Set of 5 Kansas Civil War Booklets Special KS Regiments, Battles

Description

Tales of Kansas
in the Civil War
The often over-looked Civil War in the West comes to life in this set of five spiral-bound books relating the many exciting adventures of regiments and individuals.
All five booklets are newly printed at our printing company in Tucson, Arizona. They are single sided on
8.5" x 11" 60# paper, and consist of excerpts from the Kansas Historical Society volumes from 1889-1923. The front covers are protected by a vinyl sheet.
Book #1
-- featuring stories of t
he
First Kansas Infantry, First Kansas Battery, the Battle of Wilson Creek, etc., is 89 pages.
Book #2
-- featuring stories of t
he
Second and Seventh Kansas Cavalry, is 74 pages
.
Book #3
-- featuring  stories of t
he
Fifth, Sixth and Ninth Cavalry Regiments
is 75 pages.
Book #4
--
featuring stories of the 11th Regiment, Price Raid, Battle at Platte Bridge, Battle at Prairie Grove, John Kitts Diary, etc., is 74
pages.
Book #5
-- featuring stories of
Mother Bickerdyke, a Black Soldier, Kansas City, General Thomas Ewing,
Eugene Ware, the Battle of Shiloh, & a major from the First Colorado Regiment
, is 78 pages.
Below are a few sample articles from the first book:
"
First Kansas Infantry in the Battle of Wilson's Creek
" --
James A. McGonigle, first lieutenant of Company H, First Kansas Regiment, recalls his Civil War experiences, beginning with with the regiment's being mustered into service in May 1861 and to the Battle of Wilson Creek the following August. Included is a Roster of Officers.
(Vol.XII 1911-1912)
"
On the Battle of Wilson Creek
" --
"At sunset of a torrid day in August 1861, an army of 5,000 men marched out of the town of Springfield MO to meet an enemy believed to outnumber it as four to one."
Thus begins Albert R. Greene's well-written story of this conflict. Greene mentions the names of many Union participants in the battle.
(Vol. V 1889-1896)
"
The First Kansas Battery
" --
Theodore Gardner
wrote this lengthy article, described as "an historical sketch, with personal reminiscences of Army Life, 1861-1865.
"With the first peep of dawn I was up preparing for my journey. Mother had fitted me out with a wardrobe consisting of one pair of blue overalls and one blue hickory shirt tied in an old pillow slip....In my boyish imagination I had pictured myself as an orderly, riding a prancing steed just at the heels of the captain....Judge of my surprise, therfore at being told, after I had taken the oath...that their complement of soldiers was full, but that they were short of mule drivers."
Included are maps showing the service of the First Kansas Battery, General Blunt's Campaigns in Northwest Arkansas in the Fall of 1862, and the Battle of Prairie Grove, Arkansas in December 1862.
(Vol.
XIV 1915-1918
)
"
Col. James Montgomery
" --
Montgomery was a Colonel in the Third Regiment of Kansas Volunteers, under Brigadier General Lane. In this brief article, E.S. W. Drought says
"From what I had heard of Colonel Montgomery, I had formed the idea that he was a rough frontiersman, and that he would destroy everything in the enemy's country and show no quarter to prisoners; but to my great astonishment I found him to be one of the mildest and gentlest of men, never using language that could not be used with propriety in the presence of ladies..."
Wouldn't this make a unique gift?