Here are twenty soldiers that fought in the Civil War and pick Kansas to live.
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Austin T. Tuttle.
Birth: 1843.
Death: 1934.
Burial: Kansas Veterans Cemetery at Fort Dodge, Dodge City, Ford County, Kansas.
Wife: Amanda Lenora Tuttle (1854 - 1930
Civil War Service.
8th. Illinois infantry, company H.. from 1861-1866. Although it’s stated he was in this regiment there are no records in the National Park service nor the Illinois Archives. This man needs more research.
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Augustus Cronenberg.
Birth: Unknown.
Death : Unknown.
Burial: Kansas Veterans Cemetery at Fort Dodge, Dodge City, Ford County, Kansas.
Civil War service.
1st Regiment, Missouri Light Artillery, Company D. private, enlisted April 24, 1861, at St. Louis Mo. mustered in same day. Mustered out on July 1, 1864, at St. Louis Mo.
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Artemus Worchester Boyce.
Birth: 1838, North Dakota.
Death: Sept. 30, 1898, Fort Dodge, Ford County, Kansas.
Burial: Kansas Veterans Cemetery at Fort Dodge, Dodge City, Ford County, Kansas.
Wife: Mary Washington Williams Boyce (1846 - 1919
Civil War Service.
2nd Kansas Cavalry, Company H, Private, Home Topeka.
Re-enlisted Veteran, private, Home Burlingame, enlisted Feb. 26, 1864, mustered in March 4, 1864, Assigned to Co. L, March 18, 1865.
Company L. Mustered out June 22, 1865, Fort Gibson, C. N.
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Andrew J. Anderson.
Birth: Unknown.
Death: Unknown.
Burial: Kansas Veterans Cemetery at Fort Dodge, Dodge City, Ford County, Kansas.
Civil War Service.
63rd Regiment, Illinois Infantry, company D., Residence PANA, CHRISTIAN CO, IL Age 21, Height 5' 10, Hair DARK, Eyes BLUE, Complexion DARK, Occupation SOLDIER, Nativity PIKE CO, ILL. Joined When JAN 1, 1864, Joined Where HUNTSVILLE, AL., Period 3. Years, Muster In FEB 10, 1864, Muster In Where HUNTSVILLE, AL., Muster Out JUL 13, 1865., Muster Out Where LOUISVILLE, KY.
Remarks VETERAN MUSTERED OUT AS SERGEANT.
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Albert J. Green.
Birth: Unknown.
Death: Unknown.
Burial:
Kansas Veterans Cemetery at Fort Dodge, Dodge City, Ford County, Kansas.
Civil War Service.
Company A.,
Rank Private, Company A., Unit 18th Illinois United States, Infantry, Residence PINCKNEYVILLE, PERRY CO, Ill., Age 31, Height 5' 5, Hair DARK, Eyes HAZEL, Complexion DARK, Marital Status MARRIED, Occupation SHOEMAKER, Nativity NORTHAMPTON CO, N. C ., Joined When MAY 28, 1861, Joined Where ANNA, ILL., Period 3. Years, Muster In MAY 28, 1861, Muster In Where ANNA, ILL., Remarks REENLISTED AS A VETERAN VOLUNTEER.
Company B.
Joined When DEC 14, 1863, Joined Where LITTLE ROCK, AR., Age 34, Muster In DEC 21, 1863, Muster In Where LITTLE ROCK, AR., Period 3. Years, Muster Out DEC 16, 1865, Muster Out Where PINE BLUFF, AR .
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Addison Lewis.
Birth: Unknown.
Death: Unknown.
Kansas Veterans Cemetery at Fort Dodge, Dodge City, Ford County, Kansas.
Civil War Service.
Rank Private, Company G., Unit 106 Illinois United States, Infantry, Residence MIDDLETOWN, LOGAN CO, ILL., Age 29, Height 5' 10, Hair LIGHT, Eyes HAZEL Complexion LIGHT, Marital Status SINGLE, Occupation CARPENTER, Nativity SUSQUAHANA, PA., Joined When AUG 5, 1862, Joined Where LINCOLN, ILL., Period 3., years, Muster In SEP 17, 1862, Muster In Where LINCOLN, ILL., Muster Out JUL 12, 1865, Muster Out Where PINE BLUFF, AR.
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William S. Portrick.
Birth: Unknown.
Death: Unknown.
Kansas Veterans Cemetery at Fort Dodge, Dodge City, Ford County, Kansas.
Civil War Service.
Rank Private, Company M., Unit 2nd., Illinois United States Cavalry, Residence COPPERAS CREEK, FULTON CO, ILL., Age 53, Height 5' 8 ½, Hair BLACK, Eyes BLUE, Complexion DARK, Marital Status MARRIED, Occupation BOATMAN, Nativity New York, Joined When DEC 12, 1861, Joined Where HAVANA, ILL., Period 3., years, Muster In DEC 30, 1861, Muster In Where CAIRO, ILL. Remarks MUSTERED OUT JAN 9, 1865.
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William S. Pile.
Birth: Jan. 17, 1845.
Death: Aug. 22, 1929.
Wife: E M Pile (1846 - 1927)
Burial: Kansas Veterans Cemetery at Fort Dodge, Dodge City, Ford County, Kansas.
Civil War Service.
12th Regiment, Kansas Infantry, Company D., Rank Private, Residence Peoria, enlisted Oct. 1, 1862, mustered in May 4, 1863, Mustered. out with regiment June 30, 1865.
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William Long.
Birth: Unknown.
Death: Unknown.
Burial: Kansas Veterans Cemetery at Fort Dodge, Dodge City, Ford County, Kansas.
Civil War Service.
Missouri Militia, 33rd EN., Company C., enlisted July 24, 1862, mustered in Sept. 27, 1864, mustered out Nov. 25, 1864.
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William H. Shields.
Birth: Unknown.
Death: Unknown.
Burial: Kansas Veterans Cemetery at Fort Dodge, Dodge City, Ford County, Kansas.
Civil War Service.
12th Regiment, Kansas Infantry, Company B., Private, Residence Eudora, enlisted Aug. 18, 1862, mustered in Sept. 25, '62, mustered out with the regiment June 30, 1865.
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William Fuqua.
Birth: Unknown.
Death: Unknown.
Wife: Mary E. Fuqua (1844 - 1915).
Burial: Kansas Veterans Cemetery at Fort Dodge, Dodge City, Ford County, Kansas.
Civil War Service.
2nd Regiment, Missouri Light Artillery, Company I., Private, enlisted December 4, 1863, at Springfield Mo., mustered in same day. Mustered out August 23, 1865, at Benton Barracks Mo.
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William Dodson.
Birth: Unknown:
Death: Unknown.
Burial: Kansas Veterans Cemetery at Fort Dodge, Dodge City, Ford County, Kansas.
Civil War Service.
10th Regiment, Missouri Cavalry, Company I., Private, Age 28., enlisted Sept. 12, 1862, at Rolla, MO., mustered in October 20, 1862, at Benton Barracks Mo. Transfer to the second cavalry. Mustered out September 19, 1865.
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Uriah Cash.
Birth: Unknown.
Death: Unknown.
Burial: Kansas Veterans Cemetery at Fort Dodge, Dodge City, Ford County, Kansas.
Civil War Service.
2nd Regiment, Kansas Cavalry, Company C., Private, enlisted Dec. 9, 1861, mustered in same day. Promoted Corporal December 19, 1861. Corporal, Promoted Sergeant June 17, 1864. Sergeant, mustered out Jan. 10, 1865, at Ft. Leavenworth, Kan.
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Riley Persing.
Birth: Nov. 13, 1833.
Death: Dec. 13, 1929.
Burial: Valley Falls Cemetery, Valley Falls, Jefferson County, Kansas.
Wife: Amanda YORDY.
Civil War Service.
12th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company F., Corporal, mustered in February 26, 1864, for 3., years. Mustered out with Company, July 20, 1865.
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John W. Ogden.
Birth: Sept. 29, 1843.
Death: Oct. 27, 1904.
Burial: Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, Goddard, Sedgwick County, Kansas.
Company A, 190th Pennsylvania Infantry.
Portrait And Biographical Album of Sedgwick County, Kan., Chapman Brothers 1888
JOHN W. OGDEN. Sedgwick County has many well-to-do and successful farmers, men who have accumulated what they have of this world's goods through individual effort. Among this class the name of the subject of this notice is entitled to a place. He is residing on section 31, Attica Township, where he is industriously engaged in the prosecution of his noble calling, and is meeting with far more than ordinary success.
Mr. Ogden, of whom we write, was born near the town of Gettysburg, Adams Co., Pa., Sept. 29, 1843, and is a son of John and Margaret (Vail) Ogden, both of whom were also natives of the Keystone State. His father, who was of French descent, was born Jan. 16, 1812, and died March 2, 1884. His mother traced back her ancestry to Germany. Our subject was the third child in a family of seven, of whom the following still survive: Francis C., who is a builder and contractor at Las Vegas, N. M.; Harriet, Mrs. Jacob F. Bream, a resident of Adams County, Pa.; John W., of whom this sketch is written; Catharine M., the wife of John M. Musselman, living at Fairfield, Pa., and Robert Z., living in Sedgwick County.
The subject of this biography was reared upon a farm, and in his youth received a good common school education. In the latter part of August, 1862, when but eighteen years of age, he enlisted in Company K, 1st Pennsylvania Reserve Corps, which was assigned for duty to the Army of the Potomac. He participated in most of the bloody battles that were fought in Northern Virginia and Southern Pennsylvania, including the decisive contest at Gettysburg. He continued in the service and was present with his regiment, than whom a braver set of men was never gathered together, at the surrender of Gen. Lee at Appomattox. He received his honorable discharge from the service June 8, 1865, and returned to his father's home, where he assisted in carrying on farming operations on the old homestead until 1875, when he removed to Tazewell County, Ill. After two years' labor on a farm in that locality, he came to Kansas, and landed in Wichita Feb. 15, 1877. Shortly after this he purchased his present home.
He had at first 160 acres of land, but sold it to the railroad company, and some time afterward bought back forty two acres of it, on which he has fine and commodious dwelling; here he has made his home ever since. He is also the owner of the northwest quarter of section 25, and here, May 19, 1880, he brought his young bride and installed her mistress of the home. The lady, Miss Elizabeth Mandane Williamson, was born at Ash Ridge, Brown Co., Ohio, Nov. 18, 1852, and is the daughter of Addison and Angeline (Moore) Williamson, natives of the Buckeye State. Her father was born Aug. 4, 1823, in Warren County, Ohio, and died July 9, 1880. He had married, Feb. 22, 1848, Miss Angeline Moore, who was born in Brown County, Ohio, Feb. 2, 1828. They were the parents of six children, of whom Mrs. Ogden was the third. The following is the record: Lamartine, born Nov. 24, 1848, lives in Goddard, this county; Emily S., born Sept. 27, 1850, married John W. Carskaddon, of South Bend, Ind.; Elizabeth M., Mrs. Ogden; Dwight D., born Oct. 25, 1854, lives in Attica Township, as does Byron Moore, who was born Nov. 11, 1856; Flora Eveline, who was born Sept. 9, 1859, and died April 21, 1872. Mrs. Ogden, who is of Welsh descent, was reared upon a farm, her father being both a carpenter and a farmer, and received an excellent education in the common schools of her district.
Three children were born to Mrs. Ogden, as follows: Warren, whose birth took place Aug. 7, 1884, and died the same day; Lawrence Earl, who was born May 10, 1886, and died August 24 following, and John W., who was born Dec. 31, 1887.
The subject of our sketch has been a life-long Democrat, as his father was before him, but has never been a seeker after political preferment. He is a believer in the doctrines of the Reform Church, as his wife is of the Methodist, but they have not identified themselves with any religious society since coming to Kansas. He is a strong believer in the system of public schools in the State, and is a cheerful worker in all educational matters.
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Garrett J. Littrell.
Birth: Mar. 10, 1839.
Death: Jun. 5, 1903.
Burial: Walnut Hill Cemetery, Kingman, Kingman County, Kansas.
Civil War Service.
7th Missouri State Militia, Cavalry, Company G, Private, enlisted April 11, 1862, at Warrensburg, mustered in April 21, 1862, at Georgetown Mo., mustered out April 20, 1865.
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Joseph Ginn.
Birth: May 19, 1833.
Death: Unknown.
Burial: Arlington Cemetery, Arlington, Reno County, Kansas.
Civil War Service.
21st Missouri Infantry, Company I., Corporal, Occupation farmer, Residence Memphis, Scotland Co., MO., enlisted 18 June 1861, mustered in 1 Feb 1862, where Canton, MO. Dropped from roll for being absent over 60 days Left Reg 17 Mar 1862.
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John Guyer.
Birth: Nov. 14, 1823
Death: Sept. 8, 1906.
Burial: Arlington Cemetery, Arlington, Reno County, Kansas.
Civil War Service.
John Guyer, Private, 134th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company K., Enlisted on 8/22/1862, mustered in 8/22/1862, Mustered Out on 5/26/1863 at Harrisburg , PA.
William Cutler wrote the following about this gentleman:
JOHN GUYER, farmer, Section 28, P. O. Hutchinson, owns 160 acres, 105 in cultivation; one mile of hedge; dwelling 14x20 L 12x12, with porch: stable and granary, and bearing orchard, and two groves of cultivated timber. Has seven horses, four cows and twelve hogs. Was born in Pennsylvania, November 14, 1823, and raised on a farm, making it his home until he entered the army, in 1862, as a private in Company K, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, under the nine-months' call, and participated in the battles of Antietam, Fredricksburg and Chancellorsville, and re-enlisted in Company A, 212 Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, and was engaged in garrison duty until the war closed, and mustered out in January, 1865, and returned to his home in Pennsylvania and remained there until 1869, when he moved to Missouri, but not having good health there, came to Kansas in 1872, and located on his present farm, taking it as a homestead. Was married March 24, 1857, to Miss Eliza McMillen, a native of Pennsylvania. They have twelve children - Anabel, Jonathan M., Frank B., William J., Thomas R., Lizzie, Daniel W., Eugene, Charles E., Arthur L., Benjamin W. and Robert L. Mr. G. is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and was a member of the School Board on the organization of school district, and also when their fine brick schoolhouse was built.
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James A Ray.
Birth: Unknown.
Death : Unknown.
Burial: Arlington Cemetery, Arlington, Reno, county, Kansas.
Civil War Service.
James A. Ray, Private, Age 20, enlisted August 20, 1862 in the 35th Missouri Infantry, Company B., mustered in September 30, 1862. Mustered out June 28, 1865, Little Rock Arkansas.
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Eldridge W. Ray.
Birth: Unknown
Death: Unknown.
Burial: Topeka Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas.
Civil War Service.
Eldridge W. Ray, Private, 12th Kansas, Infantry, Company G, Home Mansfield, enlisted Aug. 30, 1862, mustered in Sept. 30, 1862.
Promoted Corporal, Oct. 1, 1863.
Promoted Sergeant, Dec. 30, 1863.
Mustered out with regiment June 30, 1865.
Friday, August 27, 2010
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Little Known Kansas Soldiers.
There are a lot of families looking into their Kansas ancestors and finding very little. That’s way this list is here, to help fill in some of the gaps. The man on this list were all Kansas soldiers and long forgotten. Little is known about these men, so little in fact that many don’t ever have a birth or a death date recorded, just a name. I may not be able to fill in the dates, but I can give you some idea on what he was doing will a live, no one should be that forgotten. All these men service their country honorably and should be remembered.
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Francis M. "Frank" Price.
Birth: Sep. 18, 1848, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania.
Death: Aug. 22, 1913, Douglas County, Kansas.
Co. B 12th Kansas Vol. Inf., Private, Enlisted 5,Sep1862, Discharged 24May1865.
From Cutler's History of the State of Kansas:
FRANCIS M. PRICE, farmer, Section 24, P. O. Lawrence. The subject of this sketch is a son of William C. and Hannah J. Price, and was born in Huntingdon County, Penn., September 18, 1846. He came to the State with his father in 1859, and they settled in Willow Springs Township. When the war called upon him, he responded September 5, 1862, enlisting for three years in Company B, Twelfth Regiment Kansas Volunteer Infantry, and served mostly on detached duty, and was honorably discharged May 24, 1865. He was united in marriage in the house where he still resides, September 8, 1868, to Miss Margaretta B., daughter of John and Eliza Gallaher. They have three children living - Ralph R., Nettie M. and Murray E. He owns 160 acres which are under a good state of cultivation. Mr. P. and wife are members of the Methodist Church.
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Charles P. Price.
Birth: Aug. 16, 1841
Death: Mar. 23, 1891
Service: Private, Co D 2nd Reg Ks Cavalry, Home Atchison, Enlisted Dec. 31, 1861, mustered in same day. Mustered out Jan. 14, 1865, at Leavenworth, Kan.
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Milo J. Swan.
Birth: Unknown.
Death: Sept. 13, 1904.
Burial: Fort Scott National Cemetery, Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas.
Service: 6th Kansas regiment cavalry Co. K. & L.
Company L., Private, Home Fort Scott, enlisted June 14, 1862, mustered in same day. Mustered out June 16, 1865, DeVall's Bluff, Ark. Company K. info the same.
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William H. Swan.
Birth: Unknown.
Death: Nov. 25, 1890.
Burial: Farlington Cemetery, Farlington, Crawford County, Kansas.
Service: 6th Kansas regiment cavalry Co. D. & K.
Company K., Privates, Home Neutral Lands, enlisted Aug. 15, 1861, mustered in same day. Mustered out March 7, 1862, Fort Scott, Kan. No record of him being in Co. D.?
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James Swan.
Birth: Sept. 30, 1828.
Death: Dec. 11, 1912.
Wife: Wilmina Swan (1836 - 1922
Burial: Foster Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas.
Service: 6th Kansas regiment cavalry Co. New A. & F.
Company New A., Private, Home Dickenson Co., enlisted Aug. 18, 1862, mustered in same day. Promoted 1st Sergeant. Mustered out June 22, 1865, DeVall's Bluff, Ark.
Company F., Private, Home Dickenson Co., Promoted Corporal October 1, 1863.
Company F., Corporal, Home Shawnee Co. Promoted Sergeant November 1, 1864.
Company F., Sergeant, Home Dickenson Co. Assigned to new Co. A, March 18, 1865.
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Squire J. Waller.
Birth: Unknown.
Death: Unknown.
Burial: Leavenworth National Cemetery, Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas.
Service: 2nd Kansas, Cavalry, Co. G. Private, Home Paola, enlisted Dec. 9, 1861, mustered in the same day. Promoted Corporal January 7, 1862.
Company G., Corporal. Promoted Sergeant May 1, 1864
Company G., Sergeant. Must. out Jan. 13, 1865, at Leavenworth, Kan.
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Edward Wynn or Wynne.
Birth: Unknown.
Death: Mar. 23, 1862.
Burial: Leavenworth National Cemetery, Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas.
Service: 9th Kansas cavalry Co. G. Corporal, Home Humboldt, enlisted Dec. 29, 1861, mustered in Jan. 16, 1862..No evidence of muster out on file; supposed to have been killed while on scout.
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John J. Mann.
Birth: Unknown.
Death Unknown
Burial: Varner Cemetery, Neodesha, Wilson County, Kansas.
Service: Co. G. 12 Kans. Inf.
Company G., Private, Home Trading Post, enlisted Feb. 18, 1863, mustered in May 1, 1863. Mus. out on det. roll, Little Rock, Ark., June 30, '65.
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Josiah Zephaniah "Jesse" Mann.
Birth: Aug. 5, 1844, Sharpsburg, Washington County, Maryland.
Death: Dec. 8, 1898, Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas.
Burial: Miller Cemetery, Cottonwood Falls, Chase County, Kansas.
Service: 10th Kansas Infantry, Co. I., Private, Home Mound City, enlisted July 24, 1861, mustered in same day. Promoted Corporal June 1, 1863.
Company I., Corporal, Mustered out with regiment August 19, 1864.
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Isaac Anderson Workman.
Jan. 31, 1836, Sangamon County, Illinois.
Death: May 25, 1894, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas.
Wife: Martha Adams 24 March 1856
Wife: Eliza Ellen Phelps 05 January 1868.
Burial: Rochester Cemetery
Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas.
Service: 13th Kansas Infantry Co. F.
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Benjamin J Lynn.
Birth: Unknown.
Death: Unknown.
Burial: Lynn Creek Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas.
Service: 2nd Kansas cavalry, Co. D. Private Home Wakarusa, enlisted Nov. 12, 1861, mustered in same day. Promoted Bugler December 11, 1861; mustered out Jan. 14, 1865, at Leavenworth, Kan. Company D. Bugler, Reduced to ranks, 1862.
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Jilson Ray.
Birth: Unknown.
Death: Unknown.
Burial: Leavenworth National Cemetery, Leavenworth, Leavenworth County Kansas.
Service: 7th Kansas cavalry, Co. B., Private, Home Leavenworth, enlisted Sept. 25, 1861, mustered in same day. Promoted Farier. Company B., Farrier, Re-enlisted Veteran, Sergeant, enlisted Jan. 1, 1864, mustered in Jan 22, 1864. Mustered out with regiment September 29, 1865.
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*Edward T Simmons.
Birth: Unknown.
Death: Sept. 28, 1887, Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas.
Wife: Sarah A Simmons
Burial: Oak Hill Cemetery, Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas.
Service: 2nd Kansas cavalry, Co. D., Private, Home Topeka, enlisted Sept. 10, 1862, mustered in on Aug. 13, 1863. Assigned to new Co. D, March 18, 1865.
New Co. D., Private. Mustered out June 22, 1865, Fort Gibson, C. N.
*The National Park service & Kansas records record him as Edward F., but his headstone reads Edward T.
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Benjamin F Butler.
Birth: Unknown.
Death: Aug. 15, 1893.
Burial: Leavenworth National Cemetery , Leavenworth, Leavenworth County Kansas.
Service: 11th Kansas cavalry Co. D., Private, Home Rising Sun, enlisted Sept. 1, 1862, mustered in Sept. 13, 1862. Mustered out with company Sept. 13, 1865.
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John Lucas Butler.
Birth: Mar. 12, 1843, Warren County, Illinois.
Death: Jun. 10, 1916, Americus, Lyon County, Kansas.
Wife: Mary Elizabeth Swim Butler .
Burial: Americus Cemetery , Americus, Lyon County, Kansas
Service: 11th Kansas cavalry Co. E., Private, Home Americus, enlisted Sept. 10, 1863, mustered in Nov. 5, 1863. Mustered out September 1, 1865
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Franklin S. Crow.
Birth: Jun. 12, 1837.
Death: Mar. 15, 1862.
Burial: Iola Cemetery, Iola, Allen County, Kansas.
Service: 9th Kansas cavalry, Co. E., Private, Home Iola, enlisted Oct. 19, 1861, Jan. 16,
1862. Died of measles, Iola, Kan., March 15, 1862.
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Henry D. Ellison.
Birth: Unknown.
Death: Unknown.
Burial: Wamego City Cemetery, Wamego, Pottawatomie County, Kansas.
Service: 8th Kansas Infantry, Co. H., Private, Home Nashville, Tenn., enlisted April 20, 1863, mustered in same day. Promoted corporal August 1, 1863.
Company E., corporal. Mustered out with regiment November 28, 1865.
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Benjamin Wesley Hicks.
Birth: Mar. 14, 1841.
Death: Apr. 29, 1898.
Burial: Stony Point Cemetery, Stony Point, Wyandotte County, Kansas.
Service: 2nd Kansas cavalry Co. I., Private, Enlisted Nov. 2, 1861, mustered in same day. Promoted Corporal November 24, 1861
Company I., Corporal. Promoted Sergeant January 1, 1864.
Company I., Sergeant. Mustered out Jan. 10, 1865, at Leavenworth, Kan.
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Alfred M. Craig.
Birth: Mar. 19, 1839
Death: Apr. 18, 1908.
Wife: Sarah A. Craig.
Burial: Fredonia City Cemetery, Fredonia, Wilson County, Kansas.
Service: 9th Regiment Kansas Cavalry, Co. G., Private, Home Humboldt, enlisted Oct. 15, 1861, mustered in Jan. 16, 1862. Promoted Sergeant January 16, 1862.
Company G., Sergeant. Mustered out April 15, '65, Leavenworth, Kan.
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Renzel Craig.
Birth: Unknown.
Death: Jan. 12, 1863.
Burial: Fort Scott National Cemetery, Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas.
Service: 2nd, Kansas cavalry, Co. G., Private, Home Brownsville, Nb. Enlisted Dec. 11,
1861, mustered in same day. Died at Fort Scott, Kan., January 12, 1863, of wounds received in action.
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Francis M. "Frank" Price.
Birth: Sep. 18, 1848, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania.
Death: Aug. 22, 1913, Douglas County, Kansas.
Co. B 12th Kansas Vol. Inf., Private, Enlisted 5,Sep1862, Discharged 24May1865.
From Cutler's History of the State of Kansas:
FRANCIS M. PRICE, farmer, Section 24, P. O. Lawrence. The subject of this sketch is a son of William C. and Hannah J. Price, and was born in Huntingdon County, Penn., September 18, 1846. He came to the State with his father in 1859, and they settled in Willow Springs Township. When the war called upon him, he responded September 5, 1862, enlisting for three years in Company B, Twelfth Regiment Kansas Volunteer Infantry, and served mostly on detached duty, and was honorably discharged May 24, 1865. He was united in marriage in the house where he still resides, September 8, 1868, to Miss Margaretta B., daughter of John and Eliza Gallaher. They have three children living - Ralph R., Nettie M. and Murray E. He owns 160 acres which are under a good state of cultivation. Mr. P. and wife are members of the Methodist Church.
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Charles P. Price.
Birth: Aug. 16, 1841
Death: Mar. 23, 1891
Service: Private, Co D 2nd Reg Ks Cavalry, Home Atchison, Enlisted Dec. 31, 1861, mustered in same day. Mustered out Jan. 14, 1865, at Leavenworth, Kan.
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Milo J. Swan.
Birth: Unknown.
Death: Sept. 13, 1904.
Burial: Fort Scott National Cemetery, Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas.
Service: 6th Kansas regiment cavalry Co. K. & L.
Company L., Private, Home Fort Scott, enlisted June 14, 1862, mustered in same day. Mustered out June 16, 1865, DeVall's Bluff, Ark. Company K. info the same.
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William H. Swan.
Birth: Unknown.
Death: Nov. 25, 1890.
Burial: Farlington Cemetery, Farlington, Crawford County, Kansas.
Service: 6th Kansas regiment cavalry Co. D. & K.
Company K., Privates, Home Neutral Lands, enlisted Aug. 15, 1861, mustered in same day. Mustered out March 7, 1862, Fort Scott, Kan. No record of him being in Co. D.?
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James Swan.
Birth: Sept. 30, 1828.
Death: Dec. 11, 1912.
Wife: Wilmina Swan (1836 - 1922
Burial: Foster Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas.
Service: 6th Kansas regiment cavalry Co. New A. & F.
Company New A., Private, Home Dickenson Co., enlisted Aug. 18, 1862, mustered in same day. Promoted 1st Sergeant. Mustered out June 22, 1865, DeVall's Bluff, Ark.
Company F., Private, Home Dickenson Co., Promoted Corporal October 1, 1863.
Company F., Corporal, Home Shawnee Co. Promoted Sergeant November 1, 1864.
Company F., Sergeant, Home Dickenson Co. Assigned to new Co. A, March 18, 1865.
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Squire J. Waller.
Birth: Unknown.
Death: Unknown.
Burial: Leavenworth National Cemetery, Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas.
Service: 2nd Kansas, Cavalry, Co. G. Private, Home Paola, enlisted Dec. 9, 1861, mustered in the same day. Promoted Corporal January 7, 1862.
Company G., Corporal. Promoted Sergeant May 1, 1864
Company G., Sergeant. Must. out Jan. 13, 1865, at Leavenworth, Kan.
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Edward Wynn or Wynne.
Birth: Unknown.
Death: Mar. 23, 1862.
Burial: Leavenworth National Cemetery, Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas.
Service: 9th Kansas cavalry Co. G. Corporal, Home Humboldt, enlisted Dec. 29, 1861, mustered in Jan. 16, 1862..No evidence of muster out on file; supposed to have been killed while on scout.
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John J. Mann.
Birth: Unknown.
Death Unknown
Burial: Varner Cemetery, Neodesha, Wilson County, Kansas.
Service: Co. G. 12 Kans. Inf.
Company G., Private, Home Trading Post, enlisted Feb. 18, 1863, mustered in May 1, 1863. Mus. out on det. roll, Little Rock, Ark., June 30, '65.
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Josiah Zephaniah "Jesse" Mann.
Birth: Aug. 5, 1844, Sharpsburg, Washington County, Maryland.
Death: Dec. 8, 1898, Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas.
Burial: Miller Cemetery, Cottonwood Falls, Chase County, Kansas.
Service: 10th Kansas Infantry, Co. I., Private, Home Mound City, enlisted July 24, 1861, mustered in same day. Promoted Corporal June 1, 1863.
Company I., Corporal, Mustered out with regiment August 19, 1864.
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Isaac Anderson Workman.
Jan. 31, 1836, Sangamon County, Illinois.
Death: May 25, 1894, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas.
Wife: Martha Adams 24 March 1856
Wife: Eliza Ellen Phelps 05 January 1868.
Burial: Rochester Cemetery
Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas.
Service: 13th Kansas Infantry Co. F.
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Benjamin J Lynn.
Birth: Unknown.
Death: Unknown.
Burial: Lynn Creek Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas.
Service: 2nd Kansas cavalry, Co. D. Private Home Wakarusa, enlisted Nov. 12, 1861, mustered in same day. Promoted Bugler December 11, 1861; mustered out Jan. 14, 1865, at Leavenworth, Kan. Company D. Bugler, Reduced to ranks, 1862.
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Jilson Ray.
Birth: Unknown.
Death: Unknown.
Burial: Leavenworth National Cemetery, Leavenworth, Leavenworth County Kansas.
Service: 7th Kansas cavalry, Co. B., Private, Home Leavenworth, enlisted Sept. 25, 1861, mustered in same day. Promoted Farier. Company B., Farrier, Re-enlisted Veteran, Sergeant, enlisted Jan. 1, 1864, mustered in Jan 22, 1864. Mustered out with regiment September 29, 1865.
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*Edward T Simmons.
Birth: Unknown.
Death: Sept. 28, 1887, Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas.
Wife: Sarah A Simmons
Burial: Oak Hill Cemetery, Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas.
Service: 2nd Kansas cavalry, Co. D., Private, Home Topeka, enlisted Sept. 10, 1862, mustered in on Aug. 13, 1863. Assigned to new Co. D, March 18, 1865.
New Co. D., Private. Mustered out June 22, 1865, Fort Gibson, C. N.
*The National Park service & Kansas records record him as Edward F., but his headstone reads Edward T.
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Benjamin F Butler.
Birth: Unknown.
Death: Aug. 15, 1893.
Burial: Leavenworth National Cemetery , Leavenworth, Leavenworth County Kansas.
Service: 11th Kansas cavalry Co. D., Private, Home Rising Sun, enlisted Sept. 1, 1862, mustered in Sept. 13, 1862. Mustered out with company Sept. 13, 1865.
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John Lucas Butler.
Birth: Mar. 12, 1843, Warren County, Illinois.
Death: Jun. 10, 1916, Americus, Lyon County, Kansas.
Wife: Mary Elizabeth Swim Butler .
Burial: Americus Cemetery , Americus, Lyon County, Kansas
Service: 11th Kansas cavalry Co. E., Private, Home Americus, enlisted Sept. 10, 1863, mustered in Nov. 5, 1863. Mustered out September 1, 1865
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Franklin S. Crow.
Birth: Jun. 12, 1837.
Death: Mar. 15, 1862.
Burial: Iola Cemetery, Iola, Allen County, Kansas.
Service: 9th Kansas cavalry, Co. E., Private, Home Iola, enlisted Oct. 19, 1861, Jan. 16,
1862. Died of measles, Iola, Kan., March 15, 1862.
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Henry D. Ellison.
Birth: Unknown.
Death: Unknown.
Burial: Wamego City Cemetery, Wamego, Pottawatomie County, Kansas.
Service: 8th Kansas Infantry, Co. H., Private, Home Nashville, Tenn., enlisted April 20, 1863, mustered in same day. Promoted corporal August 1, 1863.
Company E., corporal. Mustered out with regiment November 28, 1865.
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Benjamin Wesley Hicks.
Birth: Mar. 14, 1841.
Death: Apr. 29, 1898.
Burial: Stony Point Cemetery, Stony Point, Wyandotte County, Kansas.
Service: 2nd Kansas cavalry Co. I., Private, Enlisted Nov. 2, 1861, mustered in same day. Promoted Corporal November 24, 1861
Company I., Corporal. Promoted Sergeant January 1, 1864.
Company I., Sergeant. Mustered out Jan. 10, 1865, at Leavenworth, Kan.
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Alfred M. Craig.
Birth: Mar. 19, 1839
Death: Apr. 18, 1908.
Wife: Sarah A. Craig.
Burial: Fredonia City Cemetery, Fredonia, Wilson County, Kansas.
Service: 9th Regiment Kansas Cavalry, Co. G., Private, Home Humboldt, enlisted Oct. 15, 1861, mustered in Jan. 16, 1862. Promoted Sergeant January 16, 1862.
Company G., Sergeant. Mustered out April 15, '65, Leavenworth, Kan.
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Renzel Craig.
Birth: Unknown.
Death: Jan. 12, 1863.
Burial: Fort Scott National Cemetery, Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas.
Service: 2nd, Kansas cavalry, Co. G., Private, Home Brownsville, Nb. Enlisted Dec. 11,
1861, mustered in same day. Died at Fort Scott, Kan., January 12, 1863, of wounds received in action.
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Col James Howard Gillpatrick.
Col James Howard Gillpatrick.
Birth: 1841, Trenton, Hancock, Maine.
Death: 1913.
Burial: Mount Muncie Cemetery, Lansing, Leavenworth County, Kansas.
Wife: Sadie Blunt, marriage: 1876, Leavenworth, Leavenworth, Kansas.
Child: James Blunt Gillpatrick, birth: 08 OCT 1877 Leavenworth, Leavenworth, Kansas. Death: 22 JUN 1878.
He commanded the Second Kansas Colored Vol. Infantry Regiment. Its sister regiment was the First Kansas Colored Vol. Inf. Regt. (name redsignated to 79th US Colored Inf. Regt. new unit, on Dec 13,1864). The 79th was massacred during the battle of Poison Springs, Arkansas on April 18, 1864 led by Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest. Colonel Gillpatrick avenged that slaughter at Jenkins Ferry, Arkansas on May 4, 1864 when they charged the enemy with the battle cry "Remember Poison Springs".
FIRST REGIMENT INDIAN HOME GUARDS.
1st Lieut. and Adjt., commission November 1st, 1862, Promoted Major Second Kansas Colored Infantry.
Birth: 1841, Trenton, Hancock, Maine.
Death: 1913.
Burial: Mount Muncie Cemetery, Lansing, Leavenworth County, Kansas.
Wife: Sadie Blunt, marriage: 1876, Leavenworth, Leavenworth, Kansas.
Child: James Blunt Gillpatrick, birth: 08 OCT 1877 Leavenworth, Leavenworth, Kansas. Death: 22 JUN 1878.
He commanded the Second Kansas Colored Vol. Infantry Regiment. Its sister regiment was the First Kansas Colored Vol. Inf. Regt. (name redsignated to 79th US Colored Inf. Regt. new unit, on Dec 13,1864). The 79th was massacred during the battle of Poison Springs, Arkansas on April 18, 1864 led by Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest. Colonel Gillpatrick avenged that slaughter at Jenkins Ferry, Arkansas on May 4, 1864 when they charged the enemy with the battle cry "Remember Poison Springs".
FIRST REGIMENT INDIAN HOME GUARDS.
1st Lieut. and Adjt., commission November 1st, 1862, Promoted Major Second Kansas Colored Infantry.
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Colonel Thomas Meade Bowen.
Thomas Meade Bowen.
Birth: Oct. 26, 1835.
Death: Dec. 30, 1906.
Burial: Roselawn Cemetery, Pueblo, Pueblo County, Colorado.
Photo provided by Karen Lavrischeff
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General, US Senator, Idaho Governor. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he was a lawyer in practice when commissioned a Captain in the 13th Kansas Volunteer Infantry. Promoted Colonel in 1863, he commanded a brigade with the Seventh Army Corps for the entire Frontier Campaign. For his military service, he was brevetted Brigadier General of US Volunteers in 1865. After the war he settled in Arkansas and was justice of the supreme court of Arkansas, 1867 to 1871. In 1871, he was appointed Governor of Idaho Territory by President Ulysses Grant serving until 1875. He relocated to Colorado in 1876, was elected judge of the fourth judicial district, serving until 1880 and was a member of the State House of Representatives in 1882. In 1883, he was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate, serving until 1889.
No. 2. Report of Colonel Thomas M. Bowen, Thirteenth Kansas Infantry, commanding U. S. transports, of operations January 17-24. LITTLE ROCK, ARK., January 24, 1865.
MAJOR: On the 17th instant steamers Lotus, Chippewa, Ad. Hines, and Annie Jacobs left Van Buren, Ark., each having on board a small scout under the command of a line officer. On board of each steamer were a large number of refugees, also quite a number of officers. On the Annie Jacobs, particularly, passengers and soldiers numbered about 500, en route for different localities via this place. The Chippewa had the advance, the Annie Jacobs was next, the Lotus followed, and the Ad. Hines brought up the rear. At about 4 p. m. on the 17th instant (Ivey's Ford, eighteen miles above Clarksville) the Chippewa was discovered about one mile in advance, lying at the south shore of the Arkansas, and a few moments later I was requested to examine her through a field glass, when I immediately discovered that she was on fire in her center on the main deck.
I became at once satisfied of the presence of the enemy. Being the ranking officer on board, I at once assumed the direction of affairs, giving the pilot orders to put on all steam and go on, but the order had scarcely been given before the enemy opened on us with artillery. I ordered the pilot to round to and proceed up the river. By the time the direction of the boat had been changed we were opposite the first rebel gun. There being but little steam up, and it being impossible to get the boat out of the range of the north shore, which was accomplished under the most galling fire of the enemy, having received fifteen shot and shell, which destroyed the heaters before we landed and three after we reached the shore. In addition to the fire from the artillery a continuous fire from small-arms was poured into us from the commencement of the action.
One at the right front of the pilot house, and two in the hold. The most indescribable confusion prevailed on board among the passengers, especially the female portion, and I ordered the landing of the boat, because it was impossible to get her out of range of the artillery, and had we been any considerable distance from the shore we would have floated into the hands of the enemy owing to the damage done to the machinery by the artillery, and for the further reason that I hoped to save the two boats which were behind. The Lotus, however, was so near that before we could warn her of the danger she was within range of the artillery, and she also landed on the north side of the river; when, fearing an attack from that side of the river, I proceeded up the beach with two men, and collected the disembarked soldiers of the Lotus, and marched them to the line formed on the bank by those who had disembarked from the Jacobs.
Having restored order and made very possible preparation for the protection of the boats, I at once started a messenger up the river-bank with a dispatch to General Thayer and orders for the Ad. Hines not to approach, telling briefly of the danger, and sent to Clarksville for re-enforcements. I also ordered a forage train, which happened to be within a few miles, with an escort of over 100 men, to move to us at once; which order was promptly obeyed by Captain Thomas Stevenson, of the Fourteenth Kansas Cavalry, commanding.
The arrival of the train after dark was mistaken by the enemy for a battery from Clarksville, and no doubt had something to do with their withdrawal before daylight on the morning of the 18th instant. In addition to the shells already mentioned, the Jacobs received two solid shots through her pilot house, one back of the ladies' cabin, and several through her hold. The Lotus received two through her pilot house. Early on the morning of the 18th instant, a re-enforcement of 350 men and two howitzers arrived from Colonel William R. Judson's command at Clarksville, and the steamer Ad. Hines, having failed to receive my dispatch, also arrived. The dispatch, however, was received by General Thayer. From the released crew of the Chippewa I learned that the enemy was 1,500 strong, with from two to four pieces of artillery, whereupon I sent the steamers Ad. Hines and Lotus back to Fort Smith, with a request to General Thayer that he would sent the colored brigade, with which, in addition to our own forces, I proposed to cross the river and rout the enemy before attempting to move the boats down, on the receipt of which he promptly started the brigade down the south side of the river, under command of Colonel Williams, Seventy-ninth U. S. Colored [Infantry], on the morning of the 19th instant, and the brigade arrived opposite us on the afternoon of the 20th.
On the morning of the 21st Colonel Williams moved his command down the river to Patterson's Bluff, and on the afternoon of the same day the steamers Hines and Lotus arrived from Fort Smith, upon which we embarked, and proceeded down to Spadra or Clarksville Landing, leaving the steamer Annie Jacobs with her bow on dry land, having failed in all our efforts to get her afloat, notwithstanding the continued exertions of Captain Gear, assisted by a detail of all the soldiers he could use during the whole time we remained. A guard was left with the Jacobs of 200 men and one howitzer of Colonel Judson's command, with orders to have the machinery repaired and everything put in order for moving, which I was informed by the engineer could be done in a very few days. On the 22nd Colonel Williams moved farther down the river, and we moved with the boats to Dardanelle without receiving a shot from the enemy.
At Dardanelle we learned from Colonel Ryan, Third Arkansas Cavalry, that there was no enemy between that place and this. We therefore left Dardanelle at daylight on the morning of the 23rd and arrived here on the morning of the 24th without further trouble. I recommend an investigation of the facts in relation to the surrender of the steamer Chippewa, as I failed to ascertain any good reason why she could not have been saved, and I am told she was surrendered before a shot struck her. About the time the fire of the enemy was turned from the Jacobs to the Lotus the baggage of the passengers of the former was ransacked and a great deal of money and other property stolen.
The matter is being investigated, under direction of Colonel Judson, by Lieutenant-Colonel Waugh, provost-marshal at Clarksville. I cannot in justice close this report without mentioning the gallant conduct throughout of Colonel Charles W. Adams, of the Twelfth Regiment Kansas Volunteers, and Lieutenant Colonel Own A. Bassett, Second Regiment Kansas Volunteers, commanding, both of whom gave me their full and faithful co-operation in all my efforts to save the boats, and displayed in an eminent degree the qualifications of coolness and courage so essential to success.
The same can be justly said of every subordinate officer present, and I regret that I have not their names. Prominent among the latter was Captain C. O. Judson, Sixth Kansas Cavalry, who was not deterred from doing his duty by either danger or fatigue. A more faithful and gallant officer does not wear a sword in the department. Lieutenant J. S. Lane, Sixth Kansas Cavalry, fearlessly exposed his life on the shore to prevent a barge laden with Government property from falling into the hands of the enemy. Lieutenant Ross, of the Fortieth Iowa Infantry [?], in charge of the guards on the Jacobs, won the respect of all by his gallant bearing. Sergt. A. E. Lovell, Company H, Second Kansas Cavalry, and Citizen Troutman accompanied me up the river-bank, under a severe fire from the enemy, to aid me in getting the soldiers who were leaving the Lotus to join the command from the Jacobs.
The chaplain of the First Arkansas Infantry, Rev. Francis Springer, and Chaplain Randall, of the Fifty-fourth U. S. Colored, gave their full attention to the wounded, and Citizen O. S. Dillon acted the part of fireman at the imminent peril of his life. I have received no reports to enable me to state our loss, but have directed each detachment to report direct. Quite a number were killed. Especial attention is called to Captain William E. Gear and Pilot Gibson Morrison, both of the steamer Annie Jacobs. These officers remained at the wheel in the pilot house until the vessel was safety landed and promptly executed every order I gave. A less tenacious determination would surely have resulted in the loss of the boats and the capture of all on board. Captain Jaques, of the Lotus, in person attended to the rudder of his boat, and landed he in safety above the Jacobs. Private Vincent B. Osborn, of the Second Kansas Cavalry, had his thigh bone shattered whilst making the cable of the Jacobs fast on shore. His leg was subsequently amputated and his life is lost. And last, but not least, Major S. B. Hunt, surgeon-in-chief of the District of the Frontier, was wherever he was needed, in danger and out of danger, attending to the wounded. Nothing that I can say can add to his well-acquired reputation.
I am, major, very respectfully, &c.,
THOS. M. BOWEN,
Colonel Twentieth Infantry Kansas Volunteers.
Birth: Oct. 26, 1835.
Death: Dec. 30, 1906.
Burial: Roselawn Cemetery, Pueblo, Pueblo County, Colorado.
Photo provided by Karen Lavrischeff
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General, US Senator, Idaho Governor. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he was a lawyer in practice when commissioned a Captain in the 13th Kansas Volunteer Infantry. Promoted Colonel in 1863, he commanded a brigade with the Seventh Army Corps for the entire Frontier Campaign. For his military service, he was brevetted Brigadier General of US Volunteers in 1865. After the war he settled in Arkansas and was justice of the supreme court of Arkansas, 1867 to 1871. In 1871, he was appointed Governor of Idaho Territory by President Ulysses Grant serving until 1875. He relocated to Colorado in 1876, was elected judge of the fourth judicial district, serving until 1880 and was a member of the State House of Representatives in 1882. In 1883, he was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate, serving until 1889.
No. 2. Report of Colonel Thomas M. Bowen, Thirteenth Kansas Infantry, commanding U. S. transports, of operations January 17-24. LITTLE ROCK, ARK., January 24, 1865.
MAJOR: On the 17th instant steamers Lotus, Chippewa, Ad. Hines, and Annie Jacobs left Van Buren, Ark., each having on board a small scout under the command of a line officer. On board of each steamer were a large number of refugees, also quite a number of officers. On the Annie Jacobs, particularly, passengers and soldiers numbered about 500, en route for different localities via this place. The Chippewa had the advance, the Annie Jacobs was next, the Lotus followed, and the Ad. Hines brought up the rear. At about 4 p. m. on the 17th instant (Ivey's Ford, eighteen miles above Clarksville) the Chippewa was discovered about one mile in advance, lying at the south shore of the Arkansas, and a few moments later I was requested to examine her through a field glass, when I immediately discovered that she was on fire in her center on the main deck.
I became at once satisfied of the presence of the enemy. Being the ranking officer on board, I at once assumed the direction of affairs, giving the pilot orders to put on all steam and go on, but the order had scarcely been given before the enemy opened on us with artillery. I ordered the pilot to round to and proceed up the river. By the time the direction of the boat had been changed we were opposite the first rebel gun. There being but little steam up, and it being impossible to get the boat out of the range of the north shore, which was accomplished under the most galling fire of the enemy, having received fifteen shot and shell, which destroyed the heaters before we landed and three after we reached the shore. In addition to the fire from the artillery a continuous fire from small-arms was poured into us from the commencement of the action.
One at the right front of the pilot house, and two in the hold. The most indescribable confusion prevailed on board among the passengers, especially the female portion, and I ordered the landing of the boat, because it was impossible to get her out of range of the artillery, and had we been any considerable distance from the shore we would have floated into the hands of the enemy owing to the damage done to the machinery by the artillery, and for the further reason that I hoped to save the two boats which were behind. The Lotus, however, was so near that before we could warn her of the danger she was within range of the artillery, and she also landed on the north side of the river; when, fearing an attack from that side of the river, I proceeded up the beach with two men, and collected the disembarked soldiers of the Lotus, and marched them to the line formed on the bank by those who had disembarked from the Jacobs.
Having restored order and made very possible preparation for the protection of the boats, I at once started a messenger up the river-bank with a dispatch to General Thayer and orders for the Ad. Hines not to approach, telling briefly of the danger, and sent to Clarksville for re-enforcements. I also ordered a forage train, which happened to be within a few miles, with an escort of over 100 men, to move to us at once; which order was promptly obeyed by Captain Thomas Stevenson, of the Fourteenth Kansas Cavalry, commanding.
The arrival of the train after dark was mistaken by the enemy for a battery from Clarksville, and no doubt had something to do with their withdrawal before daylight on the morning of the 18th instant. In addition to the shells already mentioned, the Jacobs received two solid shots through her pilot house, one back of the ladies' cabin, and several through her hold. The Lotus received two through her pilot house. Early on the morning of the 18th instant, a re-enforcement of 350 men and two howitzers arrived from Colonel William R. Judson's command at Clarksville, and the steamer Ad. Hines, having failed to receive my dispatch, also arrived. The dispatch, however, was received by General Thayer. From the released crew of the Chippewa I learned that the enemy was 1,500 strong, with from two to four pieces of artillery, whereupon I sent the steamers Ad. Hines and Lotus back to Fort Smith, with a request to General Thayer that he would sent the colored brigade, with which, in addition to our own forces, I proposed to cross the river and rout the enemy before attempting to move the boats down, on the receipt of which he promptly started the brigade down the south side of the river, under command of Colonel Williams, Seventy-ninth U. S. Colored [Infantry], on the morning of the 19th instant, and the brigade arrived opposite us on the afternoon of the 20th.
On the morning of the 21st Colonel Williams moved his command down the river to Patterson's Bluff, and on the afternoon of the same day the steamers Hines and Lotus arrived from Fort Smith, upon which we embarked, and proceeded down to Spadra or Clarksville Landing, leaving the steamer Annie Jacobs with her bow on dry land, having failed in all our efforts to get her afloat, notwithstanding the continued exertions of Captain Gear, assisted by a detail of all the soldiers he could use during the whole time we remained. A guard was left with the Jacobs of 200 men and one howitzer of Colonel Judson's command, with orders to have the machinery repaired and everything put in order for moving, which I was informed by the engineer could be done in a very few days. On the 22nd Colonel Williams moved farther down the river, and we moved with the boats to Dardanelle without receiving a shot from the enemy.
At Dardanelle we learned from Colonel Ryan, Third Arkansas Cavalry, that there was no enemy between that place and this. We therefore left Dardanelle at daylight on the morning of the 23rd and arrived here on the morning of the 24th without further trouble. I recommend an investigation of the facts in relation to the surrender of the steamer Chippewa, as I failed to ascertain any good reason why she could not have been saved, and I am told she was surrendered before a shot struck her. About the time the fire of the enemy was turned from the Jacobs to the Lotus the baggage of the passengers of the former was ransacked and a great deal of money and other property stolen.
The matter is being investigated, under direction of Colonel Judson, by Lieutenant-Colonel Waugh, provost-marshal at Clarksville. I cannot in justice close this report without mentioning the gallant conduct throughout of Colonel Charles W. Adams, of the Twelfth Regiment Kansas Volunteers, and Lieutenant Colonel Own A. Bassett, Second Regiment Kansas Volunteers, commanding, both of whom gave me their full and faithful co-operation in all my efforts to save the boats, and displayed in an eminent degree the qualifications of coolness and courage so essential to success.
The same can be justly said of every subordinate officer present, and I regret that I have not their names. Prominent among the latter was Captain C. O. Judson, Sixth Kansas Cavalry, who was not deterred from doing his duty by either danger or fatigue. A more faithful and gallant officer does not wear a sword in the department. Lieutenant J. S. Lane, Sixth Kansas Cavalry, fearlessly exposed his life on the shore to prevent a barge laden with Government property from falling into the hands of the enemy. Lieutenant Ross, of the Fortieth Iowa Infantry [?], in charge of the guards on the Jacobs, won the respect of all by his gallant bearing. Sergt. A. E. Lovell, Company H, Second Kansas Cavalry, and Citizen Troutman accompanied me up the river-bank, under a severe fire from the enemy, to aid me in getting the soldiers who were leaving the Lotus to join the command from the Jacobs.
The chaplain of the First Arkansas Infantry, Rev. Francis Springer, and Chaplain Randall, of the Fifty-fourth U. S. Colored, gave their full attention to the wounded, and Citizen O. S. Dillon acted the part of fireman at the imminent peril of his life. I have received no reports to enable me to state our loss, but have directed each detachment to report direct. Quite a number were killed. Especial attention is called to Captain William E. Gear and Pilot Gibson Morrison, both of the steamer Annie Jacobs. These officers remained at the wheel in the pilot house until the vessel was safety landed and promptly executed every order I gave. A less tenacious determination would surely have resulted in the loss of the boats and the capture of all on board. Captain Jaques, of the Lotus, in person attended to the rudder of his boat, and landed he in safety above the Jacobs. Private Vincent B. Osborn, of the Second Kansas Cavalry, had his thigh bone shattered whilst making the cable of the Jacobs fast on shore. His leg was subsequently amputated and his life is lost. And last, but not least, Major S. B. Hunt, surgeon-in-chief of the District of the Frontier, was wherever he was needed, in danger and out of danger, attending to the wounded. Nothing that I can say can add to his well-acquired reputation.
I am, major, very respectfully, &c.,
THOS. M. BOWEN,
Colonel Twentieth Infantry Kansas Volunteers.
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Captain Edgar Poe Trego ( Thego ).
While doing some research on Kansas Soldiers I ran across a story called “Here Lies Captain Trego.” I found the article very interesting. I thought he would make a good page. The article told how the county of Trego, Kansas was named after him and so on, but little was said about his military service, and this being my field I decided to see what I could find out about him. Going by the authors info, which states he enlisted in 1861, in a Illinois regiment, I went to my Illinois index which holds the largest enrolment records for the state of Illinois, and found he was not on it. I remember the author had said he had transferred from the Illinois regiment and was attached to the 8th Kansas Voluntary Infantry. Well haveing the index to all the Kansas regiments, I went and took a look, and found nothing.
Now I knew there was something wrong, So I went to the largest data base there is which is ( The National Park Service), and you can guess on what I found which was noting. By now I was questioning the authors source of information. Now I wasn’t sure which way to go. I new he was a Captain so I went to the biggest source of civil war information, ( THE WAR OF THE REBELLION: A COMPILATION OF THE OFFICIAL RECORDS OF THE UNION AND CONFEDERATE ARMIES.) There I found a short note which said he was in the 8th., Kansas, and nothing else.
Well Now I was right back where I started. I decided to put it all aside and work on something else. But as the afternoon wore on I kept thinking about him. I finely give up and went back to the Kansas regiments to give it one more try. I tried different spellings and wasn’t getting any where, and was about to give up. Then I decided to try his first name and there he was. I found him under the spelling of ( Thego ), there was very little information him, but all the info the author stated to was there.
Edgar P. Thego or Trego, Captain, of the 8th., Kansas infantry company H., Residence Pre-emption, Ill., enlistment date is unknown, Mustered in Jan. 30, 1862, Killed in action Sept. 19, '63, Chicamauga, Ga. I looked in the book of ( THE WAR OF THE REBELLION: A COMPILATION OF THE OFFICIAL RECORDS OF THE UNION AND CONFEDERATE ARMIES.) for a report on how he was killed but there was none. There may be a report in the Adjutant General of the State of Kansas, but I have no access to the reports, so I will have to rely on the authors information, which states; He was struck by a Confederate sharpshooter while stooping over a wounded soldier which he was removing from the battlefield. While gallantly trying to help some of the wounded boys he was hit & killed. He was buried at Chickamuga Park in Tennessee.
I learned from my research on Edgar Poe Trego that when one hit’s a brick wall one should not give up, but kept hitting it and at some point in time it will come down.
Now I knew there was something wrong, So I went to the largest data base there is which is ( The National Park Service), and you can guess on what I found which was noting. By now I was questioning the authors source of information. Now I wasn’t sure which way to go. I new he was a Captain so I went to the biggest source of civil war information, ( THE WAR OF THE REBELLION: A COMPILATION OF THE OFFICIAL RECORDS OF THE UNION AND CONFEDERATE ARMIES.) There I found a short note which said he was in the 8th., Kansas, and nothing else.
Well Now I was right back where I started. I decided to put it all aside and work on something else. But as the afternoon wore on I kept thinking about him. I finely give up and went back to the Kansas regiments to give it one more try. I tried different spellings and wasn’t getting any where, and was about to give up. Then I decided to try his first name and there he was. I found him under the spelling of ( Thego ), there was very little information him, but all the info the author stated to was there.
Edgar P. Thego or Trego, Captain, of the 8th., Kansas infantry company H., Residence Pre-emption, Ill., enlistment date is unknown, Mustered in Jan. 30, 1862, Killed in action Sept. 19, '63, Chicamauga, Ga. I looked in the book of ( THE WAR OF THE REBELLION: A COMPILATION OF THE OFFICIAL RECORDS OF THE UNION AND CONFEDERATE ARMIES.) for a report on how he was killed but there was none. There may be a report in the Adjutant General of the State of Kansas, but I have no access to the reports, so I will have to rely on the authors information, which states; He was struck by a Confederate sharpshooter while stooping over a wounded soldier which he was removing from the battlefield. While gallantly trying to help some of the wounded boys he was hit & killed. He was buried at Chickamuga Park in Tennessee.
I learned from my research on Edgar Poe Trego that when one hit’s a brick wall one should not give up, but kept hitting it and at some point in time it will come down.
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Kansas Men In The Signal Corps Association.
The other day a gentleman wrote me to tell me he had been too one of my pages that had to deal with the Signal Corps. He told me of a site called, ( Signal Corp Association 1861-1865. ), http://www.civilwarsignals.org/ , This site has a lot of information on this organization. While I looked over the site I found that a few Kansas Men were of this organization. I decided to do a page on these men and give what information I had found on them.
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Hiram C. Harvey.
Birth: Jun. 1, 1840, Ohio.
Death: Oct. 11, 1926, Kansas.
Wife: Margaret A. Marshall Harvey
Children: Harry Corwin Harvey
Burial: Prairiedale Cemetery, Talmage, Dickinson County, Kansas.
Civil War-Signal Corps Association.
Rank: Private.
Hiram C. Harvey, Talmage, Dickinson Co., Kans.
Enlisted Dec. 12, 1863; McConnellsville, Ohio; Dept. of N.C.
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Jason T. Deming, Bonner Springs, Kansas.
Civil War-Signal Corps Association.
Rank: Private.
Also went under the name of Jason F. Deming
No information could be found at this time.
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William M. Cribs, Cawker City.
Signal Corps Association.
Rank: Private.
Enlisted January 30, 1864.
Also went under the name of William M. Cribbs.
No other information can be found at this time.
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Charles A. Griffin, Chanute, Kans.
Signal Corps Association.
Rank: Private.
Mustered in October 15, 1861.
Transferred from 85th Pa.; Fayette, Pa.; March, 1862, Army of Potomac.
Note. Another record says he transferred from 85th, Co. G., on September 7, 1863, do more research on this name.
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Samuel Doran, Clyde, Kansas.
Signal Corps Association.
Rank: Private.
No other information at this time.
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John A Lucas, Emporia, Kansas.Address of 1913, 425 Neosho.
Signal Corps Association.
Rank: Private.
No other information at this time.
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Asa M. Breese, Fort Dodge, Kansas
Signal Corps Association.
Rank: Private.
Rank: Sergeant.
No other information at this time.
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Warren W. Palmer, Clasco, Kansas.
Signal Corps Association.
Rank: Private.
Transferred from the 20th., Illinois infantry, Juliet Ill., Dept. of the Gulf April 1864, Cane river La.
Records from Illinois.
Warren W. Palmer, Private, company H., 20th, Ill., infantry, Residence Tonica, Lasalle Co, ILL., Age 18, Height 5' 5 ½, Hair Light, Eyes Gray, Complexion Light, Marital Status
Single, Occupation Farmer. Remarks; Transferred to Signal Corps Sept. 27, 1863, At Vicksburg Miss.
Note. He needs more research.
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Thomas B. Lydick.
Birth: 1844.
Death: Unknown.
Wife: Sarah J. Lydick .
Burial: Hamlin Cemetery, Hamlin, Brown County, Kansas.
Signal Corps Association.
Thomas B. Lydick.
Hamlin, Kansas.
Rank: Private.
Enlisted February 5, 1864, Indiana, Pa., Dept. Gulf.
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Albert M. Crary, Herington, Kansas.
Signal Corps Association.
Rank: Private.
Transferred from 75th., Illinois infantry Co. C., Morrison Ill., January 14, 1864, Dept. of Cumb.
Illinois records.
Albert M. Crary, rank private, 75th., Illinois infantry Co. C., Residence Round Grove, Whiteside Co, ILL., Age 27, Height 5' 9, Hair Dark, Eyes Black, Complexion Dark, Marital Status Married, Occupation Mechanic, Nativity Pierpont, St. Lawrence Co, N. Y., Joined When Aug. 6, 1862 Joined Where Morrison, ILL., Period 3 Yrs., Muster In Sept. 2, 1862 Muster In Where Dixon, ILL. Remarks Transferred to Signal Corps October 3, 1863.
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Robert A. Campbell.
Birth: Abt. 1842 or 1843.
Death: 1923, Reno County, Kansas.
Wife: Julia Campbell
Children: Robert A Campbell, Caroline R Campbell, Jessie Myres.
Civil War records.
Ohio 24th., infantry, Co. K., rank Corporal & Sergeant.
Signal Corps Association.
Transferred from 24th., Ohio, Coshoeton Ohio, January 14, 1864, Dept. Cumb
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Elmer P. Shepherd, Kinsley, Kansas.
Signal Corps Association.
Rank: Unknown.
Enlisted March 17, 1864, Carey Ohio, Dept. of Tennessee.
Note. All the information that can be found at this time.
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Norman Whiting, Lebanon, Kansas.
1913,Cawker City, Kansas.
Signal Corps Association.
Rank: Private.
Transferred from 57th., Ill., Grandville Ill, Dept. Tennessee.
Illinois records.
Norman Whiting, rank private, company I., 57th., Ill., infantry, Residence Plymouth, Hancock Co., IL Age 31, Hair Dark, Eyes Hazel, Complexion Florid, Occupation Farmer, Nativity New York, Joined When Dec. 27, 1863 Joined Where Lynnville, Tennessee, Period 3 Yrs., Muster In Jan. 17, 1864 Muster In Where Lynnville, Tennessee, Remarks:
Veteran transferred to Signal Corps, July 11, 1864.
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Nicholas Harvey Starry, Jr.
Birth: Nov. 6, 1842.
Death: Apr. 19, 1914, Kansas.
Burial: Louisburg Cemetery, Louisburg, Miami County Kansas.
Wife: Sarah Jean Bonebrake Starry.
Children: Maude Starry Wise , Eva Leona Evans , Sarah Effie Starry.
Father: Nicholas Harvey Starry .
Mother: Margaret Cashman Starry
Signal Corps Association.
Rank: Private.
Transferred from 86th, Indiana infantry, Co. E., Marshfield, Indiana, Jan. 14, 1864.
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Philip J. Weaver, Louisburg, Kansas.
Signal Corps. Association.
Rank: Private.
Enlisted February 10, 1864, Harrisburg Pa., Dept. of the Gulf. February 1865, to the Army of the Potomac.
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John W. Deford, Ottawa, Kansas.
Signal Corps Association.
2d lieut. 11th Pa. Res.; capt.) Aug., 1861, Georgetown, D.C.; Sept. 14, app. instructor; Dec. 29, ordnance officer; March, 1862, Army of Potomac; April, U. S. S. " Wachusett"; May, West Point, Va.; May 22, captured at Cold Harbor, Va. ; Oct. 4, exchanged; May, 1863, Dept. of Tenn.; Five-Mile Creek, Miss.; Vicksburg; resigned as C. S. O., A. of Tenn.; Nov. 24, to Cairo, Ill..
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Benjamin R. Lowry, Oxford, Kansas.
Birth: Dec. 8, 1843
Death: Jul. 19, 1913.
Burial: Oxford Cemetery, Oxford, Sumner County, Kansas.
Wife: Elizabeth M. Lowry
Civil War: Company K., 11th Regiment PA Infantry.
Signal Corps Association.
Enlisted Jan. 26, 1864 ; Ligonier, Pa.; Army of Potomac.
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Milton J. Benedict, Salina, Kansas.
Signal Corps Association.
Enlisted; Franklin Co., Pa. ; Dept. of Susq.
Note. No other informatio can be found at thid time.
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Alexander C. Moore, Topeka Kansas.
Signal Cops Association.
MOORE, ALEXANDER C. ... Wanamaker P. O., Kan- Enlisted Feb. 16, 1854: Cambridge, Ohio; Mid. :\ril. Div. ; Dept. of Slien.
Note. No other information at this time.
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George W. Strahan Troy, Kansas.
Signal Cops Association, address book of 1913.
Note. No information at this time.
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Thomas A. Metcalf, Willington, Kansas.
Signal Corps. Association, Address Book of 1913.
Thomas A. Metcalf, 424 No. Washington Ave. Wellington, Kansas.
Signal Corps. Association.
Rank: Private & Private 2nd., class.
Enlisted February 24, 1864, Columbus Ohio.
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William Leonard, Wichita, Kansas.
2d Lieut, Vernon, Oklahoma Terr. (Capt. 38th Ind. Vols.) Detailed Jan., 1862, into Dept. of Cumb.; April 6, East side sta., Pittsburg Landing ; Nov., 1863, chief sig. officer, 4th Corps.
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Harrison Waitt, Wichita, Kansas.
Harrison Waitt, is my great grandfather,he was in the Signal Corps in the Civil War. He was on the lead ship with Admiral Farragut at the Battle of Mobile. In the diary of his friend and fellow soldier, he say Harrison Waitt, was in the 6th regiment, Company B, and in the Signal Corps of the Gulf. The diary also stated that Harrison being very ill and they did not think he would make it home. He worked in operations at the Forge Village Horse Shoe Nail company in Westford township, Ma. on the Stony Brook railroad after the Civil War and before moving to Kansas. In Kansas he was a well known and famous circuit riding pastor, serving in the following locations.
1907-1908 – Mulvane
1906 – Arkansas City
1904-1905 – El Dorado
1898-1903 – Wichita District Presiding Elder
1894-1897 – Newton
1888-1893 – Larned District Presiding Elder
1886-1887 - McPherson
1883-1885 – Peabody
1881-1882 – Belle Plaine
1879-1880 – East Wichita
1877-1878 - Quito
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Hiram C. Harvey.
Birth: Jun. 1, 1840, Ohio.
Death: Oct. 11, 1926, Kansas.
Wife: Margaret A. Marshall Harvey
Children: Harry Corwin Harvey
Burial: Prairiedale Cemetery, Talmage, Dickinson County, Kansas.
Civil War-Signal Corps Association.
Rank: Private.
Hiram C. Harvey, Talmage, Dickinson Co., Kans.
Enlisted Dec. 12, 1863; McConnellsville, Ohio; Dept. of N.C.
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Jason T. Deming, Bonner Springs, Kansas.
Civil War-Signal Corps Association.
Rank: Private.
Also went under the name of Jason F. Deming
No information could be found at this time.
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William M. Cribs, Cawker City.Signal Corps Association.
Rank: Private.
Enlisted January 30, 1864.
Also went under the name of William M. Cribbs.
No other information can be found at this time.
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Charles A. Griffin, Chanute, Kans.
Signal Corps Association.
Rank: Private.
Mustered in October 15, 1861.
Transferred from 85th Pa.; Fayette, Pa.; March, 1862, Army of Potomac.
Note. Another record says he transferred from 85th, Co. G., on September 7, 1863, do more research on this name.
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Samuel Doran, Clyde, Kansas.
Signal Corps Association.
Rank: Private.
No other information at this time.
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John A Lucas, Emporia, Kansas.Address of 1913, 425 Neosho.
Signal Corps Association.
Rank: Private.
No other information at this time.
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Asa M. Breese, Fort Dodge, Kansas
Signal Corps Association.
Rank: Private.
Rank: Sergeant.
No other information at this time.
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Warren W. Palmer, Clasco, Kansas.Signal Corps Association.
Rank: Private.
Transferred from the 20th., Illinois infantry, Juliet Ill., Dept. of the Gulf April 1864, Cane river La.
Records from Illinois.
Warren W. Palmer, Private, company H., 20th, Ill., infantry, Residence Tonica, Lasalle Co, ILL., Age 18, Height 5' 5 ½, Hair Light, Eyes Gray, Complexion Light, Marital Status
Single, Occupation Farmer. Remarks; Transferred to Signal Corps Sept. 27, 1863, At Vicksburg Miss.
Note. He needs more research.
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Thomas B. Lydick.
Birth: 1844.
Death: Unknown.
Wife: Sarah J. Lydick .
Burial: Hamlin Cemetery, Hamlin, Brown County, Kansas.
Signal Corps Association.
Thomas B. Lydick.
Hamlin, Kansas.
Rank: Private.
Enlisted February 5, 1864, Indiana, Pa., Dept. Gulf.
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Albert M. Crary, Herington, Kansas.Signal Corps Association.
Rank: Private.
Transferred from 75th., Illinois infantry Co. C., Morrison Ill., January 14, 1864, Dept. of Cumb.
Illinois records.
Albert M. Crary, rank private, 75th., Illinois infantry Co. C., Residence Round Grove, Whiteside Co, ILL., Age 27, Height 5' 9, Hair Dark, Eyes Black, Complexion Dark, Marital Status Married, Occupation Mechanic, Nativity Pierpont, St. Lawrence Co, N. Y., Joined When Aug. 6, 1862 Joined Where Morrison, ILL., Period 3 Yrs., Muster In Sept. 2, 1862 Muster In Where Dixon, ILL. Remarks Transferred to Signal Corps October 3, 1863.
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Robert A. Campbell.Birth: Abt. 1842 or 1843.
Death: 1923, Reno County, Kansas.
Wife: Julia Campbell
Children: Robert A Campbell, Caroline R Campbell, Jessie Myres.
Civil War records.
Ohio 24th., infantry, Co. K., rank Corporal & Sergeant.
Signal Corps Association.
Transferred from 24th., Ohio, Coshoeton Ohio, January 14, 1864, Dept. Cumb
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Elmer P. Shepherd, Kinsley, Kansas.
Signal Corps Association.
Rank: Unknown.
Enlisted March 17, 1864, Carey Ohio, Dept. of Tennessee.
Note. All the information that can be found at this time.
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Norman Whiting, Lebanon, Kansas.
1913,Cawker City, Kansas.
Signal Corps Association.
Rank: Private.
Transferred from 57th., Ill., Grandville Ill, Dept. Tennessee.
Illinois records.
Norman Whiting, rank private, company I., 57th., Ill., infantry, Residence Plymouth, Hancock Co., IL Age 31, Hair Dark, Eyes Hazel, Complexion Florid, Occupation Farmer, Nativity New York, Joined When Dec. 27, 1863 Joined Where Lynnville, Tennessee, Period 3 Yrs., Muster In Jan. 17, 1864 Muster In Where Lynnville, Tennessee, Remarks:
Veteran transferred to Signal Corps, July 11, 1864.
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Nicholas Harvey Starry, Jr.
Birth: Nov. 6, 1842.
Death: Apr. 19, 1914, Kansas.
Burial: Louisburg Cemetery, Louisburg, Miami County Kansas.
Wife: Sarah Jean Bonebrake Starry.
Children: Maude Starry Wise , Eva Leona Evans , Sarah Effie Starry.
Father: Nicholas Harvey Starry .
Mother: Margaret Cashman Starry
Signal Corps Association.
Rank: Private.
Transferred from 86th, Indiana infantry, Co. E., Marshfield, Indiana, Jan. 14, 1864.
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Philip J. Weaver, Louisburg, Kansas.
Signal Corps. Association.
Rank: Private.
Enlisted February 10, 1864, Harrisburg Pa., Dept. of the Gulf. February 1865, to the Army of the Potomac.
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John W. Deford, Ottawa, Kansas.Signal Corps Association.
2d lieut. 11th Pa. Res.; capt.) Aug., 1861, Georgetown, D.C.; Sept. 14, app. instructor; Dec. 29, ordnance officer; March, 1862, Army of Potomac; April, U. S. S. " Wachusett"; May, West Point, Va.; May 22, captured at Cold Harbor, Va. ; Oct. 4, exchanged; May, 1863, Dept. of Tenn.; Five-Mile Creek, Miss.; Vicksburg; resigned as C. S. O., A. of Tenn.; Nov. 24, to Cairo, Ill..
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Benjamin R. Lowry, Oxford, Kansas.
Birth: Dec. 8, 1843
Death: Jul. 19, 1913.
Burial: Oxford Cemetery, Oxford, Sumner County, Kansas.
Wife: Elizabeth M. Lowry
Civil War: Company K., 11th Regiment PA Infantry.
Signal Corps Association.
Enlisted Jan. 26, 1864 ; Ligonier, Pa.; Army of Potomac.
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Milton J. Benedict, Salina, Kansas.
Signal Corps Association.
Enlisted; Franklin Co., Pa. ; Dept. of Susq.
Note. No other informatio can be found at thid time.
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Alexander C. Moore, Topeka Kansas.
Signal Cops Association.
MOORE, ALEXANDER C. ... Wanamaker P. O., Kan- Enlisted Feb. 16, 1854: Cambridge, Ohio; Mid. :\ril. Div. ; Dept. of Slien.
Note. No other information at this time.
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George W. Strahan Troy, Kansas.
Signal Cops Association, address book of 1913.
Note. No information at this time.
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Thomas A. Metcalf, Willington, Kansas.
Signal Corps. Association, Address Book of 1913.
Thomas A. Metcalf, 424 No. Washington Ave. Wellington, Kansas.
Signal Corps. Association.
Rank: Private & Private 2nd., class.
Enlisted February 24, 1864, Columbus Ohio.
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William Leonard, Wichita, Kansas.
2d Lieut, Vernon, Oklahoma Terr. (Capt. 38th Ind. Vols.) Detailed Jan., 1862, into Dept. of Cumb.; April 6, East side sta., Pittsburg Landing ; Nov., 1863, chief sig. officer, 4th Corps.
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Harrison Waitt, Wichita, Kansas.Signal Corps. Association.
Enlisted April 9, 1864; Boston, Mass.; Dept. of Gulf.
Note. No other information at this time.
New February 10, 2012.
The following is by, Marilyn Buckelew.
1907-1908 – Mulvane
1906 – Arkansas City
1904-1905 – El Dorado
1898-1903 – Wichita District Presiding Elder
1894-1897 – Newton
1888-1893 – Larned District Presiding Elder
1886-1887 - McPherson
1883-1885 – Peabody
1881-1882 – Belle Plaine
1879-1880 – East Wichita
1877-1878 - Quito
Monday, August 2, 2010
Cyrenius Smith Courtright.
Cyrenius Smith Courtright.
Birth: Feb. 29, 1840, Penn Yan, Yates County, New York.
Death: Nov. 26, 1909, Guide Rock, Webster County, Nebraska.
Burial: Shaffer Cemetery, Mankato, Jewell County Kansas.
Photo provided by Billie Courtright
He was Married twice, his first wife was Laura Ann Plumb, married January 1, 1866, at Blackberry, Ill., they had three children: Arthur Leland, Anna Blanch, Flora B.
His second wife was Laura Ann Plumb, they were married July 13, 1879, at Holmwood Twp., Jewell Co., Kansas. Their children were:
1. Oscar Smith COURTWRIGHT, Born: 28 Oct 1893, Place: Jewell Co., Kansas.
2. Paul Re Vere COURTWRIGHT, Born: 2 Feb 1899, Place: , Burr Oak, , Kansas. Died: 21 Jul 1973.
3. William Fae COURTWRIGHT, Born: 10 Apr 1882, Place: , Holmwood Twp., Jewell Co., Kansas. Died: 15 Apr 1963.
4. Rex Rolland COURTWRIGHT, Born: 14 May 1901, Place: , Burr Oak, , Kansas. Died: 14 May 1969.
5. Mary Mildred "Mae" COURTWRIGHT, Born: 18 May 1887, Place: , Holmwood Twp., Jewell Co., Kansas. Died: 18 Feb 1922.
6. Pearl COURTWRIGHT, Born: 24 Jul 1891, Place: Jewell Co., Kansas.
Cyrenius Smith Courtright, fought in the civil war with the 13th., Illinois infantry, he was a private and was in company F., he enlisted May 24, 1861, at Dixon Ill., was mustered in on the same day and place. He enlisted for three years. His Residence at that time was Courtland, Dekalb CO, IL., his height 5' 8 ½, Hair Brown, age 21, Eyes Blue, Complexion Light. At this time he was Single, and was a farmer. The records show he was a Nativity of Jerusalem, Gates Co, New York. He mustered out on June 18, 1864, Springfield, ILL. In his remarks it states; Stop for Transportation 62 1/2 Cents.
Note. His name was spelled at lest three ways: Cyrenius, Cyremes and Cyrenus.
Birth: Feb. 29, 1840, Penn Yan, Yates County, New York.
Death: Nov. 26, 1909, Guide Rock, Webster County, Nebraska.
Burial: Shaffer Cemetery, Mankato, Jewell County Kansas.
Photo provided by Billie Courtright
He was Married twice, his first wife was Laura Ann Plumb, married January 1, 1866, at Blackberry, Ill., they had three children: Arthur Leland, Anna Blanch, Flora B.
His second wife was Laura Ann Plumb, they were married July 13, 1879, at Holmwood Twp., Jewell Co., Kansas. Their children were:
1. Oscar Smith COURTWRIGHT, Born: 28 Oct 1893, Place: Jewell Co., Kansas.
2. Paul Re Vere COURTWRIGHT, Born: 2 Feb 1899, Place: , Burr Oak, , Kansas. Died: 21 Jul 1973.
3. William Fae COURTWRIGHT, Born: 10 Apr 1882, Place: , Holmwood Twp., Jewell Co., Kansas. Died: 15 Apr 1963.
4. Rex Rolland COURTWRIGHT, Born: 14 May 1901, Place: , Burr Oak, , Kansas. Died: 14 May 1969.
5. Mary Mildred "Mae" COURTWRIGHT, Born: 18 May 1887, Place: , Holmwood Twp., Jewell Co., Kansas. Died: 18 Feb 1922.
6. Pearl COURTWRIGHT, Born: 24 Jul 1891, Place: Jewell Co., Kansas.
Cyrenius Smith Courtright, fought in the civil war with the 13th., Illinois infantry, he was a private and was in company F., he enlisted May 24, 1861, at Dixon Ill., was mustered in on the same day and place. He enlisted for three years. His Residence at that time was Courtland, Dekalb CO, IL., his height 5' 8 ½, Hair Brown, age 21, Eyes Blue, Complexion Light. At this time he was Single, and was a farmer. The records show he was a Nativity of Jerusalem, Gates Co, New York. He mustered out on June 18, 1864, Springfield, ILL. In his remarks it states; Stop for Transportation 62 1/2 Cents.
Note. His name was spelled at lest three ways: Cyrenius, Cyremes and Cyrenus.
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