The 1st Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry Regiment was the first unit of Black soldiers in the Civil War and has long been the subject of a proposed Statehouse mural. "This law regiment is often ...

commemorating and publicizing the notoriety of the 1st Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry Regiment," said Herschel Stroud, a retired Topeka dentist and Civil War reenactor who serves on the ...

one of the earliest infantry units of Black soldiers during the Civil War. The real honor belongs to the 1st Kansas Colored Infantry Regiment, with many ties to our area. Earlier this week ...

A Civil War brigadier general served as ... Later that year, Hun, Whistler and other members of the 3rd Infantry were ordered to Kansas Territory to join Col. Henry Leavenworth in establishing ...

RENTIESVILLE — The Honey Springs Battlefield and Visitor Center will host a special presentation Saturday that will bring a Kansas Civil War soldier to life through his diary. The presentation ...

Hart had to fear during the Civil War. As a White Army officer leading ... following a stirring service involving the Army’s 3rd Infantry Regiment, which is also known as the Old Guard that ...