Kansas in the Civil War

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Kansas - Union

Population and Demographics

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Antebellum Kansas

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Conflict

1861

• May 4, 1861 - Seizure of Ordnance Stores (Dyer 725)
• September 1, 1861 - Skirmish near Fort Scott, Kansas (Dyer 616, 647, 724, 725)
  • KANSAS---5th Cavalry.

1862

• September 8-23, 1862 - Expedition from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas through Jackson, Cass, Johnson and LaFayette Counties, Missouri (Dyer 604, 624, 626, 724, 725)
  • KANSAS--6th Cavalry (1 Co.); 8th Infantry (Cos. "C" and "F"). WISCONSIN--3d Cavalry (Cos. "B" and "L").
• November 6-11, 1862 - Expedition from Fort Scott, Kansas (Dyer 616, 647, 724, 725) - Dyer 616 lists Nov. 6-12
  • WISCONSIN--3d Cavalry.
• November 8, 1862 - Skirmish near Cato, Kansas (Dyer 605, 724, 725)
  • WISCONSIN--3d Cavalry.

1863

• January 20-24, 1863 - Operations about Atchinson, Kansas (Dyer 596, 724, 725) - 596 lists 1862
  • MISSOURI--1st Cavalry (Co. "E")
• April 10, 1863 - Union Expedition from Humboldt to Cottonwood, Kansas (Dyer 609, 623, 724, 725)
  • KANSAS--9th Cavalry (Detachment Co. "G").
• May 5-9, 1863 - Expedition from Fort Scott, Kansas to Sherwood, Missouri (Dyer 616, 647, 648, 724, 725)
  • KANSAS--2d Cavalry (Detachment); Colored Infantry (Detachment).
• June 6, 1863 - Skirmish near Shawneetown, Kansas (Dyer 647, 724, 725)
  • No Reports.
• June 8, 1863 - Affair near Fort Scott, Kansas (Dyer 616, 647, 724, 725)
  • KANSAS--2d Battery Light Arty. (Detachment); 1st Colored Infantry (Detachment).
• June 9, 1863 - Skirmish at Chavis Creek, Kansas (Dyer 724) - No other entries
• July 27-29, 1863 - Union Expedition from Baxter Springs to Grand River, Kansas (Dyer 619, 724, 725)
  • Exp. from Baxter Springs to Grand River. (No Reports.)
• July 27, 1863 - Skirmish near Lawrence, Kansas (Dyer 627, 724, 725)
  • No Reports.
• August 20-28, 1863 - Union Operations against Quantrell's Kansas Raid (Dyer 643, 724, 725)
  • Operations against Quantrell on his raid into Kansas KANSAS--5th and 9th Cavalry (Detachments); 11th and 12th Infantry. MISSOURI--1st and 4th State Militia Cavalry; 5th Enrolled Militia Infantry.
• August 21, 1863 - Massacre at Lawrence, Kansas (Dyer 627, 724, 725)
  • (Quantrell) COLORADO--2d Infantry (Detachment). KANSAS--14th Infantry (Detachment). Union loss, 140 killed, 24 wounded. Total, 164.
• August 21, 1863 - Skirmish near Paola, Kansas (Dyer 639, 724, 725) - Dyer 725 lists Paoli
  • (Paoli? check spelling) KANSAS--9th Cavalry (Detachment); 10th Infantry (Detachment); Citizens.
• August 21, 1863 - Skirmish near Brooklyn, Kansas (Dyer 602, 724, 725)
  • KANSAS--9th Cavalry.
• August 22, 1863 - Skirmish near Honey Springs, Kansas (Dyer 622, 724, 725)
  • WISCONSIN--3d Cavalry.
• August 31, 1863 - Skirmish near Marias des Cygnes, Kansas (Dyer 631, 724, 725)
  • WISCONSIN--3d Cavalry.
• September 6, 1863 - Attack near Fort Scott, Kansas (Dyer 724, 725)
  • (Attack on train between Fort Scott and Carthage. Mo) MISSOURI--8th State Militia Cavalry (Detachment).
• September 13-14, 1863 - Skirmishes near Booth's Ranch, Kansas (Dyer 601, 724, 725)
  • No Reports.
• October 6, 1863 - Action at Baxter Springs, Kansas (Dyer 597, 724, 725)
  • KANSAS--9th and 14th Cavalry; 2d (Colored) and 12th Infantry. WISCONSIN--3d Cavalry. Union loss, 80 killed, 18 wounded, 5 missing. Total, 103.

1864

• February 3-8, 1864 - Union Scout from Fort Larned to South Fork Pawnee Creek and Buckner's Ranch, Kansas (Dyer 602, 616, 649, 724, 725)
  • ("Buckner's Branch") INDEPENDENT SCOUTS (Detachment).
• March 12, 1864 - Skirmish near Aubrey, Kansas (Dyer 724, 725) - 596 lists 1862
  • KANSAS--8th Infantry (Co. "E"). Union loss, 1 wounded.
• April 14-18, 1864- Expedition from Camp Sanborn, Colorado Territory to Beaver Creek, Kansas (Dyer 598, 604, 724, 725, 981, 984) - Dyer 724 lists 14-16
  • COLORADO--1st Cavalry (Cos. "C" and "H").
• April 8-23, 1864 - Expedition from Denver, Colorado Territory to Republican River, Kansas (Dyer 644, 724, 981, 984)
  • COLORADO--1st Cavalry (Co. "D"); McLane's Battery Light Arty.
• May 16, 1864 - Action at Big Bushes, Kansas (Dyer 599, 648, 724, 725)
  • (also Skirmish near Smoky Hills, Action near Smoky Hill) COLORADO---1st Cavalry (Detachment); McLane's Battery Light Arty. Union loss, 4 killed, 3 wounded. Total, 7.
• June 13-16, 1864 - Scout from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas into Western Missouri (Dyer 616, 724, 725)
  • (Also Expedition from Fort Leavenworth to Western Missouri) KANSAS--15th and 16th Cavalry (Detachments).
• June 16-20, 1864 - Expedition from Kansas into Missouri (Dyer 724, 725)
  • KANSAS--5th (Co. "L"), 11th (Cos. "B," "F", "I" and "K") and 15th (Cos. "B," "C," "F" and "G") Cavalry.
• August 1-5, 1864 - Union Scout on Smoky Hill Fork, Kansas (Dyer 648, 724, 725)
  • (Smoky Hills Fork) IOWA--7th Cavalry (Co. "H").
• August 8-11, 1864 - Scout from Salem to Mulberry Creek, Kansas (Dyer 635, 646, 724, 725)
  • KANSAS--11th Cavalry (Detachment). MISSOURI--4th State Militia Cavalry.
• August 16, 1864 - Skirmish at Smoky Hills Crossing, Kansas (Dyer 648, 724, 725)
  • (Smoky Hill?) IOWA--7th Cavalry (Co. "H"). Union loss, 4 killed.
• August 19-21, 1864 - Union Scout on Republican River, Kansas (Dyer 644, 724, 725)
  • KANSAS--11th Cavalry (Detachment); 14th and 15th Militia (Detachments).
• September 21, 1864 - Affair near Council Grove, Kansas (Dyer 609, 724, 725)
  • KANSAS--17th Cavalry (1 man, Co. "C").
• September 25, 1864 - Skirmish at Walnut Creek, Kansas (Dyer 655, 724, 725)
  • COLORADO--2d Cavalry. Union loss, 2 killed, 7 wounded. Total, 9.
• September 26, 1864 - Skirmish at Osage Mission, Kansas (Dyer 638, 724, 725)
  • WISCONSIN--3d Cavalry.
• October 22, 1864- Skirmish near Fort Scott, Kansas (Dyer 616, 724, 725)
  • KANSAS--6th Cavalry.
• October 23, 1864 - Skirmish at Cow Creek, Kansas
• October 25, 1864 - Skirmishes near Mound City and Fort Lincoln, Kansas (Dyer 616, 629, 634, 724, 725)
  • KANSAS--16th Cavalry (Cos. "A" and "D").
• October 25, 1864 - Engagement at Little Osage River, Kansas (Dyer 629, 631, 633, 724, 725)
  • (Engagement at Mine Creek, Engagement at Marias des Cygnes) ARKANSAS--2d Cavalry. COLORADO--2d Cavalry; 1st Battery Light Arty. INDIANA--7th Cavalry. IOWA-- 1st, 3d and 4th Cavalry. KANSAS--5th, 7th, 11th,14th, 15th and 16th Cavalry. MISSOURI--1st, 2d, 4th, 10th. 13th, 15th and 16th Cavalry; 2d, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th State Militia Cavalry. WISCONSIN--3d Cavalry; 9th Indpt. Battery Light Arty.
• October 28, 1864 - Skirmish near Fort Scott, Kansas (Dyer 616, 724, 725)
  • MISSOURI--1st State Militia Cavalry.
• November 13, 1864 - Skirmish at Ash Creek, Kansas (Dyer 596, 724, 725)
  • (near Fort Larned) WISCONSIN--3d Cavalry (Detachment).
• November 14, 1864 - Action at Cow Creek, Kansas
• November 20, 1864 - Skirmish at Fort Zarah, Kansas
• November 25, 1864 - Skirmish near Pawnee Forks, Kansas (Dyer 639, 724, 725)
  • COLORADO--1st Cavalry (1 Co.). Union loss, 1 killed, 5 wounded. Total, 6.
• November 28, 1864 - Skirmish at Cow Creek, Kansas
• December 4, 1864 - Skirmish at Fort Zarah, Kansas

1865

• January 7-11, 1865 - Scout from Fort Ellsworth, Kansas (Dyer 613, 615, 724, 725)
  • INDEPENDENT SCOUTS (Detachment).
• January 15-21 - Union Scout from Fort Larned to Pawnee Fork, Walnut Creek and Smoky Hill River, Kansas (Dyer 639, 648, 655, 724, 725)
  • (Pawnee Forks? Smoky Hills?) INDEPENDENT SCOUTS.
• January 20, 1865 - Skirmish near Fort Larned, Kansas (Dyer 616, 627, 637, 724, 725)
  • (Also Skirmish at Point of Rocks or Nine Mile Ridge) COLORADO--1st and 2d Cavalry (Detachments).
• January 31, 1865 - Skirmish near Oxford, Kansas (Dyer 639, 724, 725)
• February 1, 1865 - Skirmish at Fort Zarah, Kansas
• February 3-8, 1865 - [[Scout, Pawnee Creek (Dyer 639, 724)
  • Same dates listed 1864 - is this the same operation with a typo?
• February 12-20, 1865 - Operations about Fort Larned and Fort Riley, Kansas (Dyer 616, 627, 644, 724, 725) - Dyer 627 lists Feb 12-21
  • INDEPENDENT SCOUTS.
• February 16-21, 1865 - Scout from Fort Larned, Kansas (Dyer 616,724, 725)
  • INDEPENDENT SCOUTS.
• March 7, 1865Skirmish near Fort Larned, Kansas (Dyer 616, 724, 725)
  • Attack on train.
• March 9-15, 1865 - Union Scout from Fort Larned to Crooked Creek, Kansas (Dyer 609, 724, 725)
  • COLORADO--2d Cavalry (Detachment).
• April 23, 1865 - Affair at Fort Zarah, Kansas
• May 20, 1865 - Affair near Pawnee Rock, Kansas (Dyer 639, 724, 725)
  • COLORADO---2d Cavalry (Detachment).
• June 8, 1865 - Skirmish near Fort Dodge, Kansas (Dyer 611, 615, 724, 725)
  • UNITED STATES--2d Vols. (Detachment) and Cattle Herders.
• June 9, 1865 - Skirmish at Cow Creek Station, Kansas
• June 12, 1865 - Skirmish at Cow Creek Station, Kansas
• June 12, 1865 - Skirmish near Fort Dodge, Kansas (Dyer 611, 615, 724, 726)
  • UNITED STATES---2d Vols. (Detachment).
• June 12, 1865 - Skirmish near Pawnee Rock, Kansas (Dyer 639, 724, 726)
  • COLORADO---2d Cavalry (Detachment).
• June 12, 1865 - Skirmish near Plum Butte, Kansas (Dyer 641, 724, 726)
  • COLORADO--2d Cavalry (Detachment).
• June 20-October 7, 1865 - Union Expedition to Powder River, Kansas (Dyer 642, 724, 726)
  • (Against Indians) MISSOURI--12th Cavalry; 2d Artillery.
• June 29, 1865 - Skirmish near Fort Dodge, Kansas (Dyer 611, 615, 724, 726)
  • UNITED STATES--2d Vols. (Detachment).
• August 1, 1865 - Union Scout to Baxter Springs, Kansas (Dyer 597, 724, 725) - Dyer 597 lists 1864
  • MISSOURI--7th Enrolled Militia Infantry (Detachment).

Units from Kansas

Artillery

• 1st Kansas (Independent) Light Artillery Battery
• 2nd Kansas (Independent) Light Artillery Battery
• 3rd Kansas (Independent) Light Artillery Battery
• Armstrong's Light Artillery Battery
• Hopkins' Light Artillery Battery
• Opdyke's Light Artillery Battery
• Stover's Light Artillery Battery

Cavalry

• 2nd Kansas Cavalry
• 5th Kansas Cavalry
• 6th Kansas Cavalry
• 7th Kansas Cavalry
• 9th Kansas Cavalry
• 11th Kansas Cavalry
• 14th Kansas Cavalry
• 15th Kansas Cavalry
• 16th Kansas Cavalry

Infantry

• 1st Kansas Infantry
• 2nd Kansas Infantry
• 3rd Kansas Infantry
• 4th Kansas Infantry
• 5th Kansas Infantry
• 8th Kansas Infantry
• 10th Kansas Infantry
• 11th Kansas Infantry
• 12th Kansas Infantry
• 13th Kansas Infantry
• 17th Kansas Infantry

COLORED TROOPS

• 1st Kansas (Colored) Infantry
• 2nd Kansas (Colored) Infantry

Militia

ARTILLERY

• Zisch's Militia Light Artillery Battery

INFANTRY

• 1st Kansas Militia Infantry
• 2nd Kansas Militia Infantry
• 3rd Kansas Militia Infantry
• 4th Kansas Militia Infantry
• 5th Kansas Militia Infantry
• 6th Kansas Militia Infantry
• 7th Kansas Militia Infantry
• 8th Kansas Militia Infantry
• 9th Kansas Militia Infantry
• 10th Kansas Militia Infantry
• 11th Kansas Militia Infantry
• 12th Kansas Militia Infantry
• 13th Kansas Militia Infantry
• 14th Kansas Militia Infantry
• 15th Kansas Militia Infantry
• 16th Kansas Militia Infantry
• 17th Kansas Militia Infantry
• 18th Kansas Militia Infantry
• 19th Kansas Militia Infantry
• 20th Kansas Militia Infantry
• 21st Kansas Militia Infantry
• 22nd Kansas Militia Infantry
• Leavenworth (Colored) Militia Infantry
• Leavenworth State Guard

Casualties from Kansas

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Sources

• Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 1181-1189)