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post outside of town, and Sweeny's column engaged more
Missouri State Guardsmen outside of town. The Union forces were victorious, and captured supplies in the town before looting Forsyth. Losses were minimal for both sides, with the Union cavalry losing two wounded and the Missouri State Guard one
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With another enemy attack ongoing, Lyon led the 2nd Kansas
Infantry to another part of the line on Bloody Hill. As the fighting continued, Confederate fire killed Lyon and wounded Mitchell. Command of the regiment fell to Blair. The attackers eventually withdrew. When a Confederate cavalry force
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and the mounted company helped repulse it. Sturgis took command of Lyon's column, but Sigel's attack had already been defeated. Another
Confederate/Missouri State Guard attack, the third against Bloody Hill, was made but was repulsed. During the fighting, the 2nd Kansas exchanged fire with the
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Infantry was part of Lyon's column and was initially kept in a reserve role while Union troops occupied a terrain feature known as Bloody Hill at around 6:30 a.m. When a force of Missouri State Guard
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on August 10, where it suffered 70 casualties out of about 600 men present excluded a detached cavalry company. Ordered back to Kansas after the battle, it fought in several small actions in
Missouri and later mobilized in Kansas after enemy forces captured
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Sturgis having some of the Kansans whipped, which culminated on July 8 in a confrontation between him and some of the men which Mitchell was forced to break up before it became violent. Joining the forces of
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man wounded and two captured. The skirmish at
Forsyth was the first combat the regiment had seen. Sweeny's force returned to Springfield on July 25. On August 3, Lyon's force encountered a small
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regiment. By then, one company of the regiment had been mounted on captured horses. Reaching
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to guard stores, the regiment continued on and fought minor actions at
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patrol near the Curran Post Office, which was on the county line of
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commanded the regiment until he was wounded at Wilson's Creek and
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924:. George Washington Carver Birthplace District Association.
951:. Republic, Missouri: Wilson's Creek National Battlefield.
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535:"Civil War: The 2nd Kansas Volunteer Infantry Regiment"
990:. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 1902 .
537:. Museum of the Kansas National Guard. 5 November 2015
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blouses as uniforms and were armed with a mixture of
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598:Military History of Kansas 1870
423:. At Macon, Brigadier General
495:List of Kansas Civil War units
447:, after enemy forces captured
374:attempted to strike the Union
368:1st Missouri Infantry Regiment
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281:, the regiment marched to the
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922:The Battle of Wilson's Creek
271:1st Kansas Infantry Regiment
151:area before fighting in the
126:2nd Kansas Infantry Regiment
21:2nd Kansas Infantry Regiment
453:2nd Kansas Cavalry Regiment
162:2nd Kansas Cavalry Regiment
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409:3rd Iowa Infantry Regiment
319:1st Iowa Infantry Regiment
299:George Washington Deitzler
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473:American Civil War portal
76:Trans-Mississippi Theater
445:Wyandotte County, Kansas
355:Battle of Wilson's Creek
153:Battle of Wilson's Creek
81:Battle of Wilson's Creek
439:. The unit arrived at
305:Wilson's Creek campaign
443:, but was deployed to
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889:Official Records 1902
283:Springfield, Missouri
259:Kansas City, Missouri
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768:, pp. 245, 262.
433:St. Joseph, Missouri
411:on an expedition to
327:Missouri State Guard
224:Mexican–American War
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949:Hard Times/Hard War
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867:, pp. 337–338.
843:, pp. 281–283.
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816:, pp. 271–272.
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720:, pp. 185–187.
636:, pp. 127–131.
624:, pp. 125–126.
449:Lexington, Missouri
441:Leavenworth, Kansas
238:was the regiment's
158:Lexington, Missouri
135:that served in the
930:Dyer, Frederick H.
425:Stephen A. Hurlbut
417:Shelbina, Missouri
405:Hannibal, Missouri
252:smoothbore muskets
232:lieutenant colonel
220:Robert B. Mitchell
209:American Civil War
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197:Robert B. Mitchell
173:Lieutenant Colonel
169:Robert B. Mitchell
141:American Civil War
107:Robert B. Mitchell
71:American Civil War
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276:Brigadier General
263:Clinton, Missouri
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853:Bearss 1975
790:Bearss 1975
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380:skirmishers
364:infantrymen
359:Franz Sigel
332:Confederate
207:during the
149:Springfield
139:during the
64:Engagements
1247:Categories
1194:Mine Creek
1101:Combatants
1085:Osawatomie
1080:Fort Titus
1070:Black Jack
918:Bearss, Ed
506:References
429:Bloomfield
285:area, via
205:Union Army
137:Union Army
101:commanders
94:Commanders
44:Allegiance
1117:Campaigns
901:Dyer 1908
694:Huff 1996
658:Huff 1996
401:St. Louis
344:Cassville
187:Formation
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1168:Brooklyn
1163:Lawrence
1124:Missouri
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459:See also
295:brigaded
291:Melville
287:Stockton
195:Colonel
145:Missouri
133:regiment
130:infantry
58:Infantry
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1033:Origins
911:Sources
323:cavalry
244:fatigue
217:Colonel
182:Service
166:Colonel
128:was an
99:Notable
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397:Rolla
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