20th Kansas Volunteer Infantry in the Spanish-American War Transcribed by Maureen Reed on Sept 8, 1997 from a book by John A. Ostertag. This book contains additional historical information, photographs and original material. It is still available for purchase through John A. Ostertag, 3005 Charles, St. Joseph, MO 64501-3342, cost $15. --------------------------------------------------------------------- KSGENWEB INTERNET GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY COPYRIGHT NOTICE: In keeping with the KSGenWeb policy of providing free information on the Internet, this data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other gain. Copying of the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged. Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other means requires the written approval of the file's author. --------------------------------------------------------------------- COMPANY M Captain Edward J. Hardy, promoted Second Lieutenant Sept 3, 1898, to First Lieutenant May 9, 1899, to Captain Aug 12, 1899. First Lieutenant E. A. Huddleston, promoted to First Lieutenant July 24, 1899. Second Lieutenant Charles L. Sampson, promoted Aug 20, 1899. Enlisted men with company: First Sergeant John L. King, Quartermaster Sergeant Arthur M. Falconer, Sergeants Clyde G. Wilson, Elmer Brick, William E. George, Nels M. Nelson; Corporals W. Elmer Kelley, Ernest B. Taylor, Henry C. Rupp, Charles Bishop, Lawrence L. Bradley, Harry L. Neff, Noah R. Pribble, Emery Adams, F. Briggs, Frank Carlson, Gayfree Ellison; Cook Samuel R. Clark, Artificer Frank D. Moshe; Wagoner Horace A. Stahl, Musicians Harry T. Todd, Ira D. Shepperd; Privates Adolph Anderson, George M. Battersby, Charles H. Benner, Warren J. Bradley, Charles W. Bennett, Herman C. Colgrove, Henry C. Clark, Palmer W. Cook, Fred A. Cunningham, Charles E. Crosson, Harvey O. Davis, William Eickworth, Arthur F. Ford, John W. Frantz, Charles B. Halderman, John Hanson, Walter A. Hooper, Francis C. Harrington, Loring Hammond, Fred W. Huston, James Jeardoe, Harry J. Kaufman, Clarence E. Kent, James W. King, Oliver Kissling, John M. Lander, John I. Laird, Emra Larkin, Willard M. Lundhwer, Ralph Loofbourrow, John C. Martin, William A. Miller, Sidney M. Morrison, Nels C. Nelson, Jay Owen, Perry A. Powell, Willard H. Prush, Albert C. Shafer, Herman W. Schumaker, George F. Smith, Jesse Smead, Edgar Stribling, George L. Swartz, George D. Tipton, Orville W. Wood, Edward C. Ziebell, Edwin Laird, Daniel R. Rhodes. Wounded, sent home: Corporal Albert Dooley, leg, Bacalor, May 24, 1899, on the Relief. Sick, sent home: Private John F. Quick, on the Relief; Privates Lamont Hubble, William J. Hall, Richard Lundquist, on the Morgan City. Left in the hospital, Manila: Private George J. Conrad, First Reserve, malarial fever; Private Wilber F. Hutchinson, Corregidor Island, fever. Discharged, San Francisco, disability: Privates John Scholtz, Charles Carlson, William Hunt, Sept 1898; Sergeant Charles Kleinhaus, Private Joe E. Brottom, Oct 1898; Private James P. Cummings, Nov 1898. Discharged Manila, disability: Pirvate A. M. Cummins, Jan 1899. Discharged to re-enlist: 36th U.S. Volunteer Infantry, Private Olaf Larson; 37th U.S. Volunteer Infantry, Privates Rollo E. Kent, George F. Gaskill; 11th U.S. Volunteer Cavalry, Sergeants William Saindon, H. Richard Kent, Privates William A. Bell, Parry M. Prouse and Willman A. Whitman. Discharged and returned with regiment: Privates Claude V. Kinter and John M. Padgett. Discharged and returning via New York: Sergeant Albert S. Brockway. Died of disease: Corporal Wilson H. McAlister, fever, July 9, 1899, buried in Cloud County, Kansas. Killed in action: Private Charles Pratt, Feb 5, 1899, buried Paco, No. 25; Private Samuel M. Wilson, Guiginto, March 29, 1899, buried Battery Knoll, No. 235. Wounded in action: Private Edward C. Ziebel, head, Feb 5, 1899, returned to duty March 1, 1899; Private George M. Battersby, arm, Feb 5, 1899, returned to duty, March 1, 1899; Private Charles B. Bennett, thigh, Feb 10, 1899, not off duty; Private Sidney M. Morison, leg, Caloocan, Feb 10, 1899, returned to duty May 20, 1899. Slightly wounded, not reported: Sergeant Charles L. Sampson, Feb 5, 1899; Private Charles E. Crosson, Feb 4, 1899; Private Gayfree Ellison, Feb 10, 1899; Sergeant John L. King, Feb 10, 1899; Corporal Elmer Brick, Feb 10, 1899; Private John Padgett, March 29, 1899; Private Fred W. Huson, May 24, 1899. On sick report: Private Charles Benner, Sept 4, 1899, diarrhea, convalescent; Private Arthur Ford, diarrhea, Sept 4, 1899, convalescent; Private Edward C. Ziebell, Sept 10, 1899, malarial fever, convalescent. 20th Kansas Volunteer Infantry in the Spanish-American War Transcribed by Maureen Reed on Sept 8, 1997 from a book by John A. Ostertag. This book contains additional historical information, photographs and original material. It is still available for purchase through John A. Ostertag, 3005 Charles, St. Joseph, MO 64501-3342, cost $15. --------------------------------------------------------------------- KSGENWEB INTERNET GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY COPYRIGHT NOTICE: In keeping with the KSGenWeb policy of providing free information on the Internet, this data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other gain. 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