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THE SIEGE OF LAWRENCE.
Lawrence was in a state of siege for two weeks ending December 7, 1855, when Governor Shannon disbanded the militia and declared peace. Incidental to the war, Thomas W. Barber was killed, December 6th, by a party of raiders from the camp at Lecompton. The war produced no other casualties, but it was one of the most significant events in early Kansas history, as it brought into prominence such well-known characters as Charles Robinson, James H. Lane, Samuel C. Pomeroy, Samuel N. Wood, Wilson Shannon and John Brown. The last named arrived in Lawrence December 7th, from Osa-
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watomie, with four of his sons. They were all well armed, and traveled in a wagon, from the front of which floated the American flag.
Shawnee County contributed one of the companies that went to the de- fence of Lawrence. It was organized November 27, 1855, with Daniel H. Horne as captain; Asaph Allen, Ist lieutenant ; Loring Farnsworth, 2nd lieu- tenant ; John Ritchie, 3rd lieutenant ; non-commissioned officers,-Leonard W. Horne, William F. Creitz, W. W. Henderson, James G. Bunker, Andrew S. Waters, Moses Hubbard and Henry B. Cowles ; privates,-Augustus H. Bar- nard, George F. Boyd, Leroy L. Brown, Philip Briggs, Franklin L. Crane, Peter O'Connor, Humphrey Coburn, Jesse H. Crane, J. F. Cummings, George Davis, Francis Davis, Abner Doane, Henry Damm, Guilford Dudley, James Disney, Moses Dudley, Joseph W. Emerson, Charles Farnsworth, Charles N. Gray, Richard Gustin, Benjamin F. Gatchel, George F. Hartwell, Paul K. Hubbard, George Hill, Abel F. Hartwell, Cyrus F. Howard, George W. Hathaway, George L. King, Robert M. Luce, Christopher C. Leonard, David H. Moore, W. G. R. Miles, Joseph C. Miller, McClure C. Martin, Rob- ert L. Mitchell, Alonzo W. Moore, John Long, Ozias Judd, John W. Parsons, James Pierce, W. W. Ross, James Redpath, David Smith, Charles A. Sex- ton, William P. Thompson, Charles L. Tyrrell, Charles H. Thompson, James Taggart, Theron Tucker, Peter J. Wendell, Thomas G. Thornton, Henry P. Waters, John A. Wirt, William H. Weymouth, Charles L. Wilber, Nelson Young, Harvey G. Young, George H. Woods and George F. Warren.
FORAGING FOR SUPPLIES.
In 1856 the relations between the Free-State men of Kansas and the Pro- Slavery faction in Missouri became so strained that it was impossible to get supplies from the Missouri towns, the sale and transportation of provisions and merchandise being almost entirely shut off, or accomplished at great loss and risk. It was feared that the Missourians would continue their raids into the new settlements and that the lives of the Free-State men and their families would be in constant jeopardy. Most of the towns fortified against invasion and many of them organized military companies for further protection. The Shawnee County company was organized as Company B of the 2nd Regiment of Kansas Volunteers. Aaron D. Stevens, alias Whipple, was colonel of the regiment. L. C. Wilmarth was chief of commissary, and William F. Creitz, captain of the Topeka company. Colonel Whipple was in the United States Army in the Mexican War. He was imprisoned at Fort Leavenworth for attacking an officer who was abusing a soldier. He escaped from prison and came to Topeka, hoping to hide his identity under the name of Stevens. He was a prominent factor in the early history of Kansas, followed John Brown
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to Harper's Ferry in 1859, and was executed at Charleston, Virginia, March 16, 1860.
Captain Creitz' company, aided by Colonel Stevens, Daniel H. Horne, John Ritchie and others, foraged upon the neighboring towns of Osawkie, Lecompton, Indianola and Tecumseh, and took from the Pro-Slavery faction a considerable quantity of provisions and ammunition. This continued for several weeks, until supplies could be received in a regular and legitimate way. The Topeka company marched to Bull Creek, under orders from Gen. James H. Lane, to repel a party of Missourians, commanded by Capt. Jolin Reid, who was leading the raid on Osawatomie. After coming up to the raiders, General Lane decided that an attack would not be wise, and the troops fell back to Lawrence. Here the Topeka men learned that Colonel Cooke had been ordered by Secretary Woodson to take possession of the town of To- peka, and disarm the insurrectionists who were defying the laws enacted by the Pro-Slavery Legislature. The company returned at once to Topeka, where assurance was given that Colonel Cooke would not execute his orders.
HELPING A FREE-STATE CHAMPION.
Many of the same men who were in Captain Creitz' company responded to the call for help from General Lane when he attempted to leave the Terri- tory in the fall of 1856, by what was known as the "Kansas Emigrant Route," between Topeka and Nebraska City, a distance of 140 miles. When Lane reached Osawkie, September 11th, he feared that he would be intercepted by a large force of Pro-Slavery men, known to be in that vicinity. The Topekans to the number of 50 went to his assistance, under command of Colonel Whip- ple, arriving at Osawkie on the morning of September 12th. About this time there was another outbreak at Hickory Point, in which a soldier named New- ball was killed, and General Lane repaired to the scene of the conflict, accom- panied by some of his men, with Col. John Ritchie as chief of his staff. Find- ing no serious trouble, the General returned to Osawkie, and, upon receipt of Governor Geary's proclamation ordering all armed forces to disband, gave up the idea of further resistance, and sent the Topeka company home.
On the 18th of September, United States Marshal Donaldson, under direction of Governor Geary, arrested several of the members of the Topeka company for participating in the fight at Hickory Point, where Newball was killed, and for rebellion against the laws of the Territory. Among the per- sons arrested were Robert L. Mitchell, John Ritchie, J. E. Rastall, J. H. Kagi and Charles A. Sexton. They were imprisoned at Lecompton, some of them being afterwards transferred to Tecumseh. Sexton established an alibi and was released. The others escaped or were pardoned. Ritchie and Rastall
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absented themselves from the Territory for a time, to escape prosecution. Kagi was released on bond, but continued his efforts in behalf of the Free- State cause, and finally followed John Brown to Harper's Ferry, where he was shot. Under an amnesty act passed by the Legislature, February II, 1859, Ritchie and Rastall returned to Kansas. A deputy U. S. marshal, Leonard Arms, attempted to arrest John Ritchie on a charge of mail robbery, said to have been committed in 1856. Ritchie resisted, standing in his own doorway, and fired upon the officer as he approached, after repeated warnings, killing him instantly. This happened April 20, 1860. Ritchie surrendered to Justice Joseph C. Miller, was tried the next day and acquitted, one of his counsel being Gen. James H. Lane.
THE CIVIL WAR.
During the Civil War of 1861-65, several companies were organized in Shawnee County for the defense of the Union and the further protection of the State from invasion by Missouri guerillas, and there were many individ- ual enlistments in companies organized elsewhere. A complete record of the enlistments can not be given here, but the references which follow give an indication of the part taken by Shawnee County in the great war :
In the First Regiment, Kansas Volunteer Infantry were Assistant Sur- geon Charles King, M. McNamara, Capt. Theron Tucker, Lieut. Shubal P. Thompson, Simon Atkinson, William H. Stone, Charles W. Harper, Daniel Updegraff and Sidney Dudley (killed at Wilson's Creek).
Second Kansas Regiment, Infantry-Capt. Leonard W. Horne; Lieuts. Thomas Fulton, Luther H. Wentworth and James C. French; John A. Lee, Charles A. Stringham, John Moffitt, L. Newell, Charles F. Harwood, Sher- man Bodwell, Charles Schmidt, Albert, W. Knowles, F. A. McKenna, David O. Crane, John H. Banks, W. H. Boutwell, A. A. Blair, R. Biedermann, Charles Barger, Amos Boutwell, N. H. Cogn, J. D. Greer, Nathan P. Gregg, Noah Gibbs, John Hovender, G. F. Hartwell, Thomas H. Haskell, S. W. Higbee, Albert Hubbard, Lewis S. Long, H. S. Mayhall, C. W. Miller, C. S. Mills, John Morrissey, E. B. Morley (killed at Wilson's Creek), J. H. O'Neill, William P. Phillips, Nicholas Roberti, James Roberti (killed at Wil- son's Creek), J. W. Raker, J. F. Simmons, Larkin C. Shields, George B. Winans and Josiah A. Everett.
Second Kansas Regiment, Cavalry-Henry L. Isbell. John Q. C. Searle, Samuel K. Cross, John P. Hyde, G. W. L. Johnston, Lieut. William P. Phil- lips, David Hubbard, Elias Shaffer, George W. Reese, Henry P. Moore, Lucius Kingman, Edwin M. Hewins, James Bassett, Almon Hunter, Samuel Horton, Randolph G. Brown, James B. Evans, Frederick E. Jilson, James
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N. Martin, Charles B. Pearson, William C. Anderson, Jolın W. Boyer, J. S. Bryan, John Cummins, J. C. Dennitt, George W. Eddy, Chas. Fowler, Ma- rion Lyon, James Longnecker, Samuel McBride, John McMaster, Thomas Provost, Robert N. McPherson, T. J. Ragland, Charles Ross, Daniel Shipley, A. S. Waters, S. Worcester, W. H. Widener, A. W. Boyce, John W. Hiatt, Henry Hirsch (killed at Fort Smith), James T. Reynolds, M. L. Foltz, Francis M. Stahl, George Neil, William Beckes, M. E. Cowee, L. B. Stone, Carey Walton, T. S. Williams, T. R. Palmer, S. E. A. Palmer, Henry F. Drake, Loudon Huntoon, Joseph H. O'Neill and William O'Neill.
Third Kansas Regiment, Cavalry-Grover Young.
Fifth Kansas Regiment, Cavalry-Lieut .- Col. John Ritchie, Maj. Thomas W. Scudder, Surgeon A. J. Huntoon, Stephen J. Jennings, W. C. Gilpatrick, Reuben A. Randlett, Joseph McCarty, C. L. Tyrrell, H. M. Ket- chin, L. Housel, M. A. Palmer, Samuel B. Wade, Jacob D. Orcutt, Thomas J. Anderson, Nelson M. Johnson, G. M. Blackhart, A. J. Link, Harvey A. Miller, Robert Allen, John M. Ashbaugh, N. W. Babcock, John Armstrong, Daniel W. Boutwell, J. W. Emmerson, F. R. Fields, H. Fletcher, J. Goodrich, Peter Heil, E. Herriott, J. C. Palmer, Earnest Palmer, J. W. Rue, J. M. Reno, J. W. Ridgeway, L. E. Ridgeway, J. J. Shields, E. Scranton, W. H. Smythe, S. Williams, Thomas Archer, H. B. Anderson, John Furnish (killed at Mark's Mills), George E. Flanders, Cyrus Lindsey, John McHale, A. C. Hurd, Richard Broad, Henry Blanchard, Charles H. Brown and Miles W. Thompson (killed at Mark's Mills).
Sixth Kansas Regiment, Cavalry-Maj. George W. Veale, Charles WV. Jewell, Capt. H. S. Greeno, J. M. Clay, James Davis, Benjamin D. Russum, Willis D. Disbrow and Lieut. Leonard J. Swingley.
Seventh Kansas Regiment, Cavalry-Andrew J. Battey, James A. Hun- ter, Eber D. Herring, Frank Sharrai, A. A. Blair, Joseph Farrar and Albert Hubbard.
Eighth Kansas Regiment, Infantry-Chaplain John Paulson, E. D. Rose, Milton Rose, Leonard A. Heil, V. N. Brown, Cyrus Grant, W. L. Wendall, John McNutt, Lewis V. Bryan, J. T. Hiller, Ettina Bullette, Eugene Kagi, W. Hindman, W. H. Kemp, R. Russell, A. Rambo, Martin Stamp, Thomas Stamp, Napoleon Sharrai, H. Davidson, Joseph Laramie, James Ste- wart, A. Stanley and Ferd F. Wendall.
Ninth Kansas Regiment, Cavalry-Milton R. Moore, Charles H. Ander- son, S. M. Cunningham, Theodore J. Dickenson, M. I. Gilpatrick, John L. Price, Henry Fitzpatrick, J. W. Fox, G. T. Fitz, Lester F. Buttles, J. F. De- long, James B. Thomas, Joseph Emerson, John R. Emerson, William H. H. Fox, J. C. Hyde, B. Heintzman, Auletas Leonard, L. R. Vail, M. N. Mc-
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Ginley, W. S. Bennett, S. Brumfield, WV. Brumfield, A. Dixon, A. C. Whit- low, A. B. Whitlow, and J. M. Whitlow.
Tenth Kansas Regiment, Infantry-Alfred J. Lloyd, Albert Clark, William H. Jaquith, W. L. Burke, A. Riley, Lieut. Joseph K. Hudson, A. F. Birum, Lieut. John F. Hill, George W. Weed and David Whitaker.
Eleventh Kansas Regiment, Cavalry-Maj. Edmond G. Ross, Adj. James E. Greer, Daniel H. Horne, W. H. Cowan, A. Ashbaugh, John Albin, John James, W. P. Woods, Lieut. Nathan P. Gregg, Spencer P. Wade, Lieut. Henry C. Lindsey, Rufus T. Conwell, H. E. Close, John F. Carter, C. P. Munger, William Marlatt, George Ross, Richard Alfriend, P. S. Crawford, Neut. A. Johnson, W. D. Bartlett, Samuel Blandon, James M. Conwell, Franklin L. Crane, S. B. Enderton, J. Farren, R. Frizzle, Nathan Girt, J. D. Greer, J. M. Hunter, M. S. Judd, Albert Kees, J. Keatley, J. H. Mills, A. O'Neil, J. P. Ogee, George Ross, W. J. Ragland, J. J. St. John, Don A. Sweet, H. H. Smith, Perry C. Tuttle, John G. Anderson, B. F. Adams, C. D. Correll, Henry H. Cook, J. B. C. Cook, E. W. Davis, A. Delap, C. L. Freeman, J. A. Givens, J. W. Gilpin, J. G. Harriott, E. W. Houston, George Heberling, C. A. Metcalf, L. J. Mossman, G. W. Morris, John C. Paine, H. A. Perry, S. Sage, C. G. Town, E. S. Underwood, J. A. White, E. A. Went- worth, N. D. Wentworth, Charles W. Welch. James J. S. Garvey, Capt. Joel Huntoon, Lieuts. J. W. Ridgeway and Sherman Bodwell, O. C. Ward, Will- ian H. Morris, Daniel Dodge, John Kappil, L. O. Snoddy, Robert McMaster, J. Raney, Joseph S. Jordan, Emanuel Crowe, Abner Doane, J. B. Clogston, James Mecham, J. H. Weaver, Charles Schmidt. W. H. Ridgeway, Orson Howard, W. R. Black, D. J. Moore, J. D. Wood, J. F. Ward, H. P. Streeter, J. T. Adams, J. E. Antrim, J. H. Ashlein, Charles Aye, C. L. Bogue, Moses Brown, William Brown, F. D. Campbell, J. H. Copeland, G. M. Copeland, Isaiah Cox, Samuel Cox, R. Clements, W. T. Dixon, J. G. Dodge, Peter Elliott, Jacob Evans, W. T. Goodnight, A. M. Harden, George Heil, W. Holzle, A. Hoppe, Nathan P. Horton, O Hooper, Philip John- ston, Jesse Long, W. B. Long, W. H. Lynne, A. J. Marshall, Thomas Mc- Evoy, J. N. Miller, D. E. Miller, W. H. Moffatt, Joseph Molton, S. Ogee, H. P. Penny, Ferdinand Schaffer, Samuel Sproul, C. L. Stevenson, A. Upde- graff, W. Vickers, R. H. Forsythe, James Forsythe, R. A. Hathaway, J. M. McCartney, Harrison Nichols, J. T. Penny, S. B. Raney, F. M. Williams, Edward Shepard, A. F. Bliss and J. N. Doty.
Twelfth Kansas Regiment, Infantry-David Anderson, Edward Smith, George W. Smith and R. N. P. Treadwell.
Fourteenth Kansas Regiment, Cavalry-Lieut .- Col. J. Finn Hill, W. J. Peak, A. S. Copeland, Francis LaFromboise, Mitchell LaFromboise, H. An-
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thony, Joseph Bourassa, J. M. Greenwood, Joseph Latouned, Isaac McCoy and Alexander Rodd.
Fifteenth Kansas Regiment, Cavalry-Lieut .- Col. Henry C. Haas, Sur- geon A. E. Denning, Asst. Surgeon Samuel Ashmore, D. H. Neally, J. F. Linville, Lieut. Luther H. Wentworth, John M. Bryan, H. H. Kirby, W. H. Smith, N. R. Bickle, Taylor Horn, F. R. Ward, M. W. Rock, Jacob Horn, O. E. Chapin, Thomas Pickerell, John C. Porter, Eli Miles, M. Burk, S. Bonum, J. Bellemere, William Glasscock, P. Hullsapple, Thomas Hall, J. W. Hopkins, W. A. Jones, D. Lemmons, Peter Mann, M. Obrey, Lewis Papan, Henry Papan, Benjamin Paine, H. Puckett, S. Wilkinson, David Zimmerman, J. Cohee, Frank Harmes, R. Newman, J. W. Ridenour, John Shipley, Alma Shipley, Capt. C. O. Smith, Lieut. L. Craig Shields, W. A. Simmerwell, W. H. Bell, Haney McCaslin, S. E. Thompson, N. A. Clark, W. A. Young, Nathan Briles, John H. Young, John Coyne, Alonzo Davis, Michael Moriarty, James Rundle, H. Salsbury, John Smith, Eugene Hagar, Christopher Columbus, W. J. Wallace, C. H. Brown and Richard Broad.
Sixteenth Kansas Regiment, Cavalry-J. L. Wightman, Capt. M. M. Neely, Capt. S. P. Thompson and D. W. Seagraves.
Seventeenth Kansas Regiment, Infantry-Lieut. Nelson M. Hovey, George A. Dailey, C. F. Kiff, Fletcher Jackson, Charles O. Knowles, G. W. Gabriel, R. H. Hyde, J. H. Brownlee, Leverton Clay, W. M. Copeland, Al- bert Cowan, J. S. Dummer, M. Dougherty, J. W. Farrington, J. J. Hoeback, H. T. Howell, Abram Marple, Albert McClain, B. Morriarty, W. M. Nichols, L. Norbury, J. D. Pogue, Cyrus Reamy, T. P. Reed, Daniel Rundle, Adding- ton Sawyer, Levi Snyder, W. K. Thompson, Anthony Vohs, John A. Woods and Martin Young.
First Kansas Colored Regiment, Infantry-John Carter, Douglas Grimes, Whitfield Ross, H. Crittenden, James Austin, Thomas Brown, David Barber, Edward Deane, James Hockley, Adam Hill, Samuel Howard, Beardsley Hightower, Lazarus Johnson, Charles Martin, Jackson Perrin, William Richardson, David Thompson, John Williams, Monroe Williams, T. H. Phillips, John Farrell, Lieutenant W. T. Edgerton, W. L. Lane, Will- iam Parker, Ephraim Peererly, Elijah Smith and George Washington.
Second Kansas Colored Regiment, Infantry-Chaplain Josiah B. Mc- Afee and Capt. M. F. Gilpatrick.
First Kansas Battery-Lieut. John B. Cook, Alfred J. Lloyd, George R. Anderson and Scott Greer.
Third Kansas Battery-Lieut. Oscar F. Dunlap.
Eighth Regiment United States Volunteers-John M. Ashbaugh, Wesley Boyles, N. M. Johnson and J. McCarty.
Eighteenth Kansas Regiment, Cavalry-Capt. Henry C. Lindsey, Lieut.
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John H. Wellman, Lyon B. Stone, J. C. Norvell, J. W. Ragland, J. T. Mar- shall, G. A. Mckinney, W. F. Davidson, Charles D. Carroll, J. A. Wilker- son, J. A. Bailey, R. E. Brown, J. J. Bunce, T. S. Bourassa, C. J. Boyles, G. W. Dale, E. W. Duncan, J. Everhart, E. A. Green, J. H. Green, John Knee- land, George Mitchell, C. S. Metz, F. S. Metz, George Rake, Guy Service, Eugene Sharrai, W. M. Sherman, William Tice, George Woolary, Stephen Wilmarth, J. W. Wilkerson, Lieut. John W. Price, Lieut. Francis M. Stahl, William D. Milne, H. D. Courtney, William Jenner, L. A. Howell, S. P. Miller, S. Armstrong, B. J. Butler, J. W. Cook, C. Carey, R. A. Cooper, James Cripps, E. J. Davenport, S. W. Emmerson, D. J. Garrison, Joseph H. Gordon, Perry Griffith, J. G. Herriott, J. W. Hays, W. Kirkpatrick, B. M. Kennedy, Lewis Lafarmer, J. M. Large, T. H. McCune, William Mills, M. McDole, W. McNown, Thomas Neill, Charles Norton, G. W. Price, W. T. Roberts, W. R. Stewart, D. C. Salladay, A. C. Vangundy, B. Heinzman, W. H. Smith and Lieut. Henry Hewger.
Nineteenth Kansas Regiment, Cavalry-S. J. Crawford, colonel; Horace L. Moore, lieutenant-colonel; Charles Dimon, R. W. Jenkins and Milton Stewart, majors; Mahlon Bailey, surgeon; E. P. Russell and Robt. Aikman, assistant surgeons; James W. Steele, adjutant; L. A. Thresher, quarter- master; John Johnston, commissary. Company A .- Capt. A. J. Pliley ; Lieuts. B. D. Wilson, R. C. Powell and Joseph Beacock; W. E. Adams, Olof Alton, W. G. Andrews, F. M. Brown, F. E. Bryan, H. C. Butler, J. B. Cald- well, T. P. Canfield, Charles Carlson, Peter Cart, J. W. Casebier, J. Cohee, J. M. Conwell, J. Cooper, W. C. Cooney, Isaiah Creek, O. A. Curtis, F. E. Dau- bon, George Davidson, W. Davis, E. B. Davis, C. C. Dollaway, T. W. Duer, A. Dunner, J. Eckley, S. Enoch, C. O. Fowler, P. Ferguson, William Gay, J. A. Hadley, J. Hanson, J. M. Hays, L. A. Henson, A. Hilbish, J. Herrington, L. Herrmian, L. A. Howell, J. H. Hudson, A. Jacobson, Martin Johnson, A. P. Johnson, M. V. James, S. Jordan, C. F. Laiblin, J. Laramie, M. B. La- zelle, J. Linton, G. Lundgren, T. H. Maddox, J. P. Maddox, John Maley, A. J. Marshall, W. Mason, W. W. Mather, I. B. Moffitt, J. L. Morrison, John McBee, Jeremiah McBee, W. A. McClain, J. H. McClain, Reed McCarter, D. McCarty, J. P. McDowell, C. McHazard, B. McMahon, C. P. Nelson, Otwain Papan, Stephen Papan. J. D. Perkins, S. N. Peterson, S. D. Powell, G. Razer, William Rice, T. Riddle, F. M. Rogers, G. W. Rogers, Charles Seavey, William Sherman, Charles Shutts, William Smith, Andrew J. Smith, George D. Smith, C. Stackhouse, J. Stanley, S. Stumbaugh, J. C. Templeton, A. Thompson, J. Turner, A. Updegraff, T. B. Vanderpool, F. M. Vane, L. Walker, W. Watkins. F. M. Williams, Henry Williams, J. M. Wilson and Robert M. Wright. Company B-Capt. Charles E. Reck ; Lieuts. Henry H. McCollister and Charles H. Champney. Company C-Capt. Charles P.
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Twiss; Lieuts. Walter J. Dallas and Jesse E. Parsons. Company D-Capt. John Q. A. Norton; Lieuts. John S. Edie and Charles H. Hoyt. Company E-Capt. Thomas J. Darling, Lieuts. William H. Bidwell and Charles T. Brady ; James McMahon and Barnabas Welch. Company F-Capt. George B. Jenness ; Lieuts. DeWitt C. Jenness and John Fellows; Allen F. Baird, Allen F. Bund, John P. Chess, J. C. Claypool, David Emerson, Calvin Holmes, George L. Miller, J. McCullum, John Tabor and George W. Warner. Com- pany G-Capts. Charles Dimon and Richard D. Lender; Lieuts. Myron A. Wood and H. C. Litchfield. Company H-Capt. David T. Payne; Lieuts. Mount A. Gordon and Robert M. Steele. Company I-Capt. Roger A. Ells- worth; Lieuts. J. T. Clancy and J. M. May ; J. H. Baker, O. M. Beall, O. W. Belt, J. H. Carpenter, Hubert Calkins, John M. Dailey, G. W. Deatly, D. P. Faler, E. Finn, J. Fightner, W. M. Fitzgerald, J. R. Guise, T. M. Lowry, J. R. Maphet, Norman Mead, A. F. Meats, J. R. Merritt, Isaac McCoy, M. Odiorne, J. O'Neil, Henry Pearson, N. Peterson, A. M. Pittman, Chas. Roberts, John S. Stone and Thomas Warren. Company K-Capts. Milton Stewart and Emmett Ryus; Lieuts. Charles H. Hallett and R. I. Sharp; John Cesseviske and Robert Chase. Company L-Capt. Charles H. Finch; Lieuts. Henry E. Stoddard and W. S. Tilton. Company M-Capt. Sargent Moody ; Lieuts. James Graham and J. P. Hurst; Moses Allen, Edward B. Baldwin, William Chalender, George Clark, Isaac Colvin, George Dale, J. N. Denny, F. Grew, D. K. Hardin, William Hester, M. Mccullough, David Nocton, John Parker, Charles Phenis, F. N. Snyder and Henry N. Vander- case.
The 18th and 19th regiments were volunteer organizations employed in the protection of the State from Indian depredations. The 18th was in service in 1867, under command of Major Horace L. Moore, and the 19th in 1868-69, under Gen. Phil. H. Sheridan.
CHAPTER VII.
Repelling the Price Raid-Second Kansas State Militia-Preparations for War in Topeka-The Home Guards-The Battle of the Blue-Colonel Veale's Regiment in the Conflict-Capt. Ross Burns and His Famous Battery-The Gage Monument.
Martial law was declared in Kansas, October 10, 1864, in anticipation of a raid by the Confederates under command of Gen. Sterling Price, and, in response to the call of Governor Thomas Carney, the Second Regiment of Kansas State Militia was organized in Shawnee County, October 12th. George W. Veale was made colonel of the regiment, which contained 561 men. Most of the men were mounted, upon their own horses and ponies, and the wagons and supplies were largely their own property. Accompanying the regiment was a battery of one 24-pounder brass howitzer, and 22 men, commanded by Capt. Ross Burns. Its ammunition was carried in a lumber wagon contributed by Edward Pape. The artillery team of four horses was furnished by John Armstrong and William P. Thompson. The regiment was ordered into im- mediate service at Olathe, joining the command of Gen. M. S. Grant.
TOPEKA HOME DEFENDERS.
A battalion of home guards was also organized for the special defense of the city of Topeka against a threatened calamity similar to the one which had befallen Lawrence at the hands of Quantrell. This battalion was in com- mand of Maj. Andrew Stark and consisted of six companies, under Capts. Fry W. Giles, L. Craig Shields, H. S. Gale, Thomas Archer, Joseph Trew and Edward Krappe, and a small battery in charge of Lieut. Tobias Billings. Topeka soon assumed a warlike appearance. Trenches were cut at the inter- sections of Sixth avenue and Jefferson street, and Eighth and Madison streets, to embarrass the enemy's approach. At the intersection of Sixth and Kansas avenues, the most central point in the city, a circular stockade was constructed of cottonwood timbers standing 10 feet above the ground. The drilling and marching and anxiety continued for two weeks, but the expected attack was not made, and the battalion soon disbanded.
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BATTLE OF THE BLUE.
Ten days after Colonel Veale's regiment had been mustered in, it was called upon to engage in battle with a brigade of Price's army, a part of General Shelby's division, commanded by General Jackman. This was the famous battle of the Big Blue. It was fought on the afternoon of the 22nd day of October, 1864, at the Mockabee farm, near a crossing of the Big Blue River known as Byrom's Ford. Colonel Veale's command was outnumbered six to one by the enemy, and the latter had the additional advantage of sea- soned troops and modern equipment. Against fearful odds Colonel Veale's men fought desperately for three quarters of an hour, but they were finally overcome and driven from the field at great loss. The short engagement and the loss inflicted on the enemy by the raw and untrained recruits from Kansas, had the effect of checking General Price's advance, and he was ultimately repulsed.
The dominant feature of the battle of the Blue, as it will live in song and story, was the wonderful work of the little battery handled by Capt. Ross Burns and the gunners. The battery was planted in a lane leading from the Mockabee farm to the crossing of the stream. It withstood two charges from a strong force of General Jackman's cavalry. The third charge was so power- ful, the cavalry riding six abreast and closely massed, that the battery could not resist it, although Captain Burns stood by his single field-piece until he was taken prisoner and clubbed into insensibility. Eight of his men were killed, four wounded, and 10 taken prisoners.
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