The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1892-02-12
KANsAs IN THE wAR.

disease are greater per thousand than
those of any other stats- When on the
18th of April. 1861, President Lincoln
issued his call Tor IS, 600 men Kansas,
which had just been admitted to the
sisterhood of states, and with a meager
population living in log cabins along
the creeks, promptly responded with
$50 men The state sent 3. 495 in excess
of her quotl, SO the draft and draft riots
were an unheard of occurrence in this
state According t. the census OF
1850, the state had a military
population of 2T,9zB (white males
between the ages Of eighteen aud
forty five years. u per cent thus
. ervi ng in the army. The states
standing next in the list are, Indiana,
Illinois, Connecticut and Ohio The
90, 40 men furnished by the state re-
duced to the three years standard,
would be 1904, besides these 10, 622.
militia were enrolled in 1864 to rePeI
the Price raid which after the failure
to capture St Louis and jefferson City
was headed for Kansas The militia
Of course included a great many under
eighteen and over forty-fiye.
Nine cavalry regiments were organ
lied, viz: The Second, Fifth, Sixth,
Seventh, Ninth, Eleventh. Fourteenth,
Fifteenth and Sixteenth. Seven be-
louged to the Infantry, viz: First,
Second, Eighth, Tenth, Twelfth, Thir-
teenth and Seventeenth. There were
three batteries of artillery. the First,
Second and Third. The service OF
Kansas troops was mainly in the west
ern army and on the frontier The
Eighth Kansas infantry under Col.
John &. Martin served in the army of
the Cumberland, and distinguished it.
self at ChIcLamauga and Mission
Ridge. Its loss in the battle of Chick
amauga was go killed and wounded out
Of 4O6 eugsged-a loss of 81 per
cent It is mentioned in Col Fox's
work on ''Regimentai Losses" as one
Of those sustaining the heaviest loss in
proportion to its numbers in a single
engagement The first Kansas in
fantry was organized at LeavenwOrth
in May, 1861, and at the battle of VIII
sons Creek, Mo, lost PSI out Of GA en-
gagged, including four line officers killed
and its colonel Deitzler, wounded.
The Second Kansas also fought with
gallantry at Wilson's Creek Its
colonel, R b. Mitchell, being wounded.
1t was while at the head of the Second
Kansas that Gen. Lyon was killed and
his lifeless body borne from the field
by men OF that regiment. The Kansas
Rangers fought at this battle under the
command of the celeb rated Capt S. n.
Wood to avenge whose death a bloody
war is being waged within our borders
to-dar.
The engagement in which Kansas
troops were especially distinguished
was the holly contested battle of Prairie
4 Grove, Ark. fought December 2, 1902.
The commander of the union forces
was Gen. James @. Blunt, a Kansau,
who was engaged in the practice of
medicine when the war broke out The
| Tenth, Eleventh and Thirteenth in
fantry; the Second, Sixth and Ninth
cavalry; First and Sc Ond Kansas bat
teries and the First and Second Indian
home guard, which served as Kansas
troops, participated in the engagement
The state had perhaps as great a va
| riety of troops in regard to race as
most of the states. Besides the white
troops were two regiments of cOlored
troops and three regiments of Indians
! The first organization of colored troops
in the United States was the First
| Kansas colorsd volunteers, organized
August u, 1862, and afterward changed
| to the Seventy ninth United States coll
ored troops Their first engagement
was at Island Mound, No, which was
the first in " hich cOlOred troops fought.
They also participated IN the battles of
Cabin Creek, Honey Springs, Fort Glib
son and Big Springs. in the Creek nation.
In 1868 the Second Kansas colored
volunteers was organized In the
| spring of 1852, Kansas organized three
Indian regiments called the Indian
/ home guards. They belonged mostly
/ to the Creeks, CherOkees aud Semi
noles. They fought in the battles in
| the Indian territory, Prairie Grove,
Ark, and Newtonia, Mo. They num-
| bered $3.50 and their loss was LOIS.
/ The Indian brigade was commanded
/ by Col. w. A. Phillips, republican can
! didats for congress from the Fifth dis
| tri t in 1890, The company officers
| were mainly Indians, among whom
| We're Capt TulsehEselSo and Capt
! Tamtanuksa, who was cashiered,
| Andrew Rabbit, Jim Ned, Dirt
! Thrower Tiger and Daniel Grass
! hopper, and Lieutenants Jumper Duck
! and Red Bird Killer. These are the
names that appear in the official rec
or1s OF the war department. Among
the white officers from Kansas are some
/ equally great names: Col. jim Lane
Capt Sam wood, John James Ingalls,,
Judge Acknowledgment and me IN Der of
Col. Beljzler's star, Colonies d. r. An
thouy, Thomas Moonlight, John A.
Martin and Richard J. Hinton. Majors
Preston B. Plumb and Z. n, Morrill,,
Generals James G, Biunt Thomas Ew-
ing, Jr, Cyrus Leland, Sr., and Colo
neIs Cloud. Weir and Phillips, of the
Indian brigade.
The loss sustained by Kansas troops
was, killed and died of wounds, 78T;
other causes, 1, s93. Total, 2,630,- or
nearly 10 per cent. OF the mum Der of
troops furnished, reduced to three
years standard
Kansas not oaly furnished more than
her share OF troops to put down the re
belliOn, but her own soil was part of the
great battlefield When Price turned
westward from st Louis, he had in
view the capture of Fort Leavenworth
and the devastation of Kansas He
was met at Lexington by Gen. Blunt
with Kansas troops who contested his
advance 70 the Kansas border, fighting
ON the banks OF the Big aud Little Blue
and through the streets of Independ-
ence, the brick buildings yet bearing
Inc marks of bullets. Tne main battle
Of the Frics raid was fought along the
state line OF Kansas just south and
west OF WestporS- Kansans felt that
they were fighting for the defense of
their homes and children and the in
vader was checked Price retreated
along the state line, crossed into Kan
sas and while crossing Mine creek in
Lima county, Kan, he posted his artil-
lery aud troops on a high mound on
the prairie. They were charged by
Kansas troopers and Gen. Marmadulre,