Extracted from Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kansas, Vol. 1. - 1861-1865. Leavenworth, Kansas: Bulletin Co-operative Printing Company, Chicago. 1867.

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Fifth Regiment Kansas Volunteers - Cavalry

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Rank Surname Given Residence Enlistment Muster Remarks
Colonel Johnson Hampton P. Leavenworth     Killed in action Sept. 17, 1861, Morristown, Mo.
Colonel Clayton Powell Leavenworth   March 7, '62 Promoted Brig. Gen. U. S. V., August 1, 1864
LieutenantColonel Ritchie John Topeka     Prom. Col. 2d Ind. Home Guards March 28, '62
LieutenantColonel Clayton Powell Leavenworth   Dec. 28, '61 Promoted Colonel March 7, 1862
LieutenantColonel Jenkins Wilton A. Lery   May 1, '62 Mustered out May 7, 1864, Fort Leavenworth, Kan., per S. O. 171, Hd'qrs Depart. Ark.
LieutenantColonel Scudder Thomas W. Topeka   Oct. 29, '64 Mustered out January 4, 1865
Major Summers James H.       Resigned March 16, 1862
Major Jenkins Wilton A. Leroy   Feb. 28, '62 Promoted Lieutenant Colonel May 1, 1862
Major Hoffman S. E. Leavenworth   April 10, '62 Resigned August 6, 1862
Major Walker Samuel Lawrence   May 24, '62 Promoted Lt. Col. 16th Kan. Cav. Oct. 29, 1864
Major Scudder Thomas W. Topeka   Sept. 1, '62 Promoted Lieutenant Colonel Oct. 29, 1864; W. in action October 26, 1863, Pine Bluff, Ark.
Major Harrington Stephen R. Wash'ton, D. C.   Oct. 29, '64 Mustered out January 10, 1865
Adjutant Harrington Stephen R. Wash'ton, D. C.     Promoted Captain Co. K, July 1, 1862
Adjutant DeCosta George W. Leavenworth   Sept. 15, '62 Promoted Paymaster U. S. A., April 21, 1864
Adjutant Murphy Lawrence Mound City   July 9, '64 Mustered out January 4, 1865
Quartermaster Davis James Leavenworth   Aug. 16, '61 Prom. Capt. and A. C. S., U. S. V., Aug. 1, '62
Quartermaster Gray Alfred Quindaro   April 19, '62* Resigned on account of disability March 24, '64; was on detached service with General Vandever from June 30, 1863, to date of discharge
Quartermaster Hillyer E. D. Grasshopper F.   March 1, '63 Resigned August 16, 1864
Commissary Stevens George W.     March 3, '63 Resigned May 17, 1864
Commissary Vaughn James F.     June 3, '64 Mutered out Jan. 10, 1865, Leavenworth, Kan.
Surgeon Johnson E. B. Leavenworth     Discontinued as Surgeon upon re-organization of regiment in spring of 1862
Surgeon Huntoon A. J. Topeka   Jan. 5, '62 Dismissed March 30, 1863, Helena, Ark.
Surgeon Carpenter William B. Leavenworth   May 8, '63 Mustered out Sept. 7, 1864, Leavenworth, Kan.
Assistant Surgeon Sheldon E. P. Burlingame   Jan. 1, '62 Died of disease at Fort Scott, Kan., April 3, '62
Assistant Surgeon Carpenter William B. Leavenworth   May 27, '62 Promoted Surgeon May 8, 1862
Assistant Surgeon Whitehorn Samuel     May 13, '63 Resigned October 30, 1863
Assistant Surgeon Porter David R. Decatur, Iowa   Aug. 1, '63 Mustered out Aug. 10, 1865, Leavenworth, Kan.
Chaplain Fisher Hugh D. Lawrence   Aug. 19, '61 Mustered out Sept. -, 1864, Leavenworth, Kan.

Extracted from Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kansas, Vol. 1. - 1861-1865. Leavenworth, Kansas: Bulletin Co-operative Printing Company, Chicago. 1867.

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