Finding Aid for the Adjutant General’S Office of the State of Kansas Records, 1856-1993
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Finding Aid for the Adjutant General’s Office of the State of Kansas Records, 1856-1993 Record Group No. 034 by Joseph P. Laframboise Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, Kansas April 1998 Revised August 2010 Revision History Date Reason April 1998 Initial release. March 24, 2009 Extensive editing and reorganization throughout to reflect current location information and consolidation of series descriptions. No new materials were introduced. August 12, 2009 Added this Revision History page. Updated the title page, Table of Contents and pp. 153-154 of this finding aid. Added the WWII muster rolls for 1st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion, Topeka Company (1941- 1947), which had been received as accession 2003-223.01. August 28, 2009 Found the folder containing the Civil War muster roll for Company A, 1st Kansas Volunteer Infantry Regiment (1861-1865) that had been mistakenly filed in the wrong map drawer in 2002, and removed the note “missing” for it on page 23 of the finding aid. August 20, 2010 Added Kansas Volunteer Cavalry’s 10th and 11th Regiments’ muster roll and payroll records for Companies A-I, K, unassigned recruits, and Field and Staff officers. Corrected some oversized folder locations. Updated the Civil War’s and Indian Wars’ Veterans Benefits sections and Appendix A (Microfilm Reels) to identify microfilm reel MF160 - Adjutant General Enrollment of Soldiers Act of 1883 (previously absent from DART and this finding aid). Updated the title page, and Table of Contents accordingly. Adjutant General’s Office of the State of Kansas Records, 1856-1993 (Revised 8/20/10) - Page ii Table of Contents Descriptive Identification.................................................................................................................1 Administrative Information .............................................................................................................1 Scope and Content ...........................................................................................................................1 History..............................................................................................................................................3 Organization.....................................................................................................................................6 Wartime Records (1861-1947) ............................................................................................6 Civil War..................................................................................................................6 Indian Wars..............................................................................................................6 Spanish-American War............................................................................................7 World War One........................................................................................................7 World War Two .......................................................................................................7 Peacetime Records (1856-1993)..........................................................................................7 Finding Aid and DaRT Descriptions ...................................................................................8 Wartime Records (1861-1947) ......................................................................................................11 Civil War............................................................................................................................11 Clothing Books ......................................................................................................11 2nd and 3rd Regiments, Indian Home Guard...............................................11 Kansas Volunteer Regiments and Batteries...............................................11 Consolidated Morning Reports..............................................................................12 1st and 3rd Regiments, Indian Home Guard................................................12 Kansas Volunteer Regiments.....................................................................12 Correspondence......................................................................................................13 Price Raid, Kansas State Militia ................................................................13 Kansas Colored Volunteers........................................................................14 Descriptive Rolls....................................................................................................14 Kansas Volunteer Regiments.....................................................................14 Kansas Volunteer Regiments and Batteries...............................................14 Kansas Volunteer Regiments and Batteries...............................................15 Kansas Volunteer Regiments, National Guard, and Batteries ...................16 Enlistment Papers...................................................................................................20 Kansas Volunteer Regiments and Batteries...............................................20 Kansas Militia: Johnson, Linn, and Miami Counties.................................20 Indices....................................................................................................................21 Federal Index of Kansas Volunteers..........................................................21 Index of Kansas Militia Officers (except Price Raid)................................21 Muster Rolls and Payrolls......................................................................................21 1st Kansas Volunteer Cavalry.....................................................................21 1st Regiment, Kansas Volunteer Infantry...................................................22 Adjutant General’s Office of the State of Kansas Records, 1856-1993 (Revised 8/20/10) - Page iii 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th Regiments, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Battalions, Kansas State Militia ...................................................................................26 1st, 2nd, and 4th Regiments, Kansas State Militia........................................28 1st, 2nd and 17th Regiments, Kansas State Militia.......................................28 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 18th Regiments and Independent Colored Battery, Kansas State Militia ...................................................................................29 2nd Regiment, Kansas Volunteer Infantry..................................................30 2nd Regiment, Kansas Volunteer Cavalry ..................................................31 2nd and 14th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry......................................................34 3rd Regiment, Kansas Volunteer Cavalry and Kansas Volunteer Infantry.......................................................................................................35 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th Regiments, County Battalions, Kansas State Militia.........................................................................................................37 3rd and 4th Regiments, Kansas State Militia...............................................38 4th Regiment, Kansas Volunteer Infantry ..................................................40 5th Regiment, Kansas Volunteer Cavalry...................................................42 6th Regiment, Kansas Volunteer Cavalry...................................................45 6th, 7th, and 9th Regiments, 2nd and 3rd Brigades, Kansas State Militia ......49 7th Regiment, Kansas Volunteer Cavalry...................................................50 7th, 9th, and 10th Regiments, Kansas State Militia......................................54 8th Regiment, Kansas Volunteer Infantry ..................................................56 8th, 9th, 10th, 13th, and 14th Regiments, Kansas State Militia......................59 9th Regiment, Kansas Volunteer Cavalry...................................................61 10th Regiment, Kansas Volunteer Infantry ................................................65 11th Regiment, Kansas Volunteer Infantry ................................................65 12th Regiment, Kansas Volunteer Infantry ................................................65 12th and 13th Regiments, Kansas State Militia...........................................66 13th Regiment, Kansas Volunteer Infantry ................................................67 13th Regiment, Kansas Volunteers.............................................................70 14th Regiment, Kansas Volunteer Cavalry.................................................70 14th and 15th Regiments, Kansas State Militia...........................................74 14th, 15th, 16th, and 17th Regiments, Kansas State Militia..........................75 15th Regiment, Kansas Volunteer Cavalry.................................................76 16th Regiment, Kansas Volunteer Cavalry.................................................80 15th, 16th, 18th, and 19th Regiments, Kansas State Militia..........................84 17th Regiment, Kansas Volunteer Infantry ................................................85 18th, 79th, and 83rd Regiments, U.S. Colored Infantry and 1st Army Corps, Kansas State Militia........................................................................87 20th, 21st, and 22nd Regiments, Kansas State Militia..................................88 23rd and 24th Regiments, 1st Colored Regiment, Kansas State Militia.......89 83rd Regiment,