Shawnee County Military
Shawnee County Men in the Spanish-American War
20th KANSAS REGIMENT
Company A - John E. Towers, captain; succeeded by Capt. Clad Hamilton, who
enlisted as a private and was promoted first to corporal, then sergeant, 2nd
lieutenant, 1st lieutenant and captain in succession; Everett E. Huddlerton
and John J. Deeming, lieutenants; Joseph W. Morris and Charles A. Woolworth 1st sergeants; Orville S. Taylor and Emory A. Bailey, quartermaster
sergeants; J. W. Kershner, Butler J. Haskins, Harry Jones, Fred A. Recob,
Samuel J. White, Robert D. Maxwell, Irenaeus Wisner, Joseph H. Seagraves and Francis M. Pribble, sergeants ; Joseph C. Spendlove, Frank A.
Smith, Charles D. Rouner, Charles Ramsey, Clarence Sharon, John J.
Haisch, Milo L. Lamont, Terence Montgomery, John J. Johnston, Charles
A. Waters, Steve S. Kirby, Walter E. French, Edwin Barrett, Ellis
G. Davis, George W. Lewis, J. H. Redinger, Edwin W. Sheard,
Percy McCoole, Albert Cotton, Walter C. Swartz and Edward L. Pinkerton,
corporals; Seth A. Hemmel, Coryell Faulkner, William E. Hungerford and
John A. Buchanan, hospital stewards; H. E. Wagner and Mitchell Bundy,
wagoners.
Privates � Harry J. Adams, William F. Ayers, Edward E. Banks,
Frank J. Beaghen, Edward H. Brennan, Harry H. Banks, Etcyl P. Blair,
John R. Boyd, Harvey Chandler, Walter J. Coleman. James C. Coleman,
Walter C. Campbell, Chase Cole, Fred Fox, Fred Graft, W. L. Garretson,
John J. Humbert, Fred Humphries, George H. Helwig, D. S. Hewitt, Charles
Hetrick, Lester C. Jennings, Earnest E. Kirk, Lewis G. Laws, James D.
Leahey, Arthur W. Long, Thomas E. Lawrence, George W. Lemley, Guy
Ludington, Clarence R. McDowell, Frank M. McFadden, Isaac K. McKinney, Herbert T. Miller. Henry D. McKinney, Edwin A. Myers, Clark W.
Marsh, Reseil Manahan, Charles Peters, Ira M. Payne, Charles H. Reasoner,
E. A. Rethemeyer, John A. Stevens, Margus J. P. Smith, William R. Smith,
Walter L. Sherburne, Raymond Slater, Arthur W. Snapp, Theo. H. Sutton,
Fred Shaufele, Frank Steward, Jerry C. Springstead, William L. Sullivan,
Roy Timmons, Herbert W. Turner, George W. Turner, Losson B. Whitaker,
Elmo L. Wilkinson, Henry N. Wingfield, Eugene Willett, Theodore O.
Whitted, Wilbur Wilson and John D. Young.
Company B � Jacob Guffey. Elmer E. Urie, George Rethemeyer, Edward
Barrett, William F. Duensing, Edward W. Ellis and Claud S. Phillips
Company C � Clare A. Coe
Company E � James J. Corkill, Norman F. Ramsey
and Walter D. Vance
Company F � George F. Hedenberg and William E.
True
Company H � Charles F. Rice
Company I � George W. Mills, Harry
Pepper and George H. Billings
Company K � Milton W. Hogaboom, Arthur
E. Ellison, Frank A. Huling and Arthur C. Snow
Company L � Charles
A. Hurd, Carl Myers and Noble B. Urie
Company M � Charles Kleinhans
and Albert Dooley
Regimental Band � Charles E. Gormly, Erve C. Strickland, Carl H. Dreyer, George E. Ellison, James L. Wilcox, Edward A.
Rethemeyer and Owen McIntosh.
History--The 20th Kansas Regiment was in camp at Topeka from May 1st to
May 16th, 1898 and was then ordered to San Francisco, where it remained for five
months, before embarking for the scene of war. Many of the soldiers were
young men just out of school, farmer boys, mechanics and laborers. They participated in the following engagements: Advance on the enemy, February 4, 1899; independent skirmish,
February 7; Caloocan, February 10; Tulijan, March 25: Malinta, March 26;
Poli, March 27; Marilao, March 28; Bigoa, March 29; Guiginto, March 29;
advance on Malolos, March 30 and 31; defense of Malolos, three weeks; Bagbag River, April 25 ; Calumpit, April 26; Grand River, April 27; Santo
Tomas, May 4; San Fernando, May 6; Bacolor, May 13; Santa Rita, May
15; defense of San Fernando, May 25. Casualities sustained by Topeka members of the regiment were the fol-
lowing: Killed in action � Reseil Manahan and William Sullivan; died of
disease � Etcyl P. Blair, Harry Pepper, Frank M. McFadden, George W.
Mills and Edward A. Rethemeyer; wounded � Charles A. Woolworth, Fred
A. Recob, Charles A. Waters, J. W. Kershner, Ira M. Payne, Frank Steward,
Losson B. Whitaker, Elmer E. Urie, Daniel S. Hewitt, Frank A. Huling,
Arthur C. Snow and Albert Dooley.
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