Kansas Adjutant General's Office

Finding Aid for the Adjutant General’s Office of the State of Kansas
Records, 1856-1993
Record Group No. 034
by Joseph P. Laframboise
Kansas Historical Society, Topeka, Kansas
April 1998
Revised August 2010

Revision History

Table of Contents

Descriptive Identification
Adjutant General’s Office of the State of Kansas
Records, 1856-1993
Record Group No. 034
418.84 cubic feet

Administrative Information

The original records were transferred by the Kansas Adjutant General’s Office to the State Archives over a period of years. Some private donations were forthcoming as well.

This material was microfilmed by the Kansas State Historical Society (Topeka), and some of the original materials were returned to the Kansas Adjutant General’s Office (and are not, therefore, available at the State Archives).

Scope and Content

The records of the Adjutant General Department are divided into two series: Wartime Records (1861-1947) and Peacetime Records (1856-1992). We further sub-divide the Wartime Records series into specific periods: Civil War; Indian Wars; Spanish-American War (including the Philippine insurrection); World War One (including some information regarding Pancho Villa and the border raids); and World War Two. The majority of the Military records deal with the Civil War. A majority of the Peacetime Records materials deal with the Kansas National Guard’s activities during peacetime.
Such listings as Muster Rolls, Pay Rolls, and Reports are to be found in abundance. As such, one interested in genealogy would find this collection quite useful. Strictly from the Military side, a number of disparate subjects are found. There are Militia records, correspondence (on most conceivable matters), enlistment papers, and War Department Orders. Also, there are expense claims, Selective Service Files, burial records, rosters and discharge papers. Whereas on the civilian side, we have sick reports, Quartermaster files, service files, and a National Guard history from 1895 to 1925. Maybe most interesting of all, is the complete transcript of the Court Martial proceeding dealing with Colonel J W F Hughes. There are also various unit histories, listed under lineage and honors, and board proceedings. We also have more esoteric information dealing with a pension file from a Swiss emigrant named Joseph Aubert, a map of the World War One Meuse-Argonne offensive, as well as a profile of former Adjutant General Joseph Nickell.

The mission of the Adjutant General Department is to preserve peace, order, health and public safety and to be ready to serve as part of America’s Army and Air Force. Within this mission, the Adjutant General manages operations of the Kansas National Guard and the state’s Division of Emergency Management. State funds are provided for administrative support and operating costs related to buildings and facilities. These facilities include National Guard armories, the State Defense Building in Topeka, and the Air National Guard Facilities at McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita and Forbes Field in Topeka.

The Adjutant General’s Office Civil Defense Division was created in 1955 within the office of the Adjutant General for the purpose of assisting in the coordination of the state and local activities related to national and state defense. In the laws of 1951, provision was made for the establishment of a State Civil Defense Agency, and authorized the creation of local organizations for civil defense in the political subdivisions of the state, for the purpose of rendering mutual aid among the political subdivisions of the state, and with other states, and to cooperate with the federal government with respect to the carrying out of civil defense functions. The name of this agency was changed in 1955 to Civil Defense Division. Session Laws of 1951, chapter 323, section 2; Session Laws of 1955, chapter 263, section 1; 1955 Supplement to the General Statutes of the State of Kansas, sections 48-903. Approved March 29, 1955; in effect July 1, 1955.

Created in 1941, the Kansas State Guard is a temporary organization organized and maintained by the Governor within the State, under such regulations as the Secretary of War of the United States may prescribe for discipline in training, to serve during the period the National Guard of the State is in active federal service. Session Laws of 1941, chapter 275, section 1; General Statutes of the State of Kansas 1949, section 48-501.

Today the department is comprised of seven separate staff sections and two division-The Military Division and the Division of Emergency Preparedness.
The two purposes of the military division are: (1) to provide Kansas citizens an internal security force to preserve law and order and perform all mitigation necessary to save and protect life and property in the event of disasters or disorders; and (2) to provide a trained and modern equipped Kansas Army and Air National Guard for federal service during periods of a national emergency. Members and units also participate in ceremonies, honors and heritage that express citizenship and patriotism of community, state, and nation.

Personnel assigned to the division include state Civil Service employees, National Guard Federal Technicians (U.S.C., Title 32), full time National Guard members (U.S.C., Title 10) and those dedicated Kansans employed in the private sector or public service who additionally volunteer to serve as part time citizen soldiers and airmen in Kansas National Guard units. The Adjutant General’s staff provided supervisory and administrative management of personnel actions, recruiting of personnel operations, training, schooling, internal and external communications, military support planning, military intelligence and security programs. Kansas National guard units, Army and Air, perform dual missions, state and federal.

The Kansas Army National Guard is comprised of four major headquarters-69th Infantry Brigade (Mechanized); 130th Artillery Brigade; Command and Control Headquarters; and State Headquarters. Eighty-six units (maintenance, artillery, aviation, engineer, infantry, armor, administrative and public affairs) located in 61 communities occupy 60 State owned armories and 4 leased, licensed or rental armories. Nickell Barracks Training Center near Salina is a joint State / Federal training site leased from the Salina Airport Authority. The Kansas Military Academy is likewise located at Nickell Barracks. (The Barracks are named for Joseph Nickell, the Adjutant General for 1944-1974) The Academy was organized in 1956 and provides officer candidate and non-commissioned officer schooling for those Kansans who, upon graduation, return to their units to fill vital leadership positions. Of the 7,193 military personnel authorized in the Kansas Army National Guard membership, 68 % are assigned.

The 184th Tactical fighter Group, McConnell Air Force Base, Wichita; the 190th Air Refueling Group, Forbes Field, Topeka; and the Air National Guard Headquarters in Topeka comprise the Kansas Air National Guard. The 184th Tactical Group provides combat crew training for U. S. Air Force, Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve pilots on the F-4D aircraft. The 190th Air Refueling Group performs a Strategic Air command-refueling mission with its assigned KC-135 tankers. One KC-135 tanker and crew are on constant 24-hour alert status. The Kansas Air National Guard is also available for state active duty service when needed to assist Kansas citizens in the event of a disaster or emergency. Use and payment of the two Air National Guard licensed facilities are defined in a State / Federal agreement. Eighty percent of the authorized 1,825 Kansas air National Guard membership is currently assigned.
Several staff sections that are administratively free standing functionalized sections report directly to the Adjutant General. These units coordinate and direct efforts toward implementing and administering effectively the various State / Federal agreements to obtain optimum results of the two divisions’ services to Kansas citizens. These sections include Assistant Adjutant General, Army and Air; special assistant; Public Relations Director; State Comptroller; Facilities Management Office; State Maintenance Office, to include the 15 maintenance shops located in 12 communities; and the United States Property and fiscal Office. Collectively, the sections supervise and coordinate the fiscal affairs and fiscal programs and procedures promulgated by State and Federal laws; provide accounting, budgeting, fiscal reporting, auditing, purchasing, contracting, store keeping services; administer personnel actions as they relate to State employees and National Guard technicians; program and supervise building / facility maintenance and construction; program and supervise maintenance and security management systems of State and Federal property; provide central services such as electronic data processing procedures; and provide other administrative and public affairs capabilities for the Adjutant General.
The Topeka offices of the Adjutant General’s Department, including both the Military Division and Division of Emergency Preparedness, are located in the State Defense Building. This multi purpose facility was completed and occupied in 1977. It is designed, in the event of emergency or disaster, to accommodate tasked agencies of State and Federal government, plus those volunteer agencies included in the State Disaster / Emergency Plan. Maximum use is made of the facility on a frequent basis by other State Agencies for Training sessions, workshops, meetings, and conferences.

History

The Adjutant General’s Office was created in 1861 as Inspector General, and served in that capacity until 1865, when the Paymaster General was made Inspector General. His rank was that of Brigadier General. He was appointed by the Governor and served at his pleasure. By legislative authority, 1863, an Agent to Visit State Regiments was appointed by the Governor to visit the various regiments and parts of regiments of Kansas volunteers. In 1864 he was appointed by the Governor by and with the consent of the Senate, with the rank of Colonel. The term was for four years. From 1879 to 1885 the executive clerk in the Governor’s office was acting Adjutant General. (Session Laws of 1879, chapter 166, section 3) In 1885 the office of Adjutant General was recreated, with the rank of Colonel; appointed by the Governor by and with the consent of the Senate. In 1901 he was given the rank of Brigadier General and made Chief of Staff. In 1905 the term of office was designated to be not more than four years. From 1921 to date he serves at the pleasure of the Governor appointing him. He appoints an assistant adjutant general. Paymaster General and a Judge Advocate General. In 1953 he was given the rank of Major General. The Adjutant General is a member of the Kansas Armory Board. (Session Laws of 1947, chapter 307, section 1); Soldiers’ Compensation Board (Session Laws of 1923, chapter 201, section 1); and the Kansas Safety Council (Session Laws of 1939, chapter 293, section 2). Session Laws of 1861, chapter 49, section 32,34; Session Laws of 1862, chapter 143, section 32,34; Session Laws of 1864, chapter 84, section 6,21; Session Laws of 1865, chapter 49, section 3; Session Laws of 1867, chapter 119; Session Laws of 1879, chapter 166, section 3; Session Laws of 1885, chapter 142, section 3; Session Laws of 1899, chapter 166, section 1; Session Laws of 1901, chapter 255, section 3,4; Session Laws of 1905, chapter 303, section 3; Session Laws of 1907, chapter 248, section 3; Session Laws of 1921, chapter 206, section 3; Session Laws of 1931, chapter 223, section 1; Session Laws of 1933, chapter 286, section 14; Session Laws of 1937, chapter 329, section 5; Session Laws of 1943, chapter 274, section 1; Session Laws of 1947, chapter 416, section 2; Session Laws of 1949, chapter 297, section 1; Session Laws of 1953, chapter 259, section 1; 1955 Supplement to the General Statutes of the State of Kansas, sections 48-203. Approved March 28, 1953; in effect June 30, 1953.

The Adjutant General’s Department was one of the initial cabinet level departments organized when Kansas became the 34th state on January 29, 1861. The department had previously been formed in 1855 as a territorial entity. Its purpose was to organize, equip, train and control militia companies organized in various communities across the state. Kansans joined the militia as citizens concerned about protecting their freedom, community and property. The militia was organized into units of the Kansas Army National Guard in 1885 and a State / Federal quasi contract continued until 1903. When the U. S. Congress passed the Dick Act the department operated as a State / Federal program under mandates stated in Article 8, Constitution of Kansas, and Article 1, Section 8, U. S. Constitution. Separation of state and federal authorities and powers are defined in Chapter 48 K.S.A., and U. S. Code title 32 and 10. Authorities of the Governor as Commander in Chief and the Adjutant General as his Chief of Staff are defined in K.S.A. 48-203 et seq., and U. S. Code 32, Sections 104, 314 and 708.

Provision was made by the Constitution for the organization of a Militia, with the Governor as commander in chief. He/she has supreme command of the military forces of the State while in the service of the State, or until they are ordered or accepted into the services of the United States. The Legislature organized the militia in 1861 and provided for the appointment of staff officers by the Governor with the consent of the Senate. In 1885, the Legislature divided the militia into two classes; One consisting of those who enlist in the active militia of the State, known as the Kansas National Guard; and the other, those subject to military duty, but not included in the National Guard, active or enlisted militia; the latter class is known as the Kansas Reserve Militia. The Adjutant General is chief of staff. The Military Board acts as an advisory board to the commander in chief. (1955 Supplement to the General Statutes of the State of Kansas, sections 48-214.) Organization of a State Guard was provided for in 1941. (Session Laws of 1941, chapter 275, section 1; General Statutes of the State of Kansas 1949, section 48-501). Const., art. 8; Session Laws of 1861, chapter 49, section 1; Session Laws of 1865, chapter 49, section 1; Session Laws of 1885, chapter 142, section 1; Session Laws of 1901, chapter 255, section 1; General Statutes of the State of Kansas 1949, sections 48-101.

The Kansas Military Board was created in 1885, as an advisory board to the Governor on military matters, is authorized and empowered to prepare rules, provisions and regulations, subject to the approval of the Governor. Board consists of the Adjutant General who is recorder, the Judge Advocate General, and three senior line officers; there may be two additional members appointed at the discretion of the Governor. Session Laws of 1885, chapter 142, section 7,8; Session Laws of 1899, chapter 166, section 4; Session Laws of 1901, chapter 255, section 1; General Statutes of the State of Kansas 1949, sections 48-101.

The Kansas National Guard was created in 1885, when the militia of the State was divided into two classes; the Kansas National Guard, and the Kansas Reserve Militia. The Guard consists of those who enlist in the active militia of the State, and is composed of such regiments, corps and other units as the Governor may from time to time authorize to be formed, all are formed and organized in accordance with the laws governing the regular army of the United States and the regulations issued by the Secretary of War.

The Military Board was created in 1885, as an advisory board to the Governor on military matters, is authorized and empowered to prepare rules, provisions and regulations, subject to the approval of the Governor. Board consists of the Adjutant General who is recorder, the Judge Advocate General, and three senior line officers; there may be two additional members appointed at the discretion of the Governor. Session Laws of 1885, chapter 142, section 7,8; Session Laws of 1899, chapter 166, section 4; Session Laws of 1901, chapter 255, section 19; Session Laws of 1909, chapter 173, section 3; Session Laws of 1921, chapter 206, section 9; Session Laws of 1953, chapter 260, section 1; 1955 Supplement to the General Statutes to the State of Kansas, section 48-214. Approved March 6, 1953; in effect June 30, 1953.
The Kansas Reserve Militia was created in 1885. KRM consists of all those subject to military duty, but who are not included in the active or enlisted list known as the Kansas National Guard. Session Laws of 1885, chapter 142, section 1; Session Laws of 1901, chapter 255, section 1; General Statutes of the State of Kansas 1949, section 48-101.

The nine member Kansas Military Advisory Board was created in 1885. The board consists of the Adjutant General, Staff Judge Advocate, four senior commanders of the Kansas National Guard, and three members appointed by the Governor. Authorities are defined by K.S.A. 48-214 et seq. Recommendations of the board’s studies on military matters are forwarded for the Governor’s approval. The nine member Kansas Armory Board was created in 1947. The Governor, the Adjutant General and Staff Judge Advocate are ex officio members. The Governor appoints six members one from each congressional district and one at large for four-year terms. Authorities are defined in K.S.A. 48-315 et seq.

The Division of Emergency Preparedness (DEP), established as the State Civil Defense Agency in 1951, became a division of the Adjutant General’s Department in 1955 and was redesignated as the Division of Emergency preparedness in 1975. The division is charged with the responsibility of providing an effective, immediate response to man made and natural disasters to prevent, minimize and repair injury and damage. The division’s functions include administration, radiological defense, crisis relocation planning, shelter planning, communications and warning, disaster preparedness and response to hazardous material incidents. The division likewise provides training and assistance to local public safety organizations and coordinates with other county, state and federal agencies on planning and operational matters relating to emergency preparedness. It is responsible for coordinating the training of the state’s citizens in all aspects of emergency operation and survival through local emergency preparedness organizations, and continues to distribute associated training literature throughout the state. Further, the division provides information to the citizens of Kansas concerning plans and actions that may be taken to mitigate loss of life and destruction of property caused by any type of disaster; provides planning and training assistance in forming organizations and acquiring skills to effectively conduct disaster recovery operations; and assists political subdivisions in obtaining equipment to cope with disasters.
The five member Kansas Military Disability Board, created in 1968, is appointed and serves at the pleasure of the Governor. The board determines benefits of members who are injured or die from causes suffered while on State Active Service.

Organization

These records are organized into two major subgroups, based principally on the dates and formats of the material:

Wartime Records (1861-1947)

The records lend a plethora of pertinent and relevant information. Some of the information deals with either state or county militias. As well there is often a differentiation between Native (then called Indian), White and Black (then called Colored) troops. Some of the more general topics include: death certificates, correspondence, discharge papers, reports, monthly reports, consolidated morning reports, rolls (initial draft, muster {both in and out}, descriptive, and pay), clothing lists, enlistment papers, indices, and rosters. As well, we have Officer’s Commissions, Proclamations, Biennial Reports, special orders, checks, check registers, recruitment oaths, War Department orders, expense claims, Kansas casualty returns, engineering files, ordnance stores, camp applications, selective service files, circulars, and burial records.

Civil War

These reels and records have information dealing with both State and County Militias. As well both Euro-American and Colored troops records are present here. There are muster rolls and payroll records, records of clothing issued, descriptive rolls, enlistment papers, indices, death certificates, correspondence, discharge papers, reports and rosters.

Indian Wars

These records deal with State and County Militias. We find information on such subjects as: Officer’s Commissions, Rosters, Proclamations, and a Biennial Report. Also found are such things as: correspondence, muster rolls, reports, special orders, and consolidated morning reports.

Spanish-American War

There are various subjects and subject matter found in this sub-series. The information deals both with the Spanish-American War and the subsequent Philippine insurrection. There are general materials such as correspondence, checks, rolls, rosters, monthly reports, and payrolls. However, more specific materials deal with: descriptive lists for clothing or pay, enlistment papers, recruitment oaths, war department orders, expense claims, and casualty returns.

World War I

We have records comprising casualties, and burial locations. There are also records comprised of rosters, muster rolls, payroll, enlistment papers, discharge papers, and selective service files (including delinquents and deserters). Lastly, there are more general records dealing with; engineering, ordnance, camp applications, check registers, circulars, general and special orders, and a map of the Meuse-Argonne offensive.

World War II

This material is in the form of either selective service records, or personnel listings. The personnel listings cover men who served between 1940 and 1946. Whereas, the selective service records contain information on history, ledgers, and voucher registers.

Peacetime Records (1856-1993)

These records do not fit comfortably into a single war’s timeframe. Some records span more than one wartime period (e.g., 1st & 4th Regiments, Kansas State Militia, 1861-1917) and some are present for peacetime alone (e.g., Lineage and Honors, 1977-1978). Researchers looking for records from specific years would do well to scan through the Peacetime Records section to see what additional materials are there for their research purposes.

The information found here is truly eclectic. We have monthly returns, trials, acts, muster rolls, pay rolls, rosters, morning reports, sick reports, orders, special orders, service records, quartermaster files, and subject files.

Microfilm deals with the Mexican border raids instigated in 1916 by the Mexican Pancho Villa. There is a biography of Joseph Nickell, the new Militia Act of 1899, correspondence, a National Guard history covering the years from 1895 to 1925. Also, there are court martial proceedings against J. W. F. Hughes, trial of Elwyn L. Bellah, duplicate checks, enlistment and discharge papers, indices, letterpress books, lineage and honors (basically company histories), burial records, pension files, active duty files, circulars, enrollments, claims, undelivered armory drill pay, and Militia board proceedings.

This Finding Aid and Archives Catalog Descriptions

The agency's records consist of both original materials and microfilm copies of original materials that were either retained in the State Archives or returned to the Adjutant General's Office. While there is some overlap between original and microfilmed materials (i.e., the State Archives may have both the originals and a microfilmed copy of those originals), the microfilmed materials are, by and large, copies of original materials that were returned to the Adjutant General's Office after microfilming was completed.

The records include military muster rolls, payrolls, rosters, descriptive rolls, clothing books, consolidated morning books (roll calls), enlistment papers, veterans benefits enrollment, and correspondence. They are organized in this guide into Wartime and Peacetime sections (subgroups) by time period and thereunder by types of records (archival series). For example, the section in the Adjutant General's Office finding aid that identifies Civil War records describes holdings organized into series alphabetically by title within document type (i.e., all clothing books, then all consolidated morning reports, correspondence, descriptive rolls, etc.).

In the Adjutant General’s Office search results in the Archives Catalog (/dart/units/search/creator:Kansas.%20Adjutant%20General), the same records are also listed alphabetically by series title regardless of dates (i.e., the date ranges may span both war and peacetime periods).
 

Control Numbers (parts of series)

Each series may be composed of one or more sets of unique materials that can be a subseries or a file unit. Each set is identified by a 5-digit control number. For example, unit identifier (UID) #192332, Clothing Books, contains two distinct sets of materials, each identified by a unique control number:

#02332 - Kansas Volunteer Regiments and Batteries, 1861-1867 (39 volumes)
#02334 - 2nd and 3rd Regiments, Indian Home Guard, 1862-1865 (2 volumes)

Some series contain one set of materials, some contain a great many sets (the largest series, UID #190417 Returns and Reports, contains 114 sets), each identified in this guide by a unique control number. At the present time, the Archives Catalog shows only series (e.g., UID #190417 displays just Returns and Reports, described collectively). However this guide shows in more detail multiple subseries or files within each series, each with its own control number. Individual sets of materials within a series, each containing a unique 5-digit control number, may be repeated within the description of records for each war and in the Peacetime section if the records include multiple dates applicable to several time periods.

All of the Adjutant General's Office records are thoroughly described in this finding aid at the section (subgroup), series, subseries, and file level, as appropriate.

A typical entry in this guide for a subseries or file looks like the example below and contains the following information:

Line 1: Title (Wilson Company Independent Battalion, Companies B and C).

Line 2: Date range (1867), location (Box 2, Folder 10, and other information), and unit ID number for the parent series (in this case #190199 is the UID number for the series Muster Rolls and Payrolls).

Line 3: Materials’ control number (#05103).

Lines 4+: Description of the materials.

NOTE: Occasionally, a second location line is provided to identify a now   obsolete address format (one that is no longer used, but that is kept to maintain cross-reference between current and outdated finding aids and databases) with its current format:

Materials are identified with a parenthetical note with its now obsolete address codes (15-1, 17-2, M 2 3 7 M, OD 3 2 5) for that same location:

Please ask or contact the reference staff if you have any questions about how materials are identified in this finding aid or through the online Archives Catalog, or to find out how you may access these records.

Wartime Records (1861-1947)

Civil War

Clothing Books

2nd and 3rd Regiments, Indian Home Guard
1862-1865 25-01-08-01 #192332
(Control #02334)

Volume one has “The United States In account with {name} of {letter} Company 2nd Regiment of Indian Home Guard on account of clothing during his enlistment as its {title}. The headings are: date of issue, money value dollars cents, bank, signature, and witness. The companies are: A, C, D, E, F, G, H, and I.

Volume two has “The United States In account with {name} of {letter} Company 3rd Regiment of Indian Home Guard on account of clothing during his enlistment as its {title}. The headings are: date of issue, money value dollars cents, bank, signature, and witness. The companies are: C, D, G, I, L, and M.

Kansas Volunteer Regiments and Batteries
1861-1867 25-01-02-02 – 25-01-07-02 #192332
(Control #02332)

Most of these thirty-nine volumes share the same format: date of issue, money value, rank, signature and witness. The names are alphabetical within their company.

11th Kansas Cavalry Company D, E, K, L, M 1862-1864
11th Kansas Cavalry Company F, G 1862-1865
12th Kansas Cavalry Company A, B, C, D, E, F 1862
12th Kansas Volunteer Infantry Company G, H, I, J, K 1862-1865
13th Kansas Volunteer Infantry Company A, B, C, D, E, F, 1862-1864
G, H, I, J, K
14th Kansas Cavalry Company A, B, C, D, F, G, H, I 1863
14th Kansas Cavalry Company K, L, M 1863-1865
15th Kansas Cavalry Company A, B, C, D 1863-1864
15th Kansas Cavalry Company E, F, G, H 1863
15th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry Company I, J, K, L, M, 1863-1865
16th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry Company A, B, C, D, E, 1863-1865
16th Kansas Cavalry Company A, B, C, D, E, 1863-1864
18th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry Company ? 1867
2nd Kansas Volunteer Cavalry Company A, K 1862-1865
(lists: name, dollars, cents, signature, and witness)
7th Cavalry Company D, E 1861-1863
(lists: soldiers’ articles, sorted alphabetically)
8th Kansas Cavalry Company F 1861-1864
(lists: name, sorted alphabetically, date, and articles)

Consolidated Morning Reports
1st and 3rd Regiments, Indian Home Guard
1862-1865 25-01-09-02 #192333
(Control #02335)

Consolidated Morning Reports, 1st Regiment, Indian Home Guard: date, companies, present (total number), absent (total number), present and absent (total number), alterations since last report (total number), and remarks.

Consolidated Morning Reports, 3rd Regiment, Indian Home Guard: date, companies, present (total number), absent (total number), present and absent (total number), alterations since last report (total number), and remarks.

Kansas Volunteer Regiments
1861-1865 25-01-08-02 – 25-01-09-02 #192333
(Control #02333)
25-01-08-02

Consolidated Morning Reports 8th Kansas Volunteer Infantry Regiment for 1863 to 1865. Consolidated Morning Reports 9th Kansas Volunteer Infantry Regiment for 1863 to 1865. Consolidated Morning Reports 11th Kansas Volunteer Infantry Regiment for 1862 to 1865. Consolidated Morning Reports 14th Kansas Volunteer Infantry Regiment for 1863 to 1864.

The headings consist of: date, companies, present (total number), absent (total number), present and absent (total number), alterations since last report (total number), and remarks.
25-01-09-01

Consolidated Morning Reports 1st Kansas Volunteer Cavalry Regiment for 1861 to 1865. Consolidated Morning Reports 7th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry Regiment for 1861 to 1865. Consolidated Morning Reports 13th Kansas Volunteer Infantry Regiment for 1862 to 1865. Consolidated Morning Reports 15th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry Regiment for 1863 to 1865.

The headings consist of: date, companies, present (total number), absent (total number), present and absent (total number), alterations since last report (total number), and remarks.

Consolidated Morning Reports 12th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry Regiment for 1865 has headings consisting of: station, present (total number), absent (total number), present and absent (total number), alterations since last report (total number), and memorandum.
25-01-09-02

Consolidated Morning Reports 5th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry Regiment for 1862 to 1863. Consolidated Morning Reports 6th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry Regiment for 1862 to 1865.

The headings consist of: date, companies, present (total number), absent (total number), present and absent (total number), alterations since last report (total number), and remarks.

Consolidated Morning Reports 1st Kansas Veteran Battalion Mounted Infantry Volunteer Regiment for 1864 to 1865 has headings consisting of: station, present (total number), absent (total number), present and absent (total number), alterations since last report (total number), and memorandum.

Correspondence

Price Raid, Kansas State Militia
1864 28-15-02-01 – 28-15-03-01 #190419
(Control #00419)

Correspondence that deals with the Price Raid from Field & Staff, Recruiting Commission, and Companies A, B, C, D, and E.
See unit #190199, control #07180 for cross-reference materials.

Kansas Colored Volunteers
1863-1864 35-13-01-05 #190419
(Control #08332)
Bound letterbook copies of letters exchanged by the Adjutant General's Office in Fort Scott, Kansas and the War Department in Washington, D. C. about the recruitment and commission of troops and officers for Kansas Colored Volunteers’ regiments.
Concludes with nineteen pages of "Farm Expenses and Receipts" (1867).
Descriptive Rolls
Kansas Volunteer Regiments
1861-1864 25-01-02-01 #190431
(Control #00431)
Five volumes which provide descriptive information about the officers and enlisted men of the following Kansas Volunteer regiments during the Civil War. Each volume includes a list of commissioned officers. Descriptive information includes: name, age, height and physical description, city and state where he was born, enlistment (date, where, to whom, and terms of enlistment), and remarks (including when discharged, killed, deserted, promoted, etc.).
Company E, 1st Regiment, Kansas Volunteer Infantry (1861)
Company E, 9th Regiment, Kansas Volunteer Cavalry (1862-1864)
Company B, 17th Regiment, Kansas Volunteer Infantry (1864)
1st Regiment, Kansas Volunteer Infantry (1861-1864, Volume 1)
17th Regiment, Kansas Volunteer Infantry (1864, Volume 2)
Kansas Volunteer Regiments and Batteries
1861-1864 28-15-08-02 – 28-15-08-03 #190431
(Control #00431)
These volumes all follow this format: name, rank, age, description, married or single, occupation, nativity, place of residence, mustered into service, and remarks.
1st Kansas Volunteer Infantry
2nd Kansas Volunteer Cavalry
2nd Kansas Volunteer Infantry
2nd Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry
5th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry
6th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry
7th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry

8th Kansas Volunteer Infantry
9th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry
10th Kansas Volunteer Infantry
11th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry
12th Kansas Volunteer Infantry
15th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry
1st Kansas Volunteer Battery
2nd Kansas Volunteer Battery
3rd Kansas Volunteer Battery
14th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry consists of: name, rank, age, description, married or single, occupation, prior service in, nativity, place of residence, mustered into service, and remarks.
13th Kansas Volunteer Infantry
16th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry
Include: name, rank, age, description, married or single, occupation, prior service in, nativity, place of residence, date of appointment, mustered into service, and remarks.
Kansas Volunteer Regiments and Batteries
1861-1865 MICROFILM: LM 111 and LM 113 #190431
(Control #07204)
The reels are: LM 111 and LM 113; some of the images are blurry. The names are sorted by the rank of Private only.
NOTE: See Appendix A: Microfilm Reels for detailed contents lists of LM 111 and LM 113 microfilm reels, and associated cross-references.
LM 111
1st, 2nd, 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th Regiments, Kansas Volunteer Infantry, Companies A-M. Includes Kansas Volunteer Cavalry regimental records.
LM 113
16th Regiment Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, Companies A-M, 2nd Regiment, Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry, Companies A-K, and 1st-3rd Regiments, Kansas Volunteer Battery.

Kansas Volunteer Regiments, National Guard, and Batteries
1861-1865 MICROFILM: AR 114 – AR 123 #190431
(Control #07205)
Includes Muster in Rolls and Muster Out Rolls. The microfilm reels are: AR 114 through AR 123; some of the images are blurred.
NOTES:
1. See Appendix A: Microfilm Reels for detailed contents lists of AR 114 – AR 123 microfilm reels, and associated cross-references.
2. The original volumes of Kansas Volunteer Regiments (1861-1868) roster and muster roll materials copied in reels AR 122 and AR 123 are in the Kansas Historical Society archives (see unit #190435, control #02366).
AR 114
1st and 2nd Regiments, Kansas Volunteer Infantry, Companies A-K
AR 115
2nd Regiment, Kansas Volunteer Infantry, Companies A-K, Field & Staff
2nd, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th Regiments, Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, Companies A-L, Field & Staff
1st, 2nd, 3rd Batteries
AR 116
10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14, and 15th Regiments, Kansas Volunteer Infantry, Companies A-K, Field & Staff
AR 117
16th, 17th, 19th, and 79th Regiments, Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, Companies A-M
AR 118
1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th Regiments, Kansas Volunteer Infantry, Companies A-K, Band and Field & Staff. Includes Cavalry regimental records.
AR 119
7th, 8th, 9th, 10, 11th, 12th and 13th Regiments, Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, Companies A-M, Field & Staff. Includes some company histories.
AR 120
14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th Regiments, Kansas Volunteer Cavalry
Companies A-M, Field & Staff. Includes some company histories.
79th and 83rd Regiments, Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry a.k.a. 1st Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry, Companies A-L, Substitutes, Field & Staff 1st Kansas Colored Battery, Light Artillery
1st Brigade, 1st Division, Army of the Frontier
9th Regiment, U. S. Veterans, Company H
8th Regiment, Veterans Reserve Corps, Company G
1st Battalion, 1st Regiment, U. S. Veteran Engineers, Company D
4th Independent Company, Veterans Reserve Corps
6th Regiment, Veterans Reserve Corps, Company F
AR 121
1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th Regiments, Kansas State Militia, Companies A-K
1st, 2nd, and 3rd Battalions, 1st Provisional Regiment, Southern Division, Companies A-D, Field & Staff
6th and 7th Cavalry, Companies A-N, Field & Staff
8th, 9th, 10th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, and 22nd Regiments, Companies A-M, Field & Staff
1st, 2nd, Allen, Bourbon, Douglas, Iola, Johnson, Linn, Miami, Nemaha, Norton, Reno, Sedgwick, and Wilson County Battalions
AR 122 Volume 1
NOTE: The original Volume 1 (Kansas Volunteer Regiments, 1861-1868) is in the Kansas Historical Society archives (see unit #190435, control #02366).
1st and 3rd Brigades
1st and 2nd Regiments, Companies A-K, Band, Field & Staff
Includes a short history of Price’s Raid from October 8, 1864 to October 28, 1864.
AR 122 Volume 2
NOTE: The original Volume 2 (Kansas Volunteer Regiments, 1861-1868) is in the Kansas Historical Society archives (see unit #190435, control #02366).
3rd Regiment, Companies A-P, Field & Staff, and Independent Battery
4th Cavalry, Companies A-O (including Veterans and Colored), Field & Staff

AR 122 Volume 3
NOTE: The original Volume 3 (Kansas Volunteer Regiments, 1861-1868) is in the Kansas Historical Society archives (see unit #190435, control #02366).
5th Regiment, Companies A-L, Field & Staff
6th Regiment, Companies A-N, Field & Staff, and Irregular Colored Militia
7th Regiment, Companies A-I, Field & Staff, Harvey Edgerton Colored Company, Independent Company, and 1st Company Independent Guards
AR 122 Volume 4
NOTE: The original Volume 4 (Kansas Volunteer Regiments, 1861-1868) is in the Kansas Historical Society archives (see unit #190435, control #02366).
9th Regiment, Companies A-M, Field & Staff, Gustavas Zesch Mounted Scouts, John M Tracy Colored Company, William Gurwell Company
10th Regiment, Company A-M, Band, Field & Staff
11th Regiment, Company A-H, Field & Staff
AR 122 Volume 5
NOTE: The original Volume 5 (Kansas Volunteer Regiments, 1861-1868) is in the Kansas Historical Society archives (see unit #190435, control #02366).
12th Regiment, Companies A-H, Field & Staff
13th Regiment, Companies A-I, Field & Staff
AR 122 Volume 6
NOTE: The original Volume 6 (Kansas Volunteer Regiments, 1861-1868) is in the Kansas Historical Society archives (see unit #190435, control #02366).
14th Regiment, Companies A-L, Band, Field & Staff, and Lt. Dodge detachment
15th Regiment, Companies A-G, Field & Staff
16th Regiment, Companies A-K, Field & Staff

AR 122 Volume 7
NOTE: The original Volume 7 (Kansas Volunteer Regiments, 1861-1868) is in the Kansas Historical Society archives (see unit #190435, control #02366).
18th Regiment, Companies A-F, Field & Staff
19th Regiment, Companies A-N, Field & Staff
20th Regiment, Companies A-G, Staff and Officers
AR 122 Volume 8
NOTE: The original Volume 8 (Kansas Volunteer Regiments, 1861-1868) is in the Kansas Historical Society archives (see unit #190435, control #02366).
21st Regiment, Companies A-N, Field & Staff
22nd Regiment, Companies A-H, Field & Staff, and Brown County Battalion, Companies A-C
23rd Regiment, Companies A-M (including two Mounted and two Colored companies)
AR 123 Volume 9 (Price Raid)
NOTE: The original Volume 9 (Kansas Volunteer Regiments, 1861-1868) is in the Kansas Historical Society archives (see unit #190435, control #02366).
24th Regiment, Companies A-H, Field & Staff
1st Colored Regiment, Companies A-E, Field & Staff
Santa Fe Battalion a.k.a. Osage County Battalion, Companies A-D, Staff Officers
Bourbon County Battalion, Companies A-G, Field & Staff.
AR 123 Volume 10
NOTE: The original Volume 10 (Kansas Volunteer Regiments, 1861-1868) is in the Kansas Historical Society archives (see unit #190435, control #02366).
Frontier Battalion Cavalry, Companies A-H, Field & Staff
4th Battalion 4th Brigade, Companies A-E, Field & Staff, and Artillery
1st Battalion Irregular Regiment, Companies A-D, Field & Staff, and N. A. Howard Company of Irregulars, page 45.
Kickapoo Home Guard, Company A

Old Guard (Exempt) Battalion, Companies A-D
Men Over Forty-five years of age
NOTE: Draft board lists for WWI by branch of service and county name are in the State Papers collection at SP 353.6 K13.
Enlistment Papers
Kansas Volunteer Regiments and Batteries
1862-1868 28-15-07-01 – 28-15-07-06 #190429
(Control #00429)
All of these papers list: name, birthplace, age, occupation, and an oath.
1st Kansas Colored Battery Light Artillery
1st Kansas Volunteer Infantry, Company B, D
2nd Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry, Company F
2nd Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, Company A, E, F, H, I, K
2nd Kansas Volunteer Infantry, Company H
5th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, Company H, K, L, (NOTE: Some of these also have “Form for Examining a Recruit” attached to them.)
6th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, Company F, L
7th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, Company A, H
8th Kansas Volunteer Infantry, Company A, C, D, F, H, I
9th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, Company A, D, E, I
11th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, Field & Staff
11th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, Company A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, K
12th Kansas Volunteer Infantry, Company A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, K
13th Kansas Volunteer Infantry, Company A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, K
14th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, Company D, F
15th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, Company H
16th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, Company M
There are also unidentified units papers sorted by surname:
19th Kansas Volunteer? Company C
Kansas Militia: Johnson, Linn, and Miami Counties
1863, 1868-1869 28-15-03-03 – 28-15-03-04 #190429
(Control #00452)
All of these papers list: name, birthplace, age, occupation, and an oath. There are 1863 enlistment papers for Johnson, Linn, and Miami counties. There are also 1868 and 1869 papers for all counties.

Indices
Federal Index of Kansas Volunteers
1861-1865 30-01-04-01 #190432
(Control #00432)
Volume 1 lists Surnames A to T. Volume 2 lists U to Z. The names are sorted alphabetically. The headings are: arm (sic), regiment, company, and page.
Index of Kansas Militia Officers (except Price Raid)
1861-1864 28-14-08-03, Folder 2 #190438
(Control #00438)
Three copies of an index of the Kansas Militia officers (except for the Price Raid) who served during the period 1861 to 1864. Each entry, sorted alphabetically by surname, consists of a name, a volume number, and a page number within that volume.
Muster Rolls and Payrolls
1st Kansas Volunteer Cavalry
1862-1869 72-04-07-01, Box 86, Folder 1 #190199
(Control #06932)
1st Kansas Volunteer Cavalry materials: List of Deserters states: number, name, rank, company, and description. The four examples have no date. The Companies are E and G.
Rosters state: number name, rank, and date joined. The Companies are: B, C, D, (two) E, G, H, I, K. There are no dates. Number, names, rank, joined for service, mustered into service, and remarks. This material pertains to Company B, 2nd Battalion, July 31, 1869. Number, names, rank, joined and sworn in, and remarks.
This material pertains to Company D, 1st Battalion, both dated 1868. 11th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry materials: Commissioned Officers, present and absent states: company, rank, names, and station. (September 1862, October 1862, November 1862, December 1862, January 1863, February 1863, March 1863, April 1863, May 1863, June 1863, July 1863, August 1863, September 1863, October 1863, November 1863, December 1863, January 1864, February 1864, March 1864, April 1864, May 1864, June 1864, July 1864, August 1864, September 1864, October 1864, November 1864, December 1864, January 1865, February 1865, March 1865, April 1865, May 1865, July 1865).
Register of the Commanding Officer actually in service states: name company, day form, which mustered into service, takes effect and original entry. They are dated January 1864 and January 1865, respectively.

1st Regiment, Kansas Volunteer Infantry
1861-1865 944-27-01-00 – 944-27-11-00 #190199
(21-1, 21-3, M 3 4 4 Q, OD 1 2 1 through 21-1, 21-3, M 3 4 4 Q, OD 1 2 11)
(Control #04659)
Eleven oversized folders, each containing a single company, of muster roll, payroll, and report information about the 1st Regiment, Kansas Volunteer Infantry.
Folder 1 – Field & Staff, 1861-1864
Ten reports: No, names, rank, age, joined for duty and enrolled, remarks, (two) May 29, 1861, (seven) June 3, 1861, June 12, 1861.
Twelve reports: No, names, rank, mustered into service, remarks, June 30, 1862, Feb 28, 1863, (three) Apr 30, 1863, Jul 1, 1863, Sep 1, 1863, Nov 1, 1863, (three) Jan 1, 1864, Mar 1, 1864.
Eight reports: No, names, rank, enlisted, remarks, Sep 1, 1861, (two) Oct 31, 1861, (two) Dec 31, 1861, Feb 28, 1862, (two) Oct 31, 1862.
Two reports: No, names, rank, joined for service, mustered into service, remarks, Jul 1, 1862, Dec 31,1862.
Four reports: No, names, rank, age, joined for service, mustered into service, remarks, June 3, 1861, June 12 1861, June 30, 1861, June 3, 1863.
Folder 2 – Company A, 1861-1865
Four reports: No, names, rank, age, joined for duty and enrolled, remarks, (two) May 30, 1861, (two) June 3, 1861.
Three reports: No, names, rank, description, mustered into service, remarks, (three) June 25, 1863.
Two reports: No, names, rank, enlisted, remarks, May 28, 1861, Jan 1, 1862.
Three reports: No, names, rank, joined for service, mustered into service, remarks, May 30, 1861, (two) Jan 1, 1864.
Three reports: No, names, rank, age, joined for service, mustered into service, remarks, June 3, 1861, June 16 1864, Nov 23, 1865.
Folder 3 – Company B, 1861-1865
Six reports: No, names, rank, age, joined for duty and enrolled, remarks, (four) June 3, 1861, Jul 1, 1865, Aug 26, 1865.
Five reports: No, names, rank, description, mustered into service, remarks, Sep 28, 1863, Feb. 16, 1864, Mar 13, 1864, Apr 9, 1864, Jan 20, 1865.
Two reports: No, names, rank, enlisted, remarks, June 3, 1861, Dec 31, 1861.

Two reports: No, names, rank, joined for service, mustered into service, remarks, June 3, 1861, Dec 31, 1863.
Five reports: No, names, rank, age, joined for service, mustered into service, remarks, (two) June 3, 1861, (two) May 30 1864, Aug 30, 1865.
Folder 4 – Company C, 1861-1865
Four reports: No, names, rank, age, joined for duty and enrolled, remarks, (three) June 3, 1861, June 5, 1861.
Two reports: No, names, rank, description, mustered into service, remarks, June 21, 1863, Mar 16, 1864.
One report: No, names, rank, enlisted, remarks, Dec 31, 1861.
One report: No, names, rank, enrolled, remarks, May 29, 1861.
Three reports: No, names, rank, joined for service, mustered into service, remarks, May 29, 1861, (two) Dec 31, 1863.
Two reports: No, names, rank, age, joined for service, mustered into service, remarks, June 3, 1861, Nov 23, 1865.
Folder 5 – Company D, 1861-1865
Nine reports: No, names, rank, age, joined for duty and enrolled, remarks, N.D., (five) June 3, 1861, Apr 12, 1863, (two) Jul. 1, 1865.
Five reports: No, names, rank, age, joined for service, mustered into service, remarks, June 3, 1861, Mar 14, 1864, (two) May 28, 1864, Aug 30, 1865.
Three reports: No, names, rank, description, mustered into service, remarks, Feb 12, 1864, Mar 13, 1864, Mar 29, 1864.
Three reports: No, names, rank, joined for service, mustered into service, remarks, June 3, 1861, (two) Dec 31, 1863.
One report: No, names, rank, enlisted, remarks, Dec 31, 1861.
Folder 6 – Company E, 1861-1863
Three reports dated March 3 1863, (two) June 25, 1863, show: number, names, rank, description, mustered into service, remarks.
Three reports state number, names, rank, age, mustered into service and remarks. They are dated: June 3, 1861, April 1, 1863, and undated.
Five reports show: number, names, rank, age, joined for duty and enrolled, remarks. They are dated (two) May 29, 1861, (three) June 3, 1861.
Three reports state: number, names, rank, mustered into service, remarks. They are dated May 29, 1861; (two) December 31, 1863.
One report (December 31, 1861) has number, names, rank, enlisted, remarks. Folder 7 – Company F, 1861-1864
Five reports show: number, names, rank, age, joined for duty and enrolled, remarks. They are dated: June 1, 1861, (two) June 3, 1861, July 1, 1861, May 21, 1864.
Twenty-five reports state: number, names, rank, mustered into service, remarks. They are dated: June 1, 1861; (two) July 1, 1861, September 1, 1861, November 1, 1861, (two) December 31, 1861, February 28, 1862, May 1, 1862, July 1, 1862, August 18, 1862, September 1, 1862, November 1, 1862, January 1, 1863, March 1, 1863, April 10, 1863, May 1, 1863, July 1, 1863, September 1, 1863, November 1, 1863, (three) January 1, 1864, February 29, 1864.
Two reports dated June 25, 1863, show: number, names, rank, description, mustered into service, remarks.
One report (December 31, 1861) has number, names, rank, enlisted, remarks.
Four reports state number, names, rank, age, mustered into service and remarks. They are dated: June 1, 1863, September 28, 1863, June 1, 1864, June 17, 1864.
Folder 8 – Company G, 1861-1863
One report dated October 16, 1861 lists, number, names, rank, and remarks.
Four reports state: number, names, rank, mustered into service. They are dated May 29, 1861; May 31, 1861, (two) December 31, 1863.
Eight reports show: number, names, rank, age, joined for duty and enrolled, remarks. They are dated May 29, 1861.
Three reports dated June 25, 1863, show: number, names, rank, description, mustered into service, remarks.
One report (December 31, 1861) has number, names, rank, enlisted, remarks.
Two reports state number, names, rank, age, mustered into service and remarks. They are dated: May 29, 1861.
Folder 9 – Company H, 1861-1865
Six reports show: Names, rank, age, joined for duty and enrolled, remarks. Three are dated May 31, 1861, one is May 29, 1861, one is from June 3, 1861, and one is from May 31, 1863.
Four reports dated January 25, 1863, September 28 1863, March 24, 1864, and no date, show: number, names, rank, description, mustered into service, residence, remarks.
Twenty-one reports state: number, names, rank, mustered into service, remarks. They are dated February 28, 1861; (two) August 31, 1861, October 31, 1861, December 31, 1861, April 30, 1862, June 30, 1862, August 31, 1862, October 31, 1862, December 31, 1862, February 28, 1863, April 10, 1863, (two) June 30, 1863, (two) August 31, 1863, October 31, 1863, (two) December 31, 1863, (two) February 29, 1864.
One report (December 31, 1861) has number, names, rank, enlisted, remarks.
Five reports state number, names, rank, age, mustered into service and remarks. They are dated: May 31, 1861, May 27, 1864, May 30, 1864, June 16, 1864, and November 23, 1865.
Folder 10 – Company I, 1861-1865
Five reports show: Names, rank, age, joined for duty and enrolled, remarks. Three are dated May 27, 1861, one has no date, and one is from June 3, 1861.
One report dated June 25, 1863 shows: number, names, rank, description, mustered into service, residence, and remarks.
Four reports state number, names, rank, age, mustered into service and remarks. They are dated: (two) May 27, 1861, October 31, 1861 and December 31, 1864.
Two reports state: number, names, rank, mustered into service, remarks. They are dated December 31, 1863.
One report (December 31, 1861) has number, names, rank, enlisted, remarks
Folder 11 – Company K, 1861-1865
Six reports show: Names, rank, age, joined for duty and enrolled, remarks. Five are dated June 3, 1861, and one is from May 31, 1861.
One report dated June 25, 1863 shows: number, names, rank, description, mustered into service, residence, and remarks.
Three reports state: number, names, rank, mustered into service, remarks. They are dated May 31, 1861; and (two) December 31, 1863 respectively.
One report for May 30, 1861 lists, names, rank, age, joined for duty and enrolled.
One report (December 31, 1861) has number, names, rank, enlisted, remarks.
Two reports have number, names, rank, description, mustered into service, remarks. The dates are September 28, 1863 and June 25, 1864.
Three reports state names, rank, age, mustered into service and remarks. They are dated: May 31, 1861, June 16, 1864 and November 23, 1865.

1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th Regiments, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Battalions, Kansas State Militia
1863-1864 72-01-06-01, Box 11, Folders 1-9 #190199
(Control #07180)
The format is usually: names, rank, age, joined for duty and enrolled, and remarks.
Box 11, Folder 1
Company A; 6th Regiment
Company A; 6th Regiment; July 25, 1864
Company A; 6th Regiment; September 20, 1864
Company B; 6th Regiment; September 21, 1864
Company C; 6th Regiment; September 22, 1864
Company D; 6th Regiment; September 20, 1864
6th Regiment; September 20, 1864
Box 11, Folder 2
Company E; 5th Regiment; June 14, 1864
Company E; 5th Regiment; July 24, 1864
Company F; 5th Regiment; June 14, 1864
Company G; 5th Regiment; October 9, 1864
Company H; 5th Regiment; June 14, 1864
Company H; 5th Regiment; July 25, 1864
Box 11, Folder 3
Company A; 2nd Regiment; First Brigade; Northern Division
Company B; 2nd Regiment; First Brigade; Northern Division
Company C; 2nd Regiment; First Brigade; Northern Division
Company D; 2nd Regiment; First Brigade; Northern Division
Company E; 2nd Regiment; First Brigade; Northern Division
2nd Regiment; Northern Division
Company F; 2nd Regiment; First Brigade; Northern Division
Company G; 2nd Regiment; First Brigade; Northern Division
Box 11, Folder 4
Company A; 3rd Regiment; Second Brigade; Northern Division
Company B; 3rd Regiment; Second Brigade; Northern Division
Company C; 3rd Regiment; Second Brigade; Northern Division
Company D; 3rd Regiment; Second Brigade; Northern Division
Company H; 2nd Regiment; First Brigade; Northern Division
Company K; 2nd Regiment; First Brigade; Northern Division
Box 11, Folder 5
Company A; 4th Regiment; Northern Division
Company B; 4th Regiment; Northern Division
Company C; 1st Regiment; September 22, 1863
Company C; 4th Regiment; Northern Division
Company E; 4th Regiment; northern Division

1st Regiment; October 10, 1863
1st Regiment; September 10, 1863
1st Regiment; Southern Division
1st Regiment; September 3, 1863
2nd Regiment; Southern Division
Box 11, Folder 6
Company A; 1st Battalion; First Provisional Regiment
Company B; 1st Battalion; First Provisional Regiment
Company C; Second Brigade; Southern Division
Company D; Second Brigade; Southern Division
Company F; Second Brigade; Southern Division
First Provisional Regiment; Field & Staff; Southern Division
1st Regiment; A Detachment; Southern Division; Black Jack
Box 11, Folder 7
Company A; 2nd Battalion; First Provisional Regiment
Company C; 1st Battalion; First Provisional Regiment Southern Division; 2nd Regiment; September 3, 1863
Company C; 1st Battalion; First Provisional Regiment Southern Division; September 28, 1863
Company D; 1st Battalion; First Provisional Regiment September 28, 1863
2nd Battalion; First Provisional Regiment; September 22, 1863
Box 11, Folder 8
Company B; 2nd Battalion, First Provisional Regiment September 22, 1863
Company C; 2nd Battalion; First Provisional Regiment September 22, 1863
Company D; 2nd Battalion; First Provisional Regiment October 12, 1863
2nd Battalion; First Provisional Regiment; September 22, 1863
2nd Battalion; First Provisional Regiment; October 10 1863
Box 11, Folder 9
Company A; 3rd Battalion; First Provisional Regiment; September 21, 1863
Company B; 3rd Battalion; First Provisional Regiment; September 21, 1863
Company E; 3rd Regiment
Company F; 3rd Regiment; August 3, 1864
Company G; 3rd Regiment, August 3, 1864
Company H; 3rd Regiment; September 30, 1864
Independent; 2nd Battalion, First Provisional Regiment; October 10, 1863
3rd Battalion; First Provisional Regiment; Field & Staff September 21, 1863
1st, 2nd, and 4th Regiments, Kansas State Militia
1864 72-02-03-01, Box 17, Folders 1-6 #190199
(Control #07180)
The format is usually: names, rank, age, joined for duty and enrolled, and remarks.
Box 17, Folder 1
Company D; 4th Regiment; Captain John W. Rogers October 10, 1864
Company E; 4th Regiment; Captain Andrew Dehart October 10, 1864
Box 17, Folder 2
Company E; 1st Regiment; Captain George Kiernan; October 8, 1864
Company F; 1st Regiment; Captain Henry Sarstedt; October 9, 1864
Company G; 1st Regiment; Captain Martin Smith; October 8, 1864
Box 17, Folder 3
Company A; 1st Regiment; Captain H.P. Scott; October 9, 1864
Company B; 1st Regiment; Captain Francis M. Christison; October 8, 1864
Box 17, Folder 4
Company B; 2nd Regiment; Captain A. J. Huntoon; October 10, 1864
Company C; 2nd Regiment; Captain Joshua B. Hannum; October 10, 1864
Company D; 2nd Regiment; Captain Sterling B. Miles; October 10, 1864
Box 17, Folder 5
Company C; 1st Regiment; Captain Otto C. Beeler; October 8, 1864
Company D; 1st Regiment; Captain Lysander B. Wheat; October 8, 1864
Box 17, Folder 6
Battalion A; 1st Regiment; Captain Henry Mehl
Company A; 2nd Regiment; Captain Daniel H. Horne; October 11, 1864
2nd Regiment; Field & Staff; October 10, 1864
1st, 2nd and 17th Regiments, Kansas State Militia
1863-1864 72-02-01-01, Box 14, Folders 1-8 #190199
(Control #07180)
The format is usually: names, rank, age, joined for duty and enrolled, and remarks.
Box 14, Folder 1
Company A; Home Battalion; 2nd Regiment; October 12, 1864
Company E; 2nd Regiment; Captain J. H. Banks; October 10, 1864
Company H; 17th Regiment; Lt. Patrick Casey; January 21, 1864
Company I; 17th Regiment; Captain Rudolph Nickenke; July 25, 1864
Company I; 17th Regiment; Captain R. Nickenke; August 12, 1864
Box 14, Folder 2
Company K; 1st Regiment; Captain John Hallaux; October 8, 1864
1st Regiment; Field, Staff & Band; October 8, 1864 Box 14, Folder 3
Company H; 1st Regiment; Captain Augustus M. Sattig; October 8, 1864
Company I; 1st Regiment; Captain T. I. Suthny; October 8, 1864
Box 14, Folder 4
Company I; 2nd Regiment; Captain William Disney; October 10, 1864
Company K; 2nd Regiment; Captain J. W. Mossman; October 10, 1864
Box 14, Folder 5
Company F; 2nd Regiment; Captain James Thompson; October 10, 1864
Company G; 2nd Regiment; Captain H. E. Rush; October 10, 1864
Company H; 2nd Regiment; Captain Perry Tice; October 10, 1864
Box 14, Folder 6
Battalion A; 2nd Regiment; Captain Ross Burns; October 10, 1864
Company D; Irregular 2nd Regiment; Captain Thomas Archer; October 12, 1864
Irregular Company Attached; 2nd Regiment; Captain Hibbard S. Gale; October 11, 1864
Box 14, Folder 7
Company B; Old Guards Battalion; October 9, 1864
Mars Burrill Cavalry; Southern Division; September 26, 1863
2nd Battalion; August 27, 1863
A. L. Dornbergh’s Artillery; November 14, 1863
Independent Company; October 12, 1863; Captain John Douglass
Independent Company; October 12, 1863; Captain Leonard Fugua
Box 14, Folder 8
Company C; Old Guards Battalion; October 10, 1864
Company D; Old Guards Leavenworth Battalion; October 13, 1864
Company of men over the age of 45; October 11, 1864
Company of men over the age of 45; October 17, 1864
1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 18th Regiments and Independent Colored Battery, Kansas State Militia
1861-1867 72-02-04-01, Box 20, Folders 1-5 #190199
(Control #07180)
The format is usually: names, rank, age, joined for duty and enrolled, and remarks.
Box 20, Folder 1
18th Regiment; Company A; Cavalry; Captain Henry C. Lindsay; July 15, 1867
18th Regiment; Company B; Cavalry; Captain E. A. Barker; July 15, 1867
18th Regiment; Company C; Cavalry; Captain George B. Jenness; July 15, 1867
18th Regiment; Cavalry; Field & Staff; Major Horace l. Moore; November 13, 1867

2nd Regiment, Kansas Volunteer Infantry
1861-1865 943-24-01-00 – 943-24-11-00 #190199
(22-2, M 3 4 3 N, OD 1 3 1 through 22-2, M 3 4 3 N, OD 1 3 11)
(Control #06937)
Eleven oversized folders (1-11) that contain muster roll, payroll, and report information about the 2nd Regiment, Kansas Volunteer Infantry.
Folder 1 – Field & Staff, 1861
One report: no, names, rank, age, joined for service, mustered into service, remarks, June 20, 1861.
Folder 2 – Company A, 1861
Two reports for troops commanded by Leonard W. Horne. One report: no, names, rank, age, joined for duty and enrolled, remarks, June 20, 1861. One report: no, names, rank, age, joined for service, mustered into service, remarks, June 20, 1861.
Folder 3 – Company B, 1861
One report: no, names, rank, age, joined for service, mustered into service, remarks, June 20, 1861.
Folder 4 – Company C, 1861
One report: no, names, rank, age, joined for duty and enrolled, remarks, June 20, 1861. One report: no, names, rank, age, joined for service, mustered into service, remarks, June 20, 1861.
Folder 5 – Company D, 1861
One report: no, names, rank, age, joined for duty and enrolled, remarks, June 20, 1861. One report: no, names, rank, age, joined for service, mustered into service, remarks, June 20, 1861.
Folder 6 – Company E, 1861
One report: no, names, rank, age, joined for duty and enrolled, remarks, June 20, 1861. One report: no, names, rank, age, joined for service, mustered into service, remarks, June 20, 1861.
Folder 7 – Company F, 1861
One report: no, names, rank, age, joined for duty and enrolled, remarks, June 20, 1861. One report: no, names, rank, age, joined for service, mustered into service, remarks, June 20, 1861.

Folder 8 – Company G, 1861
One report: no, names, rank, age, joined for duty and enrolled, remarks, June 20, 1861. One report: no, names, rank, age, joined for service, mustered into service, remarks, June 20, 1861.
Folder 9 – Company H, 1861
One report: no, names, rank, age, joined for duty and enrolled, remarks, June 20, 1861. One report: no, names, rank, age, joined for service, mustered into service, remarks, June 20, 1861.
Folder 10 – Company I, 1861
One report: No, names, rank, age, joined for duty and enrolled, remarks, June 20, 1861. One report: No, names, rank, age, joined for service, mustered into service, remarks, June 20, 1861.
Folder 11 – Company K, 1861-1865
Two reports: No, names, rank, age, joined for service, mustered into service, remarks, June 25, 1861, Mar 2, 1865.
2nd Regiment, Kansas Volunteer Cavalry
1861-1865 943-24-12-00 - 943-24-24-00 #190199
(22-2, M 3 4 3 N, OD 1 3 12 through 22-2, M 3 4 3 N, OD 1 3 24)
(Control #06938)
Thirteen oversized folders (12-24) that contain muster roll, payroll, and report information about the 2nd Regiment, Kansas Volunteer Cavalry.
Folder 12: Field & Staff, 1861-1865
Four reports: No, names, rank, age, joined for duty and enrolled, remarks, Dec 16, 1863, Jan 20, 1864, Dec 8, 1864, May 11, 1865.
Three reports: No, names, rank, age, joined for service, mustered into service, remarks, (two) Dec 31, 1861, Feb 28, 1862.
Two reports: No, names, rank, description, mustered into service, remarks, Oct 4, 1864, Apr 21, 1865.
One report: Name, muster day, original entry, remarks, Jan 1, 1864.
Folder 13 – Company A, 1862-1865
Three reports: No, names, rank, age, joined for duty and enrolled, remarks, Aug 1, 1863, Feb 1, 1864, Feb 4, 1864.

Seven reports: No, names, rank, description, mustered into service, remarks, Jan 7, 1864, Feb 27,1864, Mar 3, 1864, May 16, 1864, (two) Jan 29, 1865, Apr 19, 1865.
Three reports: No, names, rank, age, joined for service, mustered into service, remarks, Feb 22, 1862, (two) Apr 15, 1862.
Folder 14 – Company B, 1863-1865
Three reports: No, names, rank, age, joined for duty and enrolled, remarks, Apr 21, 1863, Jan 11, 1864, Feb 23, 1864.
One report: No, names, rank, description, remarks, Jan 29, 1865.
Three reports: No, names, rank, description, mustered into service, remarks, Jul. 27,1864, Apr 18, 1865, Apr 29, 1865.
Five reports: No, names, rank, age, joined for service, mustered into service, remarks, Sep 1, 1863, Sep 3, 1863, Sep 19, 1863, Oct 25, 1863, June 10, 1865.
One report: No, names, rank, joined for service, mustered into service, remarks, Nov. 28, 1863.
Folder 15 – Company C, 1861-1865
Fourteen reports: No, names, rank, age, joined for duty and enrolled, remarks, Dec 31, 1861, (two) May 20, 1863, May 29, 1863, Dec 19, 1863, Dec 26, 1863, (two) Jan 11, 1864, (six) June 10, 1865.
Fifteen reports: No, names, rank, age, joined for service, mustered into service, remarks, June 3, 1861, Oct 29, 1861, (two) Dec 3, 1861, Dec 9, 1861, (three) Dec 31, 1861, Sep 20, 1862, Sep 30, 1863, Dec 19, 1863, (two) Apr 30, 1865, (two) Aug 11, 1865.
Six reports: No, names, rank, description, mustered into service, remarks, Mar 4, 1864, (two) May 2, 1864, Jul. 21 1864, (two) Dec 11, 1864.
Folder 16 – Company D, 1861-1865
Thirteen reports: No, names, rank, age, joined for service, mustered into service, remarks, Nov. 2 1861, Nov. 16, 1861, (two) Dec 10, 1861, Mar 28, 1862, Apr 29, 1862, (two) May 1, 1862, Jul. 18, 1863, Aug 13, 1863, Apr 30, 1865, (two) Aug 11, 1865.
Five reports: No, names, rank, description, mustered into service, remarks, Feb 29, 1864, Mar 4, 1864, May 26, 1864, June 30, 1864, Dec 16, 1864.
Four reports: No, names, rank, age, joined for duty and enrolled, remarks, Dec 31, 1861, Dec 19, 1863, May 1, 1864, May 30, 1864.
Folder 17 – Company E, 1861-1863
Four reports: No, names, rank, age, joined for service, mustered into service, remarks, Dec 31, 1861, Apr 1, 1862, Jul. 1, 1863, Dec 6, 1863.

One report: No, names, rank, age, joined for duty and enrolled, remarks, Dec 31, 1861.
One report: No, names, rank, enrollment, remarks, Dec 31, 1861.
Folder 18 – Company F, 1861-1865
Two reports: No, names, rank, age, joined for duty and enrolled, remarks, Mar 2, 1864, Jul. 30, 1864.
Three reports: No, names, rank, description, mustered into service, remarks, Mar 4, 1864, June 30, 1864, May 2, 1865.
One report: No, names, rank, age, joined for service, mustered into service, remarks, Dec 31, 1861.
Folder 19 – Company G, 1861-1865
Four reports: No, names, rank, description, mustered into service, remarks, May 2, 1864, (two) May 9, 1864, Aug 28, 1865.
Seven reports: No, names, rank, age, joined for service, mustered into service, remarks, Dec 10, 1861, (three) Jan 7, 1862, Aug 20, 1863, May 23, 1864, Aug 11, 1865.
Five reports: No, names, rank, age, joined for duty and enrolled, remarks, Jan 10, 1862, Aug 12, 1863, Aug 26, 1863, Dec 26, 1863, Feb 22, 1864.
One report: No, names, rank, enrollment, remarks, N.D.
Folder 20 – Company H, 1861-1865
Five reports: No, names, rank, age, joined for service, mustered into service, remarks, May 30, 1861, Mar 18, 1865, (two) May 9, 1865, Sep 11, 1865.
One report: No, names, rank, description, mustered into service, remarks, Mar 4, 1864.
Folder 21 – Company I, 1861-1864
Six reports: No, names, rank, age, joined for duty and enrolled, remarks, Dec 31, 1861, May 8, 1863, June 5, 1863, June 9, 1863, Oct 20, 1863, Dec 4, 1863.
One report: No, names, rank, description, mustered into service, remarks, Apr 26, 1864.
Three reports: No, names, rank, age, joined for service, mustered into service, remarks, Nov. 24, 1861, Dec 11, 1861, Aug 25, 1862.
Folder 22 – Company K, 1861-1865
Four reports: No, names, rank, age, joined for duty and enrolled, remarks, June 3, 1863, Jan 13, 1864, (two) Jan 19, 1864.

Twelve reports: No, names, rank, age, joined for service, mustered into service, remarks, (three) Dec 31, 1861, Feb 22, 1862, Mar 1, 1862, Apr 5, 1862, June 21, 1862, (two) Aug 24, 1862, Oct 1, 1862, June 30, 1864, Apr 30, 1865.
Folder 23 – Company L, 1863-1865
Two reports: No, names, rank, description, mustered into service, remarks, May 9, 1864, May 27, 1864.
One report: No, names, rank, joined for service mustered into service, remarks, Mar 1, 1864.
Four reports: No, names, rank, age, joined for duty and enrolled, remarks, (two) Mar 1, 1864, May 2, 1864, May 20, 1864.
Six reports: No, names, rank, age, joined for service, mustered into service, remarks, June 22, 1863, Dec 1, 1863, (three) Mar 1, 1864, Aug 11, 1865.
Folder 24 – Unassigned Recruits, 1863-1864
Two reports: No, names, rank, age, joined for duty and enrolled, remarks, Dec 9, 1863, Dec 26,1863.
One report: No, names, rank, description, mustered into service, remarks, Feb 26, 1864.
2nd and 14th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry
1861-1865 72-04-07-01, Box 85 #190199
(Control #04345)
2nd Kansas Volunteer Cavalry materials:
Number, names, rank, age, joined for service, mustered into service, for Company B (April 30, 1864), and Company C (December 1861).
Number, names, rank, joined for service, mustered into service, remarks; August 31, 1863.
Number, names, rank, enlisted:
Company A (August 31, 1862)
Company C (August 31, 1862)
Company D (August 31, 1862)
Company E (August 31, 1862)
Company F (September 1, 1862)
Company G (August 31, 1862)
Company H (August 31, 1862)
Company K (October 31, 1862)
Company? (April 30, 1864)
Number, names, how mustered in Army; February 28, 1864, (two) April 30, 1864.
14th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry materials:

Number, names, rank, joined for service, mustered into service, remarks; Company A (two) (April 30, 1864)
Company B (April 30, 1864)
Company C (April 30, 1864)
Company E (April 30, 1864)
Company G (two) (April 30, 1864)
Company K (April 30, 1864)
Company L (June 30, 1864)
Number, names, rank, mustered into service, last paid, remarks:
Company A (June 30, 1863, December 31, 1864)
Company B (December 31, 1864)
Company D (December 31, 1864)
Company F (December 31, 1864)
Company G (two) (December 31, 1864)
Company H (December 31, 1864)
Company K (December 31, 1864)
Company L (December 31, 1864)
Field & Staff (April 30, 1864, December 31, 1865)
3rd Regiment, Kansas Volunteer Cavalry and Kansas Volunteer Infantry
1861-1863 943-25-01-00 - 943-25-13-00 #190199
(22-2, M 3 4 3 O, OD 1 4 1 through 22-2, M 3 4 3 O, OD 1 4 1)
(Control #06939)
Thirteen oversized folders (1-13) that contain muster roll, payroll, and report information about the 3rd Regiment of either the Kansas Volunteer Cavalry or the Kansas Volunteer Infantry. The records are identified by folder number, organization, and year(s).
Folder 1 – Field & Staff, Unknown, 1861-1862
Three reports: No, names, rank, joined for service, mustered into service, remarks, (two) Jul. 24, 1861, Dec 31, 1862.
One report: No, names, rank, age, joined for service, mustered into service, remarks, Jul. 24, 1861.
Folder 2 – Company A, Infantry, 1861
Three reports: No, names, rank, joined for service, mustered into service, remarks, (two) Jul. 24, 1861 (includes company history), Dec 31, 1861.

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