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Cornelius H. Creeden, mustered in with regiment; discharged for disability May 27, 1865, at Kansas City, Mo.
Sebastian O. Douny, mustered with regiment; deserted at Wyan- dotte, Kas., September 29, 1863.
Peter Donnika, mustered with regiment; discharged for disability March 18, 1864, at Fort Smith, Ark.
Charles Edwards, mustered in and out with regiment.
Conrad Grespacher, mustered in and out with regiment.
Jeremiah Harrison, mustered in and out with regiment.
Edward Hollevet, mustered with regiment; deserted at Westport, Mo., October 26, 1862.
George A. Horning, mustered with regiment; discharged for dis- ability March 18, 1863, at Kansas City, Mo.
William Johnson, mustered with regiment; deserted at Kansas City, Mo., January, 1864.
Aust. Kroop, mustered with regiment; discharged for disability May 31, 1863, at Leavenworth, Kas.
Thomas A. Kirk, mustered with regiment; discharged for disabil- ity April 21, 1865, at Leavenworth, Kas.
William Lewis and Samuel McCowan, mustered in and out with regiment.
Elias B. Myers, mustered in with regiment; died of disease at Leav- enworth, Kas., April 29, 1863.
James Mature, mustered with regiment; deserted at Wyandotte, Kas., September 29, 1863.
John McCain, mustered with regiment; discharged for disability February 27, 1865, at Leavenworth, Kas.
Almond Noble, Smith Nicholas and William Nicholas, all mustered in and out with regiment.
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Edward O'Hare, mustered with regiment; discharged for disability November 10, 1864, at Fort Smith, Ark.
John N. Poe, mustered with regiment; promoted corporal March 17, 1863; mustered out with regiment.
Gideon B. Parsons, mustered with regiment; died of disease at Wyandotte, Kas., September 23, 1863.
Henry Puckett, mustered with regiment; died of disease Decem- ber 11, 1863, at Fort Scott, Kas.
John Porcupine, mustered with regiment; deserted at Wyandotte, Kas., September 29, 1863.
Joshua Puckett, mustered with regiment; discharged for disability May 11, 1863, at Leavenworth, Kas.
Thomas Payne, mustered with regiment; discharged January 28, 1864, per Special Order No. 43. W. D.
John A. Randall, mustered with regiment; died at Paola. Kas., December 5, 1863.
William Sellers, mustered with regiment; promoted corporal.
Joseph Streatmater, mustered with regiment; died of disease March 1, 1864, at Fort Smith, Ark.
Christian Santer, mustered with regiment; mustered out May 29, 1865, at Little Rock, Ark.
Rudolph Wilty, mustered with regiment; promoted corporal De- cember 4, 1863; mustered ont with regiment.
William Whitefeather, mustered with regiment; killed by guerril- las at Fort Smith, Ark., October 22, 1864.
Jacob Whitewing, mustered with regiment; died of disease at Fort Smith, Ark., June 17, 1864.
Frank Whitewing, mustered with regiment; deserted October 26, 1862.
Sebastian Waller, mustered with regiment; discharged for disabil- ity November 15, 1863, at Leavenworth, Kas.
Lewis Wengartner, mustered with regiment; discharged for disa- bility September 9, 1864, at Leavenworth, Kas.
Patrick Whalen, mustered with regiment, transferred to Twenty -fifth Missouri Infantry November 19, 1862.
William Armstrong, mustered November 7, 1863; mustered out July 3, 1865, at Little Rock, Ark.
Orren Baldwin, mustered November 7, 1863; promoted corporal December 4, 1863; mustered out at Little Rock, Ark., July 30, 1865.
Seth E. A. Leavitt, mustered in and out with regiment.
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Peter Dailey, mustered November 7, 1863; mustered out May 29, 1865, at Little Rock, Ark.
William Day, mustered November 7, 1863; mustered out July 3, 1865, at Little Rock, Ark.
William Ellis, mustered December 30, 1863; mustered out July 3, 1865, at Little Rock, Ark.
William Hazlett, mustered October 24, 1863; discharged for dis- ability January 3, 1865, at Leavenworth, Kas.
John P. Nickell, mustered December 30, 1863; mustered out May 18, 1865, at Leavenworth, Kas.
Company G .- Edward Clinton, mustered with regiment; died of disease June 16, 1863, at Kansas City, Mo.
John S. Heald, mustered with regiment; promoted corporal Oc- tober 1, 1862; promoted sergeant; mustered out with regiment.
Henry Kersey, mustered in and out with regiment.
John E. Marutzky, mustered with regiment; promoted corporal October 1, 1862; mustered out with regiment.
John Murphy, mustered with regiment; discharged by sentence G. C. M., July, 1863, at Leavenworth, Kas.
Michael Youngman, mustered with regiment; discharged for dis- ability April 10, 1863, at Leavenworth, Kas.
Company H. - David Chorlow, mustered in and out with regiment.
Moses Dougherty, mustered with regiment; deserted March 4, 1864.
Jesse Giaury, mustered with regiment; deserted December 9, 1862.
Thomas Johnson, mustered in with regiment; mustered out August 6, 1865.
Isaac Littlechief, mustered with regiment, died of disease at Olathe, Kas., November 20, 1862.
David Matthews, mustered with regiment; deserted at Paola, Kas., December 9, 1862.
Joseph Peacock, mustered with regiment; died of disease at Wy- andotte, November 20, 1863.
John Rodgers, mustered in and out with regiment.
William Walker, mustered with regiment; mustered out August 6, 1865.
Company I .- George Hanford, musician; mustered May 2, 1863; accidentally killed at Fort Smith, Ark., September 5, 1864.
Frederick Britton, mustered in and out with regiment.
Abraham Demerest, mustered in and out with regiment.
William Johnson, mustered with regiment; died December, 1864,
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at Magnolia, Ark., of wounds received April 30, 1864, at Jenkins' Ferry, Ark.
William H. Lindsey, mustered with regiment; promoted second lieutenant October 15, 1862.
Henry W. Miller, mustered with regiment; died of small-pox Jan- uary 1, 1863, at Wyandotte.
William Parker, mustered with regiment; died of disease at Paola, Kas., October 20, 1862.
James Smith, mustered with regiment; died of disease at Fort Smith, Ark., December 20, 1864.
Henry Chrysler, mustered May 2, 1863; promoted musician.
Thomas Jacklin, mustered August 14, 1863; mustered out June 30, 1865.
The Fifteenth Regiment Kansas Volunteer Cavalry was raised mostly in September, 1863, its colonel being Charles R. Jennings, of Leavenworth, Kas. Tuttle's History of Kansas says: "The regiment was filled in less than a month, and an extra company toward the Sixteenth also. Circumstances confined the regiment mainly to expe- ditions against bushwhackers and marauders, but the duty was thor- oughly accomplished, although there are no brilliant services to be recorded."
Roster of officers and enlisted men from this county in the Fif- teenth Regiment:
Company E .- John T. Smith, mustered December 11, 1863, as first lieutenant; resigned May 30, 1865.
William H. H. Grinter, mustered September 26, 1863, as first ser- geant; promoted first lieutenant October 10, 1865; mustered out with regiment October 19, 1865.
John W. R. Lucas, mustered with company September 26, 1863, as quartermaster-sergeant; promoted first sergeant October 11, 1865; mustered out with regiment.
Alexander Zane, mustered September 26, 1863, as sergeant; re- duced to ranks; mustered out with regiment.
William H. Worrell, mustered with regiment as sergeant; mus- tered out with regiment.
John Jordan, mustered with regiment as sergeant; reduced to ranks; deserted January, 1865.
John Kannally, mustered corporal September 26, 1863; promoted sergeant; died Jannary 31, 1865, at Kansas City, Mo., of wounds received in action October 23, 1864, at Westport, Mo.
A PIONEER LOG CABIN.
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Erasmus Riley, mustered with company ; promoted sergeant Octo- ber 11, 1865.
Dennis F. Lucas, mustered March 28, 1864, as sergeant; mus- tered out with regiment.
John M. Thorp, mustered with company as corporal; mustered out with regiment.
Adam Wilson, mustered with company as corporal; discharged for . disability September 26, 1864.
Carroll S. Evans, mustered with company as corporal; mustered out with regiment.
William A. Long, mustered with company; promoted corporal; promoted sergeant October 11, 1865; mustered out with regiment.
Timothy H. Carlton, mustered October 28, 1863, as corporal; mus- tered out with regiment.
Eldridge H. Brown, mustered March 28, 1864, as corporal; mus- tered out with regiment.
Josiah Thorp, mustered with company; promoted corporal; mus- tered out August 26, 1865.
David Thomas, mustered with company; promoted bugler; reduced to ranks; mustered out with regiment.
Henry Runne, mustered October 28, 1863; promoted bugler Octo- ber 15, 1863; deserted at Fort Riley, Kas., June 27, 1865.
John Hohensteiner, mustered with company; promoted bugler October 20, 1863; mustered out with regiment.
Richard L. Worrell, mustered with company; promoted bugler; mustered out with regiment.
Gilbert Lewis, mustered with company as wagoner; mustered out with regiment.
James M. Long, mustered March 31, 1864, as saddler; mustered out with regiment.
David N. Baker, mustered with company as farrier; mustered out with regiment.
Henry J. Armstrong and Edward M. Alexander, both mustered in and out with regiment.
William B. Bushman, mustered with company; discharged for dis- ability September 26, 1864, at Osage Mission, Kas.
Dr. Block, mustered in and out with regiment.
William Cheely, mustered in and out with regiment.
William Driver, mustered with company; died of diarrhoea, at Hum- bolt, Kas., October 4, 1864.
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John Freeman, Byron Gannett and Henry Groh, all mustered in and out with regiment.
Henry Gibson, mustered in with company; died of small-pox at Kansas City, Mo., December 26, 1863.
Andrew B. Hovey, Sylvanus Harless and Jacob Higgins, all mus- tered in and out with regiment.
Charles W. Ketchum, mustered in and out with regiment.
James Logan, mustered with regiment; died of disease in Dela- ware Nation, Kas., January 20, 1865.
Charles E. Learned, Daniel Long, Abraham Lincoln and Thomas Lewis, all mustered in and out with regiment.
John Longbone, mustered with regiment; died December 19, 1864, at Kansas City, Mo., of wounds received October 22, 1864, at Big Blue, Mo.
Big Moccasin, mustered in and out with regiment.
John Martin, mustered with regiment; died of disease at Kansas City, Mo., December 16, 1863.
James H. Murray, George Pemsey, Winfield Pipe, James Rowe, Wilson Sarcoxie, Lamon Scott, Hiram S. Young and Ethan L. Zane, all mustered in and out with regiment.
Peter Broham, mustered February 21, 1864; deserted at Kansas City, Mo., December 27, 1864.
John Gillis, mustered in and out with regiment.
Samuel Glass, mustered October 10, 1863; deserted at Fort Scott, Kas., August 10, 1864.
James Moody, mustered February 24, 1864; mustered out June 6, 1865, at Leavenworth, Kas.
Elijah Owen, mustered October 10, 1863; mustered out with regi- ment.
James Roberts, mustered February 24, 1864; deserted at Fort Riley, Kas., June 27, 1865.
James Shanghai, mustered October 10, 1863; mustered out June 9, 1865, at St. Louis.
Thomas Shields, mustered October 28, 1863; mustered out with regiment.
Joseph Shorter, mustered October 28, 1863; died November 10, 1864, at Kansas City, Mo., of wounds received October 22, 1864, at Big Blue, Mo.
New Company B .- Rusha Chaploy and John Coon, mustered June 25, 1863; mustered out with regiment.
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Frederick Vickers, mustered in and out with regiment.
Moses Denna, mustered May 12, 1863; mustered out with regi- ment.
William H. Jones, mustered June 25, 1863; mustered out with regiment.
Zachariah Longhouse, mustered August 9, 1863; deserted at Law- rence, Kas., July 23, 1863.
Philip Mature, mustered August 9, 1863; deserted at Topeka, Kas., July 24, 1865.
Thomas Punch, mustered October 23, 1863; mustered out with regiment.
Thompson Smith, mustered April 29, 1863; mustered out with regiment.
Beverly Tally, mustered June 25, 1863; mustered out with regi- ment.
James Wilson, mustered April 29, 1863; mustered out with regi- ment.
The Sixteenth Regiment Kansas Volunteer Cavalry was raised during the winter of 1863-64. Its colonel was Werter R. Davis, of Baldwin City. It came into service too late to share equally with the older regiments in the brilliant achievements of war, but its service against Indian and guerrilla depredations protected the citizens at home, and consequently was very useful.
Roster of officers and enlisted men from Wyandotte County in the Sixteenth Regiment:
William Sweeney, mustered December 22, 1863, as sergeant- major; mustered out with regiment.
Morton Wallace, mustered November 12, 1863, as sergeant of Company A; reduced to ranks January 11, 1865; mustered out with regiment.
Dennis Murphy, mustered December 22, 1864, as undercook; mus- tered out with regiment.
Company C .- David B. Johnson, mustered with company Decem- ber 22, 1863, as sergeant; mustered out with regiment December 6, 1865.
Charles S. Williamson, mustered December 22, 1863, as sergeant; reduced to ranks October 1, 1864; mustered out with regiment.
John Hogan, mustered December 22, 1863, as corporal; promoted sergeant February 1, 1865; reduced to ranks; mustered out with regiment.
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Edwin E. Willis, mustered with company; died at Julesburg, June 18, 1865.
Reuben Brown, mustered with company as sergeant; mustered out with regiment.
James C. Barnett, mustered in as corporal; reduced to ranks Feb- ruary 28, 1865; mustered out with regiment.
John B. Ackers, mustered with company as bugler; reduced to ranks December 8, 1864; mustered out with regiment.
James Abbot, mustered in and out with regiment.
James B. Barnett, mustered with company; promoted farrier Octo- ber 1, 1864; mustered out with regiment.
John F. Beavers, William Bryson and John Coyle, all mustered in and out with regiment.
Peter Cunningham, mustered with company; deserted August 8, 1864, at Leavenworth, Kas.
James Cregg, mustered with company; deserted August 8, 1864, at Leavenworth, Kas.
Pascal Pockett (or Puckett) mustered in and out with regiment.
John W. Pearson, mustered with company; no evidence of muster out on file.
John Wallenmeyer, mustered in and out with regiment.
Ephraim B. Warren, mustered with company; promoted bugler; died at Leavenworth, Kas., October 28, 1864.
Company D .- William Brown, mustered December 29, 1863; pro- moted first sergeant December 31, 1863; reduced to ranks January 28, 1864; promoted sergeant March 12, 1864; mustered out with regi- ment.
George Allison, mustered with company; died in the field, N. T. August 13, 1865.
Lorenzo D. Barnett, mustered with company; promoted corporal April 1, 1865; mustered out with regiment.
Robert Bayles, mustered December 31, 1863, as corporal; mustered out with regiment.
Thomas Brereton, mustered December 31, 1863, as corporal; mus- tered out with regiment.
James Breunner, mustered December 31, 1863, as sergeant; de- serted at Emporia, Kas., February 23, 1865.
William McDonald, mustered December 31, 1863, as corporal; re- duced to ranks January 13, 1864; promoted sergeant July 17, 1865; mustered out with regiment.
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Dennis Buckley, mustered with company; discharged for disability August 18, 1864, at Leavenworth, Kas.
Oliver Dorris and Archelaus Doxsee, mustered in and out with regiment.
John Harris, mustered with company; no evidence of muster out on file.
Morgan McIntyre, mustered with company; promoted corporal February 4, 1864; reduced to ranks April 1, 1864; promoted sergeant November 9, 1865; mustered out with regiment.
Bernard McDermott, mustered in and out with regiment.
Reuben Mapes, mustered December 30, 1863, as sergeant; mustered out with regiment.
James Noble, mustered in and out with regiment.
Henry Perry, mustered with company; deserted February 22, 1865.
Company F .- James M. Barnes, mustered April 27, 1864; pro- moted corporal December 21, 1864; mustered out with regiment.
James Cobine, mustered January 21, 1864; discharged for disability December 11, 1864, at Leavenworth, Kas.
Joseph C. Coakley, mustered April 27, 1864; mustered out May 29, 1865, at Leavenworth, Kas.
William B. Duncan, mustered January 21, 1864; mustered out with regiment.
John M. Kennedy, mustered April 27, 1864; mustered out with regiment.
Daniel P. Lucas, mustered April 27, 1864; mustered out May 13, 1865, at Leavenworth, Kas.
Milton L. McAlexander, mustered April 27, 1864; discharged April 15, 1865, on account of wounds in battle of Little Blue, Mo.
John S. Waddle, mustered January 21, 1864; promoted corporal October 31, 1865; mustered ont with regiment.
Company H .- Abraham Arms, mustered March 7, 1864; mus- tered out with regiment December 6, 1865.
John D. Brown, Jr., mustered March 7, 1864; mustered out with regiment.
Newton Butler, mustered March 7, 1864; promoted corporal March 17, 1864; mustered out with regiment.
William Beamish, mustered April 2, 1864; no evidence of muster out on file.
John D. Brown, Sr., mustered March 7, 1864; mustered out June 9, 1865, at Leavenworth, Kas.
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Nicholas Dedier, mustered March 7, 1864; discharged October 10, 1865, at Leavenworth.
Michael J. Fox and Daniel Fitzgerald, mustered March 7, 1864; mustered out with regiment.
Michael Fitzpatrick, mustered with company; discharged October 10, 1865, at Leavenworth.
John L. Green, mustered in with company; mustered out with regiment.
Henry Gray, mustered March 7, 1864; promoted sergeant March 17, 1864; died of erysipelas at Cottonwood Springs, N. T., May 19, 1865.
Samuel T. Hannan, mustered March 7, 1864; promoted sergeant March 22, 1864; promoted saddler December 1, 1864; mustered out with regiment.
William Hunter, mustered March 7, 1864; mustered out with regiment.
Francis N. Kennedy, mustered March 9, 1864; promoted corporal March 17, 1864; deserted at Leavenworth, February 14, 1865.
James Lewis, mustered March 7, 1864; deserted at Leavenworth, February 14, 1865.
Charles B. Morgan, mustered April 2, 1864; promoted sergeant April 1, 1865; mustered out with regiment.
William Moore, mustered April 2, 1864; promoted sergeant May, 1864; mustered out with regiment.
John Mitchell, mustered April 2, 1864; mustered out with regi- ment.
Newton J. Meyers, mustered March 7, 1864; promoted corporal March 20, 1865; mustered out with regiment.
William A. Mclaughlin, mustered March 24, 1864; mustered out with regiment.
James McDowell, mustered March 7, 1864; promoted sergeant March 17, 1865; mustered out with regiment.
James McTour, mustered March 7, 1864; died of diarrhoea Novem- ber 11, 1864, at Fort Scott, Kas.
Charles H. Mclaughlin, mustered March 7, 1864; deserted Au- gust 15, 1864, at Leavenworth.
Isaac G. McGibbon, mustered March 8, 1864; promoted first ser- geant March 17, 1864; reduced to ranks March 1, 1865; promoted sergeant September 10, 1865; discharged for disability October 1, 1865.
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WYANDOTTE COUNTY.
Frederick Ottens, mustered March 7, 1864; promoted corporal March 17, 1864; mustered out with regiment.
Goodlip Oleman, mustered March 7, 1864; mustered out with regiment.
John Punch, mustered March 7, 1864; mustered out with regiment. George W. Patton, mustered March 8, 1864; mustered out with regiment.
Jerome Payne, mustered March 7, 1864; deserted May 30, 1864, at Leavenworth.
James W. Powell, mustered March 8, 1864; promoted sergeant; mustered out with regiment.
John E. Renfro, mustered April 2, 1864; promoted sergeant March 1, 1865; mustered out with regiment.
William Reed, mustered March 7, 1864; mustered out with regi- ment.
Luther Shorkman, mustered March 7, 1864; died of consumption April 13, 1864, at Leavenworth.
Thomas Sullivan, mustered March 7, 1864; deserted April 13, 1864. John R. Smith, mustered March 7, 1864; deserted August 30, 1864. John Theyer, mustered March 7, 1864; mustered out with regiment. Joseph Whitecrow, mustered March 7, 1864; promoted corporal March 21, 1865; mustered out with regiment.
William Anderson, mustered December 27, 1864; mustered out June 27, 1865.
James R. M. Renfro, mustered December 14, 1864; mustered out with regiment.
Herman Theyer, mustered October 1, 1864; no evidence of muster out on file.
Company K .- Samuel S. Beebe, mustered June 17, 1864; mustered out with regiment.
Jeremiah Burrus, mustered August 5, 1864; died of diarrhoea Jan- uary 25, 1865, at Liberty, Mo.
Ransom Beach, mustered June 7, 1864; mustered June 24, 1865, at Leavenworth.
Alfred Briggs, mustered May 4, 1864; discharged April 15, 1865, at Leavenworth.
Benjamin Crim and John Carr, mustered May 4, 1864; mustered out with regiment.
M. D. S. Collins, mustered August 5, 1864; mustered out with regiment.
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William Clary, mustered June 7, 1864; mustered out with regiment. Richard Frost, mustered May 4, 1864; died September 20, 1864, at Wyandotte Kas.
Jacob Hayden, mustered August 26, 1864; mustered out with regiment.
Elias J. Hampton, mustered August 26, 1864; died January 7, 1865, at Lawrence, Kas.
Eli Hargis, mustered August 26, 1864; deserted September 20, 1864.
John W. Hampton, mustered September 28, 1864; mustered out August 7, 1865.
Henry Jarvis, mustered August 5, 1864; mustered out with regiment.
Duncan Keith, mustered May 4, 1864; promoted corporal January 4, 1865; mustered out with regiment ..
John Kyle, mustered May 4, 1864; promoted corporal January 4, 1865; mustered out with regiment.
Benjamin Keen, mustered August 5, 1864; deserted February 13, 1865.
James H. Knuckols, mustered May 4, 1864; deserted February 1, 1865.
Michael Mccarthy, mustered May 4, 1864; mustered out with regiment.
John W. Maine, mustered September 28, 1864; died of measles February 13, 1865.
Thomas Malony, mustered June 7, 1864; promoted sergeant Oc- tober 1, 1864; deserted January 24, 1865.
Peter Onnerson, mustered May 4, 1864; mustered out with regiment.
Franklin W. Patterson, mustered May 4, 1864; promoted sergeant October 1, 1864; mustered out with regiment.
George W. Ratliff, mustered May 4, 1864; mustered out May 27, 1865.
Jefferson C. Saylor, mustered September 28, 1864; mustered out with regiment.
George W. Spicer, mustered May 4, 1864; mustered out with regiment.
William M. Sears and William J. Sears, mustered May 4, 1864; mustered out with regiment.
Jackson Wiletrout, mustered May 4, 1864; mustered out with regiment.
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Alphonso B. Wolf, mustered May 4, 1864; no evidence of muster out on file.
John W. Woodman, mustered May 4, 1864; promoted corporal October 1, 1864; deserted February 13, 1865.
James C. Wilkinson, mustered May 4, 1864; mustered out June 26, 1865.
Andrew J. Priddy, mustered November 17, 1864; promoted far- rier January 1, 1865; mustered out with regiment.
The First Kansas Colored Regiment was raised in August and Sep- tember, 1862. They proved their valor October 28, by routing and pursuing Cockrell's band near Camp Butler. They participated in the Camden campaign in Arkansas, and did excellent service at various places, the details of which are too well known to necessitate mention.
" The Second Kansas Colored Regiment was mustered into the serv- ice on the 11th of August, 1863, at Fort Scott, and was first seriously engaged in the Camden expedition, under Gen. Steele, having partici- pated with honor to itself and much loss in that campaign. The rec- ord of the Second Colored Regiment was honorable in every particular, and in some instances high distinction was gloriously won." [Tuttle. ]
The behavior of the colored troops was generally good, but that of the enemy in killing colored prisoners was absolutely barbarous. In the foregoing, mention has only been made of the regiments having representatives from Wyandotte County. The number of Wyandotte County men that served in each regiment, as shown by the State ad- jutant's report, was as follows: First Infantry, 67; Second Infantry, 22; Fifth Cavalry, 21; Sixth Cavalry, 64; Tenth Cavalry, 23; Twelfth Cavalry, 88; Fifteenth Cavalry, 73; Sixteenth Cavalry, 119, making a total of white men, including a few Indians, of 477.
Of the colored soldiers from Wyandotte County 206 served in the First Colored Regiment, 162 in the Second, 35 in the Independent Col - ored Kansas Battery, and 80 in the Eighteenth United States Colored Infantry, making a total of 483.
Most assuredly Wyandotte County did its full share in suppressing the great Rebellion. It must also be remembered that besides these stanch supporters of the Union there were those actively engaged in service on the Confederate side, who were as sincere in their devotion to loyalty, as faithful in service, and as true to their convictions as their Federal brethren. There were but few however from this county.
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CHAPTER XVI.
FIRST FREE SCHOOL-FIRST TEACHERS-CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS- SCHOOL FUNDS-SCHOOL LANDS-SCHOOL STATISTICS-VALUE OF SCHOOL PROPERTY-BONDED INDEBTEDNESS-COST OF THE SCHOOLS -NORMAL INSTITUTE-SCHOOLS IN KANSAS CITY-SCHOLASTIC POPU- LATION - ENROLLMENT-HIGH SCHOOL-KINDERGARTEN-PRIVATE AND PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS-OLD ACADEMY, ETC.
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DUCATIONAL facilities have existed in what is now Wyandotte County ever since its settle- xx XX XXX ment by the Wyandotte Indians in 1843. Be- longing to this tribe were some well-educated people, and they at once set about to give their children the benefit of a free education. J. M. Armstrong, a lawyer of this tribe, taught the first free school in the Territory, which was opened July 1, 1844. The building in which the session was held was a frame one, with double doors, which stood on the east side of Fourth Street, between Kansas and Nebraska Avenues, in what is now Kansas City, Kas. It was some- times, but erroneously, called the Council House. J. M. Armstrong contracted to build it, and commenced teaching on the date named. The council of the nation met in it during vacations, or at night. The expenses of building the house were met out of the funds secured by the Wyandotte treaty of March, 1842. The school was managed by directors appointed by the council, the members of which were elected annually by the people. White children were admitted free. Mr. Armstrong taught until 1845, when he went to Washington as the legal representative of the nation, to prosecute their claims. Rev. Mr. Cramer, of Indiana, succeeded him; then Robert Robitaille, chief of the nation; next Rev. R. Parrett, of
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