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The 5th Regiment, Kansas Infantry had two Companies organized at Fort Scott and was attached to Lane's Kansas Brigade. The regiment had operations in September and October 1861. It was discontinued and merged into other organizations.<ref>National Park Service, [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], (accessed 6 December 2010).</ref> <br> | The 5th Regiment, Kansas Infantry had two Companies organized at Fort Scott and was attached to Lane's Kansas Brigade. The regiment had operations in September and October 1861. It was discontinued and merged into other organizations.<ref>National Park Service, [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], (accessed 6 December 2010).</ref> <br> | ||
Members of the company were consolidated with recruits from the 3rd Kansas Infantry and 4th Kansas Infantry (both of which failed to complete organization) to form the [[10th Regiment, Kansas Infantry|10th Kansas Infantry]] . [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5th_Regiment_Kansas_Volunteer_Infantry Wikipedia] | For more information on the history of this unit, see:<br> | ||
*The Civil War Archive section, [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unksinf.htm#5thinf 5th Regiment Infantry], (accessed 23 March 2012).<br> | |||
Members of the company were consolidated with recruits from the 3rd Kansas Infantry and 4th Kansas Infantry (both of which failed to complete organization) to form the [[10th Regiment, Kansas Infantry|10th Kansas Infantry]] . [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5th_Regiment_Kansas_Volunteer_Infantry Wikipedia] | |||
=== Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin === | === Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin === | ||