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=== Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin === | === Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin === | ||
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.<ref>National Park Service, [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], (accessed 6 December 2010).</ref> The First Regiment consisted of volunteer companies in the counties of [[Atchison County, Kansas|Atchison]], [[Bourbon County, Kansas|Brown Bourbon]], [[Cherokee County, Kansas|Cherokee]], [[Coffey County, Kansas|Coffey]], [[Douglas County, Kansas|Douglas]], [[Doniphan County, Kansas|Doniphan]], Franklin, [[Gray County, Kansas|Gray]], [[Leavenworth County, Kansas|Leavenworth]], [[Marshall County, Kansas|Marshall]], [[Shawnee County, Kansas|Shawnee]] and [[ | 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.<ref>National Park Service, [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], (accessed 6 December 2010).</ref> The First Regiment consisted of volunteer companies in the counties of [[Atchison County, Kansas|Atchison]], [[Bourbon County, Kansas|Brown Bourbon]], [[Cherokee County, Kansas|Cherokee]], [[Coffey County, Kansas|Coffey]], [[Douglas County, Kansas|Douglas]], [[Doniphan County, Kansas|Doniphan]], Franklin, [[Gray County, Kansas|Gray]], [[Leavenworth County, Kansas|Leavenworth]], [[Marshall County, Kansas|Marshall]], [[Shawnee County, Kansas|Shawnee]] and [[Wyandotte County, Kansas|Wyandotte]]. | ||
1st Kansas Infantry Rosters | 1st Kansas Infantry Rosters | ||
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[http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/archives/statewide/military/civilwar/adjutant/1/index.html Index] | [http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/archives/statewide/military/civilwar/adjutant/1/index.html Index] | ||
The [http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm Civil War Soldiers and Sailors database] lists 2,191 men on its roster for this unit. [http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers.htm?submitted=1&SDunitCode=UKS0001RI Roster]. | |||
=== Other Sources === | === Other Sources === | ||