6th Kansas Cavalry

== Regimental History and Service Record ==
Organized at Fort Scott July, 1861. Attached to Dept. of Kansas to August, 1862. 2nd Brigade, Dept. of Kansas, to October, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Army of the Frontier, Dept. of Missouri, to February, 1863 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Army of the Frontier, to June 1863. District of the Frontier, Dept. of Missouri, to January, 1864. District of the Frontier, 7th Corps, Dept. of Arkansas, to March, 1864. 3rd Brigade, District of the Frontier, 7th Corps, to January, 1865. 2nd Brigade 3rd Division, 7th Corps, to February, 1865. 1st Brigade 2nd Division, 7th Corps, to August, 1865.
SERVICE.--Duty at Fort Scott until March, 1862. Dry wood Creek, Fort Scott, September 1, 1861. Morristown September 17. Osceola September 20, 21 and 22. (The 3 original Cos. march to Fort Lincoln September 1 1861; thence return to Fort Scott.) 
* November 6, 1861 - Engagement at Little Santa Fe, Missouri
Regiment reorganized March 27 1862, and "A," "B" and "C," original Companies, mustered out. Duty at Fort Scott until May. Carthage, Mo. March 23. Diamond Grove April 14. Lost Creek April 15. Companies "C," "H" and "K" moved to Carthage Mo., with 15th Kansas, rejoining May. Regiment stationed at various points on southern line of Kansas Headquarters at Paoli until June. Concentrated at For Scott. Expedition into Indian Territory May 25-July (Cos. "C," "H" and "K"). 
* July 14-17, 1862 - Reconnaissances from Grand River, Indian Territory
Regiment Joined June 20. Expedition into Cherokee Country July 2-August 1. Stan Watie's Mill July 4 (2 Cos.). Expedition from Fort Leavenworth to Independence August 12-14 (1 Co.). Clear Creek August 19. Taboursville August 20. Osage Rive August 21. Coon Creek, near Lamar, and Lamar, At gust 24. Operations in Southwest Missouri September to December. Expedition through Jackson, Cass, John son and Lafayette Counties, Mo., September 8-23 ( Co.). Hickory Grove September 19. Granby September 24. Newtonia September 30. Occupation of Newtonia October 4. 
* October 22, 1862 - Action at Beattie's Prairie, Indian Territory
Operations in Jackson County against Quantrell November 1-5. Drywood, Boston Mountains. November 9. Reconnaissance toward Van Buren and Fort Smith November 20. Near Cane Hill November 25. Cane Hill November 28. Battle of Prairie Grove, Ark., December 7. Expedition over Boston Mountains to Van Buren December 27-29. Dripping Springs December 29. (1st Battalion, Cos. "A," "C," "F" and "H" camp on Crane Creek, near Springfield, Mo., until March, 1863.) Operations in Newton and Jasper Counties March 5-13 (Cos. "A" and "C"). Near Sherwood March 9 (Cos. "A" and "C"). Companies "F" and "H" march from Westbrook to Salem, thence to Rolla May 7; thence to Fort Scott June 21-July 4. Webber Falls, Cherokee Nation, April 21-23 (3rd Battalion). Big Creek, near Pleasant Hill, May 15 (Co. "E"). 
* May 20, 1863 - Skirmish at Fort Gibson, Indian TerritoryNot originally referenced on unit homepage
* May 22, 1863 - Skirmish at Fort Gibson, Indian Territory 
* May 25, 1863 - Skirmish at Fort Gibson, Indian Territory 
Greenleaf Prairie June 16. Cabin Creek July 1-2. Elk Creek, near Honey Springs, July 17. Perryville August 26. Operations in Cherokee Nation September 11-25. Webber Falls October 12. Moved to Fort Smith November 13-18 and duty there until March, 1864. Scout to Baker's Springs January 21-25. Baker's Springs, Caddo Gap, January 24. 
* March 23-May 3, 1864 - Expedition from Little Rock to Camden, Arkansas (Cos. "A," "C," "G," "K" and "M") 
** Roseville April 4-5 (Detachment). 
** Stone's Ferry April 5 (Detachment). 
** Prairie D'Ann April 9-12. 
** Moscow April 13. 
** Dutch Mills April 14. 
** Camden April 16-18. 
** April 18, 1864 - Engagement at Poison Spring, Arkansas (detachment)
** Saline Bottom April 29. 
** April 29, 1864 - Skirmish at the Ouachita River, ArkansasNot originally referenced on unit homepage 
Jenkins Ferry, Saline River, April 30. Moved to Dardanelle, thence to Fort Smith May 6-16. Dardanelle May 10. 
* May 18, 1864 - Skirmish at Clarksville, Arkansas 
Fayetteville May 19. Roseville June 4-5 (Detachment). Hahn's Farm, near Waldron, and Iron Bridge June 19. Balance of Regiment near Fort Smith and duty there until September. Mazzard's Prairie July 27 (Cos. "B," "D," "E" and "H"). Near Fort Smith July 31. Lee's Creek August 1 (Detachment). Van Buren August 12. Fort Smith August 27. March to Cabin Creek, Cherokee Nation, September 14-19. Fort Scott October 22. 
* October 23, 1864 - Skirmish at Cow Creek, Kansas (detachment, non-veterans)
Training Post October 24. Moved from Fort Smith to Clarksville December 29 and duty there until February 16, 1865. Moved to Little Rock and duty there until June. Consolidated to a Battalion April 18, 1865. Moved to Duvall's Bluffs June 5, thence to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, July 27-August 11. Mustered out August 27, 1865.
== Regimental Roster ==
== Regiment Statistical Information ==
* Regiment lost during service 4 Officers and 81 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 140 Enlisted men by disease. Total 228.
== Legacy ==
== Notes ==
== Sources == 
* (Pages 682, 683, 684, 725, 799, 986, 1182-1183)
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