, 1862-05-10
OUR KANSAS LETTER.
THE MILITARY HISTORY OF
KANSAS IN THIS WAR.

KANSAS III 4H2H u sANs =
, e,anoa at What Pro-slavery Officers i
have Done aud Attempted :
from Our Special Correspondent II
1E1YxxwoHEH, z. r., May eth
Public attention has been more espec1aN
called to the military administration IN han-
sas. by the gross outrage upon Coz. =. h:
.1cnnfson and Lieut.. G. H. Hoyt, Of the f'rss
Eansas cavalry. The circumstances which
hive enviroued that State since the day when
II .saa thrown open to settlement are such as:f
,ronse q Jealous regard for the rights OF It's
citizens in the minds Of all rho lore noefty
and hate oppression. 1t Tas conhdenay eA~
npcted when the rebellion first lifted It's 1sont,
that the uaer, Of Kansas would not be 1ouHu
backward in defending the insulted majesty
at the Nation. The expectation Was more
thon realized. The quota Of volunteers ca1lea
for hv the President from this youngest CHILD
oT the Union was ZOO. The response came |
;,, the shape Of eight full regiments and one
battery for the three years serF1ce' III ~
d;tiou to the gallant Second regiment OF the
three months service, which fought st spring"
field and vas afterwards disbandad ard reor-
eauized. OF the men III service from that
state. there are at least eight or ten Hhnois
! eomnanic5, who, last summer despalr1ns OF
| seeing eeryiee elsewhere, and attracted BY tnc
| radical warfare there, Joined these regiments
| Col, Graham. now commanding the eth reg
ment, was formerly editor Of the Moline {lb-}
3u5e,,e,,6-nt. The Illinois volunteers are 1aem-
bers OF this regiment and Col Jennison's cay
airy. OF course the natural result OF ILLS
natriotism would come to bold deeds and
J marked rcEu1t upon the War* kansas was
| most certainly admirably situated to effect
: such q result Rebel Missouri On the East,
: the Indian Territory, Arkansas and Texas
{ South, and on the West an open border lns1e
. ing the attacks Of prowling Indian trlocs
Certainly too, while tAe State WAS IN DANCE
&c from this proximity, it Wis also "en place.
, for a wise offensive movement soutn"afo
> which the long training and thorons
IT knowledge of the foe to be ME
"a would render eerviccable. Hlthert
ID nothing Of nature commensurate Wit
"a General expectation has been accon
II T1isbed. It is true that the Kansas yoluntee
ed have done CALAMITY. Carthage, Forsyth
II Dug Springs, and Wilson Creek, tell OF Il
OF First aud Second regiments; while Dry ~ 90
'en Osccola, Alorristown, and the long suoln
.he marches On the Missouri border under LaI
to subdulng rebellion and destroying the can
re- +cu The work done By the I'd, 9Th and
is reajn,cnts: and still more emphaticauy
,rez vigorous fall aud winter eampaigu Of {
9ar, .Jennison in the border counties Of Misso1
lose tell how completely the First cavalry 1ne
lant stood the most effective method OF closing
ried war and subduing the rebels.
This stiu the fact Is apparent that all who b
ance watched the war in that section hare to L.
It is extent been disappointed in the resnsta
title tanned. There is failure somewhere.
from one bcleTes It to be in the men, and tue
sfac- known reputation Of the leading 0tAcers
rent ciude blame attaching to the.n na Mnnce 81
lent' does this hiudr3uce proceed? FROM On
'usly two causcs which proper statement
.iuci- clearly clueidate. We propose to do TN
holly carse II Is necesSai5 e. .nae o-,a.t 1atrio
gllsh has ieen thTsrted and the best lighting
teria1 On thc continent made Of little Ta1u
one reason why KANSAS has not gar1
Ac- as large az harvest as the field pro1nis'
in the Inadequate support given by III,
nown minietraton, The rebel policy "aS &C. essen e.
rance continental 10 Ito .;s'i1. iooai VIII
u the ernnf1on occurred, the Government has
arged reticallT applied local applications, 6ns
700 Of hardly Jet reached the point OF prescrlon
1906 ' Auother, aud, after ali, the main reaso
with the state Of afIairs In Kansas, vas IN thc
opular acter, auteccdents and oPlmons .! t1e
thcse who had control Of its military ad1nla!str
the toned at he military posts there when
nd the bellion broke out, were Of the Southern #
re. In Many OF them nave sance lol4ea 10y .n9
aled up armyc 1a1rI e',e as Gen4 Barry and Va
ltencea Of McClel1an's STALL Inc Gontrol OF
'ourt Of posts has only passed into the !, bands
At Tho no less Southern in their procllyitles, OF
courageous, and more treacherous, t
OF ING nrinc5pIcs even than those who openly
to the ed the ag Fort LeasenMeF{9 Senr;ta1 fo cs5
Sc back seems to have become nosFs;m ;anor; 1or =
anu not allow them openly to espoase ret
:quitsed int proof Of whose loyalty Is thus SC
at gives ! hv Cant. Roy's, now 4. 4 Commlssa
te secret eral for that district. Tbs !; =: k'f -
ciuian and Captain In the Second NJ
nplFe On 66f =. s. Infautry He makes ne sccge
mystery declaration that he would rather reslE
, Miras iojn his regiment on the Potomac,
MD forc- then be 1rod haze to fight against hls o.
,e.1 IVY So he has snug place as Comm1ssar1
ari9en TO might better be filled bT some OF the
ut all the poin1ees from civil life, while his reg
steadily but half Differed
, Forts LeaCepworth aud Riley are tt
)oua1 1ne cipal depote for al} army supplies IN
ner arose West. The former is quite an impofti
nediatel7 ! Al Of The volunteer regiments had e e
against ht1ea az 1as Rto,so,1 Rn,n, h;ttar and nro
Ion paper Most Of them had had personal co
c strangc With the Border Rnf1an fiction
ara nnw still but little better. There are no~
Of Republican rayuasters, and
DC 1nno' the same stamp at Fort LeagenWor
suspicion. people Of K1tnaas are 80 out Of eve
as It rests The radical Etripe- They were earn
-. .o | revolutionary Ia their warfare, III
sYers QUO to hurt somebody when they
It would This did not suit the officers who
Mircs, en-. their "eou.hern bzsthIcnt coE5ed ta
o.,,5 +h;n,r tionists,'' and whose chief evidence
.an !. aoo nnoe tt WAS to swear in rebels, letting
o,sooto0ot- to scouTgs the community.
,red to lib The only decent period in mllita1
tia d;sc1o- | which Kansas has seen since the
-oa,+ ! was daring Gen. Hunters adml
veto nssoS That true man and loyal soldl
d. but Who ed no truckling with tho slae
In all the branches Of his depRi
maintained the strfctest Wateh OF
Russell. | terests intrnsted to hin. II "a
iii In an brought to his knowledge that in
~,.s. termaster'g Office, men did proeurt
cotleepoA and otherwise mike money ont
ent Lincoln ernment, whose loyalty was very
M the army Gen. Hunter immediately issued al
- ~ ,,,ac- ouir;pg all employees. contractors,
q d. A1o tAos stringent oath Of loyalty: &c
The Federa prisoners to bard labor on the fol
ith them an and dropped all paroles and passei
IA heaje5e." Heuripg Of some oTer-an1ious ac
lily misstate o. nal. lnsra re sonnJiV Eco13ed. Il
+, as we'll Us Provost Marshal to task for laSity
nca has been to the same evil, and directed him
~ sc a-sc,,7 order forbidding the passage from
- "o epSH PARTIES unprotided with pa5see.
journ in this sno1 a. Gen. Hunter left, c1
ble notoriety oyer afairs, A glance at the nun
mendacious siiion Of troops II Kansas Will oe
ress that has osoGa .aan5 ~ Eansas soIdicrs. there
olitical or 30 dcngItrSent three Wisconsin rei
We will ven fantry, averaging SVo eneesse 9e
resident con- reglMsa.. .. hot4er;es ~ siS RI
the army to fron,' fn,iana. and one from Oh
have Insisted addition to the four guns and t.
, a slanderer, at the Fort, and the four guns att
- Sd and 18th Kansas regiments, II:
~ Of nearly II ,DD0 men With tsRet
- o+n.aa which about 6 900 were cavalry, t
on1'ea os@'77 heiEr Infantry and art1llerists:'
enaise Of Rev. nv If. Cotnnnissarlat and Gu
u in the Uni a1ores WAS stored at fort tte3Sst
-. -, ,,oro }rfnp not less than enough ratio
torate, literary en rerv .r dtciont there being
ts and church fnr each COMPANY allowed, AMI
and honor. a fe1d and btaff. Still this cou:
... .,r- 1.h. rnmedled b7 pressing into serftc
DIS 1ue' Aao''o teams. etc, The above force y
ed Tomorrow when Gen. Hunter left rs follow
Avenue II. Z. consfn and Dnio regiments we:
ier, the pastoz. ToEtn; NE lss, ~ ~ ~ IN n,h h
he 47th. 1st hatta1ion Of the 10th t5 the - "a
ae 45th Illinois il Ling coupsss sss,orth uI Gen ~
ined In Friday sr;so,, 6}fr the 4th nj Wyan
fly given rs the 5d and 9th (now the 2d console