Thursday, May 19, 2011

Eighth Kansas Infantry Company E.

Here is a tintype of some of the men of the 8th Kansas Volunteer Infantry, Company E.
Date is 1862.
Photo is provided by the Kansas Historical Soc.

Note. This photo can be enlarged by pushing on it.

Standing.

1. Private, Elisha D. Rose, residence Indianola, enlisted Sept. 13, 1861, mustered in Sept. 16, 1861. Promoted Corporal September 16, 1861. Promoted Sergeant November 13, 1861. Promoted regt'l Q. M. Sergeant, July 14, 1862. Mustered out with regiment November 28, 1865.

2. James Hunter, was not found on the roster of the 8th., infantry.

3. Private, Volney N. Brown, residence Indianola, enlisted Sept. 13, 1861, mustered in Sept. 16, 1861. Promoted Corporal November 1, 1861. Died of disease, Nashville, Tennessee, June 7, 1863.

4. Private, Henry Davidson, residence Indianola, enlisted Oct. 24, 1861, mustered in Oct. 24, 1861, Deserted, Bowling Green, Kentucky., Aug. 16, 1862.

Kneeling.

1. Private, Lewis V. Bryan, residence Indianola, enlisted Sept. 13, 1861, mustered in Sept. 16, 1861. Promoted Corporal December 13, 1863. Re-enlisted Veteran. Discharged for disability April 19, 1865, Nashville, Tennessee.; Wounded in action Dec. 15, 1864, Nashville, Tennessee.

2. Private, Richard Russell, residence Indianola, enlisted Sept. 13, 1861, mustered in Sept. 16, 1861. Mustered out Sept. 16, 1864, Chattanooga, Tennessee.; Wounded in action Sept. 19, '63, Chicamauga, Ga.

3. Private, William L. Wendall, residence Indianola, enlisted Sept. 13, 1861, mustered in Sept. 16, 1861. Promoted Corporal September 16, 1861. Killed in action Sept. 19, 1863, Chicamauga, Ga.

4. Private, Cyrus Grant, residence Indianola, enlisted Sept. 13, 1861, mustered in Sept. 16, 1861. Promoted Corporal November 13, 1861. Died of disease, Chattanooga, Tennessee., Nov. 21, 1863.

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