9th Regiment Kansas Volunteer Cavalry The 9th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 9th Kansas Cavalry was organized at Fort Leavenworth , Kansas on March 27 , 1862 by consolidation of several " independent battalions " , squadrons , and detachments originally formed for other regiments . Company A organized as Company D , 8th Kansas Infantry , September 13 to October 14 , 1861 ; Company B as Company H , 8th Kansas Infantry , September 21 to November 20 , 1861 ; Company C as Company C , 3rd Kansas Infantry , July 24 , 1861 ; Company D as Company D 1st Battalion Kansas Cavalry , October 19 , 1861 to January 16 , 1863 ; Company E as Company E , 1st Battalion Kansas Cavalry , October 19 , 1861 to January 16 , 1862 . Company F organized as Kansas Home Guard October 19 , 1861 to January 16 , 1862 , and on scout and patrol duty at Paola , Kansas . Company G for 1st Battalion Kansas Cavalry September 9 , 1861 to January 16 , 1862 . Company H for 1st Battalion Kansas Cavalry October 22 , 1861 ; Company I mustered in March 6 , 1862 . Company K mustered in July 11 , 1862 . Company L mustered in May 2 , 1863 , and Company M mustered in June 11 to August 2 , 1863 . It mustered in for three years under the command of Colonel Edward Lynde . The regiment was attached to Department of Kansas to August 1862 . 1st Brigade , Department of Kansas , to October 1862 . 1st Brigade , 1st Division , Army of the Frontier , Department of Missouri , to June 1863 . District of the Frontier , Department of Missouri , to July 1864 . District of the Border , Department of Missouri , to January 1864 . Department of Kansas to May 1864 . 3rd Brigade , District of the Frontier , VII Corps , Department of Arkansas , to September 1864 . 4th Brigade , Cavalry Division , VII Corps , to January 1865 . Unattached , VII Corps , Little Rock , Arkansas , to July 1865 . The 9th Kansas Cavalry mustered out of service at Little Rock , Arkansas on July 17 , 1865 . Detailed service . Company C had participated in skirmish at Medoc , Mo . , August 23 , 1861 ; Bell ' s and Morse ' s Mills August 28 – 29 ; Drywood Creek , Fort Scott , September 2 ; Morristown , Mo . , September 17 , and Osceola , Mo . , September 22 . Companies G and H on expedition from Morristown to Dayton and Rose Hill , Mo . , January 1 – 3 , 1862 . Operations in Johnson and LaFayette Counties , Mo . , January 5 – 12 . Columbus , Mo . , January 9 . Companies A , B , C , G , and I detached June 10 , 1862 . Company A on escort duty to Fort Union , New Mexico . Company B in mountains near Denver and built Fort Halleck . Company C to Fort Riley , Kansas ; Company G to Fort Lyon , Colorado , and Company I to Fort Laramie . Locust Grove , Cherokee Nation , July 3 , 1862 . ( Companies D , E , F , and H ) . Operations against Coffey August . March to Sarcoxie . Blunt ' s Campaign in Missouri and Arkansas August to December . Reconnaissance to Newtonia September 28 – 29 . Newtonia September 30 . Occupation of Newtonia October 4 . Cane Hill , Boston Mountains , November 28 . Battle of Prairie Grove , Ark . , December 7 . Expedition over Boston Mountains to Van Buren December 27 – 31 . Cane Hill January 2 , 1863 ( Company H ) . Spring River , Mo . , February 19 ( Company D ) . Fort Halleck , Dakota Territory , February 20 ( Company B ) . Regiment moved to Fort Scott escorting supply trains February 1863 . Stationed along borders of Kansas operating against guerrillas March 1863 to March 1864 ( Companies A , D , E , F , and K ) . Expedition from Humboldt to Cottonwood April 10 , 1863 ( Company G ) . Scout in Bates and Cass Counties May 3 – 11 . Hog Island May 18 ( Companies C , E , and K ) . Westport June 17 ( Companies E and K ) . Blue River June 18 ( Company K ) . Cabin Creek July 1 – 2 . Grand Pass , Indian Territory , July 7 ( Company B ) . Honey Springs , Kansas , July 17 ( Company C ) . Taylor ' s Farm , Little Blue , August 1 . Brooklyn , Kansas , August 21 ( Company K ) . At Trading Post ( Companies E and G ) , Harrisonville , Aubrey County ( Company K ) , Pleasant Hill ( Company D ) and Westport ( Company H ) operating against guerrillas . Company C rejoined from Fort Riley August 1863 . Pursuit of Quantrill August 20 – 28 . Brooklyn August 28 . Scout from Coldwater Grove to Pleasant Hill and Big Creek and skirmishes September 4 – 7 ( Companies D , E , and G ) . Jackson County September 15 . Baxter Springs October 10 . Pursuit of Shelby toward Warrensburg . Harrisonville October 24 ( Company G ) . Carthage October 18 . Regiment assembled and ordered to Fort Smith via Springfield , Mo . , April 3 , 1864 . Duty at Fort Smith until July . ( Company F stationed at Van Buren May 23 . ) Hahn ' s Farm , near Waldron , June 19 . Near Fayetteville June 24 ( Company C ) . Operations in Arkansas July 1 – 31 . Frog Bayou July 1 . Moved to Little Rock July 2 – 14 . Duty there and at Duvall ' s Bluff until July 1865 . Bull ' s Bayou August 26 , 1864 . Bull Creek August 27 ( Company I ) . Expedition in pursuit of Shelby August 27 - September 6 . Whittier ' s Mills October 8 . Reconnaissance from Little Rock to Princeton October 19 – 23 . Hurricane Creek October 23 . Expedition from Brownsville to Cotton Plant October 26 - November 3 . Scout from Duvall ' s Bluff to West Point November 16 – 18 . Expedition from Duvall ' s Bluff up White River December 13 – 15 . Duty in Arkansas until July 1865 . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 195 men during service ; 1 officer and 52 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 2 officers and 140 enlisted men died of disease .