Residence was not listed;
Enlisted on 10/22/1861 as a Private.
On 1/16/1862 he mustered into "H" Co. KS 9th Cavalry
He was Mustered Out on 1/16/1865 at Leavenworth, KS
Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kansas
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James F. Laurimore, Co. K, 9th Regiment Kansas Cavalry, filed for Invalid pension Aug. 5, 1879 and Mar. 5, 1907, Application # 301,900, received Certificate # 215,092, died June 4, 1915 at Alvin, Texas
T289: Organization Index to Pension Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900.
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Ninth Cavalry
KANSAS
(3-YEARS)
Ninth Cavalry. -- Col., Edward Lynde; Lieut.-Cols., Charles S.
Clarke, Willoughby Doudna; Majs., James M. Pomeroy, Edwin P.
Bancroft, Willoughby Doudna, Linn K. Thacher, J. Milton
Hadley.
The organization of this regiment was completed by
consolidating independent battalions, squadrons and
detachments originally intended for other organizations. The
permanent organization was effected March 27, 1862, in
accordance with General Orders issued Feb. 28, 1862, by Gen.
Hunter, commanding the department.
Cos. A, B. C, D, E, F. G and I were recruited in the fall of
1861 and were mustered into the U. S. service from Oct., 1861,
to March, 1862, for three years. Co. K was mustered into
service July 11, 1862, L, from May 2 to Sept. 21, 1863; M,
Aug. 21, 1863. Soon after its permanent organization, the
regiment then having nine companies, Cos. A, B. C, G and I
were detached by order of Brig.-Gen. Blunt and sent to various
points from the Missouri River to the Rocky Mountains.
In the summer of 1862, Cos. D, E, F and H participated in the
fight at Locust Grove, Ind. Ter., and later in an eight days'
running fight with the forces of Gen. Coffee, in which the
endurance of the men was thoroughly tested. The 9th was
scarcely ever united in a single organization, but was
engaged, at widely scattered points, serving by detachments.
During nearly its entire period of service it was employed in
the irregular and hazardous warfare along the border, where it
rendered valiant and faithful service against the various
irregular forces of the enemy but where it found little chance
to make a great name for itself. Such was the fine character
of the regiment, it is believed that it would have achieved
distinction had it been attached to one of the larger armies
and thus enabled to participate in the more important
engagements of the war.
In the latter part of Sept., 1862, Cos. D, E, F and H.
commanded by Col. Lynde took part in the disastrous engagement
at Newtonia, where they fought until their ranks were
decimated and they were literally crowded from the field.
They materially assisted in bringing off the artillery and
enabled part of the infantry to escape.
In the Cane Hill fight, two squadrons of the 9th took part.
It was next in the raid on Van Buren as a part of Gen. Blunt's
forces and in Feb., 1863, it convoyed an immense supply train
to Fort Scott. During the remainder of 1863 the regiment
served by detachments along the eastern border of Kansas,
employed in repelling the frequent and desperate raids of
bushwhackers from western Missouri and on June 17 had a bloody
skirmish with the enemy near Westport.
Guerrillas under Todd and Parker had ambushed and badly cut up
Co. E under Capt. Flesher, while en route for Kansas City.
Maj. Thacher was ordered back with Cos. A and K to the
assistance of their comrades and finally located the enemy
resting in camp. A charge was immediately made, in which the
enemy was severely punished and the booty taken on the
previous day was recaptured.
The headquarters of the regiment during the summer was at
Trading Post, but the companies were posted along the border
at Harrisonville, Aubrey, Pleasant Hill and Westport. Co. C,
which had been stationed at Fort Riley, joined the regiment at
Trading Post and was active at Cabin Creek against Cooper's
forces, inflicting a loss on the enemy equal to the entire
number of the company.
After the Quantrill raid on Lawrence in August, nearly every
squadron of the 9th participated in the pursuit. The last
important service of the regiment on the border was in
connection with the expulsion of Shelby's raiders from
Missouri, when a detachment was engaged in the exhausting
pursuit for 26 days, and nights, and followed the retreating
enemy into Arkansas, 150 miles south of Neosho.
The various companies then returned to their several stations
along the border, where they remained until March, 1864, when
by order of Gen. Schofield all Kansas troops in western
Missouri were sent over the line into Kansas. Col. Lynde
meanwhile had sought to have his command attached, either to
the Army of the Cumberland or to that of Gen. Steele, who was
then preparing to cooperate with Gen. Banks in his Red River
expedition.
The regiment was assigned to the latter department and began
the march to Little Rock April 3, via Harrisonville, Clinton
and Springfield. Before reaching Little Rock, orders reached
it to proceed to Fort Smith, where it encamped at Mazzard's
prairie until July. Here Col. Lynde commanded the cavalry
brigade and the 9th engaged in numerous skirmishes and
scouting and foraging expeditions. Among others, raids were
made to Dallas and Lane s bottom, 100 miles down the river
from Fort Smith.
On July 2 it was ordered to Little Rock and arrived on the
14th. It participated in an expedition towards the White
River; another to the vicinity of Clear Lake, in order to free
that region from the presence of conscriptors, and a third one
against the forces of Gen. Shelby. In this last expedition
two battalions under Majs. Pomeroy and Thacher took an active
part, dismounting and charging the enemy at Bull bayou and
achieving a brilliant success.
When Price started on his raid into Missouri, the 9th was sent
to annoy him and act as a corps of observation. In September
Capt. Coleman made a brilliant scout south of Little Rock,
defeated a force three times his number, and shortly afterward
Co. F. while engaged in a similar scout, was ambushed by a
superior force but rallied and put the enemy to flight.
This practically closed the active service of the regiment.
Its members were mustered out at Devall's Bluff, Ark., Jan. 16
and July 17, 1865. Its casualties by death during service
amounted to 1 officer, 55 enlisted men killed, or mortally
wounded; 2 officers 199 men died of disease and other causes.
It numbered 817 men in the spring of 1862, and received 710
recruits, giving it an aggregate strength of 1,527 officers
and men.
Source: The Union Army, vol. 4, p. 210