3rd Independent Battery, Kansas Light Artillery

Brief History

 * 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 had duty there until 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.

For additional information, see Wikipedia.
 * The Civil War Archive section, 3rd Battery Light Artillery, (accessed 27 June 2012).
 * The Wikipedia article, 3rd Independent Battery Kansas Light Artillery, (accessed 27 June 2012).

Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin
Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first. Men from Shawnee County enlisted in this regiment.

3rd Battery, Kansas Light Artillery Roster. Index

The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors database lists 182 men on its roster for this unit. Roster.

Other Sources

 * Beginning United States Civil War Research gives steps for finding information about a Civil War soldier or sailor. It covers the major records that should be used. Additional records are described in 'Kansas in the Civil War' and 'United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865' (see below).


 * National Park Service, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, is searchable by soldier's name and state. It contains basic facts about soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, a list of regiments, descriptions of significant battles, sources of the information, and suggestions for where to find additional information.


 * Kansas in the Civil War describes many Confederate and Union sources, specifically for Kansas, and how to find them.. These include compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.


 * United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865 describes and explains United States and Confederate States records, rather than state records, and how to find them. These include veterans’ censuses, compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.