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The 11th Kansas Cavalry was organized at Kansas City, Kansas in late April 1863 from the 11th Kansas Infantry, which ceased to exist. It mustered in for three years under the command of Colonel Thomas Ewing Jr. The regiment was attached to District of the Border and District of Kansas, Department of the Missouri, until February 1865
Meanwhile, the Indians tried to lure soldiers at Platte Bridge Station into an ambush. On June 3, they fired on the Station and Lt.Col. Preston B. Plumb, 11th Kansas Cavalry, and 22 soldiers sallied in pursuit of them. Near Dry Creek, the soldiers were ambushed by 60 Indians, but rescued by twenty additional cavalry went out to help them.
10th Kansas Militia Infantry Regiment; 11th Kansas Militia Infantry Regiment; 12th Kansas Militia Infantry Regiment; 13th Kansas Militia Infantry Regiment; 14th Kansas Militia Infantry Regiment; October 9, 1864 – October 29, 1864; commanded by Colonel William Gordon [1] 15th Kansas Militia Infantry Regiment; 16th Kansas Militia Infantry Regiment
5th Squadron is the cavalry squadron assigned to the 2nd Armored BCT, 1st Infantry Division stationed at Fort Riley, Kansas. 5th Cavalry Regiment. 1st Battalion is a combined arms battalion assigned to the 2nd Armored BCT, 1st Cavalry Division, stationed at Fort Cavazos, Texas.
This is a list of Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) posts in Kansas, United States.. The G.A.R., Department of Kansas was established December 7, 1866. It was preceded by an organization known as the Veteran Brotherhood (and Union Brotherhood), State of Kansas organized in December 1865.
The 11th Kansas Infantry was organized at Camp Lyon near Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, from August 29 through September 14, 1862. It mustered in for three years under the command of Colonel Thomas Ewing Jr. The regiment moved to Fort Scott, Kansas, October 4–9, 1862, then to Pea Ridge, Arkansas, October 15–19.
On March 23, 1865, Major General Grenville M. Dodge, who commanded the 11th and 16th Kansas Cavalry Regiments, wrote to Colonel James Hobart Ford to propose establishing a new military post west of Fort Larned. On orders of Col. Ford, Captain Henry Pearce, with Company C, Eleventh Cavalry Regiment, and Company F, Second U.S. Volunteer Infantry ...
The regiment became the 11th Kansas Cavalry and Moonlight its colonel. Moonlight briefly commanded the 14th Kansas Cavalry as lieutenant colonel but was later ordered to return to the 11th Kansas Cavalry. His service during the war was primarily in Kansas against bushwhackers and border guerrillas.