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Description of regimental flag carried by First Kansas Colored Infantry, in the collections of the Kansas Museum of History. ... During August, 1862, Lane began organizing a unit of African-American soldiers in Kansas. The First Kansas Colored Infantry was the first recruited in the northern states for service in the Civil War.
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www.kshs.org/cool2/coolflg1.htm
www.kshs.org/cool2/coolflg1.htm
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The First Kansas Colored Infantry Regiment was organized at Fort Scott, Kansas during the month of August 1862 under the direction of James Lane, Kansas Abolitionist, Senator, and General in the Kansas state militia.
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www.coax.net/people/lwf/1KANSAS.HTM
www.coax.net/people/lwf/1KANSAS.HTM
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Those heroes were the officers and men of the First Kansas Colored Infantry. ... The 1st Kansas was finally accepted into the regular (as opposed to volunteer) army on December 13, 1864. Redesignated the 79th US Colored Infantry, those men served out the war on the Frontier and became the forerunners of the famed...
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www.77thpennsylvania.com/id29.html
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A brief history of the First Kansas Colored Infantry, the first African American regiment from a Union state during the Civil War. ... "On Saturday I reviewed the First Arkansas Volunteers, First Colored Infantry Kansas Volunteers, and Rabb's Battery. The negro regiment is a triumph of drill and discipline,
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www.nps.gov/fosc/historyculture/firsttoserve.htm
www.nps.gov/fosc/historyculture/firsttoserve.htm
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Colonel Williams of the First Kansas Colored Infantry led a Union supply train from Fort Scott, Kansas, to Fort Gibson, Oklahoma (then Indian Territory). ... Cabin Creek also had high water, preventing a crossing at first, but when it had receded enough, ... President Abraham Lincoln; History of Colored Troops;
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americancivilwar.com/statepic/ok/ok006.html
americancivilwar.com/statepic/ok/ok006.html
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In this manner most of the command that was not disabled in the field reached Camden during the night of the 18th. For a more specific and statistical report of this action, in which the loss to the First Colored alone was 187 men and officers, ... Five hundred of the 1st Kansas Colored Infantry, commanded by Major Ward.
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www.kansasguardmuseum.org/1kscvls.html
www.kansasguardmuseum.org/1kscvls.html
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p. 246-256 MILITARY HISTORY OF THE FIRST KANSAS (COLORED) VOLUNTEER INFANTRY ... Accordingly, the next morning, July 2d, 1863, the command moved, which consisted of the 1st Kansas Volunteer Colored Infantry, three companies of the 2d ... "Five hundred of the 1st Kansas Colored Infantry, commanded by Major Ward.
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skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/archives/statewide/military/civilwar/adjutant/1col/history.html
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Designation of Regiment changed to 79th U. S. Colored Infantry December 13, 1864. ... Attached to Dept. of Kansas to June, 1863. ... Duty in the Dept. of Kansas October, 1862, to June, 1863.
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www.lwfaam.net/cw/79th_usci.htm
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; RELATED LINKS: ; The Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System; History of the First Kansas Colored Infantry ; Kansas Adjutant General's Casualty Report on 1st Kansas ; Kansas State Historical Society Online Civil War Flag Exhibit...
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