2nd Kansas Cavalry Regiment
2nd Kansas Cavalry Regiment | |
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Active | November 8, 1861 – August 17, 1865 |
Country | United States |
Allegiance | Union |
Branch | Cavalry |
Equipment | "Hall's carbines Austrian carbines French revolvers"[1] |
Engagements | Battle of Perryville (detachment) Battle of Old Fort Wayne Battle of Prairie Grove Battle of Devil's Backbone Camden Expedition |
The 2nd Kansas Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Service
The 2nd Kansas Cavalry was organized at Kansas City, Kansas beginning on November 8, 1861, but its designation was changed to 9th Kansas Infantry on February 4, 1862. It was changed again on March 5, 1862, to 2nd Kansas Cavalry. It was mustered in under the command of Colonel Alson C. Davis.
The regiment was attached to
On May 22, 1862, an order was received from District Headquarters for the 2nd Kansas Cavalry to provide a 150-man detail to man a battery of six 10-pdr
The 2nd Kansas Cavalry mustered out of service on August 17, 1865.
Casualties
The regiment lost a total of 181 men during service; 2 officers and 62 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 1 officer and 116 enlisted men died of disease.
Commanders
- Colonel Alson C. Davis
- Colonel Robert Byington Mitchell
- Colonel Samuel Johnson Crawford
- Lieutenant Colonel Owen A. Bassett
Notable members
- Colonel William F. Cloud - Namesake of Cloud County, Kansas.[3]
- Captain Avra P. Russell, Company K - Namesake of Russell County, Kansas, died of wounds received at the Battle of Prairie Grove, Arkansas.[4]
- Sergeant Marion Harper, Company E - Namesake of Harper County, Kansas, killed at Waldron, Arkansas[5]
- Private William D. Mitchell, Company K - Namesake of Mitchell County, Kansas, promoted to captain of a Kentucky regiment, killed at the Battle of Monroe's Crossroads, North Carolina[6]
- Private Vincent B. Osborn, Company A - Namesake of Osborne County, Kansas, lost a leg at Roseville, Logan County, Arkansas[7]
See also
- List of Kansas Civil War Units
- Kansas in the Civil War
Notes
- ^ Official Military History of Kansas Regiments During the War for the Suppression of the Great Rebellion, p. 27
- ^ Official Military History of Kansas Regiments During the War for the Suppression of the Great Rebellion, p. 71-72
- ^ "Cloud County, Kansas - Kansas Historical Society".
- ^ "Russell County, Kansas - Kansas Historical Society".
- ^ "Harper County, Kansas - Kansas Historical Society".
- ^ "Mitchell County, Kansas - Kansas Historical Society".
- ^ "Osborne County, Kansas - Kansas Historical Society".
References
- Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co.), 1908.
- Official Military History of Kansas Regiments During the War for the Suppression of the Great Rebellion (Leavenworth, KS: W. S. Burke), 1870.
- Attribution
- This article contains text from a text now in the public domain: Dyer, Frederick H. (1908). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Des Moines, IA: Dyer Publishing Co.