The Civil War

1861-1865 --- Civil War: Twenty regiments of Volunteer infantry and cavalry, plus four separate batteries of artillery were accepted into the service of the Union Army. These units totaled about 21,000 men of which two regiments and one separate battery were Black. Three regiments of American Indians were recruited mostly in Kansas. Approximately 13,400 militia responded to a call from the governor when Gen. Price's rebel forces were driving toward Kansas. The militia units together with U.S. Volunteers were successful in protecting Kansas against the invasion and defeated rebel forces.