Wyandotte County Military
Fifteenth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry
The Fifteenth Regiment Kansas Volunteer Cavalry was raised
mostly in September, 1863, its colonel being Charles R. Jennings, of
Leavenworth, Kas. Tuttle's History of Kansas says: " The regiment
was filled in less than a month, and an extra company toward the
Sixteenth also. Circumstances confined the regiment mainly to expeditions against bushwhackers and marauders, but the duty was thoroughly accomplished, although there are no brilliant services to be
recorded."
Roster of officers and enlisted men from this county in the Fifteenth Regiment,
Company E.:
John T. Smith, mustered December 11, 1863, as first lieutenant; resigned May 30, 1865.
William H. H. Grinter, mustered September 26, 1863, as first sergeant; promoted first lieutenant October 10, 1865; mustered out with regiment October 19, 1865.
John W. E. Lucas, mustered with company September 26, 1863, as quartermaster-sergeant; promoted first sergeant October 11, 1865; mustered out with regiment.
Alexander Zane, mustered September 26, 1863, as sergeant; reduced to ranks; mustered out with regiment.
William H. Worrell, mustered with regiment as sergeant; mustered out with regiment.
John Jordan, mustered with regiment as sergeant; reduced to ranks; deserted January, 1865.
John Kannally, mustered corporal September 26, 1863; promoted sergeant; died January 31, 1865, at Kansas City, Mo., of wounds received in action October 23, 1864, at Westport, Mo.
Erasmus Riley, mustered with company; promoted sergeant October 11, 1865.
Dennis F. Lucas, mustered March 28, 1864, as sergeant; mustered out with regiment.
John M. Thorp, mustered with company as corporal ; mustered out with regiment.
Adam Wilson, mustered with company as corporal; discharged for disability September 26. 1864.
Carroll S. Evans, mustered with company as corporal; mustered out with regiment.
William A. Long, mustered with company; promoted corporal; promoted sergeant October 11, 1S65; mustered out with regiment.
Timothy H. Carlton, mustered October 28, 1863, as corporal; mustered out with regiment.
Eldridge H. Brown, mustered March 28, 1864, as corporal; mustered out with regiment.
Josiah Thorp, mustered with company; promoted corporal; mustered out August 26, 1865.
David Thomas, mustered with company; pronioted bugler; reduced to ranks; mustered out with regiment.
Henry Runne, mustered October 28, 1863; promoted bugler October 15, 1863; deserted at Fort Riley, Kas., June 27, 1865.
John Hohensteiner, mustered with company; promoted bugler October 20, 1863; mustered out with regiment.
Richard L. Worrell, mustered with company; promoted bugler; mustered out with regiment.
Gilbert Lewis, mustered with company as wagoner; mustered out with regiment.
James M. Long, mustered March 31, 1864, as saddler; mustered out with regiment.
David N. Baker, mustered with company as farrier; mustered out with regiment.
Henry J. Armstrong and Edward M. Alexander, both mustered in and out with regiment.
William B. Bushman, mustered with company; discharged for disability September 26, 1864, at Osage Mission, Kas.
Dr. Block, mustered in and out with regiment.
William Cheely, mustered in and out with regiment.
William Driver, mustered with company; died of diarrhoea, at Humbolt, Kas., October 4, 1864.
John Freeman, Byron Gannett and Henry Groh, all mustered in and out with regiment.
Henry Gibson, mustered in with company; died of small-pox at Kansas City, Mo., December 26, 1863.
Andrew B. Hovey, Sylvanus Harless and Jacob Higgins, all mustered in and out with regiment.
Charles W. Ketchum, mustered in and out with regiment.
James Logan, mustered with regiment; died of disease in Delaware Nation, Kas., January 20, I860.
Charles E. Learned, Daniel Long, Abraham Lincoln and Thomas Lewis, all mustered in and out with regiment.
John Longbone, mustered with regiment; died December 19, 1864, at Kansas City, Mo., of wounds received October 22, 1864, at Big Blue, Mo.
Big Moccasin, mustered in and out with regiment.
John Martin, mustered with regiment; died of disease at Kansas City, Mo., December 16, 1863.
James H. Murray, George Pemsey, Winfield Pike, James Rowe, Wilson Sarcoxie, Lamon Scott, Hiram S. Young and Ethan L. Zane, all mustered in and out with regiment.
Peter Broham, mustered February 21, 1864; deserted at Kansas City, Mo., December 27, 1864.
John Gillis, mustered in and out with regiment.
Samuel Glass, mustered October 10, 1863; deserted at Fort Scott, Kas., August 10, 1864.
James Moody, mustered February 24, 1864; mustered out June 6, 1865, at Leavenworth, Kas.
Elijah Owen, mustered October 10, 1863; mustered out with regi- ment.
James Roberts, mustered February 24, 1864; deserted at Fort Riley, Kas., June 27, 1865.
James Shanghai, mustered October 10, 1863; mustered out June 9, 1865, at St. Louis.
Thomas Shields, mustered October 28, 1863; mustered out with regiment.
Joseph Shorter, mustered October 28, 1863; died November 10, 1864, at Kansas City, Mo., of wounds received October 22, 1864, at Big Blue, Mo.
New Company B.:
Rusha Chaploy and John Coon, mustered June 25, 1863; mustered out with regiment.
Frederick Vickers, mustered in and out with regiment.
Moses Denna, mustered May 12, 1868; mustered out with regiment.
William H. Jones, mustered June 25, 1863; mustered out with regiment.
Zachariah Longhouse, mustered August 9, 1863; deserted at Lawrence, Kas., July 23, 1863.
Philip Mature, mustered August 9, 1863; deserted at Topeka, Kas., July 24, 1865.
Thomas Punch, mustered October 23, 1863; mustered out with regiment.
Thompson Smith, mustered April 29, 1863; mustered out with regiment.
Beverly Tally, mustered Jiine 25, 1863; mustered out with regiment.
James Wilson, mustered April 29, 1863; mustered out with regiment.
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