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This muster roll identified men who served in the Wakarusa War from November 27 to December 12, 1855. The second regiment was commanded by Col. C. K. Holliday, and Company D was recruited from the area around Bloomington, Kansas Territory. The information provided included name, rank (if an officer), and age, and annotations about the value of property such as saddles, clothes, horses, etc. taken or destroyed by the "enemy." Officers are identified. [Ages of the company ranged from 17 to 50 years old.]
Date: December 12, 1855
Item Number: 7632
Call Number: History Military Oversize 2
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 7632
Collections - Manuscript - History - Military
Date - 1854-1860 - 1855
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Militia
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Political parties - Free State
Military - Service - Militias
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Roster
People - Notable Kansans - Holliday, Cyrus Kurtz, 1826-1900
People - Notable Kansans - Walker, Samuel, 1822-1893
Places - Cities and towns - Bloomington
Places - Cities and towns - Lawrence
Places - Counties - Douglas
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Military records - Muster rolls
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/7632