Many of the Five Civilized Tribes remained loyal to the Union during the Civil War. Hundreds of these loyal Indians
were compelled to leave their tribes cause of the hostilities of their brethren at the instigation of the Southern
Confederacy. General Albert Pike made treaties with these tribes by which they attempted to take their territory
into the Southern Confederacy. Many of the Indians, in pursuance of this treaty, enlisted in the Southern armies.
These made war on those who wished to remain loyal to the Union. They became refugees in Southern Kansas, assembling
mostly in the country of the Osages, the majority of whom remained loyal. The Government authorized the organization
of the Indian regiments of these refugees and any other loyal Indians desiring to enlist in the Union army. The
Indian regiments were officered by Kansas soldiers. There were Indians from all of the Five Civilized Tribes in
these regiments. It is possible that the Cherokees furnished more recruits than any other tribe.
Soon after the Cherokees settled in the country now embraced in Oklahoma, a Baptist mission was established among
them by a Rev. Mr. Jones, Cincinnati, Arkansas. Jones taught the Indians, principally full-blood Cherokees, anti-slavery
sentiments. When one was converted to the belief against slavery, he was given a pin or badge to wear. These came
to be known as "Pin Indians," from the fact that they wore these distinctive pins. In the Civil War,
will be found many references to Pin Indians, and it was believed necessary to state here the origin of the name.
The field and staff of each of the three Indian
regiments is set out:
FIRST INDIAN REGIMENT
|
NAMES
|
RANK
|
DATE OF COMMISSION
|
| William A. Phillips |
Major
|
June 2, 1862
|
| James A. Phillips |
Major
|
July 10, 1862
|
| J. H. Gillpatrick |
First Lieut & Adj.
|
November 1, 1862
|
| Salmon S. Prouty |
First Lieut. & R. Q. M.
|
June 21, 1862
|
| John Chess |
First Lieut. & Adj.
|
May 28, 1863
|
| Alfred F. Bicking |
First Lieutenant
|
September 10, 1862
|
| Ferdinand R. Jacobs |
First Lieutenant
|
September 10, 1862
|
| Robert T. Thompson |
First Lieutenant
|
April 1, 1863
|
| Francis J. Fox |
First Lieutenant
|
September 10, 182
|
| Albert Flanders |
First Lieutenant
|
July 1, 1863
|
| Benj. F. Ayres |
First Lieutenant
|
March 29, 1863
|
| Milford J. Burlingame |
First Lieutenant
|
December 29, 1863
|
| Frederick Crafts |
First Lieutenant
|
September 10, 1862
|
| Eli C. Lowe |
First Lieutenant
|
September 10, 1862
|
| William Roberts |
Second Lieutenant
|
July 1, 1863
|
| John D. Young |
Second Lieutenant
|
August 25, 1864
|
SECOND INDIAN REGIMENT
|
NAME
|
RANK
|
DATE OF COMMISSION
|
| John Ritchie |
Colonel
|
|
| Fred W. Schuarte |
Lieut. Colonel
|
|
| E. W. Robinson |
First Lieut. & Adj.
|
|
| John C. Palmer |
First Lieut. & Adj.
|
|
| George Huston |
First Lieut. & R. Q. M.
|
|
| A. J. Ritchie |
Surgeon
|
|
| M. A. Campdorus |
Assistant Surgeon
|
|
| James H. Bruce |
Captain
|
May 27, 1863
|
| Joel Moody |
Captain
|
|
| Charles Lenhart |
First Lieutenant
|
October 15, 1862
|
| John M. Hunter |
First Lieutenant
|
September 14, 1862
|
| James M. Bruce |
First Lieutenant
|
|
| William H. Kendall |
First Lieutenant
|
December 8, 1862
|
| John Moffitt |
First Lieutenant
|
|
| E. P. Gilpatrick |
First Lieutenant
|
|
| A. J. Waterhouse |
First Lieutenant
|
|
| Silas Hunter |
First Lieutenant
|
June 2, 1862
|
| David A. Painter |
First Lieutenant
|
June 2, 1862
|
| ______ Scott |
First Lieutenant
|
June _, 1862
|
THIRD INDIAN REGIMENT
|
NAME
|
RANK
|
DATE OF COMMISSION
|
| William A. Phillips |
Colonel
|
July 11, 1862
|
| John A. Foreman |
Major
|
July 11, 1862
|
| William Galliher |
First Lieut. & Adj.
|
July 11, 1862
|
| Alfred Larzelere |
First Lieut & R. Q. M.
|
July 11, 1862
|
| A. C. Spillman |
Captain
|
November 4, 1862
|
| Henry S. Anderson |
Captain
|
November 15, 1862
|
| Maxwell Phillips |
Captain
|
May 28, 1863
|
| Solomon Kaufman |
Captain
|
May 28, 1863
|
| Luke Parsons |
First Lieutenant
|
July 11, 1862
|
| John S. Hanway |
First Lieutenant
|
July 11, 1862
|
| Andrew W. Robb |
First Lieutenant
|
July 11, 1862
|
| Harmon Scott |
First Lieutenant
|
July 11, 1862
|
| Benjamin Whitlow |
First Lieutenant
|
July 11, 1862
|
| Charles Brown |
First Lieutenant
|
April 1, 1863
|
| William McCullough |
Second Lieutenant
|
December 31, 1862
|
| Basil G. McCrea |
Second Lieutenant
|
December 31, 1862
|
| Jule C. Cayott |
Second Lieutenant
|
May 28, 1863
|
(History of Kansas State and People, William E.
Connelley, Volume II, 1928, pages 854-856)
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