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- The 18th Kansas Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Organized July 15, 1867
Mustered Out November 15, 1867
After the close of the civil war and the muster-out of the volunteer regiments, the Regular Army was not sufficient to afford the necessary protection against the depredations of hostile Indians along the Western frontier. Indian raids upon the Western settlers were frequent, and their protection became a matter of deep solicitude. Companies were organized, under the provisions of the state militia law, among the frontiersmen, which performed brave and most efficient service. Under the authority of the War Department, in July, 1867, a volunteer cavalry battalion of four companies was organized and mustered into the United States service; this organization was designated the Eighteenth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry. It was mustered in on the 15th day of July, and immediately took the field. This organization consisted of 358 officers and enlisted men, and was commanded by Major Horace L. Moore, of Lawrence, late lieutenant colonel of the Fourth Arkansas Volunteer Cavalry. The regiment served four months, and met the Indian marauders in several sharp engagements, which always resulted to the disadvantage of the hostiles. A number of men were killed and wounded in the battalion, the loss in casualties being about ten per cent. The battalion was mustered out on the 15th day of November, 1867, having always received the commendation of the Regular officers under whose observation they served, for bravery and efficiency.
(Source: Thirteenth Biennial Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kansas, 1901-'02, Topeka: W.Y. Morgan, State Printer (1902) p. 213. Transcribed by Staff Sergeant Bryce Benedict, 102d Military History Detachment, Kansas Army National Guard)
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