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398:. Around the time the attackers withdrew, Sturgis ordered a withdrawal from the field. The 2nd Kansas, low on ammunition, fell back in good order at about 11:30 a.m. Excluding the mounted company, the 2nd Kansas had taken about 600 men into the fight and had lost 5 men killed, 59 wounded, and 6 missing.
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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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to attack from the opposite direction of Lyon's men. The 2nd Kansas
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
Forsyth on July 22, the mounted company routed a
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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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935:. George Washington Carver Birthplace District Association.
962:. Republic, Missouri: Wilson's Creek National Battlefield.
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546:"Civil War: The 2nd Kansas Volunteer Infantry Regiment"
1001:. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 1902 .
548:. 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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949:. Des Moines, Iowa: Dyer Publishing Company.
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320:The regiment was part of a strike towards
972:. Leavenworth, Kansas: W. S. Burke. 1870.
946:A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion
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396:3rd Regiment, Arkansas State Troops
276:, as part of a force led by Major
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1037:Kansas in the American Civil War
511:Kansas in the American Civil War
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609:Military History of Kansas 1870
434:. At Macon, Brigadier General
506:List of Kansas Civil War units
458:, after enemy forces captured
385:attempted to strike the Union
379:1st Missouri Infantry Regiment
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292:, the regiment marched to the
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1279:1861 establishments in Kansas
328:, along with troops from the
958:. In Elkins, Kenneth (ed.).
933:The Battle of Wilson's Creek
282:1st Kansas Infantry Regiment
162:area before fighting in the
137:2nd Kansas Infantry Regiment
32:2nd Kansas Infantry Regiment
464:2nd Kansas Cavalry Regiment
173:2nd Kansas Cavalry Regiment
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420:3rd Iowa Infantry Regiment
330:1st Iowa Infantry Regiment
310:George Washington Deitzler
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567:Piston & Hatcher 2000
484:American Civil War portal
87:Trans-Mississippi Theater
456:Wyandotte County, Kansas
366:Battle of Wilson's Creek
164:Battle of Wilson's Creek
92:Battle of Wilson's Creek
450:. The unit arrived at
316:Wilson's Creek campaign
454:, but was deployed to
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954:Huff, Leo E. (1996).
900:Official Records 1902
294:Springfield, Missouri
270:Kansas City, Missouri
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779:, pp. 245, 262.
444:St. Joseph, Missouri
422:on an expedition to
338:Missouri State Guard
235:Mexican–American War
1051:Kansas–Nebraska Act
960:Hard Times/Hard War
890:, pp. 161–162.
878:, pp. 337–338.
854:, pp. 281–283.
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803:, pp. 116–117.
767:, pp. 243–245.
755:, pp. 232–233.
731:, pp. 185–187.
647:, pp. 127–131.
635:, pp. 125–126.
460:Lexington, Missouri
452:Leavenworth, Kansas
249:was the regiment's
169:Lexington, Missouri
146:that served in the
941:Dyer, Frederick H.
436:Stephen A. Hurlbut
428:Shelbina, Missouri
416:Hannibal, Missouri
263:smoothbore muskets
243:lieutenant colonel
231:Robert B. Mitchell
220:American Civil War
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208:Robert B. Mitchell
184:Lieutenant Colonel
180:Robert B. Mitchell
152:American Civil War
118:Robert B. Mitchell
82:American Civil War
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1101:Marais des Cygnes
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287:Brigadier General
274:Clinton, Missouri
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864:Bearss 1975
801:Bearss 1975
741:Bearss 1975
681:Bearss 1975
391:skirmishers
375:infantrymen
370:Franz Sigel
343:Confederate
218:during the
160:Springfield
150:during the
75:Engagements
1258:Categories
1205:Mine Creek
1112:Combatants
1096:Osawatomie
1091:Fort Titus
1081:Black Jack
929:Bearss, Ed
517:References
440:Bloomfield
296:area, via
216:Union Army
148:Union Army
112:commanders
105:Commanders
55:Allegiance
1128:Campaigns
912:Dyer 1908
705:Huff 1996
669:Huff 1996
412:St. Louis
355:Cassville
198:Formation
1243:Category
1179:Brooklyn
1174:Lawrence
1135:Missouri
1086:Franklin
1066:Lawrence
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931:(1975).
470:See also
306:brigaded
302:Melville
298:Stockton
206:Colonel
156:Missouri
144:regiment
141:infantry
69:Infantry
1158:Osceola
1144:Battles
1044:Origins
922:Sources
334:cavalry
255:fatigue
228:Colonel
193:Service
177:Colonel
139:was an
110:Notable
45:Country
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446:, and
259:rifles
245:, and
65:Branch
37:Active
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1076:Spurs
432:Macon
408:Rolla
387:flank
272:, to
251:major
59:Union
1193:1864
1167:1863
1151:1861
983:ISBN
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