32
Regiments raised
40,170
Men in the records
32
Union
1
Pinned to a town
Civil War regiments were raised locally: each was recruited from the eligible men of one or more nearby counties, organized at a rendezvous camp, and sent to the front. In Kansas, 1 of the 32 regiments below are pinned to the specific town where they formed; the rest are recorded honestly at the state level. The largest single unit raised in Kansas was the 1 Indian Home Guards, Kans. Inf., with 3,275 men in the records.
To search these regiments by a family surname and read the individual men who served, with their rank, company, and side, explore any location in Kansas.
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Union regiments raised in Kansas
32 recorded, largest first. Raising town shown where documented.
- 1 Indian Home Guards, Kans. Inf. · Raised in Kansas · 3,275 men
- 2 Indian Home Guards, Kans. Inf. · Raised in Kansas · 2,627 men
- 6 Kansas Cavalry · Raised in Kansas · 2,405 men
- 9 Kansas Cavalry · Raised in Kansas · 2,280 men
- 1 Kansas Infantry · Raised in Kansas · 2,191 men
- 3 Indian Home Guards, Kans. Inf. · Raised in Kansas · 2,102 men
- 2 Kansas Cavalry · Raised in Kansas · 2,087 men
- 15 Kansas Cavalry · Raised at Leavenworth · 2,051 men
- 11 Kansas Cavalry · Raised in Kansas · 1,923 men
- 10 Kansas Infantry · Raised in Kansas · 1,923 men
- 5 Kansas Cavalry · Raised in Kansas · 1,919 men
- 7 Kansas Cavalry · Raised in Kansas · 1,892 men
- 16 Kansas Cavalry · Raised in Kansas · 1,863 men
- 14 Kansas Cavalry · Raised in Kansas · 1,760 men
- 19 Kansas Cavalry · Raised in Kansas · 1,625 men
- 8 Kansas Infantry · Raised in Kansas · 1,610 men
- 13 Kansas Infantry · Raised in Kansas · 1,463 men
- 12 Kansas Infantry · Raised in Kansas · 1,390 men
- 2 Kansas Infantry · Raised in Kansas · 653 men
- 17 Kansas Infantry (100 Days, 1864) · Raised in Kansas · 533 men
- Batt'n. 18 Kansas Cavalry (4 Months, 1867) · Raised in Kansas · 502 men
- Post Batt'y., Fort Leavenworth, Kansas · Raised in Kansas · 337 men
- 1 Indpt. Batt'y., Kansas Light Art'y. · Raised in Kansas · 333 men
- 2 Indpt. Batt'y., Kansas Light Artillery · Raised in Kansas · 304 men
- 6 Kansas Infantry · Raised in Kansas · 241 men
- Hopkins' (2) Indpt. Batt'y., Kans. L. Art'y. · Raised in Kansas · 210 men
- 3 Indpt. Batt'y., Kansas Light Artillery · Raised in Kansas · 182 men
- Block's Co., Leavenworth Zouaves, Kans. (30 Days, 1861) · Raised in Kansas · 127 men
- 4 Indpt. Batt'y., Kansas Light Artillery · Raised in Kansas · 123 men
- Abernathy's Co., Kansas Home Guards · Raised in Kansas · 122 men
- 4 Kansas Vols. · Raised in Kansas · 104 men
- 3 Kan. Inf. · Raised in Kansas · 13 men
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