Kansas 14th Volunteer Cavalry, Company A (Union)
01/04/1863
Organized - Kansas 14th Volunteer Cavalry, Company A - Kansas
06/10/1863
Battle - Baxter Springs - Cherokee County, Kansas
Baxter Springs
On October 6, 1863, Fort Blair was attacked by William Quantrill and more than three hundred guerilla troops. Though greatly outnumbered, two companies of the Third Wisconsin Cavalry and a company of the Second Kansas Colored Infantry at the fort repulsed the attack. Quantrill turned north and attacked a military supply train under Gen. James Blunt, killing nearly all of Blunt's command, many while trying to surrender. The victims are buried in the national cemetery plot west of the present town of Baxter…READ MORE
25/06/1865
Mustered Out - Kansas 14th Volunteer Cavalry, Company A - Kansas
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regiment -Kansas 14th Volunteer Cavalry (Union)
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