8th Regiment Kansas Volunteer Infantry The 8th Kansas Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . Companies A , D , G , and H of the 8th Kansas Infantry were organized at Lawrence , Kansas ; the remaining companies were recruited from across the state . Company A was the first to muster in on August 28 , 1861 . The regiment mustered in under the command of Colonel Henry W . Wessels . The regiment was attached to 2nd Brigade , 4th Division , Army of the Mississippi , to September 1862 . 32nd Brigade , 9th Division , Army of the Ohio , to October 1862 . 32nd Brigade , 9th Division , III Corps , Army of the Ohio , to November 1862 . 3rd Brigade , 1st Division , Right Wing , XIV Corps , Department of the Cumberland , to January 1863 . Post of Nashville , Department of the Cumberland , to June 1863 . 3rd Brigade , 1st Division , XX Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to October 1863 . 1st Brigade , 3rd Division , IV Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to August 1865 . Department of Texas to November 1865 . The 8th Kansas Infantry mustered out of service at Fort Leavenworth , Kansas on January 9 , 1866 . Detailed service . Companies A , D , G , and H at Lawrence , Kansas , October 1861 . Companies A and G marched to West Point , Missouri , December 16 – 19 , and Companies D and H , to the same place November 23 – 25 , 1861 . Companies A , F , and G moved to Fort Kearney , Neb . , February 16 , 1862 . Companies D , H , and K to Osawatomie , Kan . , February 22 , thence to Fort Leavenworth March 12 . Companies A , D , and G at Fort Kearney , Neb . Companies B and F at Fort Leavenworth , Kan . Company C at Fort Riley until April , then at Fort Leavenworth , Kan . Companies E and K at Aubrey , Kan . Company H at Fort Leavenworth , Kan . , until April , then at Fort Riley , and Company I at Leavenworth City . All until May 1862 . Companies B , E , H , I and K moved from Leavenworth to Columbus , Ky . , May 28 - June 2 , and to Union City , Tenn . , June 8 – 11 . To Trenton , Tenn . , June 16 – 17 . To Humboldt , Tenn . , June 26 , and to Corinth , Miss . , July 2 – 3 . Companies B , E , H , I , and K moved from Corinth , Miss . , to Jacinto July 22 , 1862 , and to Eastport , Miss . , August 3 – 5 . March to Nashville , Tenn . , August 18 - September 4 , thence to Louisville , Ky . , in pursuit of Bragg September 11 – 26 . Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1 – 16 . Near Perryville October 6 – 7 . Battle of Perryville October 8 . Lancaster October 14 . March to Nashville , Tenn . , October 16 - November 7 . Reconnaissance toward Franklin December 9 . Near Brentwood December 9 . Assigned to provost duty at Nashville December 18 , 1862 to June 9 , 1863 . Company G stationed at Leavenworth until February 1863 . Joined regiment at Nashville , Tenn . , March 29 , 1863 . Companies A , D , and F at Fort Kearney until June 1862 , then at Leavenworth , Kan . , until February , 1863 . Company C at Leavenworth , Kan . , until February 1863 . Skirmish with Gordon ' s guerrillas at Hickory Grove , Mo . , August 7 , 1862 ( Companies A , D , and F ) . Scout from Fort Leavenworth to Independence , Mo . , August 12 – 14 , 1862 ( Companies A and F ) . Hickory Grove August 23 ( Companies A , C , and F ) . Expedition through Jasper , Cass , Johnson and LaFayette Counties , Mo . , September 8 – 23 ( Companies C and F ) . Companies A , C , D , and F joined Regiment at Nashville , Tenn . , February 22 , 1863 . Regiment moved from Nashville to Murfreesboro , Tenn . , June 9 , 1863 . Tullahoma Campaign June 23 - July 7 . Liberty Gap June 24 – 27 . Passage of Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River , and Chickamauga Campaign August 16 - September 22 . Caperton ' s Ferry , Bridgeport , August 29 . Battle of Chickamauga , September 19 – 20 . Siege of Chattanooga September 24 - October 27 . Battles of Chattanooga November 23 – 25 ; Orchard Knob November 23 – 24 ; Missionary Ridge November 26 . Pursuit to Graysville November 26 – 27 . March to relief of Knoxville , November 28 - December 8 . Campaign in eastern Tennessee until February 1864 . Veterans on furlough February 17 - April 5 . Moved to Nashville , Tenn . , April 20 – 28 . Escort train from Nashville to Sherman ' s army May 1 to June 17 . Rejoined Brigade before Kennesaw Mountain June 28 . Operations against Kennesaw Mountain June 28 - July 2 . Ruff ' s Station , Smyrna Camp Ground , July 4 . Chattahoochie River July 5 – 17 . Battle of Peachtree Creek July 19 – 20 . Siege of Atlanta July 22 - August 25 . Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25 – 30 . Battle of Jonesboro August 31 - September 1 . Lovejoy ' s Station September 2 – 6 . Operations against Hood in northern Georgia and northern Alabama October 1 – 26 . Moved to Nashville , thence to Pulaski , Tenn . Nashville Campaign November – December . Columbia , Duck River , November 24 – 27 . Spring Hill November 29 . Battle of Franklin November 30 . Battles of Nashville December 15 – 16 . Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17 – 28 . March to Huntsville , Ala . , December 1 , 1864 to January 5 , 1865 , duty there until February 1 . Moved to Nashville and back to Huntsville February 1 – 6 , and duty there until March 15 . Bull ' s Gap Expedition and operations in eastern Tennessee March 15 - April 22 . Moved to Nashville April 22 and duty there until June 15 . Moved to New Orleans , La . , June 15 – 29 , thence to Indianola , Texas , July 6 – 9 . March to Green Lake July 9 , and duty there until August 10 . Moved to San Antonio August 10 – 23 , and duty there until November 29 . Mustered out November 29 , 1865 . Moved to Fort Leavenworth , Kan . , November 30 , 1865 – January 6 , 1866 , and honorably discharged January 9 , 1866 . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 244 men during service ; 3 officers and 94 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 3 officers and 144 enlisted men died of disease .