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=== Brief History === | === Brief History === | ||
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=== Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin === | === Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin === | ||
The 2nd Regiment consisted of companies that included men from [[Atchison County, Kansas Genealogy|Atchison]], [[Bourbon County, Kansas Genealogy|Bourbon]], [[Doniphan County, Kansas Genealogy|Brown Doniphan]], [[Chase County, Kansas Genealogy|Chase]], [[Johnson County, Kansas Genealogy|Johnson]], [[Miami County, Kansas Genealogy|Miami]], [[Linn County, Kansas Genealogy|Linn]], [[Lyon County, Kansas Genealogy|Lyon]], [[Osage County, Kansas Genealogy|Osage]], | The 2nd Regiment consisted of companies that included men from [[Atchison County, Kansas Genealogy|Atchison]], [[Bourbon County, Kansas Genealogy|Bourbon]], [[Doniphan County, Kansas Genealogy|Brown Doniphan]], [[Chase County, Kansas Genealogy|Chase]], [[Johnson County, Kansas Genealogy|Johnson]], [[Miami County, Kansas Genealogy|Miami]], [[Linn County, Kansas Genealogy|Linn]], [[Lyon County, Kansas Genealogy|Lyon]], [[Osage County, Kansas Genealogy|Osage]], [[Shawnee County, Kansas Genealogy|Shawnee]] and [[Wyandotte County, Kansas Genealogy|Wyandotte]] counties.Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first. <br> | ||
2nd Kansas Infantry rosters | 2nd Kansas Infantry rosters | ||
:[http://www.ksgenweb.org/archives/statewide/military/civilwar/adjutant/2i/field.html Field and Staff Officers] | :[http://www.ksgenweb.org/archives/statewide/military/civilwar/adjutant/2i/field.html Field and Staff Officers] | ||
:[http://www.ksgenweb.org/archives/statewide/military/civilwar/adjutant/2i/non.html Non-Commissioned | :[http://www.ksgenweb.org/archives/statewide/military/civilwar/adjutant/2i/non.html Non-Commissioned Staff] | ||
:[http://www.ksgenweb.org/archives/statewide/military/civilwar/adjutant/2i/a.html Company A] - Many men from [[Shawnee County, Kansas Genealogy|Shawnee County]] | :[http://www.ksgenweb.org/archives/statewide/military/civilwar/adjutant/2i/a.html Company A] - Many men from [[Shawnee County, Kansas Genealogy|Shawnee County]] | ||
:[http://www.ksgenweb.org/archives/statewide/military/civilwar/adjutant/2i/b.html Company B] - Many men from [[Riley County, Kansas Genealogy|Riley County]] | :[http://www.ksgenweb.org/archives/statewide/military/civilwar/adjutant/2i/b.html Company B] - Many men from [[Riley County, Kansas Genealogy|Riley County]] | ||
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The [http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm Civil War Soldiers and Sailors database] lists 653 men on its roster for this unit. [http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers.htm?submitted=1&SDunitCode=UKS0002RI Roster]. | The [http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm Civil War Soldiers and Sailors database] lists 653 men on its roster for this unit. [http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers.htm?submitted=1&SDunitCode=UKS0002RI Roster]. | ||
=== Regimental History and Roster === | |||
*''Kansas in the sixties.'' By Samuel Johnson Crawford. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & co., 1911. '''''Online at:''''' [https://archive.org/details/kansasinsixties00craw Internet Archive] | |||
=== Other Sources === | === Other Sources === | ||
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*[[United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865|United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865]] describes and explains United States and Confederate States records, rather than state records, and how to find them. These include veterans’ censuses, compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc. | *[[United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865|United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865]] describes and explains United States and Confederate States records, rather than state records, and how to find them. These include veterans’ censuses, compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc. | ||
*Crawford, Samuel J. ''Kansas in the sixties.'' (Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1993), {{ | *Crawford, Samuel J. ''Kansas in the sixties.'' (Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1993), {{FSC|673685|item|disp=FS Library fiche 6084545}} and (Chicago, Illinois : A.C. McClurg, 1911), {{FSC|173400|item|disp=FS Catalog book 978.1 H2cr}} | ||
=== References | === References === | ||
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[[Category:Kansas_-_Military_-_Civil_War,_1861-1865]] | [[Category:Kansas_-_Military_-_Civil_War,_1861-1865]] [[Category:Union Military Units]] | ||
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