Avoca is in Grant township, township 7-S., Range 13-E. I could not find when Avoca was founded but the Loughmiller family was there in 1858. The Postoffice started in 1871 and ran to 1907. All the information here will be bits and pieces put togather. All the names listed here either lived in Avoca or used it's P. O., for their mailing address.
Avoca School, No. 51, was just north of town and ran from 1871 through 1947.
Pensioners of Avoca.
Mary Clements, Widow, $8, per month.
Thomas H. Cox, Bronchitis & dis lungs, $14, per month pension started in June 1876.
Robert Marvin, Diarr& rec dis of liver, $4, per month.
Avoca Marriages.
W. H. Brakey and Irene E. McCreigh, September 3, 1890.
Other Avoca's
There were three other towns in Kansas named Avoca, they were in Butler county, Chase county and Shawnee county.
Avoca's Land.
In 1860, Jacob Loughmill, a vet of the war of 1812, sold 80 acres to John Loughmiller in section 18.
In 1860, Henry Loughmiller a vet of the war of 1812, sold 80 acres to Henry J. Dawson Section 19.
Plat Book.
Avoca,1881.
Township 7-S, Range 13- E., Sec. 10.
To see a full size map of this township and to look up the sections talked about in this page take this link.
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/219811/page/49
Avoca 1881.
Sam. Segrist, Canton, Bern, Switzerland, Township 7 Range 13, Section 25, came in 1878, Farmer and stock raiser.
David H. Hagar, Worcester Mass., Township 7 Range 13., Section 30, came in 1870, Farmer and Postmaster.
Plat Book.
Avoca,1903.
Township 7-S, Range 13- E., Sec. 10.
To see a full size map of this township and to look up the sections talked about in this page take this link.
http://img.kansasmemory.org/00073428.jpg
Avoca 1903.
David H. Hagar, Farmer and stock raiser and dealer in General Merchandies, Secton 30.
Jenkins Morris, Farmer and stock raiser, Secton 32.
T. H. Loughmiller, Farmer and stock raiser, Secton 30.
Frank Segrist, Farmer and stock raiser, Secton 19.
W. T. Van Horn, Farmer and stock raiser, Secton 30.
N. Wanner, Farmer and stock raiser, Secton 29.
OLD NEWS ITEMS.
From THE HOLTON RECORDER.
May 4, 1878-Our school is under the management of Walter Segrist. J. W. Norris is rapidly bringing our Sunday School to a high plane. (Avoca News written by'Remle')
January 23, 1882 - Republican caucus met at Avoca. John Bayes was elected chairman. Delegates were D. H. Hager, R. B. Loughmiller and R. M. Owens. I congratulate Buck's Grove in procuring services of H. F. Graham in their school. There are 50 pupils enrolled.
December 26, 1901 -Avoca News - John Kroth of Custer County, Oklahoma, is visiting with parents and other relatives.
From THE SOLDIER CLIPPER
March 1, 1887 - The exibition given by the Avoca Theatrical Company the last day of school was a success. The receipts were $12.00. The weather that night was very bad and the creek became so high that nearly all who lived on the east side had to remain in the school house all night.
February 28, 1893 - The band boys from Avoca are talking of disorganizing, owing to so many of the boys having moved away. The Leaguers of the Grove are preparing to give a literary meeting one week from next Sunday evening. The traveling man for The Abbot Mercantile Company, who had a mishap here with his huckster wagon some time, came out last week and took his wagon and produce back to Holton.
From Avoca news by Alice Mary.
August 24, 1899 - Some of our people are expecting to attend the log rolling at St. Marys next Thursday.
September 4, 1899 - School began this morning at Avoca with Mr. Heath of Holton as teacher.
February 26, 1903 - The box supper at Avoca Wednesday night was a grand success. The proceeds amounted to $26.60. Three boxes brought the sum of $7.50.
June 19, 1878 - West Jackson Items - The last musical entertainment at Avoca was given by our worthy citizen, Henry Kroth. It was quite an enjoyable occasion.
Monday, November 28, 2011
Monday, November 21, 2011
James Crossing Kansas.
When I saw the name of James Crossing, I thought this would a interesting town to look into, and it wasn't that far from my home. At first I thought it would be hard to find any thing on James Crossing but when I started researching, I was supprise to find that the internet was full of information on the town. Although there was a lot on the web it was a piece here and a piece there. I found myself going from web site to web site for a little piece of information. I decided to put some of the pieces together on one site.
James Crossing was just a stop in the road, it couldn't even be called a town. There couldn't have been more then one or two bulidings at the most. The town is historically interesting but little eles. However the town is very in important to those in genealogy research, it's a reference point for those looking for their family roots.
As a surname researcher James Crossing is little of importance, although it would have been nice to have found some historical facts about it. But it's the people of the surrounding country side that's who is important. Although James Crossing wasn't big it did have a Postoffice. All the names here used James Crossing as their P. O., address, so James Crossing becomes important after all.
It's hard to pin point just when James Crossing was establish. I believe it was between 1860 and 1862. In 1860, John James bought 160 acres in section 10, which was the sight of James Crossing, I believe the town was name after him. In June of 1862, the Post Office opened and John James was it's Postmaster. The only other business in town was that of the General Store which was run by James Brownlee, these were the only two business of the town. Records shows that James Brownlee was in the county in 1859, but didn't bury any land till 1860, when he bought 160 acres in section 11, between half or a mile from James Crossing. The post Office ran till November of 1886. By 1899, James Crossing is not shown on any maps.
Grant Township.
On September 6, 1870, Grant township was organized from the Southern portion of Jefferson township, it embraces sixty-two sections, and takes it's name from the "Captain of the ages", who was serving his first term as president. S. Stephenson, the first and present Trustee, has servied five years. There are two Post Offices one in Avoca and one in James Crossing. The Jackson county Historical Soc., also listed some of the early settlers of Grant township which were; Peter Bryant, William Cruzan, Peter Dickson, J. P. Faidley, R. P. Hamm, John James, T. Keir, J. F. Pomeroy, Abraham Ray and S. Stepherson. The first school house was built on the farm of Mr. Keir in 1860. Mr. E. S. Hulan taught the first school in 1858.
The North Missouri and Eastern Kansas Business Directory of 1867, had this to say about James Crossing.
"This is the name of a little place in Jackson County, which is situated to the north of Topeka, on the opposite side of the Kansas river, being to the north of that place, small and of little importance."
Although the above statement may be true of the town it was not true of the people around the town.
Jackson County Atlas ( Plat Book ) of 1881.
The followin names were in the Atlas of 1881.
R. R. Boan, from Stark county Illinois, Farmer and Stock-Raiser, Sec. 13., came in 1857.
F. M. Beightel. from Westmoreland Pennsylvania, Farmer and Stock-Raiser, Sec. 12, came in 1873.
William Cruzan, From Coles county Illinois, Farmer and Stock-Raiser, Sec. 14, came in 1857.
J. P. Faidley, From Somerset county Pennsylvania, Farmer and Stock-Raiser, Sec. 16, came in 1867.
John James, From Crawford county Illinois, Farmer and Stock- Raiser and Postmaster, Notray Publie and Lease Agent, Sec 10, came in 1855.
R. D. Osborn, From Geauga county Ohio, Farmer and Stock-Raiser, Sec. 8, came in 1870.
S. Stephenson, From Muskingum county Ohio, Farmer and Stock-Raiser, Sec. 10, came in 1863.
L. D. Stephenson, From Mereer county Ohio, Farmer and Stock-Raiser, Sec. 3, came in 1866.
J. P. Shaklee, From Morgan county Ohio, Farmer and Stock-Raiser, Sec. 12, came in 1871.
G. S. Shaklee, From Henry county Ohio, Farmer and Stock-Raiser, Sec. 12, came in 1871.
S. T. Warwick, From R. I., Farmer and Stock-Raiser, Sec. 13, came in 1869.
List of pension of James Crossing January 1883.
John James, injure right hip, $3., per month, starting August 1868.
William W. Miler, Gun shot wound left thigh, $4., per month, started April 1882.
Ransom D. Osborn, Gun shot wound right leg, $4., per month, started March 1882.
Mary I. Reynolds, Widow of 1812, $8., per month, started November 1878.
Plat Book.
James Crossing.
1881.
Township 7-S, Range 13- E., Sec. 10.
to see a full size map of this township take this link.
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/219811/page/49
The following names used James Crossing as their P. O., Address.
WILLIAM CRUZAN, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 14, Township 7, Range 13, P. O. James' Crossing, was born in Rush County, Ind., in 1827, and lived in his native State but a short time, when his parents removed to Coles County, Ill., where Mr. Cruzan resided until April 5, 1857, when he became a resident of Kansas, locating in the following August on his farm in Grant Township, Jackson County, where he has resided since. He participated in the war of the Rebellion during the Price raid as a member of Company D, Twentieth Regiment Kansas Militia, enlisting in Holton in the fall of 1864, serving eighteen days and being discharged at Holton, Jackson County. He took part in the engagement at Westport, Mo. He has been married twice. The first marriage occurred in Coles County, Ill., in 1848, to Miss Mary Bennett, a native of Illinois. Four children were the fruits of this marriage, three of whom are living and who are named: Hiram(married to Miss Katie Meek, a native of Kansas), Sarah Jane(married to Phillip Claypoole, a native of Ohio), and Kansas(married to M. B. Meek, a native of Missouri). The second marriage took place in 1864, in Grant Township to Miss Elizabeth Bowen, a native of Ohio.
They have three children whose names are: Rosa, Nettie and Robert. Mr. Cruzan owns a magnificent estate of 1,300 acres lying on Soldier Creek, divided into bottom and upland. It is all enclosed except fifty acres in timber, is in a high state of cultivation and is well supplied with water by wells and springs and the creek which flows in a southeasterly direction through the farm. The improvements are first class and embrace among others an elegant residence containing eight rooms, a frame barn 30x50 feet, and other outbuildings. There are two orchards on the farm - one covering three acres and containing 250 apple trees, and the other covering one acre and having 100 fruit trees of different varieties.
Mr. Cruzan devotes his attention chiefly to raising corn, cattle and hogs. He grows 4,000 bushels of corn, 400 bushels of oats, cuts 150 tons of hay and millet and feeds three car loads of cattle yearly, keeps 125 head of fine grade and a few thoroughbred cattle, 100 stock-hogs and fourteen head of excellent horses. At the head of his herd of fine cattle stands the "Prince of Kansas", a thoroughbred Bates' bull, an animal of faultless pedigree and superior personal traits. Mr. Cruzan is an old Kansas pioneer, an honest, unassuming, straight-forward and practical farmer and stock-raiser, and a good and useful citizen and man of high standing and respectability.
LORENZO D. STEPHENSON, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 3, Township 7, Range 13, P. O. James' Crossing, was born in Mercer County, Ohio, in 1841, and lived in his native State until his twenty-second year, when he entered the Union army as a member of Company A, Seventy-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, enlisted in Salina, Ohio, October 9, 1861, and was discharged at Gallitin, Tenn., in February 1864, re-enlisting the same day in the same company and regiment and was finally discharged at Columbus, Ohio, January 6, 1866. He participated in the battles of Shiloh, Fort Donelson, Jonesboro, Atlanta, Nashville and numerous minor engagements. After his discharge he returned to his Ohio home, where he resided nearly one year, and on the 17th day of December, 1866, became a resident of Kansas, locating on his farm in Grant Township, Jackson County, where he has resided since.
He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was married in Soldier Township, Jackson County, April, 29, 1875, to Miss Mary Tolin, a native of Indiana. They have four children, whose names are: Lorin, Albert, Walter and Naomi. Mr. Stephenson is the fortunate owner of a fine farm lying on Soldier Creek, containing 720 acres. It is all upland but 160 acres, which is bottom land of the finest quality. It is all enclosed, is in a good state of cultivation, and is well supplied with timber and water.
The improvements are good and consist in part of a comfortable and cozy dwelling containing six rooms, a fine barn, 32x30 feet, stock stables, sheds and lots, and handsome groves and orchards. Mr. Stephenson grows 6,000 bushels of corn, 2,600 bushels of small grain, and cuts 100 tons of hay yearly, keeps seventy-five fine grade cattle, 100 stock hogs and fifteen to twenty fine horses and mules. MR. Stephenson is an energetic, industrious and model farmer, an honorable and straight-forward man, and a good citizen and neighbor.
SAMUEL STEPHENSON, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 10, Township 7, Range 13, P. O. James' Crossing, was born in Muskingum County, Ohio, in 1834, and lived in his native State until April 1860, when he became a resident of Kansas, locating in Miami County, where he resided one year. He then removed to Fort Scott, Bourbon County, where he resided until February, 1863, when he settled on his farm in Grant Township, Jackson County, where he has resided since. He is a member of the German Baptist Church. He has been a member of and Treasurer of School District No. 11, Jackson County, about ten years, and has served as Trustee of Grant Township five terms.
He participated in the war of the Rebellion during the Price raid, as a member of the Kansas Militia, enlisting at, and being discharged at James' Crossing, Jackson County, after serving eighteen days. He was married January 2, 1870, in Washington County, Kan., to Miss Katie Burr, a native of Indiana. They have four children, whose names are: Nellie Blanche, Mary May, Mary Elizabeth, and Etha Lucretia. Mr. Stephenson owns a fine farm of 340 acres lying on Soldier Creek. The farm is all enclosed, is in a good state of cultivation and is well supplied with water by means of wells, springs, spring branches and the creek which flows through the centre of it. The improvements are first class, embracing in part an elegant new, modern residence containing seven rooms, surrounded by handsome grounds.
The dwelling is erected on an elevated site which commands a magnificent view for miles of the surrounding country. The property is also further improved by two tenant houses, a frame barn, 20x40 feet, a large new granary and other outbuildings, two fine orchards covering ten acres and containing 1,000 fruit trees of various kinds, etc. Mr. Stephenson grows from 3,000 to 4,000 bushels of corn, 1,000 bushels of oats, 125 bushels of flax seed, cuts 100 tons of hay yearly, keeps 75 to 100 head of cattle, 75 to 100 stock hogs and twenty head of horses. Mr. Stephenson is a thorough practical farmer, a prosperous and substantial citizen and enjoys the confidence of the people.
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Town of Hartford Kan., And It's Military Men.
This page is about the town of Hartford and it's military men. There were many men of the community that servied in the Civil War with honor. But I will only be fousing on the men from the town that servied in Kansas regiments. I put my fous on the men of the Ninth Kansas Cavaly. I'm sure there were other men of the town that servied in other Kansas regiment, but for this page I pick the ninth. This page will be in two parts. The first will be on the civil war and the second on the town.
Men of the Civil War.
Ninth Kansas Cavalry.
Company C.
Private, Quiett James H., residence Hartford, Enlisted Sept. 9, 61, Mustered in June 30, '63. Mustered out Nov. 21, 1864, Leavenworth, Kan
Private, Campbell Thomas, residence Hartford, Enlisted April 18, '62, Mustered in June 30, '63. Promoted Corporal September 25, 1864. Assigned to new Co. A. Sergeant, Mustered out April 11, 1865.
Private, Bacon Levi L., residence Hartford, Enlisted Aug. 27, '62, Mustered in June 30, '63. Assigned to new Company A. Mustered out June 24, 1865.
Private, Armstrong Andrew J., residence Hartford, Enlisted Aug. 8, '61, Mustered in Aug. 8, '61. Promoted 1st Sergeant. Promoted Captain 1st Kansas Colored Infantry Co. C., March 21, 1863. Mustered out with reg. Oct. 1, '65.
Company D.
Private, McGinnis Harrison L., residence Hartford, Enlisted Oct. 15, '62, Mustered in Dec. 31, '62, Assigned to new Company D. Mustered out July 16, 1865, DeVall's Bluff, Ark.
Private, Benedict Elisha, residence Hartford, Enlisted March 2, '62, Mustered in March 2, '62. Died of camp fever, Fort Scott, Kan., Sept. 3, '62.
Private, Benedict Walter F., residence Hartford, Enlisted Sept. 8, '61, Mustered in Sept. 8, '61. Discharged by Medical Examining Board Maly 21, 1864, Leavenworth, Kan.
Sergeant McGinnis James A., residence Hartford, Enlisted Oct. 15, '62, Mustered in Oct. 31, '62. Assigned to a new Company D. Promoted 1st Lieut. 70th U. S. C. T. May 15, '65.
The Town of Hartford Kansas.
Hartford is located in the beautiful valley of the Neosho, sixty miles (airline) south of Topeka, and sixteen miles southeast of Emporia, on the Missouri Pacific Railway. Surrounded by large, well- cultivated farms and stock ranges, with its favorable location, and natural advantages, it has during the past few years grown from a slumbering hamlet to a live business town, with a population of five hundred inhabitants.
EARLY HISTORY.
In the spring of 1858, a town association was organized, and composed of H. D. Rice and A. K. Hawkes, of Hartford, Conn.; H. W. Martin, E. Quiett, and others. The town site, which was called by its present appellation, was named at the instance of Messrs. Rice and Hawkes, after their native place. In the fall of 1858, the site, of 320 acres, was laid off by Judge Graham and D. P. Bond. One-half of the original town site has since been vacated, leaving it - 120 acres - its present size. The first building put upon the town site was a log structure 14x16 feet, which stood on Commercial street, nearly opposite of the Palace Hotel. This building was used as a store, which was kept by C. P. Bassett. The next building was a two-story frame house, erected by Mr. Longley, and used as a dwelling and lodging house. The building which stood in the northeast part of town, remained intact, until 1870, when it was torn down. During the spring and summer of 1859, dwellings were erected by Messrs. Bond, Hunt, Sears, and Robinson.
In the fall of 1859, occurred the death of --- Sears, whose was the first in the little settlement of pioneers. Mr. Longley, who as a member of the town company, erected the second building in town, afterwards went to Lawrence, and was one of the victims of Quantrell's Raid, in 1863. The first marriage was probably that of W. M. McGinnis and Francis Hunt, who were married November 7, 1860, by Rev. I. Harris, a minister of the Baptist persuasion.
The postoffice was established in 1859, and A. K. Hawkes appointed Postmaster. He was succeeded in the order mentioned by E. B. Bassett, W. K. Norbary, S. M. Morgan, S. G. Britten, G. W. Sutton and T. Campbell, the present incumbent. It was made a money order office, July 2, 1877, and now does an annual business of $15,000.
The first school was taught by Mrs. A. K. Hawkes, at her house, in 1860. About this time it was decided by the Methodist Episcopal Conference, that a branch of the Baker University, should be located at this point. The citizens agreed to donate aid in the shape of funds and land, and work was commenced on the building, which was a two-story stone structure, 32x46 feet. After an expenditure of several thousand dollars, the building was partially completed in 1862. In connection with the District School, several terms were taught, after which the "Collegiate Institute" became defunct. The building was then used by the District School until 1877, when a two-story frame building was erected at a cost of $,2000, T. A. Rogan, being the first teacher.
In 1859, E. Quiett commenced to build a frame saw and "corn mill," a few rods above the present grist mills. It was completed in 1861, by J. H. Hunt, who sold his interest to W. K. Norbary, who operated it for about seven years.
Benjamin N. Hunt, of Hartford, relates an incident illustrating the fears and groundless alarms to which the early settlers were frequently subjected. In May, 1861, the rumor prevailed in the settlement adjacent to Hartford that the Indians would, upon a certain day, make a descent upon them and wipe them all out of existence. Upon the day set for this bloody massacre, Mr. Hunt was ploughing in a field, about a half mile from his house. His wife was left at home with her child and young woman "help." The latter saw some Indians approaching with guns, and, hastily picking up the child, ran screaming to the nearest neighbors. Reinforced by them she ran on to the next, until all the neighbors were aroused to the threatened danger. In the mean time, Mrs. Hunt carried the alarm to her husband, who mounted a horse and rode hastily to town. All the men gathered up their guns and started out to reconnoitre the situation. They soon met with some of the Indians in the woods, and as they showed no hostile intent, they were allowed to approach. Without a suspicion that they were the game being hunted, the red men inquired innocently, "Have you killed anything?" It proved to be merely a hunting party, but the alarm was spread as far as Ottumwa, in Coffey County, and men from all directions were before night hastening with what arms they possessed to the aid of the supposed threatened settlement.
Hartford Kansas, 1867.
The population of Hartford was 80.
Trades, Professions, &c.
Britton & Priest----General Store.
Morgan S. M.----General Store.
Norbury William K.----Post Master.
Watson F. W.----Physician.
Men of the Civil War.
Ninth Kansas Cavalry.
Company C.
Private, Quiett James H., residence Hartford, Enlisted Sept. 9, 61, Mustered in June 30, '63. Mustered out Nov. 21, 1864, Leavenworth, Kan
Private, Campbell Thomas, residence Hartford, Enlisted April 18, '62, Mustered in June 30, '63. Promoted Corporal September 25, 1864. Assigned to new Co. A. Sergeant, Mustered out April 11, 1865.
Private, Bacon Levi L., residence Hartford, Enlisted Aug. 27, '62, Mustered in June 30, '63. Assigned to new Company A. Mustered out June 24, 1865.
Private, Armstrong Andrew J., residence Hartford, Enlisted Aug. 8, '61, Mustered in Aug. 8, '61. Promoted 1st Sergeant. Promoted Captain 1st Kansas Colored Infantry Co. C., March 21, 1863. Mustered out with reg. Oct. 1, '65.
Company D.
Private, McGinnis Harrison L., residence Hartford, Enlisted Oct. 15, '62, Mustered in Dec. 31, '62, Assigned to new Company D. Mustered out July 16, 1865, DeVall's Bluff, Ark.
Private, Benedict Elisha, residence Hartford, Enlisted March 2, '62, Mustered in March 2, '62. Died of camp fever, Fort Scott, Kan., Sept. 3, '62.
Private, Benedict Walter F., residence Hartford, Enlisted Sept. 8, '61, Mustered in Sept. 8, '61. Discharged by Medical Examining Board Maly 21, 1864, Leavenworth, Kan.
Sergeant McGinnis James A., residence Hartford, Enlisted Oct. 15, '62, Mustered in Oct. 31, '62. Assigned to a new Company D. Promoted 1st Lieut. 70th U. S. C. T. May 15, '65.
The Town of Hartford Kansas.
Hartford is located in the beautiful valley of the Neosho, sixty miles (airline) south of Topeka, and sixteen miles southeast of Emporia, on the Missouri Pacific Railway. Surrounded by large, well- cultivated farms and stock ranges, with its favorable location, and natural advantages, it has during the past few years grown from a slumbering hamlet to a live business town, with a population of five hundred inhabitants.
EARLY HISTORY.
In the spring of 1858, a town association was organized, and composed of H. D. Rice and A. K. Hawkes, of Hartford, Conn.; H. W. Martin, E. Quiett, and others. The town site, which was called by its present appellation, was named at the instance of Messrs. Rice and Hawkes, after their native place. In the fall of 1858, the site, of 320 acres, was laid off by Judge Graham and D. P. Bond. One-half of the original town site has since been vacated, leaving it - 120 acres - its present size. The first building put upon the town site was a log structure 14x16 feet, which stood on Commercial street, nearly opposite of the Palace Hotel. This building was used as a store, which was kept by C. P. Bassett. The next building was a two-story frame house, erected by Mr. Longley, and used as a dwelling and lodging house. The building which stood in the northeast part of town, remained intact, until 1870, when it was torn down. During the spring and summer of 1859, dwellings were erected by Messrs. Bond, Hunt, Sears, and Robinson.
In the fall of 1859, occurred the death of --- Sears, whose was the first in the little settlement of pioneers. Mr. Longley, who as a member of the town company, erected the second building in town, afterwards went to Lawrence, and was one of the victims of Quantrell's Raid, in 1863. The first marriage was probably that of W. M. McGinnis and Francis Hunt, who were married November 7, 1860, by Rev. I. Harris, a minister of the Baptist persuasion.
The postoffice was established in 1859, and A. K. Hawkes appointed Postmaster. He was succeeded in the order mentioned by E. B. Bassett, W. K. Norbary, S. M. Morgan, S. G. Britten, G. W. Sutton and T. Campbell, the present incumbent. It was made a money order office, July 2, 1877, and now does an annual business of $15,000.
The first school was taught by Mrs. A. K. Hawkes, at her house, in 1860. About this time it was decided by the Methodist Episcopal Conference, that a branch of the Baker University, should be located at this point. The citizens agreed to donate aid in the shape of funds and land, and work was commenced on the building, which was a two-story stone structure, 32x46 feet. After an expenditure of several thousand dollars, the building was partially completed in 1862. In connection with the District School, several terms were taught, after which the "Collegiate Institute" became defunct. The building was then used by the District School until 1877, when a two-story frame building was erected at a cost of $,2000, T. A. Rogan, being the first teacher.
In 1859, E. Quiett commenced to build a frame saw and "corn mill," a few rods above the present grist mills. It was completed in 1861, by J. H. Hunt, who sold his interest to W. K. Norbary, who operated it for about seven years.
Benjamin N. Hunt, of Hartford, relates an incident illustrating the fears and groundless alarms to which the early settlers were frequently subjected. In May, 1861, the rumor prevailed in the settlement adjacent to Hartford that the Indians would, upon a certain day, make a descent upon them and wipe them all out of existence. Upon the day set for this bloody massacre, Mr. Hunt was ploughing in a field, about a half mile from his house. His wife was left at home with her child and young woman "help." The latter saw some Indians approaching with guns, and, hastily picking up the child, ran screaming to the nearest neighbors. Reinforced by them she ran on to the next, until all the neighbors were aroused to the threatened danger. In the mean time, Mrs. Hunt carried the alarm to her husband, who mounted a horse and rode hastily to town. All the men gathered up their guns and started out to reconnoitre the situation. They soon met with some of the Indians in the woods, and as they showed no hostile intent, they were allowed to approach. Without a suspicion that they were the game being hunted, the red men inquired innocently, "Have you killed anything?" It proved to be merely a hunting party, but the alarm was spread as far as Ottumwa, in Coffey County, and men from all directions were before night hastening with what arms they possessed to the aid of the supposed threatened settlement.
Hartford Kansas, 1867.
The population of Hartford was 80.
Trades, Professions, &c.
Britton & Priest----General Store.
Morgan S. M.----General Store.
Norbury William K.----Post Master.
Watson F. W.----Physician.
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| Hartford Kansas-1878. |
Hartford Kansas 1878.
Trades, Professions, &c.
Hartford Water Mills----Taylor and Wenger proprietors, Deals in flour, feed, grain, stock and lumber.
Isaac A. Taylor----County Commissioner.
Pruitt House----J. Pruitt, propietor, Good accommodations, comfortable rooms and day or week boarding at reasonable rates.
A. Wenger----Miller, farmer and stock raiser.
W. P. Could----Hardware dealer and &c, &c.
B. N. Hunt----Farmer, stock raiser and butcher.
W. J. Combs----Notary Public, Justice of the Peace, Carpenter and builder.
G. D. Maxson----Physican and Druggist.
A. D. Chambers----Nurseryman and farmer.
E. S. Crippen----Farmer and stock raiser. Raising of swine a specialty.
W. J. F. Hardin----Practical farmer. Breeder of pure breed Berkshirs swine and grower of fine fruits and vegetables.
W. J. F. Hardin----Practical farmer. Breeder of pure breed Berkshirs swine and grower of fine fruits and vegetables.
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Grasshopper Falls & Valley Falls Kansas.
In the beginning I never heard of Grasshopper Falls, oh!, I read about it in old western stories on so on but beyound that little else. I decided to look it up on the web and was surprise to find so much on it. I soon found that the towns name was changed to Valley Falls. Now I knew about this town I read a lot about in my research for surnames. There is a lot of information on the internet about Grasshopper ( Valley Falls ), but I found the stories lacking something. Now don't get my wrong the stories were very good in the telling how the town got started and the changing of the towns name and so on. But I found them dry and a little boring, but then history usually is to some degree.
I wanted to do a story on Grasshopper but after finding so much on it I was undecided what to do. But after reading the stories on the internet I found some things missing. So I decided to do my own research and put in things I found interesting. Now There will be no history on how the town got started or anything else that goes with telling the history of a town. I will concentrate on a few years and put down what I find interesting.
I will start with the Civil war years then move on to the year 1867, two years after the war. As a surname researcher this page will be full of them. There will be names of the business of the town and the names of the people associated with them.
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The following men came from Grasshopper Falls.
Eleventh Kansas Infantry.
Company E.
Private, Catt Alfred E. residence Grasshopper, Enlisted March 21, '64, Mustered in March 21, '64. Transferred to Company M, April 18, 1864. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
Private, Horton Ebenezer N. residence Grasshopper, Enlisted Feb. 22, '64, Mustered in Feb. 22, '64. Transferred to company M, April 18, 1864. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
Company I.
Farrier, Turner Henry W. residence Grasshopper, Enlisted May 18, '64, Mustered in May 18, '64. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
Farrier, Myers James L. residence Grasshopper, Enlisted July 25, '63, Mustered in July 25, '63. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
Private, Hart Hugh F., residence Grasshopper, Enlisted Aug. 15, '63, Mustered in Aug. 31, '63. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
Private, Curl George W., residence Grasshopper, Enlisted July 25, '63, Mustered in Aug. 31, '63. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
Private, Coffman William H., residence Grasshopper Enlisted Jan. 4, '64, Mustered in Jan. 11, '64. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
Private, Coffman Noah W., residence Grasshopper, Enlisted Aug. 10, '63, Mustered in Aug. 14, '63. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
Private, Whitman John L., residence Grasshopper, Enlisted Aug. 28, '62, Mustered in Sept. 15, '62. Promoted Corporal; discharged for disability, April 24, 1863, Camp Jewell, Mo., Corporal, Reduced to ranks.
Private, Weiser Adam, residence Grasshopper, Enlisted Sept. 1, ]62, Mustered in Sept. 15, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
Private, Weiser Daniel, residence Grasshopper, Enlisted Sept. 6, '62, Mustered in Sept. 15, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865; Wounded in action Oct. 4, 1864, Little Blue, Mo.
Private, Vanslyke Harrison, residence Grasshopper, Enlisted Aug. 17, '62, Mustered in Sept. 15, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
Private, Turner Thomas A., residence Grasshopper, Enlisted Aug. 28, '62, Mustered in Sept. 15, '62. Promoted Sergeant; mustered out with company September 26, 1865.
Private, Turner Calvin K. residence Grasshopper, Enlisted Aug. 28, '62, Mustered in Sept. 15, '62. Promoted Corporal September ---, 1862. Died of remittent fever, Fort Gibson, C.N., November 30, 1864.
Private, Stiers Stephen, residence Grasshopper, Enlisted Sept. 9, '62, Mustered in Sept. 15, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
Private, Stuckesbury George W., residennnce Grasshopper, Enlisted Aug. 15, '62, Mustered in Sept. 15, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
Private, Snow James S., residence Grasshopper, Mustered in Aug. 30, '62, Mustered in Sept. 15, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
Private, Sills John, residence Grasshopper, Enlisted Aug. 28, '62, Mustered in Sept. 15, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
Private, Roderick John, residence Grasshopper, Enlisted Sept. 8, '62, Mustered in Sept. 15, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865; Wounded in action December 7,'62, Prairie Grove, Ark.
Private, Reppert Benjamin B,B,, residence Grasshopper, Enlisted Sept. 9, '62, Mustered in Sept. 15, '62. Promoted Sergeant. Promoted 1st Sergeant. Promoted 2d Lieutenant Company D, 2d Kan. Colored Vol. Infantry, April 11, 1865.
Private, Richardt Frederick, residence Grasshopper, Enlisted Sept. 8, '62, Mustered in Sept. 15, '62. Promoted Corporal November 26, 1863. Promoted Sergeant January 1, 1865. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
Private, Myers Irenius C., residence Grasshopper, Enlisted Aug. 14, '62, Mustered in Sept. 15, '62. Promoted Sergeant. Promoted Commissary Sergeant. Promoted 2d Lieutenant Company I, 2d Kansas Colored Vol. Infantry Nov. 10, 1864.
Private, May Isaac N., residence Grasshopper, Enlisted Aug. 28, '62, Mustered in Sept. 15, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
Private, May James M., residence Grasshopper, Enlisted Aug. 27, '62, Mustered in Sept. 15, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865; Wounded in action, November 23, '62, Cane Hill, Ark.
Private, May William J., residence Grasshopper, Enlisted Aug. 27, '62, mustered in Sept. 15, '62. Promoted Corporal July 1, 1864. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
Private, Kemp Thomas J., residence Grasshopper, Enlisted Sept. 8, '62, mustered in Sept. 15, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
Private, Holding John W., residence Grasshopper, Enlisted Aug. 28, '62, Mustered in Sept. 15, '62. Promoted Corporal September 15, 1863. Promoted Sergeant July 1, 1863. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865; Wounded in neck July 2, 1865.
Private, Hilty Joseph, residence Grasshopper, Enlisted Sept. 8, '62, Mustered in Sept. 15, '62. Promoted Farrier May 16, 1864. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865; Wounded in action, July 25, 1865, Platte Bridge, D.T.
Private, Hart John B., residence Grasshopper, Enlisted Sept. 5, '62, Mustered in Sept. 15, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
Private, Grigsby Luther N., residence Grasshopper, Enlisted Aug. 26, '62, Mustered in Sept. 15, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
Private, Grigsby William, residence Grasshopper, Enlisted Aug. 28, '62, Mustered in Sept. 15, '62. Died, Dec. 25, '62, Fayetteville, Ark., of woundds recived in action, Dec. 7, '62, Prairie Grove, Ark.
Private, Griffiths William N., residence Grasshopper Aug. 28, '62, Mustered in Sept. 15, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865' Wounded in action, Nov. 28, '62, Cane Hill, Ark.
Private, Gorman Timothy O., residence Grasshopper, Enlisted Sept. 2, '62, Mustered in Sept. 15, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
Private, Elliott Washington M., residence Grasshopper, Enlisted Aug. 28, '62, Mustered in Sept. 15, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865; Wounded in action Oct. 24, 1864, Little Blue, Mo.
Private, Coy Jehial, residence Grasshopper, Enlisted Aug. 11, '62, Mustered in Sept. 15, '62. Died of pneumonia, Fort Leavenworth, Kan., October 2, 1862.
Private, Cooling John, residence Grasshopper, Enlisted Aug. 15, '62, Mustered in Sept. 15, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
Private, Cook George W., residence Grasshopper, Enlisted Sept. 1, '62, Mustered in Sept. 15, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865; Wounded in action December 7, '62, Prairie Grove, Ark.
Private, Clancy James J., residence Grasshopper, Enlisted Sept. 1, '62, Mustered in Sept. 15, '62. Promoted 1st Sergeant, September 15, 1862. Promoted 2d Lieutenant March 7, 1863. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
Private, Catt William, residence Grasshopper, Enlisted Sept. 2, '62, Mustered in Sept. 15, '62. Disc. Mar. 17, '64 per S.O. No. 41 W.D., A.G.O.
Private, Bradshaw John, residence Grasshopper, Enlisted Aug. 18, '62, Mustered in Sept. 15, '62. Promoted Corporal; Reduced to ranks. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
Private, Bishop Joseph W., residence Grasshopper, Enlisted Aug. 14, '62, Mustered in Sept. 15, '62. Promoted Corporal September 15, 1862. Promoted Sergeant November 26, 1862. Promoted Q.M. Sergeant July 1, 1864.
Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
Private, Bates Charles Jr., residence Grasshopper, Enlisted Aug. 15, '62, Mustered in Sept. 15, '62. Promoted Corporal January 20, 1865. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
Private Bates Charles Sr., residence Grasshopper, Enlisted Aug. 29, '62, Mustered in Sept. 15, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
I wanted to do a story on Grasshopper but after finding so much on it I was undecided what to do. But after reading the stories on the internet I found some things missing. So I decided to do my own research and put in things I found interesting. Now There will be no history on how the town got started or anything else that goes with telling the history of a town. I will concentrate on a few years and put down what I find interesting.
I will start with the Civil war years then move on to the year 1867, two years after the war. As a surname researcher this page will be full of them. There will be names of the business of the town and the names of the people associated with them.
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The following men came from Grasshopper Falls.
Eleventh Kansas Infantry.
Company E.
Private, Catt Alfred E. residence Grasshopper, Enlisted March 21, '64, Mustered in March 21, '64. Transferred to Company M, April 18, 1864. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
Private, Horton Ebenezer N. residence Grasshopper, Enlisted Feb. 22, '64, Mustered in Feb. 22, '64. Transferred to company M, April 18, 1864. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
Company I.
Farrier, Turner Henry W. residence Grasshopper, Enlisted May 18, '64, Mustered in May 18, '64. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
Farrier, Myers James L. residence Grasshopper, Enlisted July 25, '63, Mustered in July 25, '63. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
Private, Hart Hugh F., residence Grasshopper, Enlisted Aug. 15, '63, Mustered in Aug. 31, '63. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
Private, Curl George W., residence Grasshopper, Enlisted July 25, '63, Mustered in Aug. 31, '63. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
Private, Coffman William H., residence Grasshopper Enlisted Jan. 4, '64, Mustered in Jan. 11, '64. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
Private, Coffman Noah W., residence Grasshopper, Enlisted Aug. 10, '63, Mustered in Aug. 14, '63. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
Private, Whitman John L., residence Grasshopper, Enlisted Aug. 28, '62, Mustered in Sept. 15, '62. Promoted Corporal; discharged for disability, April 24, 1863, Camp Jewell, Mo., Corporal, Reduced to ranks.
Private, Weiser Adam, residence Grasshopper, Enlisted Sept. 1, ]62, Mustered in Sept. 15, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
Private, Weiser Daniel, residence Grasshopper, Enlisted Sept. 6, '62, Mustered in Sept. 15, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865; Wounded in action Oct. 4, 1864, Little Blue, Mo.
Private, Vanslyke Harrison, residence Grasshopper, Enlisted Aug. 17, '62, Mustered in Sept. 15, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
Private, Turner Thomas A., residence Grasshopper, Enlisted Aug. 28, '62, Mustered in Sept. 15, '62. Promoted Sergeant; mustered out with company September 26, 1865.
Private, Turner Calvin K. residence Grasshopper, Enlisted Aug. 28, '62, Mustered in Sept. 15, '62. Promoted Corporal September ---, 1862. Died of remittent fever, Fort Gibson, C.N., November 30, 1864.
Private, Stiers Stephen, residence Grasshopper, Enlisted Sept. 9, '62, Mustered in Sept. 15, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
Private, Stuckesbury George W., residennnce Grasshopper, Enlisted Aug. 15, '62, Mustered in Sept. 15, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
Private, Snow James S., residence Grasshopper, Mustered in Aug. 30, '62, Mustered in Sept. 15, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
Private, Sills John, residence Grasshopper, Enlisted Aug. 28, '62, Mustered in Sept. 15, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
Private, Roderick John, residence Grasshopper, Enlisted Sept. 8, '62, Mustered in Sept. 15, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865; Wounded in action December 7,'62, Prairie Grove, Ark.
Private, Reppert Benjamin B,B,, residence Grasshopper, Enlisted Sept. 9, '62, Mustered in Sept. 15, '62. Promoted Sergeant. Promoted 1st Sergeant. Promoted 2d Lieutenant Company D, 2d Kan. Colored Vol. Infantry, April 11, 1865.
Private, Richardt Frederick, residence Grasshopper, Enlisted Sept. 8, '62, Mustered in Sept. 15, '62. Promoted Corporal November 26, 1863. Promoted Sergeant January 1, 1865. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
Private, Myers Irenius C., residence Grasshopper, Enlisted Aug. 14, '62, Mustered in Sept. 15, '62. Promoted Sergeant. Promoted Commissary Sergeant. Promoted 2d Lieutenant Company I, 2d Kansas Colored Vol. Infantry Nov. 10, 1864.
Private, May Isaac N., residence Grasshopper, Enlisted Aug. 28, '62, Mustered in Sept. 15, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
Private, May James M., residence Grasshopper, Enlisted Aug. 27, '62, Mustered in Sept. 15, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865; Wounded in action, November 23, '62, Cane Hill, Ark.
Private, May William J., residence Grasshopper, Enlisted Aug. 27, '62, mustered in Sept. 15, '62. Promoted Corporal July 1, 1864. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
Private, Kemp Thomas J., residence Grasshopper, Enlisted Sept. 8, '62, mustered in Sept. 15, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
Private, Holding John W., residence Grasshopper, Enlisted Aug. 28, '62, Mustered in Sept. 15, '62. Promoted Corporal September 15, 1863. Promoted Sergeant July 1, 1863. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865; Wounded in neck July 2, 1865.
Private, Hilty Joseph, residence Grasshopper, Enlisted Sept. 8, '62, Mustered in Sept. 15, '62. Promoted Farrier May 16, 1864. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865; Wounded in action, July 25, 1865, Platte Bridge, D.T.
Private, Hart John B., residence Grasshopper, Enlisted Sept. 5, '62, Mustered in Sept. 15, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
Private, Grigsby Luther N., residence Grasshopper, Enlisted Aug. 26, '62, Mustered in Sept. 15, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
Private, Grigsby William, residence Grasshopper, Enlisted Aug. 28, '62, Mustered in Sept. 15, '62. Died, Dec. 25, '62, Fayetteville, Ark., of woundds recived in action, Dec. 7, '62, Prairie Grove, Ark.
Private, Griffiths William N., residence Grasshopper Aug. 28, '62, Mustered in Sept. 15, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865' Wounded in action, Nov. 28, '62, Cane Hill, Ark.
Private, Gorman Timothy O., residence Grasshopper, Enlisted Sept. 2, '62, Mustered in Sept. 15, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
Private, Elliott Washington M., residence Grasshopper, Enlisted Aug. 28, '62, Mustered in Sept. 15, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865; Wounded in action Oct. 24, 1864, Little Blue, Mo.
Private, Coy Jehial, residence Grasshopper, Enlisted Aug. 11, '62, Mustered in Sept. 15, '62. Died of pneumonia, Fort Leavenworth, Kan., October 2, 1862.
Private, Cooling John, residence Grasshopper, Enlisted Aug. 15, '62, Mustered in Sept. 15, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
Private, Cook George W., residence Grasshopper, Enlisted Sept. 1, '62, Mustered in Sept. 15, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865; Wounded in action December 7, '62, Prairie Grove, Ark.
Private, Clancy James J., residence Grasshopper, Enlisted Sept. 1, '62, Mustered in Sept. 15, '62. Promoted 1st Sergeant, September 15, 1862. Promoted 2d Lieutenant March 7, 1863. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
Private, Catt William, residence Grasshopper, Enlisted Sept. 2, '62, Mustered in Sept. 15, '62. Disc. Mar. 17, '64 per S.O. No. 41 W.D., A.G.O.
Private, Bradshaw John, residence Grasshopper, Enlisted Aug. 18, '62, Mustered in Sept. 15, '62. Promoted Corporal; Reduced to ranks. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
Private, Bishop Joseph W., residence Grasshopper, Enlisted Aug. 14, '62, Mustered in Sept. 15, '62. Promoted Corporal September 15, 1862. Promoted Sergeant November 26, 1862. Promoted Q.M. Sergeant July 1, 1864.
Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
Private, Bates Charles Jr., residence Grasshopper, Enlisted Aug. 15, '62, Mustered in Sept. 15, '62. Promoted Corporal January 20, 1865. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
Private Bates Charles Sr., residence Grasshopper, Enlisted Aug. 29, '62, Mustered in Sept. 15, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
Town Of Grasshopper Falls ---- Valley Falls Kansas, 1867.
This place is situated in the west part of Jefferson county, on Grasshopper creek, nine miles west of Oscaloosa, the county seat, and 17 miles north-east of Topeka, 29 miles west of Elevenwortn. It is a place considerable importance and is surrounded by very attractive country.
Trades, Professions, &c.
Beland J.----Notary Public and Auctioneer.
Beland & Myers----Druggists.
Benedix William----Baker And Confectionary.
Birdsell D. J.----Physician.
Bishop Joseph----Carpenter.
Boling E.----Carpenter.
Cataract----House.
Calvin & Keech----Blacksmith and Wagonmakers.
Coulter David----Painter.
Coulter S. P.----Cabent maker and Carpenter.
Cowan A. J. & J. W.----Dry Goods.
Cowan A. M.----Physician.
Cody J. A.----Lumber Dealer.
Crosby Bros.----Gerneral Store.
Crosby R. H.----Notary Publie.
Divilbiss J. R.----Physican.
Dunn S. W.----Livert Stable.
Ellinwood J.----Nursery.
Faulk Adam----Carpenter.
Faulk Andrew----Wagon Maker.
Gearhart C.----Photographer.
Gesshart S. C.----Real Estate.
Grasshopper Falls Lodge No. 21., A. F. & A. M.
Harlow Rev. E. A.----Methodist.
Hicks W. C.----Stoves, Hardware and Agrieultural Imps.
Hillyer E. D.----General Store.
Isbell Mrs.----Dressmaker and Milliner.
Isbell George----Pub. of the Weekly Jeffersonian.
Johnson J.----Coal Mine.
Johnson & Huron----Groceries.
Keich & Calvin----Blacksmith.
McAdams William----Cabinet Maker.
McGinnis William----Tailor.
McDaniel G.----Drugs and Groceries.
Miller Joseph----Flour ans Saw and Woolen Mill.
Moses & Johnson----Lawyers.
Northoles H.----Coal Mine.
Northrop L. ---Physican.
Ratz J. ----Boots and Shoes.
Roop J.----Blacksmith.
Shepherd & Perry----Clothing, Furniture and Insurance.
Sikes Luther----Wagon maker.
Spaulding A.----Lawyer and Notary.
Spillman Rev. J.
Smith Calvin----Flour Mill and General Store.
Smith H.----Barber.
Summerfelt E.----Wagon Maker.
Tate & Gragg----Grocers.
Ward J.----Saloon.
Welting T.----Meat Market.
Wintersburg J. J.----Saddles and Harness.
Wiser Adam----Hotel.
Wiser J.----Constable.
Harlow Rev. E. A.----Methodist.
Hicks W. C.----Stoves, Hardware and Agrieultural Imps.
Hillyer E. D.----General Store.
Isbell Mrs.----Dressmaker and Milliner.
Isbell George----Pub. of the Weekly Jeffersonian.
Johnson J.----Coal Mine.
Johnson & Huron----Groceries.
Keich & Calvin----Blacksmith.
McAdams William----Cabinet Maker.
McGinnis William----Tailor.
McDaniel G.----Drugs and Groceries.
Miller Joseph----Flour ans Saw and Woolen Mill.
Moses & Johnson----Lawyers.
Northoles H.----Coal Mine.
Northrop L. ---Physican.
Ratz J. ----Boots and Shoes.
Roop J.----Blacksmith.
Shepherd & Perry----Clothing, Furniture and Insurance.
Sikes Luther----Wagon maker.
Spaulding A.----Lawyer and Notary.
Spillman Rev. J.
Smith Calvin----Flour Mill and General Store.
Smith H.----Barber.
Summerfelt E.----Wagon Maker.
Tate & Gragg----Grocers.
Ward J.----Saloon.
Welting T.----Meat Market.
Wintersburg J. J.----Saddles and Harness.
Wiser Adam----Hotel.
Wiser J.----Constable.
Saturday, November 5, 2011
The Town Of Wild Cat Kansas
Wild Cat Kansas, Now that's a Kansas town I never heard of before, but then there are a lot of Kansas towns I never heard of. There are a lot of ghost towns in Kansas, and living ghost towns Wild Cat falls some where in between these two categories. The census of 2000, says there were 750, souls in Wild Cat, I looked around on the internet but found very little. But I find the name interesting so I will try to put something interesting together for you readers. One thing I found was that many of the men of Wild Cat joined some of the Kansas regiments at the time of the Civil War. Now I know some of you will find that interesting. Now big will this page be?, I have no idea as I just started but no matter how big or small this page turns out to be, I know there will be something interesting to read about Wild Cat Kansas.
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Wildcat – The town was located on Wild Cat Creek about 10 miles NW of Manhattan, and 8 miles from Bala. The land description states it is in Section 36, Twp 9, Range 6.
The town Keats was founded from the start of a town named Wild cat, begun in 1860.
Wild Cat post office started on May 5, 1869 and went to 1889, after the change to Keats, the post office ran from 1889 to 1967.Wild Cat ( Keats ) is in Wild Cat township. The following Riley county map shows Wild Cat ( Keats. )
When you see ( Show Original ), push on it.
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Another problem I have is when I look up a surname and it says they were or are from Wild Cat. are they talking about the town of Wild Cat or the township. At this point in time I have to take it their talking of the town of Wild Cat. When I tried to find out about the town of Wild Cat, all I could find were Wild Cat Creek, Wild Cat Valley or Wild Cat township. It was hard to pin point just where Wild Cat was but I was finely able to find the town as the maps on the left will show. The other problem I had was in Wild Cat's early history it's name was changed to Keats. In 1909, the pop., was 79.Note. The enlarging part of these maps are not working right, to see a full screen of the Cheese factory take this link. http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/224007/page/69 To see a full screen of the township map take this link. http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/224007/page/52
Update January 10, 2012.
I Got a nice letter today from a Mr. Hugh Hannagan and here is what he had to say about Wild Cat.
Dennis: My name is Hugh Hannagan. I went to grade school in Keats and my siblings graduated from Keats High School. My maternal Grandparents were some of the oldest residents. Grandpa was the RI RR depot agent and Grandma was the telephone Central Operator with the switchboard in the bedroom. The creek on the east side of town was Kitten Creek and fed in to Wildcat Creek on the South side of town. I learned to swim in Kitten Creek. The grandparents were Bert and Mary Whitmer. Hope some of this helps. ---------------------- |
Here are a few people of Wild Cat.
James R. Strong, from Medina County, Ohio, came in 1877, Prorictor of Wild Cat Cheese factory, Post Office and Groceries.
J. W. Stephens, from Charles City, Maine, came in 1857, is a farmer.
Bill & Burnham, from New England, came in 1857, Breeders of fine stock.
The following men were in the Kansas Volunteer service and all were from the Township of Wild Cat.
Eleventh Kansas Cavalry-Volunteers.
Corporal, Hardaker William, Wildcat, Enlisted Aug. 29, '62, Mustered in Sept. 13, '62. Mustered out May 23, 1865.
Corporal, Shumway Isaac, Wildcat, Enlisted Aug. 26, '62, Mustered in Sept. 13, '62. Reduced to ranks April 20, 1864. Mustered out with company June 13, 1865.
Corporal, Edelblute William H., Wildcat, Enlisted Aug. 29, '62, Mustered in Sept. 13, '62. Mustered out May 23, 1865.
Blacksmith, Silver William, Wildcat, Enlisted Aug. 27, '62, Mustered in Sept. 13, '62. Mustered out May 23, 1865.
Private, Ashton Thomas, Wildcat, Enlisted Aug. 29, '62, Mustered in Sept. 13, '62. Mustered out with company June 13, 1865.
Private, Amo Andrew, Wildcat, Enlisted Aug. 8, '63, Mustered in Aug. 18, '63. Mustered out August 18, 1865.
Private, Hardy John S., Wildcat, Enlisted July 18, '63, Mustered in Aug. 18, '63. Mustered out August 8, 1865.
Company L.
Private, Silver James M., Wildcat, Enlisted Feb. 29, '64, Mustered in Feb. 29, '64. Discharged for dis. June 22, 1865, Ft. Riley, Kan.
Civil War Pensioners of Wild Cat, Kansas, Riley Co.
74,174, MALTBY, Chas. A., Wild Cat, wounded left side of face and head, $8.00.
213,835, EDELBLUTE, Wiliam H., Wild Cat, inj. to abdomen, dis. of eyes, and dis. of abd abdominal viscera. $14.00. Pension started June, 1882.
219,362, STRONG, Orren R., Wild Cat, Dyspepsia and dis. of abd. vis. $6.00. Pension started Oct., 1882.
219,362, STRONG, Orren R., Wild Cat, Dyspepsia and dis. of abd. vis. $6.00. Pension started Oct., 1882.
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
11th., kansas cavalry, Men Of Jefferson County Kan. Page 2.
This is page two of the men of Jefferson county who served in the 11th., cavalry. These reports will be only those that state the companies and the men of the eleventh cavalry. This page will be in two parts The first part is of battle reports and General orders. The second part will be Field notes of Companies A. D. E. F. M.
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Page 1. http://kansasoakland.blogspot.com/2011/11/11th-kansas-cavalry-men-of-jefferson.html
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Note. These reports are not in any order They were recorded as I found them.
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Battle reports and General orders.
Numbers 3. Report of Colonel Thomas Moonlight, Eleventh Kansas Cavalry, commanding expedition.
HDQRS. SECOND BRIGADE, DISTRICT OF SOUTH KANSAS,
Mound City, Kans., June 26, 1864.
In obedience to the following dispatch by messenger, marked A, and also one by telegraph, marked B, I proceeded as directed, by stage, to Paola at 12 m., 14th instant, from thence by special conveyance same night to Olathe, where I arrived at midnight, and made the proper arrangements with the commissary and quartermaster departments, Lieutenant Nichols, Fifteenth Kansas, in charge. Next morning I proceed to Aubrey, where I found the following concentration of troops: Lieutenant-Colonel Hoyt, Fifteenth Kansas Cavalry, in command; Companies A and D, Eleventh Kansas cavalry, in their proper encampment, Aubrey being their station; Companies I and K, Eleventh Kansas Cavalry, from Shawnee Mission and Oxford; Companies F and G, Fifteenth Kansas Cavalry, from Olathe; Companies B and C, Fifteenth Kansas Cavalry, from Coldwater Grove and Rockville, and Company L, Fifth Kansas Cavalry, from Camp Clayton. During the day Company F, Eleventh Kansas Cavalry, arrived from Potosi; Company B, same Regiment, from this place, making splendid marches, and Company E, same regiiment, from Lawrence, making in all twelve companies, with four mountain howitzers.
As it was necessary to communicate, if passible, with Colonel Ford, commanding sub-district of Missouri, where the bushwhackers were reported, I detached Company K, Eleventh Kansas Cavalry, Captain Allen commanding, with instructions to proceed to Raytown and deliver my message to Colonel Ford, reporteed there. I may here say, en passant, that at 10 a. m. 15th, it commenced raining, continuing twenty-four hours. Captain Allen returned at 3 a. m. 16th having marched about 36 miles without meeting Colonel Ford, as he had on the 15th marched to Pleasant Hill, Mo., where I determined to join him early the next day. As suggested by the general commanding this district, to insure safety on the border during my absence with the command, the following companies were left: A and D, Eleventh Kansas Cavalry, at Aubrey, Captain Kunkel, Eleventh Kansas, commanding; two howitzers with Company A; Company E, eleventh, at Oxford with two howitzers, Captain Walker commanding; Company L, Fifth Kansas Cavalry, at Camp Clayton, Lieutenant Hadley commanding. these companies had instructions to scout thoroughly the country into Missouri. At noon on the 16th, the command marched in two columns as follows: Companies B, C, F, and G, Fifteenth Kansas Cavalry, under command of Lieutenant-Colonel Hoyt, with instructions to join Major Pritchard at Raytown and scour the timber hills of the Blue. (See report of Colonel Hoyt regarding his part of the expedition, herewith inclosed.) Companies B, F, I, and K, of the Eleventh Kansas Cavalry, under my own command, struck the headwaters of the north fork of Grand River and scoured that country thoroughly, part of the command crossing at Morristown and part some 8 miles below.
A portion of the command went through Harrisonville and scouted the timber of Big Creek up to Pleasant Hill, while the other portion went farther north, all arriving at Pleasant Hill by noon, 17th, a distance of about 50 miles. So thoroughly was the country scouted between Pleasant Hill and Kansas, yet without seeing the sing of an enemy, that I am confided no force has been there since growing of grass.
I met Colonel Ford, Second Colorado Cavalry, commanding subdistrict, at Pleasant Hill. My command was warmly received, and their wants promptly attended to. General Brown, commanding district in which we then were, directed Colonel Ford to send me with my command to Hickman Mills, and Colonel Hoyt with his to Little Santa Fe, on the line. Colonel Ford tried to open communication with Colonel Hoyt, but failed, so that he was permitted thereby to give the brush such a raking as it never got before. That night Captain Joy, Eleventh Kansas Cavalry, with his company (I), started east to the line of Johnson and Cass Counties, and scouted south as far as east Harrisonville, returning next day up the timber to Hickman Mills.
This scout was to prevent a movement of the enemy into Kansas without my knowledge during my absence. Companies F and K, Eleventh Kansas Cavalry, marched for Hickman Mills next morning to wait my return. At 2 in the morning (18th) Colonel Ford, with about 100 Second Colorado Cavalry, a few footmen, and Company B, Eleventh Kansas Cavalry, Lieutenant Taber commanding, started for the purpose of intercepting the enemy likely to be driven out by Colonel Hoyt. I accompanied Colonel Ford at his request. We reached Lone Jack at daylight, and proceeded to give the Sni Hills a general inspection.
But few bushwhackers were seen, as it was evident they were leaving for La Fayette and Johnson Counties. We struck a gang of 15 some 5 miles in La Fayette County. A skirmish ensued, without damage on either side. About an hour afterward a gang of 50 was run into by our flanking party; the enemy broke and ran. Company B, Eleventh Kansas Cavalry, on the south flank, captured 2 U. S. mules and a U. S. horse, which was proven by Colonel Ford as one of Company M's horses, Second Colorado. He was accordingly given up. The 2 mules are still in the possession of Lieutenant Taber, and will be sent up to the provost-marshal first opportunity.
Lieutenant-Colonel Hoyt joined us that night with his command at Mr. Robinson's, some 5 miles from Sibley, which is one the Missouri River. During that day we marched about 55 miles. From every sign and signal we were all convinced that the bushwhackers were concentrating on Black Water, in Johnson County, and as the border tier of counties were once freed from their sway, I deemed it prudent and right to return as rapidly as possible, which was done, the entire command recrossing the border about noon on the 20th. I remained at Aubrey that night, making the proper disposition of the troops, and returned here on the evening of the 21st.
The entire command started with only five days' hard bread in their saddle-bags, a blanket and overcoat apiece on their horses. This includes the officers from myself down, and while the weather was oppressively warm and the marches long, hazardous, and rough, not a single complaint ever reached my ears. Officers and soldiers seemed to strive and vie with each other in the line of duty. Where all exhibited in a marked degree patriotism, endurance, and gallantry, it is difficult to particularize. To Lieutenant-Colonel Hoytis due much credit for his promptitude and gallantry during the entire expedition, and to his adjutant, Lieutenant Goble, Fifteenth Kansas Cavalry, who assisted me prior to the division of the command (I had no staff officers). Lieutenant Nichols, Fifteenth Kansas Cavalry, quartermaster and commissary at Olathe, is deserving of special mention for the deep interest he took in the welfare of the command.
I had nearly forgotten to say that Assistant Surgeon Erikson, Sixteenth Kansas Cavalry, accompanied me on the expedition, heroically enduring every trial and hardship like a true soldier. His instruments and medicines were strapped on a mule, yclept ambulance, and the doctor was at all times on hand administering to the wants of the men, several of whom, had he not been present, would have suffered. He volunteered for the trip and is entitled to more than ordinary credit. the expedition throughout reflects credit on the troops, District and Department of Kansas, and I think the moral effect it had on the bushwhackers will be greater than anything heretofore done. They now feel that we will cross into Missouri when danger threatens our border, and that we will not wait until Kansas is invaded before we strike at them. I would also state that I was cordially through your headquarters by the commissary and quartermaster depot at Paola.
Permit me again to say that Colonel Ford, Second Colorado Cavalry, and his officers are not only entitled to our thanks but gratitude for the soldierly and manly way in which we were treated. Their desire is to co-operate heartily with us in the border troubles. One thing is worthy of notice. Wherever we found settlements there we found of bushwhackers, and vice versa. Around Hickman Mills, Pleasant Hill, and the Sni Hills there are a good many farmers returned under the order of General Brown, all of them bearing protection papers, either from General Brown's headquarters or headquarters Saint Louis. From Westport down the border, say a breadth of 15 or 20 miles, there are but few settlers except around Hickman Mills. If a raid is made into Kansas, so far as my border extends, I think it will be by a concentration on Black Water timber, in Johnson County, and making the march from there during the night, between Harrisonville and Pleasant Hill.
Respectfully submitted.
T. MOONLIGHT, Colonel Eleventh Kansas Cavalry, Commanding.
FORT LARAMIE, DAK. TER., July 9, 1865.
Major General G. M. DODGE,
Department of the Missouri, Saint Louis, Mo.:
Captain Laurant arrived this afternoon. Agent of the Overland Mail Company has withdrawn stock from road between Big Laramie and Halleck, a distance of about seventy-five miles, and refuses to put it on again unless there is a guard of thirty men at each station. The mails will be run through by Government teams. General Connor will not permit them to stop as long as he has a soldier on the road. Company F, Eleventh Kansas Cavalry, when ordered up the road by commanding officer Camp Collins, mutinied and refused to go until they were compelled to do so by other troops at that camp. Company B same regiment, offered to assist Company F in the mutiny. General Connor will arrive this evening. He will have everything arranged before he leaves that place.
Respectfully, GEO. F. PRICE, Captain and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General. In absence of general commanding.)
FORT LEAVENWORTH, February 8, 1865-4. 58 p. m.
Major General JOHN POPE,
Commanding Military Division of the Missouri, Saint Louis:
I will start to-morrow and try to be at Milwaukee on the 15th. Please order the following officers and soldiers to join me at that place. They are acting staff officers and clerks that I take, without inconvenience to General Dodge: Major S. S. Curtis, Second Colorado Cavalry; Major C. S. Charlot, assistant adjutant-general; Major R. H. Hunt, Fifteenth Kansas Cavalry; Private John W. Boyington, Company C, Third Wisconsin Cavalry; Private M. Cook, Company C, Third Wisconsin Cavalry; Private Edmund Mercer, Company I, Eleventh Kansas Cavalry; Private E. D. Buck, Company G, Fifteenth Kansas Cavalry; Private William F. Brown, Company H, Fifteenth Kansas Cavalry. Our telegraph line is public, and I wish you would telegraph the order.
S. R. CURTIS, Major-General.
FORT LEAVENWORTH, February 8, 1865.
FORT LARAMIE, July 27, 1865.
Major J. W. BARNES, Assistant Adjutant-General:
One thousand Indians attacked Platte Station on Tuesday; been fighting two days. Lieutenant Collins, Eleventh Ohio Cavalry, and 25 men, Eleventh Kansas Cavalry, killed; 9 wounded. Bodies scalped and horribly mutilated. Note picked up on the field to-day, evidently written by a prisoner, who stated that he was captured on the Platte; states that the Indians say that they do not want peace and expect an increase of 1,000 more to their force. They are now three miles west destroying telegraph line. The left column is now en route there; the balance will leave in two days. I start for Plate Bridge myself Saturday. I respectfully ask that something be done to hurry contractors. Ammunition transferred to contractors months since, and of which I am short, has not arrived. I start on my expedition with scant supply of stores and many barefooted horses.
P. E. CONNOR, Brigadier-General.
FORT LARAMIE, August 7, 1865.
HEADQUARTERS, Fort Riley, Kans., June 17, 1864.
Lieutenant D. J. CRAIGIE, Assistant Adjutant-General:
LIEUTENANT: I have the honor to inform you that since my last letter nothing of importance has transpired at this post, with the exception of the sending away a detachment of Company H, Seventh Iowa Cavalry, to Salina and Smoky Hill, and a detachment of Company L, Eleventh Kansas Cavalry, to Council Grove, Kans. I sent them out in obedience to an order from General Curtis, ordering one company to Salina and one to Council Grove, but as there were but two companies at the post I only sent those of the companies who were mounted.
I have to report, that Company H, Seventh Iowa, are in need of at least 20 horses, and that requisitions have been sent in before leaving Fort Kearny; also that Company L, of the Eleventh Kansas, are not properly armed or equipped, and not horses enough to mount one-half of the men. The fault is not with the company commanders, as they have sent in requisitions for everything necessary to have their commands properly armed and equipped. I have now 14 men at this post, who in case of attack could make a defense. However, I do not anticipate any trouble in this country either from rebels or Indians.
I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, D. S. MALVEN, Captain, Seventh Iowa Cavalry, Commanding Post.
HEADQUARTERS, Fort Riley, Kans., May 18, 1864.
Brigadier General T. A. DAVIES,
Commanding District of North Kansas:
In compliance with instructions turned over to me by Captain O. F. Dunlap, Fifteenth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, late commanding offi-
*Found among General Halleck's papers.
As Offier at this post, I have the honor to submit the following information of interest to the general commanding the district: I assumed command on the 14th instant. A detachment of 20 soldiers, in charge of First Lieutenant Van Antwerp, Company L, Eleventh Kansas Cavalry Volunteers, having previously, at the request of the civil authorities of Davis County, been detailed to assist in arresting citizens charged with murder, returned to this post on the 15th, with 17 citizen prisoners, which were this morning turned over to the civil authorities for trial. I received intelligence to-day that Indians had been committing depredations in the county west of this post. The facts are sufficiently set forth in a copy of an affidavit herewith inclosed. I have sent Lieutenant Clark, Company H, Seventh Iowa Cavalry, and Lieutenant Van Antwerp, Company L, Eleventh Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, with 30 men, to investigate the matter, and as soon as they report, will advise you of anything of interest that may have transpired.
I am, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant, ELISHA HAMMER,
Captain Company G, Seventh Iowa Vol. Cav., Commanding Post.
PAOLA, KANS., August 29, 1864.
Lieutenant-Colonel PLUMB,
Olathe:
The enemy reported by General Pleasonton, 1,000 strong, concentrating around Morristown for a raid into Kansas. Send about of twenty men under an officer from Aubrey,with the same badge on the hats. A like party will start from Coldwater Grove at 3 a.m. to-morrow. Search the timber thoroughly. By instructions from department headquarters order the following enlisted men to report to-morrow to Lieutenant Lewis at Fort Leavenworth, as witnesses on court-martial: Sergts. Samuel B. Ruble, and E. N. Doughty; Privates John McNair, Joseph B. McCall, Joseph Grey, John Bouger, and Sergt. William P. Fuller, all of Company D, Eleventh Kansas Cavalry. Report result of scout as soon as heard from.
T. MOONLIGHT, Colonel, Commanding.
Numbers 82. Report of Colonel Thomas Moonlight, Eleventh Kansas Cavalry, commanding Second Brigade.
HDQRS. 2nd Brigadier, 1ST DIV., ARMY OF THE BORDER,
Paola, Kans., December 15, 1864.
I have the honor to submit the following report of the part taken by my command during the late campaign against the rebel General Sterling Price:
On the 15th of October, at Hickman Mills, Mo., the Second Brigade was organized as follows: The Eleventh Regiment Kansas Volunteer Cavalry; Companies L and M, Fifth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry; Companies A and D, Sixteenth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry. Four mountain howitzers were in the Eleventh, manned by Company E. On the 16th the brigade marched into Missouri, in company with the First Brigade (all under Major-General Blunt), in search of Price's army. After having gone in a southeasterly direction as far as Holden, Mo., on the Warrensburg road, our course was changed to Lexington, Mo., which was captured by the Second Brigade on the 18th. Company B, Eleventh, had the advance, and skirmished with some bushwhackers in the streets, killing and wounding several and capturing some prisoners.
Our camp was formed near the college, and it fell to the lot of the Second Brigade to picket the road leading south, and on which Price was advancing. Captain Green, Company B, Eleventh commanded the picket on the Warrensburg road, composed of his own company and Company A, Sixteenth. Captain Palmer, Company A, Eleventh, commanded the picket on the Dover road, composed of his own company and Company F, Eleventh. I am particular in mentioning these facts, because much credit is due these companies for maintaining their position and holding the rebel advance in check as long as they did. When, at the battle of Lexington, on the 19th, a retreat was ordered, the Second Brigade was in the advance and a portion of it dismounted, so that it fell to our lot to cover the retreat. To enable the division to move out it became necessary to face the enemy with every man and use every weapon.
The howitzers here did good service, but on leaving the field the tongue of one of the pieces got broken so that it was necessary to last the timber and piece to other pieces in order to save them, which was done in the very face of the enemy and under his fire. The enemy persistently followed us for several miles, and long after dark we were compelled to fight him on every piece of ground favorable for making a stand. The enemy outnumbered us more than ten to one, so that they were enabled to flank us, as well as press us in the rear, thereby making our position a warm one and giving us lively work.
Every officer and soldier did well and nobly under the most trying of all positions. The retreat was continued all night until 2 next morning. On the same day the division took up position on the west bank of the Little Blue, eighth miles from Independence, and in the afternoon the Second Brigade was left alone to watch the enemy, fight him at the crossing, and burn the bridge. It is proper to state here that the two companies of the Fifth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry were not with the brigade, as they had been left on the border of Kansas to watch the guerrillas, and when the balance of the division was withdrawn from the Little Blue the two companies of the Sixteenth also went, leaving me only ten companies of the Eleventh Kansas Volunteer Cavalry.
Company G of that regiment being escort for Major-General Curtis, and Company L, at Fort Riley, my force being reduced, and the stream being fordable almost any point, it was no easy matter to hold an enemy so numerous and active, all being cavalry. Major Anderson, Eleventh, with two companies, had command of the bridge, which he set on fire and held until it was fairly burning, after which he fell back on the hill and joined the command, who then opened fire on the enemy. Captain Greer, with his company (I, Eleventh), had been stationed at a ford about one mile below the bridge, with instructions to hold the enemy as long as possible. He retired without firing a shot, but claims that it was not possible to do otherwise, as the enemy were crossing at all points.
Being thus menaced on all sides and the object for which I was left accomplished, the command slowly fell back about two miles, fighting. A favorable piece of ground here presenting itself, a new line of battle was formed on the left of the Independence road, and we slowly began to drive the enemy back over the ground again, dismounting every man for the purpose of shelter behind some walls, fences, and houses, some of which were then held by the enemy, who, after a vigorous assault, were dislodged, thus affording us an advantage which accounts for the few killed and wounded on our side, compared with the enemy, who suffered terribly.
The Eleventh Regiment here behaved like old veterans, and gave renewed proof of their fighting qualities, driving an enemy greatly their superior i numbers to the very ground occupied in the morning. By this time General blunt had come up, and other troops were being thrown in on the right to my support. About 200 of the Sixteenth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, under Lieutenant-Colonel Walker, of that regiment, reported to me and did splendid service on the left. Major Hunt, Fifteenth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, chief of artillery for Department of Kansas, reported about this time with some mountain howitzers, and rendered such service as only a brave and gallant officer can render.
We thus held the enemy back for hours, a great portion of the time without any ammunition, supplying its place with lusty and defiant cheers. It became necessary to withdraw the command a short distance and take up a new position, as the enemy, ten to one, were flanking us in perfect safety. Shortly after gaining the new position I received orders to withdraw my men and mount. The first movement had to be accomplished in the very face of the enemy, and giving up to them a line of stone walls rendered the movement a dangerous one, and had it not been for the command already referred to, under Colonel Walker, opening a flank fire by my directions, I question much if the retreat would not have been a fatal one and yet it had to be done, as the ammunition train by some mistake was away in the rear, where I joined it, and supplied my command anew.
By this time the entire command had fallen back, and the Second Brigade, as ordered, formed a new line of battalion the east side of Independence. About this time Captain Hunton, with his company (H) of the Eleventh, joined the command. The captain had, by my order the day previous, been sent up Little Blue about four miles to guard a ford and check the enemy, which he did in his usual gallant style, never abandoning his position, although pressed, in a manner isolated, and knowing we were being driven back on his left. The covering of the retreat from this point was given the Second Brigade, and to Companies B and H was the work assigned, under my own supervision.
The enemy wa held for some time at bay. A skirmish was kept up in the streets of Independence and as far as the railroad bridge, when the enemy abandoned the pursuit; it was then dark. We arrived in camp on Big Blue about midnight, where the entire force was concentrated. Throughout the entire engagement on Little Blue I was ably assisted by the field officers of the Eleventh, viz, Lieutenant-Colonel Plumb, Majors Anderson and Ross (the latter had two horses shot under him), as also my adjutant, Lieutenant Taber, together with those already named of other regiments.
The entire command behaved with the utmost coolness and gallantry, commanding officers of companies vieing with each other in the discharge of their duties. I regret to say that in this engagement Captain N. P. Gregg, Company M, Eleventh, received a severe gunshot wound in the right arm which is likely to disable him for life. The captains is one of the best officers in the service and it is to be hoped that he will yet be spared for future fields of operations. At Big Blue, on the 23rd [22nd], the Second Brigade was ordered to hold Simmons' Ford, and report the movements of the enemy.
None coming, and the First Brigade at Byram's Ford retreating, the Second Brigade in double-quick whipped around by Westport and met the enemy on the State line, checked his advance into Kansas, and by the setting of the sun drove him back over into Missouri. The fight continued until dark, after which the pursuit was abandoned, and my command moved up to Shawnee Mission, for the purpose of procuring forage and rations.
It is but to say that the Second Brigade had been so actively engaged for several days that little or no rations had been obtained; yet all were eager for the fight, and determined that Price could only invade Kansas when the little band no longer existed. The battle of the Line, or Big Blue as it is called, was a very pretty one and satisfied my mind that the enemy's cavalry was no match for ours on the prairie. In this fight Company G, of the Eleventh, escort for General Curtis, joined my command on the occasion and participated in the fight, as also the howitzers mentioned as commanded by Major Hunt on Little Blue. A militia force, I think Johnson County, under Lieutenant-Colonel Johnson, was also prevent; another militia force camped with the brigade that night, but I have forgotten what regiment. Several prisoners were captured during the engagement and properly forwarded to the headquarters of Major-General Curtis.
Early on the morning of the 24th [23d] I received orders to supply my command with ammunition and rations and take the right of the line of battle about to be formed a little south of Westport. This was promptly done, and in front of the Second Brigade the enemy were driven back for over a mile after a stubborn resistance. The command on the left had fallen back, so that I was not supported in that direction, allowing the enemy to come up on my flank and deliver a raking fire. To meet this fire and preserve order it was necessary to wheel two squadrons to the left, which was done in fine style by Companies A and I, Eleventh (Lieutenant Drew commanded Company I after the battle of Little Blue).
My command fell back in good order, handsomely protected on the right flank by Lieutenant-Colonel Woodworth, Twelfth Kansas State Militia, who reported to me that morning with a part of the regiment. Colonel Woodworth is deserving of much praise for dashing on the enemy's flank of skirmishers in the manner in which he did. After falling back to Westport I received orders from General Blunt to pass around the right flank of the enemy and keep in between him and Kansas, which were putting. Price to rout the Second Brigade whipped in on the right flank in hot pursuit of that portion of the enemy invading Kansas. At Little Santa Fe my advance company (H, Eleventh, under Captain Huntoon) struck the rear of the enemy and drove him out of Kansas. This was gallantly done and saved that portion of the State from the flames.
The command pushed on that night to Aubrey, where a few hours' rest was obtained, and forage procured. Early next morning we again marched for Coldwater Grove, where we struck the center of the enemy, skirmished awhile,and held him in check as long as possible. Seeing from the route the enemy was taking he must necessarily camp about the Trading Post and that Mound City was danger of being destroyed I pushed on, marching all night, a distance of sixty-five miles; arrived there at 2 a. m. on the 25th. Early in the morning the enemy made his appearance but was quickly driven back and the town saved. About this time I received an order from General Blunt to make for Fort Scott and hold it at all hazards, so that no time was lost, after procuring some rations for my starving command, in striking for that place.
At Fort Lincoln the enemy had possession and disputed our passage. After vainly trying to dislodge him I moved off by the right flank, leaving a battalion to engage his attention until the command crossed the stream above. Arrived in Fort Scott about 4 p. m.; found the place in the most intense excitement. The same evening Generals Curtis and Blunt arrived, and the next morning we again started in pursuit. I would here state that near Coldwater Grove I was joined by the Lyon county Militia under Colonel Mitchell, who accompanied me all the way to Fort Scott, doing excellent service, performing the night march and bearing up under the many trials incident to a camp life with commendable fortitude.
Nothing of importance occurred in the pursuit until the 28th, when General Blunt overtook the enemy at Newtonia, Mo., and drove him from his position. The Second Brigade was deprived of the pleasure of participating in this fight, as instructions had been received to await rations,then forty-eighth hours due. At Newtonia, on the 29th, after returning Neosho, the brigade was joined by Company L, Fifth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, Captain young commanding, who was appointed acting assistant quartermaster and acting commissary of subsistence for the brigade, which position he still retains.
Nothing of importance transpired during the balance of the pursuit via Cassville, Keetsville, Elkhorn, Bentonville, Elm Springs, Fayetteville Prairie Grove, Cane Hill, Dutchtown, and to the Arkansas River, half way between Forts Gibson and Smith. On November the 9th, after the pursuit had been abandoned and the division broken up, the Second Brigade marched for Fort Smith with Major-General Blunt. Remained at Fort Smith awaiting forage and rations until the 19th, when the march was taken up for this place. Arrived at Fort Gibson on the 23d, remained one day to feed hay, marched for Fort Scott. Met on the south bank of Neosho a large supply train going south. Said with it one day, as reports had been received that the rebel Generals Cooper and Gano had crossed the Arkansas River for the purpose of capturing it.
Sent out Major Ross with every horse able to walk to reconnoiter; found no enemy and returned. Marched the following day via the Catholic Mission for grazing purposes in the Neosho bottom. Arrived in Fort Scott December 7. Remained two days to recruit animals; arrived in Paola December 12, having been absent exactly two months. During one-half of this time not more than one-fourth forage could be obtained, so that with the continuous and rapid marches a very great many horses have been abandoned as well as a great many killed in battle.
In conclusion, I desire to call the attention of the department to the uniform gallantry and efficiency of the following named officers, who came prominently under my immediate observation and who behaved themselves throughout the entire campaign in a manner worthy of special mention, viz, Lieutenant-Colonel Plumb and Majors Anderson and Ross, battalion commanders of the Eleventh Kansas Volunteer Cavalry; Surgeon Ainsworth and Assistant Surgeon Adams, Eleventh Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, in charge of medical department, and Captain Young, Fifth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, acting assistant quartermaster and acting commissary of subsistence from the tim he joined the command.
The campaign was an unusually severe one, marching day and night, with often little or no rations, yet every officer and soldier bore up under the difficulties and hardships without ever grumbling, ever prompt and obedient. To lieutenant and regimental adjutant* Eleventh Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, my acting assistant adjutant-general I am especially indebted for his zeal, activity, and vigilance, and I earnestly recommend him to the department for promotion in the adjutant-general's department. I cannot close without mentioning the following enlisted men to whom special praise is due for their services on the battle-fields as aides; I had none other, nor could I have had better, viz: Sergt. Major I. H. Isbell, Quartermaster Sergt. W. H. Cowan, Chief Bugler N. D. Horton, all of the Eleventh Kansas Volunteer Cavalry.
These non-commissioned officers well merit promotion. I had forgotten to mention that Lieutenant W. F. Goble, Company L, Fifth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, served in the brigade from the beginning as battalion adjutant for Colonel Plumb and is reported by him as being an officer of uniform good conduct and high standing. The following is a list of casualties during the campaign.+ Forty-five horses were killed and 272 abandoned.
T. MOONLIGHT, Colonel Eleventh Kansas Cavalry, Commanding.
Field Notes of Companies: A. D. E. F. M.
Company A.
Company A, 11, Regiment Kansas Volunteers
Sept. and Oct., 1862
Camp Ewing, Benton County, Arkansas.
Marched from Camp Lyon Leavenworth County Kansas October the 4th 1862. via Fort Scott Ks & Pea Ridge, Arkansas, engaged in battle on the 22d October 1862. At Camp Fort Wayne C. N. camped on the battle ground nine days and left camp Fort Wayne C. N. Oct. 31st '62. En Route and arrived Camp Ewing Benton County Arkansas Oct 31st 1862.
A Co., 11 Kansas Cavalry
May & June, 1865
Fort Halleck, D. T.
The Co. left Platte Bridge D. T. June 14/65 & marched to Fort Halleck,a distance of 225 miles A Detachment of the Co. was in a fight with Indians,May 21/65, near Deer Creek, D T. & lost one man killed & on the 30 of May we had another engagement with Indians. My Co., lost no men. On the march from Platte Bridge June 15/65, one man kiled by Indians near Camp at Deer Creek.
copist: J. C. Henderson.
Company D.
Company D., 11th Kansas Cavalry
Company October Muster Roll
Dated: September 13, 1865.
RECORD OF EVENTS.
This Co. [Company] was mustered into the service of the U. S. as infantry September 13, 1862. Fought the battles of Old Fort Wayne C N [Cherokee Nation], Cane Hill, Prairie Grove, and made a raid on Van Buren, Ark. Marching during the winter and spring of 1863 about 1800 miles. This company Was promoted to Cavalry in the summer of 1863, and was engaged in hunting guerillas on the borders of Arkansas and Missouri until the summer of 1864. In the fall of that year we were engaged in the pursuit of the rebel Gen Price and fought the celebrated battles of Lexington, Little Blue, Big Blue, and West Port MO [Missouri] and Mound City Kans- pursued the rebels to the Arkansas river, destroying their transportation, lost most of our horses from excessive marching and lack of forages and went Seven days with nothing to eat but bacon. I[n] 1865 we were engaged in the persuit [pursuit] of hte Indians in Dakota Territory. Had eight men killed near Platte Bridge D. T. [Dakota Territory] in a fight with 1500 Indians who completely surrounded our forces, suffered greatly for the want of food & lack of forage during the campaign.
Signed by: (?)Dickerson.
Company E.
E Company, 11 Kansas Cavalry
Companay Muster Out Roll
dated Ft Riley Kans August 7, 1865.
Co E 11 K. V. C. was organized and mustered into the service at Fort Leavenworth Kans., on the 13th day of September 1862, and immediately marched to Arkansas. Joining the Army of the Frontier. Participating in the battles of old Fort Wayne, Cane Hill Prairie Grove and Van Buren. In August 1863 by an order from the War Dept the 11th K. V. I. was made Cavalry and served along the border Mo and Kans. participating in the battles of Lexington, Little Blue Big Blue, and Westport.
copist: Griffith.
Company F.
F Company, 11 Kansas Cavalry
In the Field, D. T.
Sergt. Ferguson with twenty men on Scout under Col. Plumb June 4th had an engagement with Indians. Private Bonwell killed. Company left Platte Bridge June 14th 1865 and now enroute to Camp Collins Colorado Teeer. cmpany has been engaged in scouting, escorting etc since last muster No of miles on escort duty 250, No of miles on scouting 300, Chage of station 900.
copist: Daggett.
Company M.
M. Co., 11 Reg't Kan. Cav.
Company Muster Out Roll
dated: Sept. 26, 1865.
The enlisted men of Co. M., 11th Kansas Vol. Cav. were first mustered into Co. "E", same Regt. from the 2nd Jan. 1864, to March 31st 1864 by S. O. No 76 Hd. Irs.(?) Dept of Kansas dated April 18, 1864. All men in Co "E" above the maximum allowed were transferred to Co. 'M' same Reg't April 19 1864. The company officers were mustered, which completed the organization. The company remained at Lawrence, K's, until July 1, 1864, changed station from Paola, KS, a distance of 40 miles, and arrived at said place the morning of the 3rd, changed stations temporarily to Fort Scott, Ks, Sept 28, 1864, and returned Oct 8th marched the distance of 1200 miles. The company remained at Paola, until Oct 12, 1864 when they received orders to join Regt and marched to the Border of Mo., for the purpose of arresting Gen Price's forces which were then entering Kansas. Came up with the enemy Lexington Mo October 12 1864 at which place the company was engaged for some four hours. Retreated with Gen. Blunts Com'd to Little Blue,Mo On the morning of the 21st the enemy came up in force.
The Co was engaged during the entire day. In one charge lost five men killed and six wounded. Were in Battle at Big Blue the 22nd at Battle of Westport 23rd. Marched 75 miles the 24th and participated in Battle of Mound City Ks the morning of the 25th and followed in pursuit of the enemy to Fort Scott, Ks and there remained during the night. The morning of the 26th started in pursuit of the enemy which was continued to the Arkansas River, and returned to paoli Ks the 12th day of Dec, 1864, marching a distance of 1200 miles. Receivd orders to march to Lawrence Ks, Dec 22, and arrived at said place the 24th, a distance of 40 miles. Received orders to march to Fort Riley, Ks, Jan 6,and arived at Post the 11th of Jan., 1865, a distance of 125 miles Marched from Ft Riley Feb 20, and arrived at Platte Bridge, D. T., April 18, a distance of 700 miles. Marched from Platte Bridge, June 5th 1865, and arrived at Point of Rocke Station D. T., July 6, 1865, a distance of 400 miles. Marched from Point of Rocks August 7th and arrived at Fort Leavenworth, Ks Sept 17, 1865, for
muster out a distance of 980 miles.
copist: A. L. Ames
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Note. These reports are not in any order They were recorded as I found them.
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Battle reports and General orders.
Numbers 3. Report of Colonel Thomas Moonlight, Eleventh Kansas Cavalry, commanding expedition.
HDQRS. SECOND BRIGADE, DISTRICT OF SOUTH KANSAS,
Mound City, Kans., June 26, 1864.
In obedience to the following dispatch by messenger, marked A, and also one by telegraph, marked B, I proceeded as directed, by stage, to Paola at 12 m., 14th instant, from thence by special conveyance same night to Olathe, where I arrived at midnight, and made the proper arrangements with the commissary and quartermaster departments, Lieutenant Nichols, Fifteenth Kansas, in charge. Next morning I proceed to Aubrey, where I found the following concentration of troops: Lieutenant-Colonel Hoyt, Fifteenth Kansas Cavalry, in command; Companies A and D, Eleventh Kansas cavalry, in their proper encampment, Aubrey being their station; Companies I and K, Eleventh Kansas Cavalry, from Shawnee Mission and Oxford; Companies F and G, Fifteenth Kansas Cavalry, from Olathe; Companies B and C, Fifteenth Kansas Cavalry, from Coldwater Grove and Rockville, and Company L, Fifth Kansas Cavalry, from Camp Clayton. During the day Company F, Eleventh Kansas Cavalry, arrived from Potosi; Company B, same Regiment, from this place, making splendid marches, and Company E, same regiiment, from Lawrence, making in all twelve companies, with four mountain howitzers.
As it was necessary to communicate, if passible, with Colonel Ford, commanding sub-district of Missouri, where the bushwhackers were reported, I detached Company K, Eleventh Kansas Cavalry, Captain Allen commanding, with instructions to proceed to Raytown and deliver my message to Colonel Ford, reporteed there. I may here say, en passant, that at 10 a. m. 15th, it commenced raining, continuing twenty-four hours. Captain Allen returned at 3 a. m. 16th having marched about 36 miles without meeting Colonel Ford, as he had on the 15th marched to Pleasant Hill, Mo., where I determined to join him early the next day. As suggested by the general commanding this district, to insure safety on the border during my absence with the command, the following companies were left: A and D, Eleventh Kansas Cavalry, at Aubrey, Captain Kunkel, Eleventh Kansas, commanding; two howitzers with Company A; Company E, eleventh, at Oxford with two howitzers, Captain Walker commanding; Company L, Fifth Kansas Cavalry, at Camp Clayton, Lieutenant Hadley commanding. these companies had instructions to scout thoroughly the country into Missouri. At noon on the 16th, the command marched in two columns as follows: Companies B, C, F, and G, Fifteenth Kansas Cavalry, under command of Lieutenant-Colonel Hoyt, with instructions to join Major Pritchard at Raytown and scour the timber hills of the Blue. (See report of Colonel Hoyt regarding his part of the expedition, herewith inclosed.) Companies B, F, I, and K, of the Eleventh Kansas Cavalry, under my own command, struck the headwaters of the north fork of Grand River and scoured that country thoroughly, part of the command crossing at Morristown and part some 8 miles below.
A portion of the command went through Harrisonville and scouted the timber of Big Creek up to Pleasant Hill, while the other portion went farther north, all arriving at Pleasant Hill by noon, 17th, a distance of about 50 miles. So thoroughly was the country scouted between Pleasant Hill and Kansas, yet without seeing the sing of an enemy, that I am confided no force has been there since growing of grass.
I met Colonel Ford, Second Colorado Cavalry, commanding subdistrict, at Pleasant Hill. My command was warmly received, and their wants promptly attended to. General Brown, commanding district in which we then were, directed Colonel Ford to send me with my command to Hickman Mills, and Colonel Hoyt with his to Little Santa Fe, on the line. Colonel Ford tried to open communication with Colonel Hoyt, but failed, so that he was permitted thereby to give the brush such a raking as it never got before. That night Captain Joy, Eleventh Kansas Cavalry, with his company (I), started east to the line of Johnson and Cass Counties, and scouted south as far as east Harrisonville, returning next day up the timber to Hickman Mills.
This scout was to prevent a movement of the enemy into Kansas without my knowledge during my absence. Companies F and K, Eleventh Kansas Cavalry, marched for Hickman Mills next morning to wait my return. At 2 in the morning (18th) Colonel Ford, with about 100 Second Colorado Cavalry, a few footmen, and Company B, Eleventh Kansas Cavalry, Lieutenant Taber commanding, started for the purpose of intercepting the enemy likely to be driven out by Colonel Hoyt. I accompanied Colonel Ford at his request. We reached Lone Jack at daylight, and proceeded to give the Sni Hills a general inspection.
But few bushwhackers were seen, as it was evident they were leaving for La Fayette and Johnson Counties. We struck a gang of 15 some 5 miles in La Fayette County. A skirmish ensued, without damage on either side. About an hour afterward a gang of 50 was run into by our flanking party; the enemy broke and ran. Company B, Eleventh Kansas Cavalry, on the south flank, captured 2 U. S. mules and a U. S. horse, which was proven by Colonel Ford as one of Company M's horses, Second Colorado. He was accordingly given up. The 2 mules are still in the possession of Lieutenant Taber, and will be sent up to the provost-marshal first opportunity.
Lieutenant-Colonel Hoyt joined us that night with his command at Mr. Robinson's, some 5 miles from Sibley, which is one the Missouri River. During that day we marched about 55 miles. From every sign and signal we were all convinced that the bushwhackers were concentrating on Black Water, in Johnson County, and as the border tier of counties were once freed from their sway, I deemed it prudent and right to return as rapidly as possible, which was done, the entire command recrossing the border about noon on the 20th. I remained at Aubrey that night, making the proper disposition of the troops, and returned here on the evening of the 21st.
The entire command started with only five days' hard bread in their saddle-bags, a blanket and overcoat apiece on their horses. This includes the officers from myself down, and while the weather was oppressively warm and the marches long, hazardous, and rough, not a single complaint ever reached my ears. Officers and soldiers seemed to strive and vie with each other in the line of duty. Where all exhibited in a marked degree patriotism, endurance, and gallantry, it is difficult to particularize. To Lieutenant-Colonel Hoytis due much credit for his promptitude and gallantry during the entire expedition, and to his adjutant, Lieutenant Goble, Fifteenth Kansas Cavalry, who assisted me prior to the division of the command (I had no staff officers). Lieutenant Nichols, Fifteenth Kansas Cavalry, quartermaster and commissary at Olathe, is deserving of special mention for the deep interest he took in the welfare of the command.
I had nearly forgotten to say that Assistant Surgeon Erikson, Sixteenth Kansas Cavalry, accompanied me on the expedition, heroically enduring every trial and hardship like a true soldier. His instruments and medicines were strapped on a mule, yclept ambulance, and the doctor was at all times on hand administering to the wants of the men, several of whom, had he not been present, would have suffered. He volunteered for the trip and is entitled to more than ordinary credit. the expedition throughout reflects credit on the troops, District and Department of Kansas, and I think the moral effect it had on the bushwhackers will be greater than anything heretofore done. They now feel that we will cross into Missouri when danger threatens our border, and that we will not wait until Kansas is invaded before we strike at them. I would also state that I was cordially through your headquarters by the commissary and quartermaster depot at Paola.
Permit me again to say that Colonel Ford, Second Colorado Cavalry, and his officers are not only entitled to our thanks but gratitude for the soldierly and manly way in which we were treated. Their desire is to co-operate heartily with us in the border troubles. One thing is worthy of notice. Wherever we found settlements there we found of bushwhackers, and vice versa. Around Hickman Mills, Pleasant Hill, and the Sni Hills there are a good many farmers returned under the order of General Brown, all of them bearing protection papers, either from General Brown's headquarters or headquarters Saint Louis. From Westport down the border, say a breadth of 15 or 20 miles, there are but few settlers except around Hickman Mills. If a raid is made into Kansas, so far as my border extends, I think it will be by a concentration on Black Water timber, in Johnson County, and making the march from there during the night, between Harrisonville and Pleasant Hill.
Respectfully submitted.
T. MOONLIGHT, Colonel Eleventh Kansas Cavalry, Commanding.
FORT LARAMIE, DAK. TER., July 9, 1865.
Major General G. M. DODGE,
Department of the Missouri, Saint Louis, Mo.:
Captain Laurant arrived this afternoon. Agent of the Overland Mail Company has withdrawn stock from road between Big Laramie and Halleck, a distance of about seventy-five miles, and refuses to put it on again unless there is a guard of thirty men at each station. The mails will be run through by Government teams. General Connor will not permit them to stop as long as he has a soldier on the road. Company F, Eleventh Kansas Cavalry, when ordered up the road by commanding officer Camp Collins, mutinied and refused to go until they were compelled to do so by other troops at that camp. Company B same regiment, offered to assist Company F in the mutiny. General Connor will arrive this evening. He will have everything arranged before he leaves that place.
Respectfully, GEO. F. PRICE, Captain and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General. In absence of general commanding.)
FORT LEAVENWORTH, February 8, 1865-4. 58 p. m.
Major General JOHN POPE,
Commanding Military Division of the Missouri, Saint Louis:
I will start to-morrow and try to be at Milwaukee on the 15th. Please order the following officers and soldiers to join me at that place. They are acting staff officers and clerks that I take, without inconvenience to General Dodge: Major S. S. Curtis, Second Colorado Cavalry; Major C. S. Charlot, assistant adjutant-general; Major R. H. Hunt, Fifteenth Kansas Cavalry; Private John W. Boyington, Company C, Third Wisconsin Cavalry; Private M. Cook, Company C, Third Wisconsin Cavalry; Private Edmund Mercer, Company I, Eleventh Kansas Cavalry; Private E. D. Buck, Company G, Fifteenth Kansas Cavalry; Private William F. Brown, Company H, Fifteenth Kansas Cavalry. Our telegraph line is public, and I wish you would telegraph the order.
S. R. CURTIS, Major-General.
FORT LEAVENWORTH, February 8, 1865.
FORT LARAMIE, July 27, 1865.
Major J. W. BARNES, Assistant Adjutant-General:
One thousand Indians attacked Platte Station on Tuesday; been fighting two days. Lieutenant Collins, Eleventh Ohio Cavalry, and 25 men, Eleventh Kansas Cavalry, killed; 9 wounded. Bodies scalped and horribly mutilated. Note picked up on the field to-day, evidently written by a prisoner, who stated that he was captured on the Platte; states that the Indians say that they do not want peace and expect an increase of 1,000 more to their force. They are now three miles west destroying telegraph line. The left column is now en route there; the balance will leave in two days. I start for Plate Bridge myself Saturday. I respectfully ask that something be done to hurry contractors. Ammunition transferred to contractors months since, and of which I am short, has not arrived. I start on my expedition with scant supply of stores and many barefooted horses.
P. E. CONNOR, Brigadier-General.
FORT LARAMIE, August 7, 1865.
HEADQUARTERS, Fort Riley, Kans., June 17, 1864.
Lieutenant D. J. CRAIGIE, Assistant Adjutant-General:
LIEUTENANT: I have the honor to inform you that since my last letter nothing of importance has transpired at this post, with the exception of the sending away a detachment of Company H, Seventh Iowa Cavalry, to Salina and Smoky Hill, and a detachment of Company L, Eleventh Kansas Cavalry, to Council Grove, Kans. I sent them out in obedience to an order from General Curtis, ordering one company to Salina and one to Council Grove, but as there were but two companies at the post I only sent those of the companies who were mounted.
I have to report, that Company H, Seventh Iowa, are in need of at least 20 horses, and that requisitions have been sent in before leaving Fort Kearny; also that Company L, of the Eleventh Kansas, are not properly armed or equipped, and not horses enough to mount one-half of the men. The fault is not with the company commanders, as they have sent in requisitions for everything necessary to have their commands properly armed and equipped. I have now 14 men at this post, who in case of attack could make a defense. However, I do not anticipate any trouble in this country either from rebels or Indians.
I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, D. S. MALVEN, Captain, Seventh Iowa Cavalry, Commanding Post.
HEADQUARTERS, Fort Riley, Kans., May 18, 1864.
Brigadier General T. A. DAVIES,
Commanding District of North Kansas:
In compliance with instructions turned over to me by Captain O. F. Dunlap, Fifteenth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, late commanding offi-
*Found among General Halleck's papers.
As Offier at this post, I have the honor to submit the following information of interest to the general commanding the district: I assumed command on the 14th instant. A detachment of 20 soldiers, in charge of First Lieutenant Van Antwerp, Company L, Eleventh Kansas Cavalry Volunteers, having previously, at the request of the civil authorities of Davis County, been detailed to assist in arresting citizens charged with murder, returned to this post on the 15th, with 17 citizen prisoners, which were this morning turned over to the civil authorities for trial. I received intelligence to-day that Indians had been committing depredations in the county west of this post. The facts are sufficiently set forth in a copy of an affidavit herewith inclosed. I have sent Lieutenant Clark, Company H, Seventh Iowa Cavalry, and Lieutenant Van Antwerp, Company L, Eleventh Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, with 30 men, to investigate the matter, and as soon as they report, will advise you of anything of interest that may have transpired.
I am, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant, ELISHA HAMMER,
Captain Company G, Seventh Iowa Vol. Cav., Commanding Post.
PAOLA, KANS., August 29, 1864.
Lieutenant-Colonel PLUMB,
Olathe:
The enemy reported by General Pleasonton, 1,000 strong, concentrating around Morristown for a raid into Kansas. Send about of twenty men under an officer from Aubrey,with the same badge on the hats. A like party will start from Coldwater Grove at 3 a.m. to-morrow. Search the timber thoroughly. By instructions from department headquarters order the following enlisted men to report to-morrow to Lieutenant Lewis at Fort Leavenworth, as witnesses on court-martial: Sergts. Samuel B. Ruble, and E. N. Doughty; Privates John McNair, Joseph B. McCall, Joseph Grey, John Bouger, and Sergt. William P. Fuller, all of Company D, Eleventh Kansas Cavalry. Report result of scout as soon as heard from.
T. MOONLIGHT, Colonel, Commanding.
Numbers 82. Report of Colonel Thomas Moonlight, Eleventh Kansas Cavalry, commanding Second Brigade.
HDQRS. 2nd Brigadier, 1ST DIV., ARMY OF THE BORDER,
Paola, Kans., December 15, 1864.
I have the honor to submit the following report of the part taken by my command during the late campaign against the rebel General Sterling Price:
On the 15th of October, at Hickman Mills, Mo., the Second Brigade was organized as follows: The Eleventh Regiment Kansas Volunteer Cavalry; Companies L and M, Fifth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry; Companies A and D, Sixteenth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry. Four mountain howitzers were in the Eleventh, manned by Company E. On the 16th the brigade marched into Missouri, in company with the First Brigade (all under Major-General Blunt), in search of Price's army. After having gone in a southeasterly direction as far as Holden, Mo., on the Warrensburg road, our course was changed to Lexington, Mo., which was captured by the Second Brigade on the 18th. Company B, Eleventh, had the advance, and skirmished with some bushwhackers in the streets, killing and wounding several and capturing some prisoners.
Our camp was formed near the college, and it fell to the lot of the Second Brigade to picket the road leading south, and on which Price was advancing. Captain Green, Company B, Eleventh commanded the picket on the Warrensburg road, composed of his own company and Company A, Sixteenth. Captain Palmer, Company A, Eleventh, commanded the picket on the Dover road, composed of his own company and Company F, Eleventh. I am particular in mentioning these facts, because much credit is due these companies for maintaining their position and holding the rebel advance in check as long as they did. When, at the battle of Lexington, on the 19th, a retreat was ordered, the Second Brigade was in the advance and a portion of it dismounted, so that it fell to our lot to cover the retreat. To enable the division to move out it became necessary to face the enemy with every man and use every weapon.
The howitzers here did good service, but on leaving the field the tongue of one of the pieces got broken so that it was necessary to last the timber and piece to other pieces in order to save them, which was done in the very face of the enemy and under his fire. The enemy persistently followed us for several miles, and long after dark we were compelled to fight him on every piece of ground favorable for making a stand. The enemy outnumbered us more than ten to one, so that they were enabled to flank us, as well as press us in the rear, thereby making our position a warm one and giving us lively work.
Every officer and soldier did well and nobly under the most trying of all positions. The retreat was continued all night until 2 next morning. On the same day the division took up position on the west bank of the Little Blue, eighth miles from Independence, and in the afternoon the Second Brigade was left alone to watch the enemy, fight him at the crossing, and burn the bridge. It is proper to state here that the two companies of the Fifth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry were not with the brigade, as they had been left on the border of Kansas to watch the guerrillas, and when the balance of the division was withdrawn from the Little Blue the two companies of the Sixteenth also went, leaving me only ten companies of the Eleventh Kansas Volunteer Cavalry.
Company G of that regiment being escort for Major-General Curtis, and Company L, at Fort Riley, my force being reduced, and the stream being fordable almost any point, it was no easy matter to hold an enemy so numerous and active, all being cavalry. Major Anderson, Eleventh, with two companies, had command of the bridge, which he set on fire and held until it was fairly burning, after which he fell back on the hill and joined the command, who then opened fire on the enemy. Captain Greer, with his company (I, Eleventh), had been stationed at a ford about one mile below the bridge, with instructions to hold the enemy as long as possible. He retired without firing a shot, but claims that it was not possible to do otherwise, as the enemy were crossing at all points.
Being thus menaced on all sides and the object for which I was left accomplished, the command slowly fell back about two miles, fighting. A favorable piece of ground here presenting itself, a new line of battle was formed on the left of the Independence road, and we slowly began to drive the enemy back over the ground again, dismounting every man for the purpose of shelter behind some walls, fences, and houses, some of which were then held by the enemy, who, after a vigorous assault, were dislodged, thus affording us an advantage which accounts for the few killed and wounded on our side, compared with the enemy, who suffered terribly.
The Eleventh Regiment here behaved like old veterans, and gave renewed proof of their fighting qualities, driving an enemy greatly their superior i numbers to the very ground occupied in the morning. By this time General blunt had come up, and other troops were being thrown in on the right to my support. About 200 of the Sixteenth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, under Lieutenant-Colonel Walker, of that regiment, reported to me and did splendid service on the left. Major Hunt, Fifteenth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, chief of artillery for Department of Kansas, reported about this time with some mountain howitzers, and rendered such service as only a brave and gallant officer can render.
We thus held the enemy back for hours, a great portion of the time without any ammunition, supplying its place with lusty and defiant cheers. It became necessary to withdraw the command a short distance and take up a new position, as the enemy, ten to one, were flanking us in perfect safety. Shortly after gaining the new position I received orders to withdraw my men and mount. The first movement had to be accomplished in the very face of the enemy, and giving up to them a line of stone walls rendered the movement a dangerous one, and had it not been for the command already referred to, under Colonel Walker, opening a flank fire by my directions, I question much if the retreat would not have been a fatal one and yet it had to be done, as the ammunition train by some mistake was away in the rear, where I joined it, and supplied my command anew.
By this time the entire command had fallen back, and the Second Brigade, as ordered, formed a new line of battalion the east side of Independence. About this time Captain Hunton, with his company (H) of the Eleventh, joined the command. The captain had, by my order the day previous, been sent up Little Blue about four miles to guard a ford and check the enemy, which he did in his usual gallant style, never abandoning his position, although pressed, in a manner isolated, and knowing we were being driven back on his left. The covering of the retreat from this point was given the Second Brigade, and to Companies B and H was the work assigned, under my own supervision.
The enemy wa held for some time at bay. A skirmish was kept up in the streets of Independence and as far as the railroad bridge, when the enemy abandoned the pursuit; it was then dark. We arrived in camp on Big Blue about midnight, where the entire force was concentrated. Throughout the entire engagement on Little Blue I was ably assisted by the field officers of the Eleventh, viz, Lieutenant-Colonel Plumb, Majors Anderson and Ross (the latter had two horses shot under him), as also my adjutant, Lieutenant Taber, together with those already named of other regiments.
The entire command behaved with the utmost coolness and gallantry, commanding officers of companies vieing with each other in the discharge of their duties. I regret to say that in this engagement Captain N. P. Gregg, Company M, Eleventh, received a severe gunshot wound in the right arm which is likely to disable him for life. The captains is one of the best officers in the service and it is to be hoped that he will yet be spared for future fields of operations. At Big Blue, on the 23rd [22nd], the Second Brigade was ordered to hold Simmons' Ford, and report the movements of the enemy.
None coming, and the First Brigade at Byram's Ford retreating, the Second Brigade in double-quick whipped around by Westport and met the enemy on the State line, checked his advance into Kansas, and by the setting of the sun drove him back over into Missouri. The fight continued until dark, after which the pursuit was abandoned, and my command moved up to Shawnee Mission, for the purpose of procuring forage and rations.
It is but to say that the Second Brigade had been so actively engaged for several days that little or no rations had been obtained; yet all were eager for the fight, and determined that Price could only invade Kansas when the little band no longer existed. The battle of the Line, or Big Blue as it is called, was a very pretty one and satisfied my mind that the enemy's cavalry was no match for ours on the prairie. In this fight Company G, of the Eleventh, escort for General Curtis, joined my command on the occasion and participated in the fight, as also the howitzers mentioned as commanded by Major Hunt on Little Blue. A militia force, I think Johnson County, under Lieutenant-Colonel Johnson, was also prevent; another militia force camped with the brigade that night, but I have forgotten what regiment. Several prisoners were captured during the engagement and properly forwarded to the headquarters of Major-General Curtis.
Early on the morning of the 24th [23d] I received orders to supply my command with ammunition and rations and take the right of the line of battle about to be formed a little south of Westport. This was promptly done, and in front of the Second Brigade the enemy were driven back for over a mile after a stubborn resistance. The command on the left had fallen back, so that I was not supported in that direction, allowing the enemy to come up on my flank and deliver a raking fire. To meet this fire and preserve order it was necessary to wheel two squadrons to the left, which was done in fine style by Companies A and I, Eleventh (Lieutenant Drew commanded Company I after the battle of Little Blue).
My command fell back in good order, handsomely protected on the right flank by Lieutenant-Colonel Woodworth, Twelfth Kansas State Militia, who reported to me that morning with a part of the regiment. Colonel Woodworth is deserving of much praise for dashing on the enemy's flank of skirmishers in the manner in which he did. After falling back to Westport I received orders from General Blunt to pass around the right flank of the enemy and keep in between him and Kansas, which were putting. Price to rout the Second Brigade whipped in on the right flank in hot pursuit of that portion of the enemy invading Kansas. At Little Santa Fe my advance company (H, Eleventh, under Captain Huntoon) struck the rear of the enemy and drove him out of Kansas. This was gallantly done and saved that portion of the State from the flames.
The command pushed on that night to Aubrey, where a few hours' rest was obtained, and forage procured. Early next morning we again marched for Coldwater Grove, where we struck the center of the enemy, skirmished awhile,and held him in check as long as possible. Seeing from the route the enemy was taking he must necessarily camp about the Trading Post and that Mound City was danger of being destroyed I pushed on, marching all night, a distance of sixty-five miles; arrived there at 2 a. m. on the 25th. Early in the morning the enemy made his appearance but was quickly driven back and the town saved. About this time I received an order from General Blunt to make for Fort Scott and hold it at all hazards, so that no time was lost, after procuring some rations for my starving command, in striking for that place.
At Fort Lincoln the enemy had possession and disputed our passage. After vainly trying to dislodge him I moved off by the right flank, leaving a battalion to engage his attention until the command crossed the stream above. Arrived in Fort Scott about 4 p. m.; found the place in the most intense excitement. The same evening Generals Curtis and Blunt arrived, and the next morning we again started in pursuit. I would here state that near Coldwater Grove I was joined by the Lyon county Militia under Colonel Mitchell, who accompanied me all the way to Fort Scott, doing excellent service, performing the night march and bearing up under the many trials incident to a camp life with commendable fortitude.
Nothing of importance occurred in the pursuit until the 28th, when General Blunt overtook the enemy at Newtonia, Mo., and drove him from his position. The Second Brigade was deprived of the pleasure of participating in this fight, as instructions had been received to await rations,then forty-eighth hours due. At Newtonia, on the 29th, after returning Neosho, the brigade was joined by Company L, Fifth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, Captain young commanding, who was appointed acting assistant quartermaster and acting commissary of subsistence for the brigade, which position he still retains.
Nothing of importance transpired during the balance of the pursuit via Cassville, Keetsville, Elkhorn, Bentonville, Elm Springs, Fayetteville Prairie Grove, Cane Hill, Dutchtown, and to the Arkansas River, half way between Forts Gibson and Smith. On November the 9th, after the pursuit had been abandoned and the division broken up, the Second Brigade marched for Fort Smith with Major-General Blunt. Remained at Fort Smith awaiting forage and rations until the 19th, when the march was taken up for this place. Arrived at Fort Gibson on the 23d, remained one day to feed hay, marched for Fort Scott. Met on the south bank of Neosho a large supply train going south. Said with it one day, as reports had been received that the rebel Generals Cooper and Gano had crossed the Arkansas River for the purpose of capturing it.
Sent out Major Ross with every horse able to walk to reconnoiter; found no enemy and returned. Marched the following day via the Catholic Mission for grazing purposes in the Neosho bottom. Arrived in Fort Scott December 7. Remained two days to recruit animals; arrived in Paola December 12, having been absent exactly two months. During one-half of this time not more than one-fourth forage could be obtained, so that with the continuous and rapid marches a very great many horses have been abandoned as well as a great many killed in battle.
In conclusion, I desire to call the attention of the department to the uniform gallantry and efficiency of the following named officers, who came prominently under my immediate observation and who behaved themselves throughout the entire campaign in a manner worthy of special mention, viz, Lieutenant-Colonel Plumb and Majors Anderson and Ross, battalion commanders of the Eleventh Kansas Volunteer Cavalry; Surgeon Ainsworth and Assistant Surgeon Adams, Eleventh Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, in charge of medical department, and Captain Young, Fifth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, acting assistant quartermaster and acting commissary of subsistence from the tim he joined the command.
The campaign was an unusually severe one, marching day and night, with often little or no rations, yet every officer and soldier bore up under the difficulties and hardships without ever grumbling, ever prompt and obedient. To lieutenant and regimental adjutant* Eleventh Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, my acting assistant adjutant-general I am especially indebted for his zeal, activity, and vigilance, and I earnestly recommend him to the department for promotion in the adjutant-general's department. I cannot close without mentioning the following enlisted men to whom special praise is due for their services on the battle-fields as aides; I had none other, nor could I have had better, viz: Sergt. Major I. H. Isbell, Quartermaster Sergt. W. H. Cowan, Chief Bugler N. D. Horton, all of the Eleventh Kansas Volunteer Cavalry.
These non-commissioned officers well merit promotion. I had forgotten to mention that Lieutenant W. F. Goble, Company L, Fifth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, served in the brigade from the beginning as battalion adjutant for Colonel Plumb and is reported by him as being an officer of uniform good conduct and high standing. The following is a list of casualties during the campaign.+ Forty-five horses were killed and 272 abandoned.
T. MOONLIGHT, Colonel Eleventh Kansas Cavalry, Commanding.
Field Notes of Companies: A. D. E. F. M.
Company A.
Company A, 11, Regiment Kansas Volunteers
Sept. and Oct., 1862
Camp Ewing, Benton County, Arkansas.
Marched from Camp Lyon Leavenworth County Kansas October the 4th 1862. via Fort Scott Ks & Pea Ridge, Arkansas, engaged in battle on the 22d October 1862. At Camp Fort Wayne C. N. camped on the battle ground nine days and left camp Fort Wayne C. N. Oct. 31st '62. En Route and arrived Camp Ewing Benton County Arkansas Oct 31st 1862.
A Co., 11 Kansas Cavalry
May & June, 1865
Fort Halleck, D. T.
The Co. left Platte Bridge D. T. June 14/65 & marched to Fort Halleck,a distance of 225 miles A Detachment of the Co. was in a fight with Indians,May 21/65, near Deer Creek, D T. & lost one man killed & on the 30 of May we had another engagement with Indians. My Co., lost no men. On the march from Platte Bridge June 15/65, one man kiled by Indians near Camp at Deer Creek.
copist: J. C. Henderson.
Company D.
Company D., 11th Kansas Cavalry
Company October Muster Roll
Dated: September 13, 1865.
RECORD OF EVENTS.
This Co. [Company] was mustered into the service of the U. S. as infantry September 13, 1862. Fought the battles of Old Fort Wayne C N [Cherokee Nation], Cane Hill, Prairie Grove, and made a raid on Van Buren, Ark. Marching during the winter and spring of 1863 about 1800 miles. This company Was promoted to Cavalry in the summer of 1863, and was engaged in hunting guerillas on the borders of Arkansas and Missouri until the summer of 1864. In the fall of that year we were engaged in the pursuit of the rebel Gen Price and fought the celebrated battles of Lexington, Little Blue, Big Blue, and West Port MO [Missouri] and Mound City Kans- pursued the rebels to the Arkansas river, destroying their transportation, lost most of our horses from excessive marching and lack of forages and went Seven days with nothing to eat but bacon. I[n] 1865 we were engaged in the persuit [pursuit] of hte Indians in Dakota Territory. Had eight men killed near Platte Bridge D. T. [Dakota Territory] in a fight with 1500 Indians who completely surrounded our forces, suffered greatly for the want of food & lack of forage during the campaign.
Signed by: (?)Dickerson.
Company E.
E Company, 11 Kansas Cavalry
Companay Muster Out Roll
dated Ft Riley Kans August 7, 1865.
Co E 11 K. V. C. was organized and mustered into the service at Fort Leavenworth Kans., on the 13th day of September 1862, and immediately marched to Arkansas. Joining the Army of the Frontier. Participating in the battles of old Fort Wayne, Cane Hill Prairie Grove and Van Buren. In August 1863 by an order from the War Dept the 11th K. V. I. was made Cavalry and served along the border Mo and Kans. participating in the battles of Lexington, Little Blue Big Blue, and Westport.
copist: Griffith.
Company F.
F Company, 11 Kansas Cavalry
In the Field, D. T.
Sergt. Ferguson with twenty men on Scout under Col. Plumb June 4th had an engagement with Indians. Private Bonwell killed. Company left Platte Bridge June 14th 1865 and now enroute to Camp Collins Colorado Teeer. cmpany has been engaged in scouting, escorting etc since last muster No of miles on escort duty 250, No of miles on scouting 300, Chage of station 900.
copist: Daggett.
Company M.
M. Co., 11 Reg't Kan. Cav.
Company Muster Out Roll
dated: Sept. 26, 1865.
The enlisted men of Co. M., 11th Kansas Vol. Cav. were first mustered into Co. "E", same Regt. from the 2nd Jan. 1864, to March 31st 1864 by S. O. No 76 Hd. Irs.(?) Dept of Kansas dated April 18, 1864. All men in Co "E" above the maximum allowed were transferred to Co. 'M' same Reg't April 19 1864. The company officers were mustered, which completed the organization. The company remained at Lawrence, K's, until July 1, 1864, changed station from Paola, KS, a distance of 40 miles, and arrived at said place the morning of the 3rd, changed stations temporarily to Fort Scott, Ks, Sept 28, 1864, and returned Oct 8th marched the distance of 1200 miles. The company remained at Paola, until Oct 12, 1864 when they received orders to join Regt and marched to the Border of Mo., for the purpose of arresting Gen Price's forces which were then entering Kansas. Came up with the enemy Lexington Mo October 12 1864 at which place the company was engaged for some four hours. Retreated with Gen. Blunts Com'd to Little Blue,Mo On the morning of the 21st the enemy came up in force.
The Co was engaged during the entire day. In one charge lost five men killed and six wounded. Were in Battle at Big Blue the 22nd at Battle of Westport 23rd. Marched 75 miles the 24th and participated in Battle of Mound City Ks the morning of the 25th and followed in pursuit of the enemy to Fort Scott, Ks and there remained during the night. The morning of the 26th started in pursuit of the enemy which was continued to the Arkansas River, and returned to paoli Ks the 12th day of Dec, 1864, marching a distance of 1200 miles. Receivd orders to march to Lawrence Ks, Dec 22, and arrived at said place the 24th, a distance of 40 miles. Received orders to march to Fort Riley, Ks, Jan 6,and arived at Post the 11th of Jan., 1865, a distance of 125 miles Marched from Ft Riley Feb 20, and arrived at Platte Bridge, D. T., April 18, a distance of 700 miles. Marched from Platte Bridge, June 5th 1865, and arrived at Point of Rocke Station D. T., July 6, 1865, a distance of 400 miles. Marched from Point of Rocks August 7th and arrived at Fort Leavenworth, Ks Sept 17, 1865, for
muster out a distance of 980 miles.
copist: A. L. Ames
11th., kansas cavalry, Men Of Jefferson County Kan. Page 1.
This first page is to give honor to those men of Jefferson county Kansas, who fought during the Civil War. This first page is the names of the soldiers of the different companies. There will be no full list of the soldiers, as some of the rosters did not record the residence of the soldier. The second page will the battle reports and some field notes. Some of the names mention on this page may be found on the second page.
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Eleventh Kansas Cavalry.
The following men are of Jefferson County.
Note. Osawkee, sould be Ozawkie.
Company A.
First Sergeant, Hinchman Cary, Winchester, Enlisted Aug. 15, '62, Mustered in Aug. 27, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
Commissary Sergeant, Shaw Alexander, Winchester, Enlisted Aug. 15, '62, Mustered in Aug. 27, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
Sergeant, Pitcher Thomas B., Jefferson Co., Enlisted Aug. 15, '62, Mustered in Aug. 27, '62. Reduced to ranks.
Sergeant, Baker John W., Winchester, Enlisted Aug. 21, '62, Mustered in Aug. 27, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
Sergeant, Pitcher William, Jefferson Co., Enlisted Aug. 15, '62, Mustered in Aug. 27, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
Sergeant, Young William A., Jefferson Co., Enlisted Aug. 18, '62, Mustered in Aug. 27, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
Corporal, Bickford Joseph H., Winchester, Enlisted Aug. 16, '62, mustered in Aug. 27. '62. Appointed Saddler.
Corporal, Simmons Amos, Jefferson Co. Enlisted Aug. 15, '62, Mustered in Aug. 27, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
Corporal, Hart Henry C. Jefferson Co., Enlisted Aug. 15, '62, Mustered in Aug. 27, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
Corporal, Hull William, Winchester, Enlisted Aug. 15, '62, Mustered in Aug. 27, '62. Died of pneumonia, camp on Crane Creek, Mo., February 20, 1863.
Farrier, Pitcher Thomas B., Jefferson Co., Enlisted Aug. 15, '62, Mustered in Aug. 27, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
Saddler, Bickford Joseph H., Winchester, Enlisted Aug. 16, '62, Mustered in Aug. 27, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
Bugler, Slane Edward A., Winchester, Enlisted Sept. 6, '62, Mustered in Sept. 6, '62. Reduced to ranks.
Bugler, Pitcher Miles, Jefferson Co., Enlisted Aug. 15, '62, Mustered in
Aug. 27, '62. Reduced to ranks.
Private, Bickford Nicholas, Jefferson Co., Enlisted Aug. 13, '62, Mustered in Aug. 27, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
Private, Dollfelder George, Winchester, Enlisted Aug. 15, '62, Mustered in
Aug. 27, '62. Died of pneumonia, Springfield, Mo., Mar. 2, '63.
Private, Forkner Isaac, Winchester, Enlisted Aug. 21, '62, Mustered in Aug. 27, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
Private, Hull Leander R., Winchester, Enlisted Aug. 15, '62, Mustered in
Aug. 27, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
Private, Halton Fletcher, Winchester, Enlisted Aug. 15, '62, Mustered in
Aug. 27, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
Private, Moutre Daniel T., Jefferson Co., Enlisted Aug. 15, '62, Mustered in Aug. 27, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
Private, Varner David, Jefferson Co., Enlisted Aug. 18, '62, Mustered in
Aug. 27, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
Private, Pitcher James M., Jefferson Co. Enlisted Aug. 15, '62, Mustered in
Aug. 27, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1863. [sic].
Private, Simmons Joshua, Jefferson Co., Enlisted Aug. 15, '62, Mustered in
Aug. 27, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
Private, Shaw John, Winchester, Enlisted Sept. 21, '63, Mustered in Sept. 21, '63. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
Company D.
Captain, Kunkel Jerome, Rising Sun, Mustered in Sept. 13, '62. Cashiered by sentence G.C.M, G.O.No, 52, dated W.D., A.G.O., Oct. 7, 1864.
First Lieutenant, Gibbs Elias, Oskaloosa, Mustered in Sept. 13, '62. Cashiered by sentence G.C.M, G.O.No, 52, dated W.D., A.G.O., October 7, 1864.
First Sergeant, Rivers Albert L., Oskaloosa, Enlisted Aug. 30, '62. Mustered in Sept. 13, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 13, 1865.
Commissary Sergeant, Garrett Robert H., Rising Sun, Enlisted Aug. 18. '62. Mustered in Sept. 13, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 13, 1865.
Sergeant, Hendrick Alfred R.,Rising Sun, Enlisted Aug. 20, '62, Mustered in Sept. 13, '62. Mustered out July 6, 1865.
Sergeant, Haynes William C.,Oskaloosa, Enlisted Sept. 4, '62, Mustered in Sept. 13, '62. Reduced to ranks.
Sergeant, Fuller William P., Oskaloosa, Enlisted Sept. 4, '62. Mustered in Sept. 13, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 13, 1865.
Sergeant, Ruble Samuel B., Rising Sun, Enlisted Sept. 5, '62, Mustered in Sept. 13, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 13, 1865.
Sergeant, Dougherty Elijah N., Rising Sun, Enlisted Aug. 18, '62, Mustered in Sept. 13, '62 Reduced to ranks.
Sergeant, Donahoo Morgan B., Jefferson Co., Enlisted Aug. 19, '62, Mustered in Sept. 13, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 13, 1865.
Sergeant, Macomber Egbert, Oskaloosa, Enlisted July 20, '63, Mustered in Aug. 28, '63. Mustered out with company Sept. 13, 1865.
Corporal, Conwell William E., Oskaloosa, Enlisted Aug. 29, '62, Mustered in Sept. 13, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 13, 1865.
Corporal. McCoy John R., Rising Sun,Enlisted Aug. 23, '62, Mustered in Sept. 13, '62. Transferred to Vet. Res. Corp May 21, 1864.
Corporal, Garrett John B., Rising Sun, Enlisted Aug. 18, '62, Mustered in Sept. 13, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 13, 1865.
Corporal, Shrader James, Oskaloosa, Enlisted July 22, '63, Mustered in Aug. 28, '63. Mustered out with company Sept. 13, 1865.
Corporal, Pyle Jesse F., Oskaloosa, Enlisted July 22, '63, Mustered in Aug. 28, '63. Mustered out with company Sept. 13, 1865.
Corporal, Seal Joseph D., Rising Sun, Enlisted July 23, '63, Mustered in Aug. 28, '63. Mustered out with company Sept. 13, 1865.
Corporal, Adams James A., Rising Sun, Enlisted Aug. 18, '62, Mustered in Sept. 13, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 13, 1865.
Corporal, Butcher Samuel T.,Rising Sun, Enlisted Sept. 1, '62, Mustered in Sept. 13, '62. Reduced to ranks April 6, 1865.
Bugler, Gardner Ehpraim D., Rising Sun, Enlisted Aug. 18, '62, Mustered in Sept. 13, '62. No evidence of muster out on file.
Farrier, Casebier Lewis D., Oskaloosa, Enlisted July 20, '63, Mustered in Aug. 28, '63. Mustered out with company Sept. 13, 1865.
Private, Butler George W., Rising Sun, Enlisted Aug. 26, '62, Mustered in Sept. 13, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 13, 1865.
Private, Butler Benjamin, Rising Sun, Enlisted Sept. 1, '62, Mustered in Sept. 13, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 13, 1865.
Private, Butler Martin, Rising Sun, Enlisted Aug. 23, '62, Mustered in Sept. 13, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 13, 1865.
Private, Butcher William T., Rising Sun, Enlisyed Aug. 16, '62, Mustered in Sept. 13, '62. Died of lung fever, Fayetteville, Ark., Dec. 17, '62.
Private, Barnett John C., Oskaloosa, Enlisted Aug. 29, '62, Mustered in Sept. 13, '62. Died. Jan. 30, '63, Fayetteville, Ark., of wounds rec'd in action, Dec. 7, '62, at Prairie Grove, Ark.
Private, Cline William, Rising Sun, Enlisted Aug. 25, '62, Mustered in Sept. 13, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 13, 1865.
Private, Cline Amon, Rising Sun, Enlisted Aug. 21, '65, Mustered in Sept. 13, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 13, 1865.
Private, Cline John F., Rising Sun, Enlisted Aug. 23, '62, Mustered in Sept. 13, '62. Disc. for dis. April 14, '63, Ft. Leavenworth, Kan.
Private, Cline Jones B., Rising Sun, Enlisted Aug. 21, '62, Mustered in Sept. 13, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 13, 1865.
Private, Caldwell Marias, Rising Sun, Enlisted Aug. 18, '62, Mustered in Sept. 13, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 13, 1865.
Private, Cook Hiram A., Oskaloosa, Enlisted Aug. 20, '62, Mustered in Sept. 13, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 13, 1865.
Private, Conwell John W., Oskaloosa, Enlisted Sept. 5, '62, Mustered in Sept. 13, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 13, 1865.
Private, Culton Allen S., Rising Sun, Enlisted Aug. 21, '62, Mustered in Sept. 13, '62. Died of pneumonia, camp Solomon, Mo., Mar. 9, '63.
Private, Davis Christopher C., Rising Sun, Enlisted Aug. 26, '62, Mustered in Sept. 13, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 13, 1865.
Private, Fuller Resoloed, Oskaloosa, Enlisted Aug. 18, '62, Mustered in Sept. 13, '62. Missing after action, Webber's Falls, C.N., November 9, 1864.
Private, Garrett Bailey M., Rising Sun, Enlisted Aug. 18, '62, Mustered in Sept. 13, '62. Died of erysipelas, Rising Sun, Kan., Sept. 18, '63.
Private, Gardner John F., Rising Sun, Enlisted Sept. 1, '62, Mustered in Sept. 13, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 13, 1865.
Private, Green Martin, Rising Sun, Enlisted Aug. 23, '62, Mustered in Sept. 13, '62. Killed in action July 26, '65, Platte Bridge, D.T.
Private, Garrett Bracken M., Rising Sun, Enlisted Aug. 18, '62, Mustered in Sept. 13, '62. Disc. for dis. April 22, '63, Ft. Leavenworth, Kan.
Private, Hoskinson Minor, Oskaloosa, Enlisted Aug. 19, '62, Mustered in Sept. 13, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 13, 1865.
Private, King Campbell D., Rising Sun, Enlisted Aug. 26, '62, Mustered in Sept. 13, '62. Mustered out July 20, 1865.
Private, Laughlin Joseph, Rising Sun, Enlisted Aug. 23, '62, Mustered in Sept. 13, '62. Died of brain fever, Crane Creek, Mo., Feb. 22, '63.
Private, Long James H., Rising Sun, Enlisted Aug. 21, '62, Mustered in Sept. 13, '62. Killed in action Oct. 19, '64, Lexington, Mo.
Private, Layton Martin V., Oskaloosa, Enlisted Aug. 23, '62, Mustered in Sept. 13, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 13, 1865.
Private, Morgan James C., Rising Sun, Enlisted Aug. 20, '62, Mustered in Sept. 13, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 13, 1865.
Private, McCall William M., Rising Sun, Enlisted Aug. 20, '62, Mustered in Sept. 13, '62. Missing in action, Lexington, Mo., Oct. 19, '64.
Private, Myers Jonathan N., Oskaloosa, Enlisted Aug. 19, '62, Mustered in Sept. 13, '62. Killed by guerillas near Camp Babcock, Ark., November 20, 1862.
Private, Morley Henry, Oskaloosa, Enlisted Aug. 18, '62, Mustered in Sept. 13, '62. Disc. for dis. April 20, 1863, Springfield, Mo.
Private, Miller Ezra H., Oskaloosa, Enlisted Aug. 19, '62, Mustered in Sept. 13, '62. Must. out June 9, 1865, Ft. Leavenworth, Kan.
Private, McNair John, Oskaloosa, Enlisted Aug. 23, '62, Mustered in Sept. 13, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 13, 1865.
Private, Norton Benjamin F., Oskaloosa, Enlisted Sept. 6, '62, Mustered in Sept. 13, '62. Disc. for dis. May 5, '65, Ft. Leavenworth, Kan.
Private, Nelson William, Rising Sun, Enlisted Aug. 20, '62, Mustered in Sept. 13, '62. Died in Missouri March 1, 1863.
Private, Nelson Elijah, Rising Sun, Enlisted Aug. 19, '62, Mustered in Sept. 13, '62. Died of measels, Fayetteville, Ark., Feb. 6, 1863.
Private, Poor John, Rising Sun, Enlisted Aug. 23, '62, Mustered in Sept. 13, '62. Killed by guerrillas near Lawrence, Kan., Aug. 21, 1863.
Private, Powell Thomas, Oskaloosa, Enlisted Aug. 18, '62, Mustered in Sept. 13, '62. Killed by Indians, Platte Bridge, D.T., July 26, 65.
Private, Phelps William J., Rising Sun, Enlisted Sept. 9, '62, Mustered in Sept. 13, '62. Deserted, Old Ft. Wayne, C.N., Oct. 28, 1862.
Private, Reynolds William, Rising Sun, Enlisted Sept. 2, '62, Mustered in Sept. 13, '62. Died of bilious fever Camp Babcock, Ark., November 27, 1862.
Private, Seratt Samuel, Rising Sun, Enlisted Aug. 23, '62, Mustered in Sept. 13, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 13, 1865.
Private, Saunders Wales, Oskaloosa, Enlisted Aug. 19, '62, Mustered in Sept. 13, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 13, 1865.
Private, Short Morris T., Oskaloosa, Enlisted Aug. 30, '62, Mustered in Sept. 13, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 13, 1865.
Private, Summers Edwin, Rising Sun, Enlisted Aug. 23, '62, Mustered in Sept. 13, '62. Killed by Indians in action July 26, 1865, Platte Bridge, D.T.
Private, Todd William C., Oskaloosa, Enlisted Aug. 25, '62, Mustered in Sept. 13, '62. Died Dec. 3, '64, Independence, Mo., of wounds rec'd in action Oct. 22, '64., Little Blue, Mo.
Private, Van Horn Henry C., Oskaloosa, Enlisted Aug. 30, '62, Mustered in Sept. 13, '62. On detached service when Co. was must. out.
Private, Vance Daniel C., Oskaloosa, Enlisted Aug. 26, '62, Mustered in Sept. 13, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 13, 1865.
Private, Williams John, Oskaloosa, Enlisted Aug. 23, '62, Mustered in Sept. 13, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 13, 1865.
Private, Zinn Willis, Rising Sun, Enlisted Aug. 23, '62, Mustered in Sept. 13, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 13, 1865.
Private, Zinn Merritt, Rising Sun, Enlisted Sept. 5, '62, Mustered in Sept. 13, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 13, 1865.
Note. For some reason they started with the letter ( B. ) again?
Private, Barker Samuel T., Oskaloosa, Enlisted July 20, '63, Mustered in Aug. 28, '63. Mustered out with company Sept. 13, 1865.
Private, Butcher Isaac C., Rising Sun, Enlisted July 25, '63, Mustered in Aug. 28, '63. Disc. for dis. March 1, 1864, Westport, Mo.
Private, Bougher John, Osawkee, Enlisted July 27, '63, Mustered in Aug. 28, '63. Mustered out with company Sept. 13, 1865.
Private, Bowling Samuel N., Rising Sun, Enlisted July 27, '63, Mustered in Aug. 28, '63. Disc. for dis. August 31, 1864, Olathe, Kan.
Private, Beeler William H., Jefferson Co., Enlisted Oct. 28, '63, Mustered in Oct. 28, '63. Mustered out with company Sept. 13, 1865.
Private, Beeler George H., Jefferson Co., Enlisted Sept. 28, '63, Mustered in Oct. 28, '63. Mustered out with company Sept. 13, 1865.
Private, Carter Edward N., Oskaloosa, Enlisted July 22, '63, Mustered in Aug. 28, '63. Mustered out with company Sept. 13, 1865.
Private, Carter Edward N., Oskaloosa, Enlisted July 22, '63, Mustered in Aug. 28, '63. Mustered out with company Sept. 13, 1865.
Private, Casebier John W., Oskaloosa, Enlisted July 20, '63, Mustered in Aug. 28, '63. Mustered out with company Sept. 13, 1865.
Private, Campbell Henry M., Oskaloosa, Enlisted July 23, '63, Mustered in Aug. 28, '63. Killed by accidental gun shot, Fort Riley, Kan, February 21, 1865.
Private, Carter Thomas B., Oskaloosa, Enlisted Sept. 1, '63, Mustered in Oct. 26, '63. Mustered out with company Sept. 13, 1865.
Private, Dungans Abraham, Jefferson Co., Enlisted Oct. 16, '63, Mustered in Oct. 26, '63. Mustered out with company Sept. 13, 1865.
Private, Fisher Caleb, Rising Sun, Enlisted July 27, '63, Mustered in Aug. 28, '63. Mustered out with company Sept. 13, 1865.
Private, Guthrie Ethree F., Oskaloosa, Enlisted July 21, '63, Mustered in Aug. 28, '63. Mustered out with company Sept. 13, 1865.
Private, Hatton Albert H., Oskaloosa, Enlisted July 21, '63, Mustered in Aug. 26, '63. Mustered out with company Sept. 13, 1865.
Private, Isaacs Jesse, Jefferson Co., Enlisted July 27, '63, Mustered in Aug. 28, '63. Mustered out with company Sept. 13, 1865.
Private, McCall Joseph B., Rising Sun, Enlisted July 20, '63, Mustered in Aug. 28, '63. Deserted, Fort Riley, Kan., Feb. 1, 1865.
Private, Macomber Egbert, Oskaloosa, Enlisted July 20, '63, Mustered in Aug. 28, '63. Promoted Corporal September 10, 1863.
Private, Myers Hiram A., Oskaloosa, Enlisted July 17, '62,Mustered in Sept. 20, '62. Dropped from company rolls July 7, 1864, on account of not passing surgical examination.
Private, Proctor Hiram R., Rising Sun, Enlisted July 25, '63, Mustered in Aug. 28, '63. Mustered out September 13, 1865.
Private, Presgrove James F., Oskaloosa, Enlisted July 28, '63, Mustered in Aug. 28, '63. Died of brain fever, Aubrey, Kan., March 1, '64.
Private, Sullivan Adolphus, Oskaloosa, Enlisted July 26, '63, Mustered in Aug. 28, '63. Mustered out with company Sept. 13, 1865.
Private, Sparks Lot, Oskaloosa, Enlisted Oct. 22, '63, Mustered in Oct. 26, '63. Mustered out with company Sept. 13, 1865.
Private, Swain Byron, Oskaloosa, Enlisted Sept. 1, '63, Mustered in Oct. 26, '63. Mustered out with company Sept. 13, 1865.
Private, York Alexander, Osawkee, Enlisted July 27, '63, Mustered in Aug. 28, '63. Died of congestive chill, Deer Creek Station D.T. May 14. 1865.
Private, Zinn Jacob, Rising Sun, Enlisted Sept. 1, '63, Mustered in Oct. 26, '63. Killed by Indians July 26, '65, Platte Bridge, D.T.
Company E.
Corporal, Metzger Eli, Osawkee, Enlisted Sept. 2, '63, Mustered in Sept. 13, '62. Mustered out with company August 7, 1865.
Private, Busbee Balaam, Osawkee, Enlisted Sept. 9, '62, Mustered in Sept. 13, '62. Mustered out September 5, 1865.
Private, Busbee Balaam, Osawkee, Enlisted Sept. 9, '62, Mustered in Sept. 13, '62. Mustered out September 5, 1865.
Private, Malone Matthew, Osawkee, Enlisted Sept. 9, '62, Mustered in Sept. 13, '62. Mustered out with company August 7, 1865.
Private, Brown Jacob, Osawkee, Enlisted July 13, '63, Mustered in Aug. 14, '63. Mustered out September 1, 1865.
Private, Cope Seth E., Jefferson Co., Enlisted April 26, '64, Mustered in May 25, '64. Transferred to Company F, September 24, 1864.
Private, Croan John A.,Osawkee, Enlisted July 27, '63, Mustered in Aug. 14, '63. Mustered out September 1, 1865.
Private, Coffman Jeremiah S., Jefferson Co., Enlisted March 22, '64, Mustered in March 22, '64. Transferred to Company M, April 18, 1864.
Private, Dunlap John w., Osawkee, Enlisted Aug. 1, '63, Mustered in Aug. 14, '63. Mustered out September 1, 1865.
Private, Day Samuel, Jefferson Co., Enlisted Feb. 25, '64, Mustered in Feb. 25, '64. Transferred to company K, September 24, 1864.
Private, King Lewis, Oskaloosa, Enlisted March 21, '64, Mustered in March 21, '64. Transferred to company M, April 18, 1864.
Private, Legere John C., Jefferson Co., Enlisted Feb. 4, '64, Nustered in Feb. 4, '64. Transferred to company M, April 18, 1864.
Private, Logston Matthew, Osawkee, Enlisted in July 30, '63, Mustered in Aug. 14, '63. Mustered out September 1,1865.
Private, Logston James, Osawkee, Enlisted July 30, '63, Mustered in Aug. 14, '63. Mustered out September 1,1865.
Private, Loy Samuel, Jefferson Co., Enlisted Feb. 24, '64, Mustered in Feb. 24, '64. Mustered out September 1,1865.
Private, Metzger Edson, B.O. Rock Creek, Enlisted Feb. 22, '64, Mustered in Feb. 22, '64. Transferred to company M, April 18, 1864.
Private, Metzger George, Rock Creek, Enlisted Feb. 22, '64, Mustered in Feb. 22, '64. Transferred to company M, April 18, 1864.
Private, Metzger Jacob, Rock Creek, Enlisted Feb. 22, '64, Mustered in Feb. 22, '64. Transferred to company M, April 18, 1864.
Private, McLain William R., Rising Sun,Enlisted Nov. 25, '63, Mustered in Feb. 25, '64. Transferred to company K, April 18, 1864.
Private, Stiner William, Jefferson Co., Enlisted March 23, '64, Mustered in March 29, '64. Transferred to Company M, April 18, 1864.
Private, Taylor William J., Rock Creek, Enlisted April 26, '64, Mustered in May 25, '64. Transferred to Company F, September 24, 1864.
Private, Wilson Josiah T., Jefferson Co., Enlisted March 22, '64, Mustered in March 22, '64. Transferred to Company M, April 18, 1864.
Compamy F.
Private, Cope Seth E., Jefferson Co., Enlisted April 26, '64, Mustered in May 25, '64. Mustered out with company August 31, 1865.
Private, Taylor William J., Rock Creek, Enlisted April 26, '64, Mustered in May 25, '64. Absent sick at date of muster out of company; no evidence of muster on file.
Company G.
Private, Clark Ira, Osawkee, Enlisted Aug. 22, '63. Mustered out July 7, 1865.
Company I.
Sergeant, Frazier Daniel H., Osawkee, Enlisted Aug. 28, '62, Mustered in Sept. 15, '62. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
Private, Gordon John M., Jefferson Co., Enlisted Jan. 4, '64, Mustered in Jan. 11, '64. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
Private, Hasler George W., Jefferson Co., Enlisted Jan. 4, '64, Mustered in Jan. 11, '64. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
Private, May Solathiel T., Jefferson Co., Enlisted Jan. 4, '64, Mustered in Jan. 11, '64. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
Private, May George D., Jefferson Co., Enlisted Jan. 4, '64, Mustered in Jan. 11, '64. Mustered out with Co. Sept. 26, 1865; Wounded by Indians in action, July 26, '65, Platte Bridge, D.T.
Private, Madison Norman J., Jefferson Co., Enlisted Jan. 4, '64, Mustered in Jan. 11, '64. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
Farrier, Sephers George, Jefferson Co., Enlisted Jan. 4, '63, Mustered in Jan. 11, '63. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
Company K.
Private, Goodknight George W., Rock Creek, Enlisted Jan. 4, '64, Mustered in Jan. 4, '64. Mustered out with company Sept. 13, 1865.
Private, McLain William R., Rising Sun, Enlisted Nov. 25, '63, Mustered in Feb. 25, '64. Deserted, Paola, Kansas, October 9, 1864.
Company M.
Farrier, Dupee Adam, Rock Creek, Enlisted Feb. 22, '64, Mustered in Feb. 22, '64 Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
Private, Betts John S., Jefferson County, Enlisted March 21, '64, Mustered in March 21, '64. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
Private, Coffman Jeremiah S., Jefferson County, Enlisted March 22, '64, Mustered in March 22, '64. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
Private, King Lewis, Oskaloosa, Enlisted March 21, '64, Mustered in March 21, '64 Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
Private, Legere John C., Jefferson Co., Enlisted Feb. 4, '64, Mustered in Feb. 4, '64. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
Private, Metzger Edson B.O., Rock Creek, Enlisted Feb. 22, '64, Mustered in Feb. 22, '64. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
Private, Metzger George, Rock Creek, Enlisted Feb. 22, '64, Mustered in Feb. 22, '64. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
Private, Metzger Jacob, Rock Creek, Enlisted Feb. 22, '64, Mustered in Feb. 22, '64. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
Private, Stiner William, Jefferson Co., Enlisted March 23, '64, Mustered in March 23, '64. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.
Private, Wilson Josiah T., Jefferson Co., Enlisted March 22, '64, Mustered in March 22, '64. Mustered out with company Sept. 26, 1865.