These are portraits of 79 men who served in the Sixth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry under Col. William R. Judson during the Civil War. Pictured are the survivors of Companies A, B, C, D, E, G, H, K, and L. The regiment was organized September 9, 1861 and reorganized March 27, 1862. The survivors were mustered out of service July 18, 1865.

Picturing the War
Battle for Missouri, 1861-1865 -- Military History of Missouri and Kansas
Kansas military units

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Civil War Photographs (Volunteer, Kansas Regiments), Sixth Kansas Volunteers, Cavalry (Survivors), E495 K2.CAV6 *1-79

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