Indian Home Guard Regiments
1st Regiment, Indian Home Guard
Organized at Le Roy, Kansas, May 22, 1862.
2nd Regiment, Indian Home Guard
Organized on Big Creek and at Five-Mile Creek, Kansas, June 22 to July 18, 1862. "Concurrently with the 1st Regiment of Indian Home Guards in May of 1862, this regiment, commanded by Colonel John Ritchie, consisted of one company each of Delaware, Kickapoo, Quapaw, Seneca, and Shawnee, two companies of Osage, and two of Cherokee. It took longer to organize, due to the political disagreements of the various government agents involved in the negotiations. They were attached to the first Indian Expedition given the task of clearing the territory north of the Arkansas River of Confederates. Lack of support from higher command, as well as “in fighting” and "in breeding" among the colonels, caused the expedition to be withdrawn."[1]
3rd Regiment, Indian Home Guard
Organized at Carthage, Missouri, September 16, 1862.
4th Regiment, Indian Home Guard
Organization commenced but not completed. Men transferred to other organizations.
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