THE SEVENTH KANSAS CAVALRY, (Regimental History 7th Kansas Cav.)

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SUBTITLED: Its Service in the Civil War, an Address before the State Historical Society, December 2, 1902. Also, a Brief Narration of the First Eight Kansas Regiments. BOOK DESCRIPTION: 8vo, 59 pgs, Original black cloth with gilt titled cover. Reprinted from the 8th volume of Kansas Historical Collections. CONDITION DESCRIPTION: Minor shelf soiling, cover gilt bright. Interior is clean and tight. With clear, mylar wrapper. CONTENTS DESCRIPTION: Author was the 1st Lt. and Adjutant for the regiment. He enlisted in September of 1861 in Co. C, 1st Kansas Cavalry, and later changed to the 7th Cavalry. The regiment served during the fall and winter of 1861 and 1862 in Western Missouri, during which time it participated in many actions. The regiment arrived at Corinth, Miss. and moved to Rienzi, Miss in July 1862. Here the regiment was assigned to the First Cavalry Brigade, commanded by Colonel Philip L. Sheridan, Second Michigan Cavalry, and remained at this post until its final evacuation, September 30, 1862. During this time the men were constantly in the saddle, and engaged in many severe cavalry skirmishes. The regiment remained in Mississippi and Tennessee for most of the war. In 1864 it was shifted to Missouri and took an active part in the campaign against the rebel General Price, during the fall of 1864, and participated in all the principal engagements. After the war the author became a bookseller in Manhattan, Kansas and was once the State s Adjutant General. DORN Kansas #32; NEVINS I pg 90: "A printed address which, as expected, merely summarizes and eulogizes.". N° de ref. del artículo 0124017

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