I will see what I have on this topic. I do recall copying a short chapter on a history of Mercer county about Kansas recruiting in the area. I can copy/transcribe that for you. I also have some detail on Colonel Hampton Johnson's recruiting efforts in Mercer county but not much as he was killed in September 1861 at Morristown, Missouri.

Do you have any letters, diary, documents, etc. relating to your ancestor's service?

I am trying to finish up a book with Kip Lindberg and Matt Mathews on Lane's Kansas Brigade but since we are still in the revision stages, new material is of interest.

Thanks,
Howard Mann