Kansas Civil War Union Artillery 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.


 * 1st Independent Battery, Kansas Light Artillery Organized at Mound City July 24, 1861. Mustered out July 17, 1865.


 * 2nd Independent Battery, Kansas Light Artillery Organized at Fort Scott. Mustered in September 10, 1862. Mustered out August 11, 1865.


 * 2nd Independent Battery, Kansas Light Artillery (Hopkins') Attached to 2nd Kansas Cavalry. See 3rd Battery.


 * 2nd Independent Battery, Kansas Light Artillery (Hopkins') Attached to 2nd Kansas Cavalry. See 3rd Battery.


 * 3rd Independent Battery, Kansas Light Artillery Organized as Company "B," 2nd Kansas Cavalry, December 9, 1861. Organized as a Battery October 27, 1862; designated as Hopkins' Kansas Battery. Designated 3rd Battery October 1, 1863. A detachment of 60 men sent to Little Rock to receive new Battery and duty there till January, 1865. Attached to Battery "G," 1st Missouri Light Artillery. September 13, 1864, to January 1, 1865. Mustered out January 19, 1865. Veterans and Recruits transferred to 2nd Kansas Battery.


 * 4th Independent Battery, Kansas Light Artillery "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.


 * Hopkins's See 2nd Independent Battery, Kansas Light Artillery


 * Post Battery, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas Artillery "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.