Kansas Civil War Union Cavalry Units

The information in this list of Kansas Military Units comes from the Civil War Soldiers and Sailors web site (CWSS). This web site can also be searched by the name of a soldier.


 * 2nd Regiment, Kansas Cavalry Organized at Kansas City as 12th Kansas Infantry. At Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, designation changed to 9th Kansas Infantry February 4, 1862, and to 2nd Cavalry March 5, 1862. Mustered out August 17, 1865.


 * 5th Regiment, Kansas Cavalry Organized at Leavenworth City July 12, 1861, to January 22, 1862. Companies "I" and "K" mustered out June 22, 1865. Companies "L" and "M" consolidated with 15th Kansas Cavalry August 22, 1865.


 * 6th Regiment, Kansas Cavalry Organized at Fort Scott July, 1861. Mustered out August 27, 1865.


 * 7th Regiment, Kansas Cavalry Organized at Fort Leavenworth October 28, 1861. Mustered out September 29, 1865.


 * 9th Regiment, Kansas Cavalry Organized at Fort Leavenworth by consolidation of Independent Battalions, Squadrons and Detachments originally formed for other Regiments March 27, 1862. Mustered out July 17, 1865.


 * 11th Regiment, Kansas Cavalry Organized at Kansas City April 1863, from 11th Kansas Infrantry. Moved to Kansas and mustered out September 26, 1865.


 * 14th Regiment, Kansas Cavalry Organized at Fort Scott and Leavenworth April, 1863, as a Battalion of 4 Companies for escort to General Blunt. Regiment organized at Fort Scott, December, 1863. Mustered out June 25, 1865.


 * 15th Regiment, Kansas Cavalry Organized at Leavenworth September and October, 1863. Mustered out October 19, 1865. Company "H" mustered out December 7, 1865.


 * 16th Regiment, Kansas Cavalry Organized at Leavenworth City November, 1863, to May, 1864. Mustered out December 6, 1865.


 * 18th Battalion, Kansas Cavalry "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.


 * 19th Regiment, Kansas Cavalry (6 months) "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.