2nd Regiment, Kansas Infantry (3 months, 1861)
HISTORICAL NOTES:
The 2nd Regiment, Kansas Infantry (3 months, 1861) was organized at Lawrence for three months May, 1861. It mustered in at Kansas City June 20, 1861 and moved to Clinton, Mo., to join Lyon.
The Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 12 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 3 Enlisted men by disease. Total 17.
OFFICERS:
Colonel Robert B. Mitchell, a politician and veteran of the Mexican–American War.
Lieutenant Colonel Charles W. Blair
Major William F. Cloud
ASSIGNMENTS:
Attached to Deitzler's Brigade, Lyon's Army of the West.
SERVICE:
Advance on Springfield Mo., June 29-July 5. Expedition from Springfield to Forsyth July 20-25. Action at Forsyth July 22. Dug Springs August 2. Battle of Wilson's Creek August 10. March to Rolla, thence to St. Louis August 11-22. Operations in Northeast Missouri August 30-September 7. Paris September 2. Shelbina September 4. Iatan September 4. Capture of St. Jo September 13. Moved to Wyandotte, Kan., to resist Price's invasion. Mustered out October 31, 1861.
ROSTERS:
The rosters of this unit contains the name of 648 men.
Company A - Shawnee County
Company B - Riley County
Company C - Johnson County
Company D - Douglas County, Osage County
Company E - Anderson County
Company F - Lincoln County
Company G - Lincoln County
Company H - Lyon County
Company I
Company K
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Davenport, IA Eastern Digital Resources.
U. S. Government Official Records of the American Civil War. Davenport, IA Eastern Digital Resources.
REFERENCES:
REF: Dyer, Frederick H., A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion
