HISTORICAL NOTES:
The 18th Kansas Militia Infantry was called into service on October 9, 1864. It was disbanded on October 29, 1864. The unit was called into service to defend Kansas against Price's Raid. The regiment saw action at Little Blue, October 21.
The regiment is one of only two Kansas volunteer organizations to be mustered into U.S. military service after the Civil War. Following the war, A battalion of the 18th Kansas was involved in an engagement with the Cheyenne Indians on August 21-22, 1867, on Prairie Dog Creek.
OFFICERS:
Colonel Matthew Quigg
SERVICE:
Little Blue, October 21, 1864
Engagement with the Cheyenne Indians on August 21-22, 1867, on Prairie Dog Creek.
ROSTERS:
No rosters of this unit have been found.
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