to myself and staff. I directed Captain Rabb to open upon it with shell, and in a few moments the to open upon it with shell, and in a few moments the house was in flames.

While the infantry was vigorously consenting every inch of ground, I directed Lieutenant [E. S.] Stover, with two 12-pounder mountain howitzers, to advance into the wood, which he promptly did, taking position on a little knoll on the right of the Eleventh Kansas, and directing his guns across a small field, where a heavy force of rebels were massed. He poured into them his canister and shell until his ammunition was exhausted and his horses shot down, being compelled to bring away his guns by hand. I then directed Lieutenant [M. D.] Tenney to advance his battery to the edge of the wood, on the left of the Eleventh Kansas, taking position about 200 yards in front of the rebel ranks. From his six 10-pounder Parrott guns he opened on them with terrible effect, driving them back with great slaughter.
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HDQRS. First DIVISION, ARMY OF THE FRONTIER,
Cane Hill, Ark., December 3, 1862.
Page 43-46.

The nature of the ground was such that I could not use my artillery to any advantage, and the mountain could be taken in no other way except be storm. I accordingly ordered up the Second Kansas and dismounted them. They charged up the steep acclivity in the advance, under the command of Capts. S. J. Crawford and A. P. Russell, Major [J. G.] Fisk having been wounded by a piece of shell early in the day. Next followed the Third Indian Regiment (Cherokee), under the command of Colonel [W. A.] Phillips, and its other field officers, Lieutenant-Colonel Downing and Major [J. A.] Foreman, voluntarily assisted by Major Van Antwerp, of my staff, and the Eleventh Kansas, under the command of its field officers, Colonel [Thomas[] Ewing, [jr.,] Lieutenant-Colonel [Thomas] Moonlight, and Major [P. B.] Plumb. The resistance of the rebels was stubborn and determined. The storm of lead and iron hail that came down the side of the mountain, both from their small-arms and artillery, was terrific; yet most of it went over our heads without doing us much damage.

The regiments just named, with a wild shout rushed up the steep acclivity, contesting every inch of ground, and steadily pushing the enemy before them, until the crest was reached, when the rebels again fled in disorder. Four howitzers and Rabb's battery were now brought up the mountain and the pursuit renewed; the Third Indian and Eleventh Kansas Regiment, on the right and left of the road, advancing in line through the woods, while the four howitzers occupied the road in front, with the Second and Sixth Kansas and Rabb's battery in their rear. About every half mile the enemy made a stand, when the four howitzers and the Eleventh Kansas and Third Indian would as often put them to flight, leaving more or less of their dead and wounded behind them. thus the fight continued for some 3 miles, until, on descending partially from the mountain into a valley, the Cove Creek road, leading from Fayetteville to Van Buren, was reached, at the point where it intersects the road from Cane Hill to the last-named place. At this point the enemy again brought his artillery into requisition. It was now near sundown, and darkness must soon put an end to the pursuit.

Down the valley, in front of us, the ground appeared adapted to the use of cavalry to good advantage, and I determined to make an effort to capture their artillery, of which they had six pieces. A large force of their best cavalry was acting as rear guard, with a portion of their artillery just in front of them. Waiting for my cavalry to come up, I called for volunteers to make a charge.

Three companies of the Sixth Kansas, nearest at hand, responded promptly to the call, and, under command of their three field officers, Colonel [W. R.] Judson, Lieutenant-Colonel [L. R.] Jewell, and Major [W. T.] Campbell, dashed on to the rear of the rebel column, cutting and shooting them down with sabers, carbines, and revolvers. At this point a large body of the enemy were in ambush in front and upon the flanks, where cavalry could not approach, with their battery also masked in front. As soon as the party we were destructive fire, which, for the moment, caused my men to recoil and give back, in spite of my own efforts and those of other officers to rally them; whereas, if they had, after receiving the enemy's fire, passed on 200 or 300 yards, we could have secured, in a moment more, what we so much coveted - the enemy's artillery. Emboldened by their success in defending the defile and checking our advance, they raised a wild yell and advanced toward us. With the aid of Colonel Judson, Major Campbell, and Captains [H. S.] Greeno and [D.] Mefford, I succeeded in rallying the three companies of the Sixth Kansas, who had suffered severely in the charge, and formed them across the valley, and the four howitzers, coming up at the same time and opening on the enemy with shell, soon forced them to retire. yet they seemed determined to dispute the passage of the defile to which I have referred - a position admirably adapted for defense, and beyond which, as I afterward learned, there was a wide, open valley; hence their obstinate resistance at this point, in order to save their guns.

I resolved, however, at all hazards to force my way through this gorge, and, as darkness was approaching and I had no time to get up infantry and send them out upon the flanks, I prepared to make an assault in front. Loading the four howitzers and one section of Rabb's battery with double canister, I ordered them up by hand, in battery, with the three companies of the Sixth Kansas with Sharps' carbines advancing in line in rear. I had directed that not a gun should be fire until I gave the word. When within about 400 yards of the enemy, who were defending the gorge, and as I was about to give the word to fire, an officer from General Marmaduke came galloping up with a white flag. On sending an officer to receive it, they requested the privilege of taking off their dead and wounded. Consideration for the fate of Lieutenant-Colonel Jewell, and others who had fallen upon the ground they then occupied, and whom I feared they might brutally murder, induced me to respect their flag of truce, convinced though I was at the time that it was a cowardly trick, resorted to enable, them to make good their retreat and save their guns. It being now dark, and my men entirely exhausted and without food, I considered further pursuit useless, and returned with my command to Cane hill.

The casualties in my command were 4 killed and 36 wounded; 4 of them mortally, since dead. Among the latter was Lieutenant-Colonel Jewell, of the Sixth Kansas. He was a brave and gallant officer, whose noble example is worthy of emulation. Lieutenant J. A. Johnson, of the same regiment, a daring and excellent young officer, received a desperate would from a musket-ball, which passed entirely through his body; yet it is hoped he will recover. The enemy's loss is 75 killed; wounded not known, as they took a large portion of them away.

The officers and men of my command who took part in the engagement behaved, without exception, nobly.

To the following members of my staff, Major V. P. Van Antwerp, inspector-general; Captain Lyman Scott, acting assistant adjutant-general; Lieutenant J. Fin. Hill, aide-de-camp, and Lieutenant D. Whitaker, acting aide-de-camp, I am indebted for efficient and valuable services during the day.
I am, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAS. G. BLUNT,
Brigadier-General, Commanding First Division, Army of the Frontier.
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JANUARY 21-25, 1864.-Scout from Waldron to Baker's Springs, Ark., and skirmish.
No other information.

Abstract from Record of Events on return of the District of the Frontier (Colonel William R. Judson, Sixth Kansas Cavalry, commanding) for month of January.

January 21.-Captain E. A. Barker, with 100 men Second Kansas Cavalry and 40 men Sixth Kansas Cavalry, left Waldron, Ark.; marched toward Baker's Springs, Ark., where he surprised Captain Williamson's band of guerrillas, killing Williamson and 5 of his men, wounding 2, and taking 2 lieutenants and 25 men prisoners. On his return captured 1 lieutenant and 1 private. Distance traveled, 172 miles. Prisoners taken, 3 lieutenant and 26 men. Federal loss, 1 enlisted man killed and 1 wounded. Lieutenant C. J. Williams, Second Kansas Cavalry, also wounded.
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HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF KANSAS, In the Field, Fort Scott, September 30, 1862.
Brigadier-General SCHOFIELD:
Page 691-692.

The Second Kansas (cavalry) and Third Wisconsin (cavalry) and Eleventh Kansas (infantry, 1,000 strong) and two batteries will be here by Thursday evening, October 2. I shall leave orders for them to follow me by forced marches. I expect the Twelfth and Thirteenth Kansas Regiments (infantry), 1,000 strong each, to arrive here from Leavenworth in the course of seven or eight days, when they also, with the First and Second Indian Regiments, will proceed immediately to join me in the field. The new regiments have been delayed in getting into the field for the want of arms, but are now supplied. A large supply train, accompanied by the paymaster, will leave here Thursday morning for General Salomon's and Colonel Weer's commands. Unless the enemy are advancing in force and determined to bring or an engagement I would suggest that we defer offensive movements in force until to support our artillery is what we especially need, and for the want of which my movements have been hitherto embarrassed.
Hoping, general, to see you in person in a few days, when we can more fully mature our plans, I am, with the highest regard, your obedient servant.

JAS. G. BLUNT,
Brigadier-General, Commanding.

The Names Of Kansas.

I would be the first too admit I know very little about my own States history, even though I have lived here all my life, one should be a little ashamed for not knowing some of your own States history. Kansas is a great State, and full of rich history, but I know little of it.
Oh, I know about the cattle drives and the old west towns and the outlaws and the famous marshals but beyond that very little. I guess a lot of it has to do with the way other people look at us from the outside and say; “Why go to Kansas there’s nothing there and it so flat.” or “ I won’t go there , there’s all those tornados.” or this one; “Oh you mean the land of OZ.”

I find myself defending my State to those outsiders and yes even to some who live here, so with that and with the bad rap we get from TV, and the News, I just didn’t think people would be interested in Kansas. But I know I’m wrong in that thinking, as there are thousands in Kansas and outsiders that are very interested in it’s rich history. That is why I have decided to do a few page on this great State, not only will I learn something I hope others will too.
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1. Lieutenant Colonel D. R. Anthony, of the 7th Kansas regiment, was arrested in 1862.

2. Colonel Robert B. Mitchell, of the Second Regiment of Kansas Volunteers, was nominated for appointment of to be brigadier-general, in the Volunteer force how in the service of the United States.

3. In 1866, there was a petition of enlisted men of company G, eighth regiment United States Veteran Volunteers, praying payment to them of four hundred dollars each, being bounty money alleged to have been lost through the carelessness or fraud of the late recruiting officer.

4. Fourteenth Regiment of Infantry.
Captain Thomas M. McDougal, of the Fifth Kansas Volunteers, to be second lieutenant, May 10, 1866.

5. In 1864, The Committee on Public Lands be discharged from the further consideration of resolutions of the legislature of Kansas in favor of the construction of a bridge across Republican river, at Fort Riley, and of the construction of a military road from Fort Leavenworth, via Fort Riley, to Fort Larned.

6. In 1865, There was presented a memorial of Cyrus Leland, first lieutenant and regimental quartermaster 13th regiment Kansas volunteers, and A. A. Q. M., post Van Buren, Arkansas, praying to be relieved from responsibility for public property lost in consequence of the capture of the government train containing all of his retained copies of returns, reports, books, and accounts, by the enemy, at the battle of Marks' Mills, near the Saline river, Arkansas, on the 25th day of April, 1864.

7. In 1869, C. W. Babcock, of Kansas, was to be surveyor-general of the United States for the district of Kansas.

8. In 1869, P. B. Maxon, of Kansas, was to be register of the land office at Humboldt, Kans., as Nathaniel S. Goss, had resigned.

9. In 1862, John C. Anderson and sixteen others, soldiers of the second regiment of Kansas volunteers, praying for relief on account of injuries received by them by the falling of a building at Wyandotte, while they were in the service of the United States.

10. In 1873, William K. Hayes to be deputy postmaster at Parsons, in the county of Labette and State of Kansas, the office having become Presidential.

Persons herein named for appointment in the Army of the United States:
Ninth Regiment of Cavalry.
George W. Smith, of Kansas, late captain in the Eighteenth Regiment of Infantry, to be second lieutenant August 6, 1873.

11. In 1875, T. B. Dickin, formerly of Company C, Fifth Kansas Volunteers, was asking for relief, or T. B. Dicken, Company C, Fifth Regiment Kansas Cavalry

12. In 1875, The petition of Elkanah Huddleston, late first lieutenant First Kansas Colored Infantry, for arrears of pay for services as recruiting-officer.

13. In 1875, Elkanah Huddleston, late first lieutenant in Company A, First Regiment Kansas Colored Infantry Volunteers, asking for relief.

14. In 1869, The petition of William Rose, of Kansas, praying to be allowed pay as major of the 4th regiment Kansas infantry volunteers, and to be reimbursed for recruiting expenses incurred by him.

15. In 1862, The petition of Thomas Connelly for compensation for goods and wares taken by the second regiment Kansas volunteers.

16. In 1864, The petition of Mrs. Brandt, widow of Frederick Brandt, praying to be indemnified for loss sustained by the sacking of Lawrence, Kansas, by Quantrell and his band, on the 21st of August, 1863.

17. In 1870, The petition of Joseph Shelton, praying to be allowed bounty as a discharged private of 13th regiment Kansas volunteers.

18. In 1867, Henry R. Neall, late captain of the Thirteenth Kansas Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Twenty-sixth Regiment United States Infantry, January 22, 1867.

19. In 1875, Mary Jane Pyle, widow of Jesse F. Pyle, late a corporal of Company D, Eleventh Regiment of Kansas Cavalry Volunteers, praying to be allowed a pension.

20. In 1866, Alfred C. Low, 1st lieutenant 13th Kansas volunteer infantry, praying for relief.

21. In 1855, Second Regiment of Artillery; William Butler, of Kansas, to be second lieutenant, June 7, 1855.

22. In 1874, The petition of George W. Williams and 2,500 citizens of Kansas, for extension of time to settlers on the Osage lands for payment for their lands

23. In 1874, Joseph W. Goldthorpe, late a private of Company F, First Regiment Kansas Volunteers, asking for relief.

24. In 1867, Bradford S. Bassett, late captain of the Sixteenth Kansas Cavalry, to be second lieutenant in the Seventh Regiment United States Cavalry, June 18, 1867.

William B. Clark, late lieutenant colonel of the Fourteenth Kansas Cavalry, to be second lieutenant in the Seventh Regiment United States Cavalry, June 18, 1867.

James W. Steele, of Kansas, to be second lieutenant in the Thirty-eighth Regiment United States Infantry, August 19, 1867.

25. In 1872, the relief of Albert D. Pierce, postmaster at Sumnerville, Ottawa County, Kansas.

26. 1865, To be brigadier-generals by brevet; Colonel John Ritchie, of the Second Regiment of Indian Home Guards (Kansas Volunteers), to date from February 21, 1865.

27. In 1867, Nathaniel S. Goss, of Kansas, to be register of the land office at Humboldt, Kansas, vice John W. Scott, rejected.

28. David W. Wallingford, late second lieutenant of the Fifteenth Regiment Kansas Cavalry, to be second lieutenant in the Seventh Regiment United States Cavalry, July 28, 1866.

29. In 1872, S. D. Houston, late receiver of public moneys at Junction City, in the State of Kansas.

30. In 1874, Jacob Stotler to be postmaster at Emporia, in the county of Lyon and State of Kansas, in place of Mrs. Elizabeth Trask, whose commission expired 15th July, 1874.

31. In 1874, Chauncey G. Hawley to be postmaster at Girard, in the county of Crawford and State of Kansas, the office having become Presidential.

32. In 1874, Alexander M. Campbell to be postmaster at Salina, in the county of Salina and State of Kansas, whose commission expired July 15, 1874.

33. In 1874, Luther M. Eggers, of Kansas, to be register of the land office in the western land district, in the State of Kansas.

34. In 1874, Charles A. Morris, of Kansas, to be register of the land office in the Arkansas Valley land district, in the State of Kansas.

35. In 1874, Eli Gilbert, of Kansas, to be receiver of public moneys for the district of lands subject to sale in the Arkansas Valley land district, in the State of Kansas.

36. In 1874, Mahlon H. Newlin, of Kansas, who was commissioned during the recess of the Senate, to be agent for the tribes of Indians in Kansas.

37. In 1874, Dexter E. Clapp, of Kansas, who was commissioned during the recess of the Senate, to be agent for the Indians of the Crow Agency in Montana, vice James Wright, resigned.

38. Twenty-third Regiment of Infantry; E. De Russey Nichols, of Kansas, to be second lieutenant October 31, 1874.

39. In 1867, First Lieutenant J. J. Cross, of the Second Kansas Colored Cavalry, confirmed on the 10th April, 1866, co be captain by brevet, should read First Lieutenant S. K. Cross, of the Second Kansas Volunteer

40. 1867, David W. Wallingford, late second lieutenant of the Fifteenth Kansas Cavalry, to be second lieutenant in the Seventh Regiment United States Cavalry, to date from July 28, 1866

41. In 1864, To be major-generals; Colonel Powell Clayton, Fourth Kansas Cavalry, August 1, 1864.

42. 1864, To be assistant-quartermasters with the rank of captain; Henry H. Gillum, of Kansas, August 22, 1864.

First Lieutenant George W. Carpenter, regimental quartermaster of the Fifteenth Kansas Volunteers, September 29, 1864.

43. 1864, To be commissaries of subsistence with the rank of captain; To be commissaries of subsistence with the rank of captain

Henry W. Fick, of Kansas, July 7, 1864.
H. Miles Moore, of Kansas, July 7, 1864.

44. In 1866, Hugh Ewing, of Kansas, to be minister resident of the United States at The Hague, in the place of Daniel E. Sickles, declined.

45. In 1866, Edward Carroll to be collector of internal revenue for the district of Kansas, he having been appointed during the recess of the Senate, in place of John Speer, removed.

46. 1866, To be first lieutenants by brevet; Second Lieutenant A. Liebschutz, of the Ninth Kansas Cavalry, for meritorious services, and for wounds received in the battle of Prairie Grove, Arkansas, to date from March 13, 1865.

47. In 1866, James M. Williams, late captain of the Fifth Kansas Cavalry, to be captain in the Eighth Regiment United States Cavalry, July 28, 1866,

48. In 1866, To be brigadier-generals by brevet; Colonel Samuel J. Crawford, of the Second Kansas Colored Volunteers, for meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.
Colonel John A. Martin, of the Eighth Kansas Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

Major H. C. Austin, of the Eighth Regiment Kansas Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

Major Martin Anderson, of the Eleventh Kansas Volunteers (Cavalry), for meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.

49. 1866, Second Regiment of Cavalry; John A. Wanless, late captain of the Fifteenth Kansas Cavalry, to be second lieutenant, February 23, 1866.

50. In 1866, Franklin G. Adams, of Kansas, who was commissioned during the recess of the Senate, to be agent for the Indians of the Kickapoo Agency.

51. In 1866, Samuel D. Houston, of Kansas, who was commissioned during the recess of the Senate, to be receiver of public moneys for the district of lauds subject to sale at Junction City, Kansas.

52. In 1861. George W. Deitzler, of Kansas, to be agent for the Pottawatomie Indians, vice William E. Murphy, whose term of office has expired.

53. In 1861. Charles B. Lines, of Kansas, to be receiver of public moneys for the district of lands subject to sale at Lecompton, Kansas, vice William Brindley, whose term of office has expired.

54. In 1861, James L. McDowell, of Kansas, to be marshal of the United States for the district of Kansas.

55. In 1869, Harlan P. Welch to be deputy postmaster at Ottawa, in the county of Franklin and State of Kansas, the office having become Presidential.

56. In 1869, James Hare to be deputy postmaster at Hays City, in the county of Ellis and State of Kansas, the office having become Presidential.

57. In 1869, David W. Stormont to be deputy postmaster at Topeka, in the county of Shawnee and State of Kansas, in place of Samuel H. Fletcher, removed.

58. In 1869, Alexander R. Banks, of Kansas, to be agent for the Indians of the Upper Arkansas Agency, vice Edward W. Wynkoop, resigned.

59. In 1869, Nathaniel A. Adams, of Kansas, to be surveyor-general of the United States for the district of Kansas, vice Hiram S. Sleeper.

60. In 1869, M. W. Reynolds to be assessor of internal revenue collection district of Kansas, vice Thomas I. Sternbergh, to be removed.

61. In 1870, Thomas J. Sternberg, of Kansas, to be receiver of public moneys for the district of lands subject to sale in the Republican land district, in the State of Kansas.

62. In 1870, Amos Cutter, of Kansas, to be register of the land office in the Republican land district, in the State of Kansas.

63. 1855, To be second lieutenants; Curtis Dunham, of Kansas, March 3, 1855.

64. 1863, Persons for appointment as hospital Chaplains, under the act approved May 20, 1862; Samuel L. Adair, of Kansas, June 13, 1862.

65. 1863, To be assistant quartermasters with the rank of captain; Edmund B. Whitman, of Kansas, July 18, 1862.

George F. Warren, of Kansas, July 30, 1862.

Edmund N. Morrill, of Kansas, August 9, 1862.

R. W. Hamer, of Kansas, August 9, 1862.

James Davis, of Kansas, September 5, 1862.

James Christian, of Kansas, September 5, 1862.

Erastus Heath, of Kansas, September 30, 1862.

66. To be assistant adjutants-general with the rank of captain.

T. J. Anderson, of Kansas (for General Blunt).

67. 1862, To be assistant quartermasters with the rank of captain.

James A. Finley, of Kansas, November 26, 1862.

Samuel Hipple, of Kansas, November 26, 1862.

S. Lappin, of Kansas, November 26, 1862.

67. 1862, To be commissaries of subsistence with the rank of captain.

John Gould, of Kansas, November 26, 1862.

68. 1862, To be additional paymasters.

J. P. Wheeler, of Kansas, November 26, 1862.

69. 1862, Quartermaster's Department.

Willis C. Goff, of Kansas, to be assistant quartermaster with the rank of captain.

70. 1862. Subsistence Department.

George W. Gardner, of Kansas to be commissary of subsistence with the rank of captain.

71. 1862. Persons for appointment in the Volunteer force now in the service of the United States:

Sidney Clark, of Kansas, to be assistant adjutant-general with the rank of captain.

Chester Thomas, of Kansas, to be assistant quartermaster with the rank of captain.

George S. Gaylord, of Kansas, to be commissary of subsistence with the rank of captain.

72. 1862.To be assistant quartermasters with the rank of captain.

George Alden, of Kansas.

73. 1863. To be commissaries of subsistence with the rank of captain.

Lieutenant J. H. W. Mills, of the First Kansas Volunteers.

74. 1861. To be assistant quartermasters with the rank of captain.

Martin H. Insley, of Kansas, August 6, 1861.

75. 1861, To be commissaries of subsistence with the rank of captain.

A. C. Wilder, of Kansas, August 7, 1861.

76. 1861, Robert Crozier, of Kansas, to be attorney of the United States for the district of Kansas, who was commissioned during the last recess of the Senate, in the place of John Taylor Burris, removed.

77. In 1869, Alexander Wilson, of Kansas Territory, for appointment as chief justice of the supreme court for the Territory of Utah, vice D. R. Eckels, resigned.

78. In 1856, Thomas Cunningham, of Pennsylvania, to be associate justice of the supreme court of Kansas Territory, vice I. M. Burrell, deceased

79. In 1868, Charles E. Ramus, of Kansas, to be consul of the United States at Honolulu, vice Morgan L. Smith, resigned.

80. 1862, person for appointment in the Volunteer force now in the service of the United States, Henry Buckmaster, of Kansas, an examined and approved candidate, to be brigade surgeon.

81. In 1862, James F. Legate, of Kansas, to be governor of Washington Territory, vice Edward S. Salomon, resigned, to take effect April 1, 1872.

82. 1862. Robert B. Mitchell and James G. Blunt, of Kansas, for appointment in the volunteer force now in the service of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

83. In 1862, Abraham Cutler, of Kansas, to be marshal of the United States for the Territory of New Mexico, in place of C. P. Clever, removed.

84. In 1872, Leslie J. Perry to be deputy postmaster at Paola, in the county of Miami and State of Kansas, in place of John H. Smith, removed for cause.

85. 1856, The House having proceeded to the consideration of the report of the Committee of Elections in the Kansas contested election case, the pending question being on the following resolutions reported from the said committee, viz:

Resolved, That John W. Whitfield is not entitled to a seat in this House as a delegate from the Territory of Kansas.

Resolved, That Andrew H. Reeder be admitted to a seat on this floor as a delegate from the Territory of Kansas.

86. In 1871, Mrs. Kesia B. Johnson to be deputy postmaster at Leavenworth, in the county of Leavenworth and State of Kansas, the name of the office having been changed from Leavenworth City to Leavenworth.

87. In 1871, James W. Patterson to be deputy postmaster at Humboldt, in the county of Allen and State of Kansas, the office having become Presidential.

88. In 1871, P. B. Maxson, of Kansas, to be register of the land office at Humboldt, Kans., Vice Watson Stewart, who was suspended during the recess of the Senate.

89. In 1871, Milton W. Reynolds, of Kansas, to be receiver of public moneys for the district of lands subject to sale at Humboldt, Kans., vice David B. Emmert, to be removed.

90. In 1862, John F. Dodds and others, citizens of Morris county, Kansas, praying the establishment of a triweekly mail-route from Council Grove to Topeka, Kansas.

91. In 1874, Daniel R. Anthony to be deputy postmaster at Leavenworth, in the county of Leavenworth and State of Kansas, in place of Jeremiah Clark, removed.

They Worked For Their Country.

The men on this list worked for their country, it may have been a military service or was a civilian but all worked for the United States Government. When researching for a ancestor you never know when they will show up and under what subject matter they will be found. This is why you may see some repeats here, when I try a new subject I never know what name will come up, so of course there will be repeats. But there will be a lot of new names as well.

Note. You well see the statement ( Date of his death is unknown ), under a lot of these names this does not mean it is not know or can’t be found, it only means it was unknown to this author at the time of this writing.

Note. There will be additional information on all these names, so if you see a name you would like information on you can find my address in my profile, I will be glad to help you all I can.

1. Wadleigh Noyes, was a lieutenant in the 9th Massachusetts regiment; and was mortally wounded at Saratoga the 7th of October, 1777, of which wounds he died the 27th day of the same month and year.

2. Bernard Elliot, was a lieutenant colonel of the South Carolina regiment of artillery, on continental establishment; and that he died on the 25th of October, 1778.

3. Samuel Wise, was major of the 3rd. South Carolina regiment of infantry, on continental establishment; and that he was killed at the lines of Savannah, on the 9th. day of October, 1779.

4. Benjamin huger, was major of the 5th South Carolina regiment on continental establishment; and that he was killed on the lines of Charleston, on the 11th day of May, 1779,

5. John Bush, was a lieutenant in the 2d South Carolina regiment on continental establishment; and that he was killed at the line of Savannah, the 9th day of October, 1779.

6. Charles Motte, was major of the 2d South Carolina regiment on cont!nental establishment; he was killed at the lines of Savannah, on the 9th day of October, 1779.

7. Richard Shubrick was a captain of the 2d South Carolina regiment on continental establishment; and that he died on the 8th day of November, 1777.

8. William Bond, was commissioned Colonel of the 25th regiment of foot, on the 1st day of January, 1776; and he died at Ticonderoga, on the 31st day of August of the same year.

9. John Harris was a lieutenant in the second Connecticut regiment, he was killed in action with the enemy in the month of December, 1777.

10. Robert Lewis was a Captain, he died on the 22d day of March, 1777.

11. David Gould, was a surgeon in the hospital department in Virginia, he died on the 12th of July, 1781.

12. Andrew Leitch was a major of the first Virginia continental regiment, and that he was killed on the 16th day of September, 1776.

13. William White was a captain in the, Massachusetts line, and that he was killed in October, 1781.

14. Henry E. Morse, late a private in company G, ninth regiment Vermont volunteers, date of death is unknown.

15. James Heatherly, company E, eleventh West Virginia volunteers, date of death is unknown.

16. Charles Gouler, was a private in company F, ninth New Hampshire volunteers, date of death is unknown.

17. Pleasant Stoops, of company “F,” eighteenth regiment of United States infantry, date of death is unknown.

18. Andrew Holman, was a private in company G, twenty-ninth regiment of Ohio volunteer infantry, date of death is unknown.

19. Myron Wilklow, of company B, forty-seventh Ohio volunteers, rank and date of death is unknown.

20. Charles W. Wilcox, of company B, ninety-seventh Illinois volunteers, rank and date of death is unknown.

21. George R. Waters, of the fiftieth regiment New York engineers, rank and date of death is unknown.

22. Thomas Gardner, was a Colonel, was wounded in the battle of Charlestown, on the 17th day of June, 1775, and died of his wounds on the 3d day of July following.

23. Andrew McClary, was a major of Colonel John Stack’s regiment, and was killed by a cannon ball in the action of Bunker’s hill, on the 17th day of June, 1775.

24. Willard Moore was a major in the regiment of Colonel Doolittle, and was killed in the action of Bunker’s Hill, on the 17th day of June, 1775.

25. Moses Parker, was Colonel, was wounded and taken prisoner by the British troops in the action of Bunker’s Hill on the 17th of June, 1775, and died of his wounds, in Boston, in the month of July following.

26. Benjamin Walker, Captain, of Colonel Bridge’s regiment, was wounded in the action of Bunker’s Hill, on the 17th of June, 1775, and died of his wounds in the month of August following.

27. Benjamin R. Naylor, was a pilot of the gunboat Patapsco, date of his death is unknown.

28. Thomas Knowlton, was a lieutenant colonel in the army of the Revolution, was killed in battle on September 16, 1776.

29. Henry Irwin, was Lieutenant Colonel of the fifth North Carolina regiment on continental establishment, and was mortally wounded at the battle of Germantown, and died, date of his death is unknown.

30. John Chilton, was a captain in the Virginia line of the continental establishment, was killed at the battle at Brandywine in September of 1777.

31. Newton H. Adams, was a surgeon in the United States Navy, Died November 17, 1869.

32. Charles T. Hiltibedal, late a private in Company M, First Regiment Missouri Engineers, date of his death is unknown.

33. Frank M. Lang, of Milan, New Hampshire, was a private in company B, Fifth New Hampshire Volunteers, date of his death is unknown.

34. William R. Silvey, was a private in company B, second regiment of Tennessee
infantry, date of his death is unknown.

35. Joseph Berry, was a private in company B, fourth regiment of Iowa volunteers, date of his death is unknown.

36. Benjamin Franklin Browne, was a acting assistant paymaster in the United States Navy. Died 6 June, 1864.

37. Salvador Accadi, a musician in the United States navy, date of his death is unknown.

38. Alexander Montgomery, wasa private in the revolutionary war, date of his death is unknown.

39. Henry E. Morse, was a private in company G, ninth regiment Vermont volunteers, date of his death is unknown.

40. Richard H. Allen, was a lieutenant in company D, thirteenth regiment of Tennessee cavalry, date of his death is unknown.

41. Ezra Chapman, was from Tolland Connecticut, was an ensign in the Revolution, and died September 1, 1778.

42. John Gilbert, was a private in Colonel W. B. Whiting’s regiment, of the revolutionary war, date of his death is unknown.

43. Baron DeKaib, was a Major General, of the revolutionary war, date of his death is unknown.

44. Henry Brockholst Livingston, was a Lieutenant Colonel, of the revolutionary war, date of his death is unknown.

45. Sylvester Dreyer, was a private of Company H, Tenth Regiment of Minnesota Volunteers, date of his death is unknown.

46. William Crawford, was a colonel of the Virginia line on continental establishment in the revolutionary army, and was made prisoner by the Indians while in actual service during the year seventeen hundred and eighty-two, and burned to death, date of his death is unknown.

47. John Rudenstein, late a surgeon in the United States Navy, Died 9 December, 1869.

48. Francis Martin, was a Lieutenant in the revolutionary war, date of his death is unknown.

49. Robert Elliott, was killed by a party of hostile Indians while he was conducting necessary supplies to the army, commanded by major general Wayne, in 1794, date of his death is unknown.

50. Charles Dolph, of Saybrook, in the State of Connecticut, was killed during the war with Great Britain, in an engagement between a party of volunteers, raised in said town
Saybrook, and the crew of a British privateer, called the Rover, date of his death is unknown.

51. Philip Johnston, was a Colonel in the revolutionary war, date of his death is unknown.

52. John Thompson, was a private in the civil war?, no regiment or the date of his death is unknown.

53. John Harding was a Colonel of the revolutionary was, date of his death is unknown.

54. Alexander Trueman was a Major, date of his death is unknown.

55. Thomas Giles, a revolutionary soldier in the thirteenth Massachusetts regiment, rank and the date of his death is unknown.

56. Lemuel Storrs, was a assistant commissary for two years in the Connecticut line of the Revolution, date of his death is unknown.

57. William S. Higginbotham, was a private in Company C, Eighty-sixth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, was of the civil war?, date of his death is unknown.

58. Cornelius Swartwout, was a private six years in the third New York regiment, date of his death is unknown.

59. Daniel Coit, was a private of artillery in Massachusetts line, he died July 4, 1832.

60. William M. Wooten, was a private in the Daviess county company of horse guards, Kentucky militia, date of his death is unknown.

61. Henry Brown, late a private in company K, tenth regiment Tennessee cavalry volunteers, date of his death is unknown.

62. John Balster, was a armorer, and was killed by an accidental explosion at the laboratory at the Charleston arsenal, date of his death is unknown.

63. Philip Johnston, was a Colonel of the revolutionary war, date of his death is unknown.

64. Basil Mignault, was a officer of the revolutionary war, rank and the date of his death is unknown.

65. Joshua C. Maxey, was a sergeant in Company I, Forty-eighty Regiment Illinois Volunteers, date of his death is unknown.

66. Otway H. Berryman, was commanding and acting as purser of the United States schooner Onkahye, date of his death is unknown.

67. Erastus A. Capron, was a Captain of the first regiment of artillery of the army of the United States, date of his death is unknown.

68. Peter Hubert, was a private in General Hazen’s regiment, died on April 9, 1853.

69. John Gilbert, was a private in the revolutionary war in Colonel W. B. Whiting’s regiment, died on April 12, 1852.

70. Ezra Chapman, of Tolland, Connecticut, was an ensign in the revolutionary war, died on September 1, 1780.

71. Robert Layton, was a captain, in the revolutionary war, died March 8, 1838.

72. John W. Jameson, was a first lieutenant in Captain MacCluney’s company of Missouri Home Guards, died on September 7, 1861.

73. James A. Mulligan on the fifteenth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, was mustered into the service of the United States as colonel of the twenty-third Illinois infantry, known as the Irish brigade, marched to the front in July, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, and from that time, (excepting two months when a prisoner of war,) was actively engaged in the military service of the republic against armed rebels until he fell on the battle-field of Winchester, the twenty-sixth day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-four; and whereas during two years of that military service he was assigned to the command of brigades and divisions, and performed the duties of brigadier and major general.

74. James Kip, was in the revolutionary war, no rank given, died on November 19, 1834.

75. Levi Stone, was a captain of artificers at Danbury, Connecticut, during the war of the
Revolution, from March, seventeen hundred and seventy-seven, to November, seventeen hundred and seventy-nine, date of his death is unknown.

76. Judah Mandigo, was in the revolutionary war, no rank was given, he died on April 28, 1847.

77. Apollos Cooper, was a lieutenant in the Virginia continental line of the revolutionary army, and was killed in the battle of Brandywine, date of his death is unknown.

78. Oliver Hazard Perry, Esquire, was a captin of the United States navy; Died 23 August, 1819.

79. Parks J. Stackhouse, was a private in company G, second regiment Pennsylvania
reserves volunteers, date of his death is unknown.

80. Conrad Schweitzer, was a. private in company C, sixty-first regiment New York volunteers, date of his death is unknown.

81. Michael Everly, of the Pennsylvania was a Lieutenant on the continental line, date of his death is unknown.

82. John Carr, was in the revolutionary war, rank and the date of his death is unknown.

83. William T. Gerard, was a private in Company G, Ninth Regiment of Indiana Infantry Volunteers, died on September 6, 1870.

84. Daniel Starr, was a Lieutenant in the navy of the revolutionary war, date of his death is unknown.

85. Henry Field, was an ensign in the war of the revolution, date of his death is unknown.

86. William Scott, was in the revolutionary war, rank not given, died on December 7, 1838.

87. Tousant Lavarnway, was a conductor of wagons, in the revolutionary war, died on March 15, 1845.

88. William Humphrey, was from Virginia, was in the revolutionary war, rank not given, died on March 22. 1850.

89. William Rhinevault, was in the revolutionary war, rank and the date of his death is unknown.

90. Apollos Cooper, was a lieutenant in the Virginia continental line of the revolutionary army, and was killed in the battle of Brandywine, date of his death is unknown.

91. William B. McGrorty, was a first lieutenant and regimental quartermaster in the fifth
regiment Minnesota volunteers, date of his death is unknown.

92. Basil Mignault, was a Lieutenant in the in the revolutionary war, date of his death is unknown.

93. Peter Cabet, the year of the Bill in Congress was 1830, was a soldier enlisted for five years, during the late war, and who died of a disease, rank and the date of his death is unknown.

94. David Arens, late private Company E, Eighty-first Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, date of his death is unknown.

95. Elnathan Sears, was from New York, was in the the revolutionary war, rank and the date of his death is unknown.

96. Baron DeKaib, was a General of the Revolutionary war, the date of his death is unknown.

97. Lewis J. Wolfley, was a surgeon in the United States Navy, died 31 July, 1844.

98. William R. McKee, was a colonel, had a horse killed in battle, and other property lost in battle, or in consequence of his being killed in the battle of Buena Vista, in 1847.

99. George Ludlum, was a private of the 29th. United States Infantry, date of his death is unknown.

100. David P. Heap, was a Major he prevented a large amount of money from falling into the hands of Enemy, date of his death is unknown.

101. Robert T. Weed, was a private in the second Indiana battery volunteers, date of his death is unknown.

102. William Barton, was a General, date of his death is unknown.

103. Michiel Weiss, was a private in Company K, Ninth Regiment of Michigan Volunteers, date of his death is unknown.

104. Samuel Norcross, was in the war of 1812, no rank given, was killed at Plattsburg on September 12, 1814.

105. Thomas Hanna, was in the Revolutionary war, no rank given, died on March 4, 1837.

106. Nathaniel Smith, was of Tennessee, was a Lieutenant, was in the battle of Horse Shoe, date of his death is unknown.

107. Philip Johnston, was a Colonel, date of his death is unknown.

108. Samuel M. Plummer, was a Captain in the United States Army, no regiment given, date of his death is unknown.

109. John Van Pelt, was in the revolutionary war, no rank given and date of his death is unknown.

110. Thomas Knowlton, was a lieutenant colonel in the army of the revolution, and killed in battle on the September 16, 1776.

111. John L. Polevesky, was a major of cavalry in the army of the revolution, and served with the French troops from their landing at Newport, in 1780 to the closing of the war, date of his death is unknown.

112. Ira Johnson, a revolutionary soldier, of the seventh Massachusetts regiment of continental troops, no rank was given and no date of his death is unknown.

113. Daniel Mills was a Captain of infantry in the revolutionary war, date of his death is unknown.

114. Henry Irwin, was a Lieutenant Colonel of the fifth North Carolina regiment on continental establishment, and who was mortally wounded at the battle of Germantown, date of his death is unknown.

115. John Chilton, was a captain in the Virginia line, on continental establishment, during the war of the revolution, and who was slain in the battle at Brandywine, in September, 1777.

116. John Hickman, was in the revolutionary war, no rank given and the date of his death is unknown.

117. Benjamin Haskins, was in the revolutionary war, no rank given and the date of his death is unknown.

118. John Yancey, was in the revolutionary war, no rank given and the date of his death is unknown.

119. Thomas Morris, was a captain in the Georgia line on the continental establishment in the revolutionary war, date of his death is unknown.

120. Charles S. Russell, was a captain of the twentieth regiment United States Infantry, date of his death is unknown.