10th Kansas Militia Infantry Regiment explained

Unit Name:	10th Kansas Infantry Regiment (Militia)
Dates:	October 9  - 29, 1864
Allegiance:	Union
Branch:	Infantry
Type:	Militia
Size:	Regiment
Battles:	American Civil War Price's Raid Battle of Byram's Ford Battle of Westport Battle of Mine Creek Battle of Marais des Cygnes Second Battle of Newtonia
Disbanded:	October 29, 1864
Commander1:	William Pennock
Commander1 Label:	Colonel

The 10th Kansas Infantry Regiment was a militia infantry regiment from Kansas that served in the Union Army between October 9 and October 29, 1864, during the American Civil War.

Service

The regiment was called into service on October 9, 1864, to defend Kansas from Maj. Gen. Sterling Price and his men.^[1] It saw action at Byram's Ford, Big Blue, Westport, Mine Creek, Little Osage River and Marias des Cygnes after pursuing Price. On October 29, 1864, it was disbanded.^[2]

See also

• List of Kansas Civil War Units

Bibliography

• Dyer, Frederick H. (1959). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. New York and London. Thomas Yoseloff, Publisher. .

Notes and References

1. Dyer (1959), Volume 3. p. 1,188.
2. Dyer (1959), Volume 3. p. 1,188.