The Nineteenth Kansas Volunteers or the Nineteenth Kansas Cavalry was a volunteer cavalry regiment mustered for a six-month service, in 1868, in response to hostilities concerning the

Plains Indians Plains Indians or Indigenous peoples of the Great Plains and Canadian Prairies are the Native American tribes and First Nation band governments who have historically lived on the Interior Plains (the Great Plains and Canadian Prairies) of N ...

History

Then-governor

Samuel J. Crawford Samuel Johnson Crawford (April 10, 1835 – October 21, 1913) was a Union Army officer during the American Civil War, and the third Governor of Kansas (1865–1868). He also served as one of the first members of the Kansas Legislature. Ea ...

, formed the 1200 strong regiment in response to the request from General

Philip H. Sheridan Philip, also Phillip, is a male given name, derived from the Greek (''Philippos'', lit. "horse-loving" or "fond of horses"), from a compound of (''philos'', "dear", "loved", "loving") and (''hippos'', "horse"). Prominent Philips who popularize ...

. Crawford then resigned his post and was appointed colonel of the regiment, 7 November 1868. The regiment was moved to Camp Supply, with some difficulty due to lack of familiarity with the terrain and the inclement winter weather, arriving only after guides from the camp intercepted them. On 7 December, the regiment headed south under Sheridan in close pursuit of their enemy. By March, all the tribes had surrendered, and the regiment was then barracked at

Fort Hays Fort Hays, originally named Fort Fletcher, was a United States Army fort near Hays, Kansas. Active from 1865 to 1889 it was an important frontier post during the American Indian Wars of the late 19th century. Reopened as a historical park in 1 ...

, where it remained until April 1869, when it was demobilized.

References

{{reflist Cavalry regiments of the United States Army Military units and formations of the United States in the Indian Wars