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Kansas in the Civil War

Regiments

 * Post Battery, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas Artillery


 * "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.


 * 1st Regiment, Kansas Infantry


 * Organized at Camp Lincoln, Fort Leavenworth, May 20 to June 3, 1861.
 * Mustered out June 19, 1864. Veterans on duty in District of Vicksburg, Miss., till August, 1864. Ordered to Morganza, La., July 29. Operations in vicinity of Morganza September 16-25. Near Alexandria September 20. Atchatalaya October 5. Ordered to White River, Ark., October 7, thence to Little Rock, Ark., December 7. Duty there as Headquarters Guard and escort, Dept. of Arkansas, till August, 1865. Mustered out August 30, 1865.


 * 1st Regiment, Indian Home Guards, Kansas Infantry


 * Organized at Leroy, Kansas, May 22, 1862.
 * Mustered out May 31, 1865.


 * 1st Independent Battery, Kansas Light Artillery


 * Organized at Mound City July 24, 1861.
 * Mustered out July 17, 1865.


 * 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.


 * 2nd Regiment, Kansas Infantry (3 months, 1861)


 * Organized at Lawrence for three months May, 1861. Mustered in at Kansas City June 20, 1861.
 * Mustered out October 31, 1861.


 * 2nd Regiment, Indian Home Guards, Kansas Infantry


 * Organized on Big Creek and at Five-Mile Creek, Kansas, June 22 to July 18, 1862.
 * Mustered out May 31, 1865.


 * 2nd Independent Battery, Kansas Light Artillery


 * Organized at Fort Scott and mustered in September 10, 1862.
 * Battery mustered out August 11, 1865.


 * 2nd Independent Battery, Kansas Light Artillery (Hopkins')


 * Attached to 2nd Kansas Cavalry. See 3rd Battery.


 * 3rd Regiment, Kansas Infantry


 * Organization not completed. Consolidated with 4th Kansas Infantry to form 10th Kansas Infantry April 3, 1862.


 * 3rd Regiment, Indian Home Guards, Kansas Infantry


 * Organized at Carthage, Mo., September 16, 1862.
 * Mustered out May 31, 1865.


 * 3rd Independent Battery, Kansas Light Artillery


 * Organized as Company "B," 2nd Kansas Cavalry, December 9, 1861. Organized as a Battery October 27, 1862, with guns captured at Old Fort Wayne, and designated as Hopkins' Kansas Battery. Designated 3rd Battery October 1, 1863.
 * Mustered out January 19, 1865. Veterans and Recruits transferred to 2nd Kansas Battery.


 * 4th Regiment, Kansas Infantry


 * Organization not completed. Consolidated with 3rd Kansas Infantry to form 10th Kansas Infantry April 3, 1862.


 * 4th Independent Battery, Kansas Light Artillery


 * "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.


 * 5th Regiment, Kansas Cavalry


 * Organized at Leavenworth City July 12, 1861, to January 22, 1862. (Cos. "L" and "M" organized April to July, 1862.)
 * Non-Veterans mustered out (Cos. "A" to "H") August 11 to December 8, 1864. 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.


 * 6th Regiment, Kansas Infantry


 * "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.


 * 7th Regiment, Kansas Cavalry


 * Organized at Fort Leavenworth October 28, 1861.
 * Mustered out September 29, 1865.


 * 8th Regiment, Kansas Infantry


 * Regiment organized for service in the State and along border August, 1861.
 * Mustered out November 29, 1865. Moved to Fort Leavenworth, Kan., November 30, 1865-January 6, 1866, and honorably discharged January 9, 1866.


 * 9th Regiment, Kansas Cavalry


 * Organized at Fort Leavenworth by consolidation of Independent Battalions, Squadrons and Detachments originally formed for other Regiments March 27, 1862. Company "A" organized as Company "D," 8th Kansas, September 13 to October 14, 1861; Company "B" as Company "H," 8th Kansas, September 21 to November 20, 1861; Company "C" as Company "C," 3rd Kansas, July 24, 1861; Company "D" as Company "D," 1st Battalion Cavalry, October 19, 1861, to January 16, 1862; Company "E" as Company "E" 1st Battalion Cavalry, October 19, 1861, to January 16, 1862. Company "F" organized as Home Guard October 19, 1861, to January 16, 1862, and on scout and patrol duty at Paola. Company "G" for 1st Battalion Cavalry September 9, 1861, to January 16, 1862. Company "H" for 1st Battalion Cavalry October 22, 1861. Company "I" mustered in March 6, 1862. Company "K" mustered in July 11, 1862. Company "L" mustered in May 2, 1863, and Company "M" mustered in June 11 to August 2, 1863.
 * Mustered out July 17, 1865.


 * 10th Regiment, Kansas Infantry


 * Organized at Paola by consolidation of 3rd and 4th Kansas Infantry April 3, 1862.
 * Mustered out August 30, 1865, and discharged at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., September 20, 1865.


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


 * 12th Regiment, Kansas Infantry
 * Organized at Paola September, 1862.
 * Mustered out June 3, 1865.


 * 13th Regiment, Kansas Infantry
 * Organized at Atchison and mustered in September 20, 1862.
 * Mustered out June 26, 1865, and discharged at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., July 13, 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.


 * 17th Regiment, Kansas Infantry (100 days, 1864)
 * Organized at Fort Leavenworth July 28, 1864, for 100 days.
 * Mustered out November 16, 1864.


 * 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.


 * Abernathy's Company, Kansas Home Guards
 * "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.


 * Block's Company (Leavenworth Zouaves), Kansas Infantry
 * "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.


 * Unassigned Kansas Volunteers
 * "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.