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Kansas 8th Volunteer Infantry (Union)

Muster
  • Muster In Date:1 Aug 1861
  • Muster Out Date:9 Jan 1866
Other
  • Leaders:
    • 16 guns k-133 w-356 m-58 = 547
    • 2nd Kansas Cavalry : Sgt Hugh Quinn
    • Escort:
    • Sherer's Independent Cavalry Company: Cpt Samuel B. Sherer
    • k-0 w-1 m-0 = 1
    • Brigadier General Jefferson C. Davis
    • Brigadier General Robert Byington Mitchell
    • Brigadier General Samuel Beatty
    • Brigadier General Thomas J. Wood
    • Colonel Abel D. Streight
    • Colonel Charles T. Hotchkiss
    • Colonel Hans C. Heg
    • Colonel John A. Martin
    • Colonel John Alexander Martin
    • Colonel William H. Gibson
    • Colonel William Wallace Caldwell
    • Lieutenant Colonel James L. Abernathy
    • Lieutenant Colonel John Alexander Martin
    • Lieutenant Colonel John Conover
battles
Name
Start Date
End Date
Duration
Place
Franklin (1864)30 Nov 186430 Nov 1864< 1 dayFranklin, Tennessee
Stones River31 Dec 186231 Dec 1862< 1 dayMurfreesboro, Tennessee
Spring Hill29 Nov 186429 Nov 1864< 1 dayMaury County, Tennessee
Chickamauga19 Sept 186320 Sept 18631 day(s)Catoosa County, Georgia; Walker County, Georgia
Nashville15 Dec 186416 Dec 18641 day(s)Nashville, Tennessee
Missionary Ridge25 Nov 186325 Nov 1863< 1 dayChattanooga, Tennessee
Jonesborough31 Aug 18641 Sept 18641 day(s)Clayton County, Georgia
Perryville8 Oct 18628 Oct 1862< 1 dayPerryville, Kentucky
Atlanta22 July 186422 July 1864< 1 dayFulton County, Georgia; DeKalb County, Georgia
Peachtree Creek20 July 186420 July 1864< 1 dayFulton County, Georgia

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