Newton Marshall

Residence Fort Scott KS;
Enlisted on 10/31/1863 as a Sergeant.
On 12/14/1863 he mustered into "L" Co. KS 6th Cavalry
He was Mustered Out on 7/18/1865 at DeVall's Bluff, AR
Other Information:
born in 1837
died in 1889
Buried: Center Point Cemty, Jasper Co., MO

Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kansas
- Research by R. Ross Houston

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Sixth Cavalry
KANSAS
(3-YEARS)

Organized: Fort Scott, KS on 8/1/61
Mustered Out: 8/27/65 at Devall's Bluff, AR

Officers Killed or Mortally Wounded: 4
Officers Died of Disease, Accidents, etc.: 3
Enlisted Men Killed or Mortally Wounded: 81
Enlisted Men Died of Disease, Accidents, etc.: 140
(Source: Fox, Regimental Losses)

Sixth Cavalry. -- Col. William R. Judson; Lieut.-Cols., Lewis
R Jewell, William T. Campbell, Majs., William T. Campbell,
Wyllis C. Ransom, George W. Veale, John A. Johnson, David
Mefford.

This regiment, like the other organizations composing what was
known as Lane's Kansas brigade, was mostly recruited during
the summer of 1861 and while thus imperfectly and irregularly
organized saw considerable service at Dry Wood. Fort Scott,
and on Lane's Osceola expedition.

During the winter 1861-62, the regiment was stationed at Fort
Scott and in the spring it was completely reorganized under
General Orders No. 26, issued by Gov. Robinson. In June,
1862, Co. I, Capt. Van Sickle, which had been irregularly
mustered into the service, was mustered out, leaving the
regiment with only nine companies, but in the spring of 1863
it was recruited to the standard required by the war
department.

The early part of its service was chiefly along the border
counties of the state, in Missouri and the Indian Territory,
serving mostly by detachments. On Nov. 13, 1863, it moved to
Fort Smith; Ark., and was employed during the winter in
scouting and on escort duty, moving thence to Roseville.

On March 26, 1864, it joined the 1st division, Army of the
Frontier, then en route to join Gen. Steele's command, and
took part in the Camden expedition. The regiment sustained
its greatest disaster at Mazzard's prairie, near Fort Smith,
Ark. where a battalion was surprised by some 600 Confederates.
After a gallant resistance Capt. Mefford, Lieut. De Friese and
82 men were captured, and a considerable number were killed
and wounded.

A list of the engagements in which the regiment or some part
of it participated is as follows: Dry Wood, Morristown,
Osceola, Carthage, Diamond Grove, Lost creek, Taberville,
Clear creek, Hickory Grove, Coon creek, Granby, Newtonia, Old
Fort Wayne, Boston mountain, Cane Hill, Prairie Grove,
Webber's Falls, Fort Gibson, Cabin creek, Honey Springs,
Baker's springs, Roseville, Stone's farm, Prairie d'Ane,
Moscow, Dutch mills, Camden, Poison springs, Princeton,
Jenkins' ferry Dardanelle, Clarksville, Fayetteville, Iron
Bridge, Mazzard's prairie,Lee's creek, Van Buren, Fort Smith,
Fort Scott, Cow creek and Trading Post.

About Dec. 1, 1864, Cos.A, B. C, D, E, F and K were mustered
out at Fort Leavenworth. The remainder of the regiment,
consisting of veterans and recruits, continued in service as a
battalion and was mustered out July 18, 1865, at Devall's
Bluff, Ark.

The total loss of the regiment by death during service was, 4
officers and 91 enlisted men, killed in action or died of
wounds, 3 officers and 120 enlisted men died by disease and
other causes.

The loss of the 6th in killed and died of wounds was the
largest of any cavalry regiment of Kansas, and amounted to
nearly 80 per thousand of the whole number enlisted. Its
original strength was 851; recruits, 654; aggregate strength,
1,505.

Source: The Union Army, vol. 4, p. 207

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See also what the US Army Military History Institute, Carlisle Barracks, Pa, holds in their Unit Bibliography

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6th Kansas Cavalry Regiment

Britton, Wiley. The Civil War on the Border: A Narrative of Operations in Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas and the Indian Territory During the Years l86l 62.... 2 vols. NY: Putnam's, 1890 1899. E470.9B86.

_____. Memoirs of the Rebellion on the Border, l863. Chicago: Cushing, Thomas, 1882. 458 p.

E470.9B87.

_____. "Resume of Military Operations in Missouri and Arkansas, 1864 65." In Battles & Leaders

of the Civil War, Vol. 4. NY: Yoseloff, 1956. E470B346v4.

_____. “Union and Confederate Indians in the Civil War." In Battles & Leaders, cited above, Vol.

1, pp. 335 36 (2 photocopied pages). E470B346v1.

_____. The Union Indian Brigade in the Civil War. Kansas City, MO: Franklin Hudson, l922.

474 p. E493.5.Ind.DSK.K3B75.

Cory, Charles E. The Soldiers of Kansas: The Sixth Kansas Cavalry and Its Commander; an
Address by... Topeka, KS: KS Hist Soc, l9l0? 24 p. (12 photocopied pages). E508.6.6th.C67.

Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Vol. 2. Dayton, OH:
Morningside, 1979. Ref. See pp. 1182 83 (2 photocopied pages) for a concise summary of the regiment's service.

Fry, Alice L. Kansas and Kansans in the Civil War: First Through the Thirteenth Volunteer
Regiment. Kansas City, KS: Crossed Lines Research, 1996. 108 p. E508.4F79.

Kansas. AGO. Official Military History of Kansas Regiments During the War for the Suppression of
the Great Rebellion. Leavenworth, KS: W.S. Burke, 1870. E508.4K16. See pp. 119 50 (17 photocopied pages) for
a brief history of the regiment.

_____. Report of the...for the Year 1864. Leavenworth, KS: P.H. Hubbell, 1865. UA43K22.
See pp. 163 227 (33 photocopied pages) for a regimental roster.