Rising Sun was a little town in Jefferson county in the township of Kentucky, it was the first town which was laid out by Joseph Haddox in 1857. Its location was on the north bank of the Kansas River, opposite Lecompton. He after took partnership with him on the town site, Jerome Kunkle, Louis Lutt and J. Menzer. Kunkle kept a ferry there. The first store there was started soon after the foundation of the town, by Lutt and Menzer.
Rising Sun grew to be a respectable little village, and was the business point for the township until the building of the Kansas Pacific Railroad, in 1865. Towns were then laid out along the railroad, and in a short time the village of Rising Sun was all moved to other points. The site of this old town is now cultivated as a farm by Jerome Kunkle.
Medina, Kansas.
The history of the town begins with the year 1865, when, as the railroad was building, Lutt, Kunkle & Menzer bought land and laid out the town. They were the leading owners of the Rising Sun town site, and conceived the idea of founding a new town on the line of the new railroad. This they did, and soon the greater portion of the old town was moved to Medina. The first store was established in 1865, by Lutt & Munn.
The following men called Rising Sun their home, and when the Civil War broke out they enlisted into two regiments of the Kansas Volunteers. The following named our those men.
Ninth, regiment Kansas Volunteers, Cavalry.
Company A.
1. William, Draper, Private, Enlisted on , Nov. 26,1861, mustered in same day, Remarks; Promoted Corporal February 1, 1862. Promoted Sergeant December 9, 1863. Remarks; Mustered out Nov. 19, 1864, Leavenworth, Kan.
2. Stephen Dodd, Private, enlisted Nov. 21, 1861, mustered in same day. Remarks; Died of pneumonia, Lawrence, Kan., Nov. 27, 1861.
Eleventh Regiment, Kansas Volunteers, Cavalry.
Company D.
1. Jacob Zinn, Private, enlisted on Sept. 1, 1863, mustered in Oct. 26, 1863, Remarks; Killed by Indians July 26, 1865, Platte Bridge, D. T.
2. Joseph D. Seal, Private, enlisted on July 23, 1863, mustered in Aug. 28, 1863. Promoted Corporal August 1, 1864. Remaks; Mustered out with company Sept. 13, 1865.
3. Hiram R. Proctor, Private, enlisted on July 25, 1863, mustered in Aug. 28, 1863. Remarks; Mustered out September 13, 1865.
4. Joseph B. McCall, Private, enlisted on July 20, 1863, mustered in on Aug. 28, 1863. Remarks; Deserted, Fort Riley, Kan., Feb. 1, 1865.
5. Caleb Fisher, Private, enlisted on July 27, 1863, mustered in Aug. 28, 1863. Remarks; Mustered out with company Sept. 13, 1865.
6. James M. Cotton, Private, enlisted on July 25, 1863, mustered in Aug. 28, 1863. Remarks; Mustered out with company Sept. 13, 1865.
7. Samuel N. Bowling, Private, enlisted on July 27, 1863, mustered in July 27, 1863. Remarks; Disc. for dis. August 31, 1864, Olathe, Kan.
8. Merritt Zinn, Private, enlisted on Sept. 5, 1862, mustered in Sept. 13, 1862. Remarks; Mustered out with company Sept. 13, 1865.
9. Willis Zinn, Private, enlisted on Aug. 23, 1862, mustered in Sept. 13, 1862. Remarks; Mustered out with company Sept. 13, 1865.
10. Edwin Summer, Private, enlisted on Aug. 23, 1862, mustered in Sept. 13, 1862. Remarkes; Killed by Indians in action July 26, 1865, Platte Bridge, D.T.
11. Samuel Seratt, Private, enlisted on Aug. 23, 1862, mustered in Sept. 13, 1862. Remarks; Mustered out with company Sept. 13, 1865.
13. William Reynolds, Private, enlisted on Sept. 2, 1862, mustered in Sept. 13, 1862. Remarks; Died of bilious fever Camp Babcock, Ark., November 27, 1862.
14. Samuel B. Ruble, Private, enlisted on Sept. 5, 1862, mustered in Sept. 13, 1862. Promoted Sergeant September 16, 1863. Mustered out with company Sept. 13, 1865.
15. William J. Phelps, Private, enlisted on Sept. 9, 1862, mustered in Sept. 13, 1862. Deserted, Old Ft. Wayne, C. N., Oct. 28, 1862.
16. John Poor, Private, enlisted on Aug. 23, 1862, mustered in Sept. 13, 1862. Killed by guerrillas near Lawrence, Kan., Aug. 21, 1863.
17. Elijah Nelson Private, enlisted on Aug. 19, 1862, mustered in Sept. 13, 1862. Died of measels, Fayetteville, Ark., Feb. 6, 1863.
18. William Nelson, Private, enlisted on Aug. 20, 1862, mustered in Sept. 13, 1862. Died in Missouri March 1, 1863.
19. John R. McCoy, Private, enlisted on Aug. 23, 1862, mustered in Sept. 13, 1862. Promoted Corporal. Transferred to Vet. Res. Corp May 21, 1864.
20. William M. McCall, Private, enlisted in Aug. 20, 1862, mustered in Sept. 13, 1862. Missing in action, Lexington, Mo., Oct. 19, 1864.
21. James C. Morgan, Private, enlisted on Aug. 20, 1862, mustered in Sept. 13, 1862. Mustered out with company Sept. 13, 1865.
22. James H. Long, Private, enlisted on Aug. 21, 1862, mustered in Sept. 13, 1862. Killed in action Oct. 19, 1864, Lexington, Mo.
23. Joseph Laughlin, Private enlisted on Aug. 23, 1862, mustered in Sept. 13, 1862. Died of brain fever, Crane Creek, Mo., Feb. 22, 1863
24. Campbell D. King, Private, enlisted on Aug. 26, 1862, mustered in Sept. 13, 1862. Mustered out July 20, 1865.
25. Alfred B or R.. Hendrick, Private, enlisted on Aug. 20, 1862, mustered in Sept. 13, 1862. Promoted Sergeant September 15, 1862. Mustered out July 6, 1865.
26. Bracken M. Garrett, Private, enlisted on Aug. 18, 1862, mustered in Sept. 13, 1862. Disc. for dis. April 22, '63, Ft. Leavenworth, Kan.
27. Robert H. Garrett, Private, Aug. 18, 1862, mustered in Sept. 13, 1862. Promoted Sergeant September 20, 1862. Promoted Commissary Sergeant. Mustered out with company Sept. 13, 1865.
28. John B. Garrett, Private, enlisted on Aug. 18, 1862, mustered in Sept. 13, 1862. Promoted Corporal February 10, 1863. Mustered out with company Sept. 13, 1865.
29. Martin Green, Private, enlisted on Aug. 23, 1862, mustered in Sept. 13, 1862. Killed in action July 26, '65, Platte Bridge, D.T.
30. John F. Gardner, Private, enlisted in Sept. 1, 1862, mustered in Sept. 13, 1862. Mustered out with company Sept. 13, 1865.
31. Bailey M. Garrett, Private, enlisted on Aug. 18, 1862, mustered in Sept. 13, 1862. Died of erysipelas, Rising Sun, Kan., Sept. 18, 1863.
32. Ephraim D. Gardner, Private, enlisted on Aug. 18, 1862, mustered in Sept. 13, 1862. Promoted Bugler. No evidence of muster out on file.
33. Christopher C. Davis, Private, enlisted on Aug. 26, 1862, mustered in Sept. 13, 1862. Mustered out with company Sept. 13, 1865.
34. Elijah N. Doughty, Private, enlisted on Aug. 18, 1862, mustered in Sept. 13, 1862. Prom. Serg't; must. out with Co., Sept. 13, 1865. Reduced to ranks.
35. Jerome Kunkel, Captain, enlistment date unknown, mustered in Sept. 13, 1862. Cashiered by sentence G.C.M, G.O.No, 52, dated W.D., A.G.O., Oct. 7, 1864.
Company E.
1. William R. McLain, Private, enlisted on Nov. 25, 1863, mustered in Feb. 25, 1864. Transferred to company K, April 18, 1864. Deserted, Paola, Kansas, October 9, 1864.
New: August 29, 2012.
My great grandfather, Amon Calvin Cline, needs to be added to this list. He was born in Georgia and age 21 and by occupation a farmer, volunteered on Agust 21, 1862 to serve as a soldier in the Army of US of America for the period of three years. Sworn and subscribed to at Rising Sun, before J. L. Sheets, Recruiting Officer. He was disabled by mumps and exposure and treated at the Regimental Hospital and mustered out at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas on Sept 13, 1865. Beth Howell
Hello,
ReplyDeleteIn the recent past I have searched for Rising Sun, Kansas because several of my mother's relatives resided there. I decided to take a chance and "Google" the place again and found your site. Joseph D. Seal was my great-grandfather. I know that there were at least two other members of the family who enlisted as well. Their surname was McCall but the first name was either Samuel or Moses.
Jacqueline Grogan, Kansas
There was a Samuel McCall in the 17th., Kansas infantry company B. served 100 days, his residence at this time was Oskloosa, Kansas. Family?
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