KANSAS
MILITARY
The Twenty-Third Kansas Regiment
The Regimental and Company Officers and the
Privates of the Colored Infantry Which Will be Mustered Out of the Government Service Monday, April 10. --- Over
800 Army Men
JAMES BECK, SR., LIEUTENANT - COLONEL, MANHATTAN
JOHN BROWN, MAJOR, TOPEKA
G. W. FORD, MAJOR, FORT SCOTT
Non-Commissioned: James F. White, Hospital Steward,
Topeka
COMPANY A
TOPEKA
(Source: Plaindealer, April 7, 1899, page 1)
| William Reynolds |
captain |
| Thomas McAdoo |
1st lieutenant |
| Henry Taylor |
2nd lieuenant |
| Oscar Overr |
1st sergeant |
| Arthur C. Harris |
Q. M. sergeant |
| Major W. J. Brown |
sergeant |
| Paul L. Caldwell |
sergeant |
| Benjamin H. Bailey |
sergeant |
| James E. Turner |
corporal |
| James Harris |
corporal |
| Lewis Alfred |
corporal |
| Fred S. Overr |
corporal |
| Charles W. Ford |
corporal |
| William Ellis |
corporal |
| Robert H. Todd |
corporal (reduced in rank) |
| George W. Gayden |
corporal |
| Marcus J. Owens |
corporal |
| Clarence Bradshaw |
corporal |
| David L. Wadlington |
corporal |
| Thomas Tyler |
corporal |
| Charles Jackson |
musician |
| Lee A. Martin |
musician |
| John W. Johnson |
artificer |
| Benjamin F. Perkins |
artificer |
PRIVATES
| William H. Allen |
| Bert Bell |
| Isaiah Brown |
| Charles A. Brown |
| William A. Brooks |
| Benjamin Burton |
| Lewis Butts |
| James Carvey |
| Fred Collins |
| Virgil Chatman |
| Grant Crosany |
| Watson E. Duncan |
| Abe Ellis |
| Albert Etherly |
| Walter Ewing |
| Zeroaha Ewing |
| Hamilton Embree |
| Robert Garvin |
| Edward Gentry |
| Frank D. Glenn |
| William Gough |
| James Harper |
| Charles H. Hodge |
| Edward I. Henderson |
| John M. Hightower |
| Henry C. Horton |
| Gratten I. Gregg |
| Stephen Henderson |
| John H. Hill |
| Oscar W. Horton |
| James Hooper |
| Edgar Holloway |
| Bedford Hunter |
| Thomas Jackson |
| William W. Jackson |
| Bert King |
| John Lawson |
| Verdell Link |
| Robert Maddox |
| Robert Marshall |
| James R. Martin |
| Ben McCowen |
| John McCrow |
| Sidney Miller |
| Allen A. Miller |
| John Moore |
| Robert C. Morgan |
| Sandy Mathell |
| Lemuel Martin |
| William D. Nixon |
| Leander Northington |
| Ellison Owen |
| Samuel Patton |
| Thomas Parker |
| Alfred Payne |
| Benjamin Payne |
| Mitchell Pennington |
| Edward Pillow |
| Charlers Pillow |
| Colonel Parker |
| John B. Radford |
| Robert Ransom |
| Robert G. Rector |
| Presley Reynolds |
| Walter Rossin |
| John Rider |
| Hallis Scearce |
| Charles Slaughter |
| John Small |
| Charles Sneed |
| William Solomon |
| Arthur Todd |
| John W. Thompson |
| Frank Thomas |
| George Trice |
| William Vaugh |
| Robert Waters |
| Henry Walker |
| William Weetman |
| George W. Weddington |
| William William (deceased) |
| Dillard S. Johnson |
| James Webster |
| Allen Wright |
| Edward D. Wilson |
| James C. Wilson |
| George W. Wheeler |
| Henry Young |
| Manning Youngman |
COMPANY B
| Sherman A. Harvey |
captain |
Lawrence |
| John W. Clarke |
1st lieutenant |
Lawrence |
| Fred M. Stone |
2nd lieutenant |
Lawrence |
| James King |
1st sergeant |
Topeka |
| John A. Gregg |
Q. M. sergeant |
Topeka |
| John Banks |
sergeant |
Topeka |
| Lloyd W. Harden |
sergeant |
Junction City |
| William T. Stewart |
sergeant |
Leavenworth |
| Sidney Moore |
sergeant |
Ottawa |
| Edward Thompson |
corporal |
Lawrence |
| Edward McCoy |
corporal |
Ottawa |
| Sylvester Johnson |
corporal |
Lawrence |
| Walter Lewis |
corporal |
Lawrence |
| Arthur Brown |
corporal |
Ottawa |
| James Johnson Jr. |
corporal |
Lawrence |
| Robert Jones |
corporal |
Wagoner, Indian Territory |
| Alex Johnson |
corporal |
Leavenworth |
| Pearl J. Porter |
corporal |
Topeka |
| Wesley Davidson |
corporal |
Leavenworth |
| Charles Gooden |
corporal |
Topeka |
| Essex De Priest |
corporal |
Salina |
| Fred Kuykendall |
1st musician |
Topeka |
| Fred Strode |
2nd musician |
Lawrence |
| Fred Halton |
artificer |
Holton |
| Fred Marshall |
wagoner |
argentine |
PRIVATES, LAWRENCE
| Leverne Baxter |
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| George Blue |
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| Jesse Brown |
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| Charles Brown |
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| Joseph Catherine |
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| William C. Clark |
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| Allen Copeland |
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| James H. Dirney |
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| Joseph Dirney |
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| Henry Edmunds |
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| Homer Flashback |
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| William Gauss |
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| John Hill |
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| Laavell Hill |
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| Enos King |
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| Edward Lee |
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| Joshua Lawery |
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| Lester F. Kennedy |
musician |
| George Bradford |
artificer |
| Edward Green |
wagoner |
PRIVATES, KANSAS CITY
| Henry A. Abrams |
| Robert Martin |
| Bert Moore |
| Thomas Moore |
| Arthur McGee |
| William Nicholas |
| Joseph W. Spencer |
| Dennis Thompson |
| William Thurston |
| William Winfrey |
TOPEKA
| Charles Alexander |
| Arthur Albritton |
| George Balley |
| Joseph G. Bowers |
| Luther Bryant |
| William Buchanan |
| Spotwood Ellis |
| Noah E. Freeman |
| Burt Hesler |
| Edward Parks |
| Albert W. Porter, Jr. |
| Robert Reed |
| Herman S. Taborn |
| Abraham H. Thomas |
| Charles B. Thomas |
| James W. Thomas |
| William Thornton |
LEAVENWORTH
| William Foster |
| Gus Franklin |
| William Franklin |
| Richard Haynes |
| Charles Lamb |
| Moses Scott |
| George Wiley |
| Frisby Willmore |
| Peter H. Woodside |
OTTAWA
| Thomas Anderson |
| Daniel Benson |
SALINA
| Scott Boswell |
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| William Drake |
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| Andrew Nolan |
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| Andrew Smith |
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| ____Thompson |
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| James H. Alexander |
Cedar Junction |
| Charles Baldwin |
Argentine |
| George Anderson |
Saleman, Va |
| William Balley |
Kansas City, Mo. |
| Henry Claridy |
Kansas City, Mo. |
| Frank Branch |
Kansas City, Mo. |
| George W. Gwynes |
Osawatomie |
| James Jones |
South McAlester, Indian Territory |
| Frank Richards |
Nicodemus |
| Timothy Ware |
Columbus |
| Walter Jackson |
Fulton, Mo. |
| Ernest Paytonq |
Paola |
| Alonzo Starks |
Holton, Mo |
| Lucius W. Miller |
Great Bend |
COMPANY C
| John L. Walter |
captain |
Kansas City |
| Thomas Moody |
1st lieutenant |
Quindaro |
| Samuel T. Jones |
2nd lieutenant |
Kansas City |
| Richard E. Bullett |
1st sergeant |
Kansas City |
| Sylvester Banks |
Q. M. sergeant |
Kansas City |
| William Robinson |
sergeant |
Kansas City |
| Samuel R. Sullivan |
sergeant |
Kansas City |
| Robert E. Patterson |
sergeant |
Kansas City |
| Morris D. Monroe |
sergeant |
Kansas City |
| Frank L. Voorse |
corporal |
Kansas City |
| John W. Hardy |
corporal |
Kansas City |
| William Adams |
corporal |
Kansas City |
| William A. Ivy |
corporal |
Kansas City |
| William McDonald |
corporal |
Kansas City |
| George W. Moran |
corporal |
Kansas City |
| Elijah Davis |
corporal |
Kansas City |
| Andrew J. Dozier |
corporal |
Kansas City |
| Thomas L. Brown |
corporal |
Kansas City |
| John L. Alexander |
corporal |
Kansas City |
| Jackson D. Gatewood |
corporal |
Kansas City |
| William Napper |
corporal |
Kansas City |
| George A. Tyler |
musician |
Kansas City |
| Charles S. Allen |
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| Arthur Anderson |
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| Edward Anderson |
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| Windsor Austin |
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| John A. Barnes |
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| Jacob Barry |
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| Samuel Barney |
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| Albert R. Booker |
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| Eli Bohannan |
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| Abe Bowman |
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| Joseph O. Boyd |
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| Ernest L. Blue |
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| John B. Brooks |
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| Albert Clark |
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| Charles Clinton |
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| Birch Chipley |
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| Thomas Caldwell |
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| Arthur Craig |
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| William Curtis |
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| George Daniel |
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| Collier Davis |
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| Fred Davis |
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| Richard early |
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| Charles A. Elliott |
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| Rolland J. Fitzhugh |
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| Clifton G. French |
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| Frank G. Gatewood |
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| Alex Gill |
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| Daniel Gooden |
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| James Harrison |
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| Anderson Harrison |
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| Isaiah Harrington |
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| Samuel Hicks |
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| Horace M. Johnson |
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| James Keelin |
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| Harry Keeley |
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| Allen Kennett |
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| Joseph Mack |
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| Dennis Matthews |
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| James Matthews |
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| August Miller |
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| Solomon Miller |
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| Sidney Nance |
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| James B. Neeley |
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| Jesse F. Nelson |
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| Alonzo Noble |
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| Samuel Noheart |
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| Thomas Napper |
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| Murray Owens |
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| Eli Parker |
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| Silas Parrott |
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| William Patterson |
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| John Pope |
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| David Powell |
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| James Phillips |
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| Isaac Reed |
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| Charles D. Rhodes |
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| Robert Reed |
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| Benjamin Richardson |
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| Phillip Ross |
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| Thomas Shelton |
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| George W. Smith |
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| James M. Smith |
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| Thomas Smith |
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| William Towns |
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| George Thomas |
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| Leonard Thomas |
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| Jasper Thornton |
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| Samuel Wakefield |
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| Andrew Washington |
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| Andrew Wilson |
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| James Webb |
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| John Williams |
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| William Weeder |
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| Charles Westfield |
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| Mason Winn |
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| Thomas Woods |
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COMPANY D
| A. M. Wilson |
captain |
Fort Scott |
| Jerry M. White |
1st lieuteant |
Topeka |
| A. M. Booker |
2nd lieutenant |
Emporia |
| Wm. Hall |
1st sergeant |
Emporia |
| Geo. Meanes |
Q. M. sergeant |
Paola |
| Jas. Robinson |
sergeant |
Fort Scott |
| Carl Guy |
sergeant |
Fort Scott |
| J. D. Stanley |
sergeant |
Pittsburg |
| A. M. Akers |
sergeant |
Weir City |
| B. Watkins |
corporal |
Mound City |
| Jno Lee |
corporal |
Arcadia |
| Geo Greenley |
corporal |
Osawatomie |
| W. Sawyer |
corporal |
Girard |
| Daniel Myers |
corporal |
Fort Scott |
| A. D. Bright |
corporal |
Fort Scott |
| J. G. Lomax |
corporal |
Fort Scott |
| E. Ferguson |
corporal |
Oak Mills |
| William Smith |
corporal |
Leavenworth |
| Jno. Taylor |
corporal |
Paola |
| J. Wallace |
corporal |
Hadaw, Indian Territory |
| Oscar Lee |
corporal |
Paola |
| Jas. Beck, jr. |
musician |
Lawrence |
| Jacob Walls |
musician |
Paola |
PRIVATES
| Jas. Acy |
Pittsbug, Pa. |
| Charles Adams |
Argentine |
| John Adams |
Osage City |
| Chase Alexander |
Paola |
| Benjamin Andrews |
Emporia |
| Clarence Bailey |
Weir City |
| Frank Blandfoot |
Great Bend |
| Amos Bain |
Emporia |
| John Belcher |
Weir City |
| George Bently |
Hutchinson |
| Woodie Bird |
Girard |
| Van Boyd |
Topeka |
| Joseph W. Bryant |
Atchison |
| Taylor Bryant |
Atchison |
| Fred Green |
Atchison |
| Greene Burrows |
Pittsburg |
| Ulysses Burton |
Emporia |
| John R. Caddell |
Weir City |
| John Cromes |
Hutchinson |
| Glen Davis |
Emporia |
| Dave Dodson |
Fort Scott |
| Verbal Duncan |
Emporia |
| Josh DeGrafinreid |
Weir City |
| Benjamin Ewing |
Fort Scott |
| Arthur H. Fugh |
Great Bend |
| Jesse Freeman |
Hutchinson |
| John Grayer |
Pittsburg |
| Thomas Grear |
Paola |
| Samuel Green |
Fort Scott |
| Mitchell Goodwin |
Weir City |
| Walter Guthrie |
Emporia |
| Thomas Haley |
Paola |
| Elmer Hollings |
Osawatomie |
| William Hollings |
Osawatomie |
| Edward walls |
Osawatomie |
| Thomas Harper |
Paola |
| Charles Hoppers |
Topeka |
| Ernest Jordan |
Topeka |
| Isaac A. Long N. |
Topeka |
| W. G. Northington |
Topeka |
| William Shaw |
Topeka |
| Isaac Hunter |
Fort Scott |
| Paul Hunter |
Fort Scott |
| Wm. Jefferson |
Fort Scott |
| Amos Kinard |
Fort Scott |
| Housten Red |
Fort Scott |
| Wheeler Jepson |
Girard |
| Henry Sawyers |
Girard |
| John Sawyers |
Girard |
| William Kirk |
Argentine |
| Harry Lapsley |
Paola |
| Nathan Lapsley |
Paola |
| Frank Maddox |
Paola |
| James Mays |
Paola |
| Wm. Parks |
Paola |
| Richard Robinson |
Paola |
| Wm. Robinson |
Paola |
| Leonard Rawles |
Paola |
| Sherman Stevenson |
Paola |
| Albert Maddox |
Emporia |
| Marion Pierce |
Emporia |
| Scott Perkins |
Emporia |
| George Rambo |
Emporia |
| Till Tucker |
Emporia |
| Archie McCarty |
Nevado, Mo. |
| John McEllis |
Toohe, Okla |
| George McGinnis |
Chicago |
| John Morgan |
Great Bend |
| Charles Morrow |
Argentine |
| James Morrow |
Argentine |
| Arthur People |
Pittsburg |
| John Robinson |
Junction City |
| William Saulters |
Sterling |
| Eldin Simonds |
Mound City |
| Frank Simonds |
Mound City |
| John W. Thomas |
Weir City |
| Ivy Walker |
Weir City |
| Melton Thomas |
Chetopa |
| Frank Tucker |
Fort Smith, Ark. |
| William Tutt |
Lawrence |
| Joseph Wallace |
Hayden, Indian Territory |
| Henry Wilson |
Leavenworth |
| John Winfield |
Strong City |
| Ross Wren |
Hutchinson |
| Thos. R. White |
Iola |
COMPANY E
| S. W. Jones |
captain |
Wichita |
| W. A. Bettis |
1st lieutenant |
Wichita |
| Wm. Green |
2nd lieutenant |
Wichita |
| C. K. Steward |
1st sergeant |
Wichita |
| T. A. Dupart |
Q. M. sergeant |
Dodge City |
| Giles Anderson |
sergeant |
Wichita |
| Henry Shearris |
sergeant |
Wichita |
| Harry Holmes |
sergeant |
Wichita |
| Wm. H. Stell |
corporal |
Wichita |
| Jno. McBride |
corporal |
Wichita |
| Edgar Franklin |
corporal |
Wichita |
| Charles Staten |
corporal |
Wichita |
| James Gage |
corporal |
Wichita |
| J. W. Turner |
corporal |
Wichita |
| Isaac McAfee |
corporal |
Wichita |
| F. E. Green |
corporal |
Wichita |
| S. W. Thompson |
corporal |
Wichita |
| Lee Toms |
corporal |
Wichita |
| G. R. Comen |
corporal |
Lawrence |
| L. C. Martin |
corporal |
Iola |
| Wallace Bernal |
musician |
Wichita |
| Bert Borns |
musician |
Wichita |
| Napoleon Starnes |
artificer |
Wichita |
| H. W. Gilbert |
wagoner |
Wichita |
PRIVATES, WICHITA
| John B. Anderson |
| Wm. K. Arnold |
| John Bell |
| J. H. Bronson |
| Henry Braydon |
| J. B. Brown |
| Henry Bynum |
| David Chimuth |
| Anderson Crump |
| Peter C. Danforth |
| Henry C. dixon |
| James Dozier |
| Edward Drane |
| Clarence Estes |
| Richard Finch |
| G. W. Gardiner |
| George Garr |
| Charles Herring |
| John Hoard |
| Clifford Hill |
| Walter H. Howard |
| John Hudson |
| William Lave |
| Abraham McAfee |
TOPEKA
| Joseph Williams |
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| Charles Williams |
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| Eugene R. Whitted |
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| Horace G. Wilder |
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| Frank West |
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| James Warren |
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| David Washington |
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| James Vaughn |
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| Dallas Thurman |
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| Sam'l Sheads |
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| Jno. A. Rodgers |
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| Lewis Robinson |
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| Henry Robinson |
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| Andy Simmons |
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| Ky Richard |
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| Eugene Reed |
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| Henry Roark |
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| Frank H. Ray |
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| Beverly M. Perry |
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| James Porter |
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| Nelson S. Patterson |
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| Wm. Overstreet |
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| Wm. Neeley |
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| George Murphy |
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| Joseph Minton |
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| John Medina |
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| Henry T. Meredith |
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| Walter Marshall |
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| Fred Martin |
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| J. R. Martin |
Holton |
| Wm. S. Mosier |
Kansas City |
| J. E. Majors |
Kansas City |
| Benj. Barnes |
Kansas City |
| Jas. Barnes |
Kansas City |
| Frank Barber |
Kansas City |
| Frank K. Jones |
Weir |
| J. C. Jackson |
Weir |
| Mack Anderson |
Weir |
| Stanton James |
Hutchinson |
| Elliott Holmes |
Hutchinson |
| McDonald Johnson |
Burlingame |
| Joseph Johnson |
New Orleans, La. |
| Allen Jackson |
Winfield |
| Leroy Franklin |
Winfield |
| J. T. Howard |
Sioux City, Iowa |
| Ben Hickay |
Iola |
| Samuel Hall |
IOla |
| Duff Herrington |
Moran |
| thomas Harris |
Texas |
| Ceabson Greenwood |
Papaw, Indian Territory |
| Ollie Finley |
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| Samuel Farmer |
Arkansas City |
| Lewis Bass |
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| Charles Chiles |
Newton |
| Orra Earl |
Hutchinson |
| Wm. Carter |
Kansas City, Mo. |
| T. W. Campbell |
Homewood, Pa. |
| Alfred Buford |
Columbus |
| Wm. A. Brown |
Fort Smith, Ark. |
| William Allen |
Eureka |
COMPANY F
TOPEKA
| Wm. B. Roberts |
captain |
| Levi Holt |
1st lieutenant |
| J. D. Harkless |
2nd lieutenant Promoted 2nd lieutenant Co. H, Nov. 29, 1898 |
| Geo. E. Payne |
sergeant |
| John T. Elias |
sergeant |
| Joseph Durdeen |
sergeant |
| Jno. Mason |
sergeant |
| Matthew Matthews |
sergeant |
| Lewis Driver |
sergeant |
| Wm. Simpson |
corporal |
| Horace Bledsoe |
corporal |
| Thomas M. Henry |
corporal |
| Lewis Dade |
corporal |
| Luther M. Butler |
corporal |
| A. K. Knight |
corporal |
| Gilbert Robinson |
corporal |
| James E. Owen |
corporal |
| Lewis Moore |
corporal |
| Elijah Walker |
corporal |
| Irwin Hale |
corporal |
| Samuel Hannah |
corporal |
| William Hayl |
musician |
| Henry R. davis |
musician |
| William Wells |
artificer |
| James Lindsay |
wagoner |
PRIVATES
| William Anderson |
| John Allison |
| Robert Allison |
| Louis J. Brown |
| Simon Brown |
| Osa Coleman |
| John Davis |
| Leroy Darkis |
| Abraham Darkis |
| General English |
| John R. Evans |
| Robert Flynn |
| Matthew Fox |
| Wm. Franklin |
| Foster Fretwell |
| Clarence A. Glass |
| Prince Griffin |
| Larkin Gordon |
| Jeff G Greenwade |
| Henry Hale |
| Albert Harris |
| Walter Harris |
| Emprie Hawkins |
| George L. Gayden |
| Aaron Hill |
| James Hayle |
| Wm. B. Hogan |
| Wm. Holt |
| Jacob Jones |
| Willis Johnson |
| Wesley Johnson |
| Lee Johnson |
| Wm. A. McKinney |
| Charles Kemp |
| Moses King |
| Wilson Parker |
| Pless Perkins |
| Joseph Persley |
| George Pendleton |
| Robert Parks |
| Samuel C. Reeves |
| Joseph Robinson |
| Virgil Staling |
| Charles F. Seals |
| Doeotah Shields |
| U. Grant Smith |
| Symour G. Steele |
| Joseph Sawyer |
| Andrew Smith |
| Ambrose Stamps |
| Paul Schrader |
| Albert Settle |
| James A. Taylor |
| George Thomas |
| Wm. W. Turner |
| James Tivis |
| Saul Watkins |
| Zack Watkins |
| Jona W. Walker |
| Charles Wallace |
| John A. White |
| Sam'l Whitaker |
| Frank Wilkerson |
| Cyrus Wright |
| John E. Wright |
COMPANY G
TOPEKA
| Wm. H. Ingram |
captain |
| Allen Lattimore |
1st lieutenant |
| Nathan Singletary |
2nd lieutenant |
| Albert Stratton |
1st sergeant |
| John Matthews |
1st sergeant |
| John H. Brown |
1st sergeant |
| Green B. Anderson |
1st sergeant |
| W. H. Montgomery |
1st sergeant |
| J. W. Alexander |
1st sergeant |
| Bennie Bradford |
corporal |
| C. B. McAfee |
corporal |
| Thomas Shinall |
corporal |
| David S. Taylor |
corporal |
| Marion Wilson |
corporal |
| George McHenry |
corporal |
| George Jackson |
corporal |
| J. A. Williams |
corporal |
| Joseph Crump |
corporal |
| Perry Brown |
corporal |
| Wm. G. Matthews |
corporal |
| John Scott |
corporal |
| J. T. Baxter |
musician |
| J.E. Montgomery |
musician |
| Wm. H. Lewis |
artificer |
| Harvey C. Myers |
wagoner |
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