The Supreme Sacrifice made by the 21st Kansas Volunteer Infantry Regiment

The 21^st Kansas Volunteer Infantry Regiment was organized and mustered into active Federal service for the Spanish American War fought in 1898 between the United States and Spain.  The officers and soldiers of the regiment were from farms, small towns, and Kansas City, Kansas.  The regiment was mustered into active service on Saturday, May 14, 1898, at Camp Leedy, Topeka, Kansas. 

The regiment was stationed at Camp George H. Thomas at Chickamauga, Georgia and prepared for battle in Cuba, but the war ended earlier than expected.  The 21^st Kansas was among many regiments in southern camps that prepared for war and suffered casualties not in battle but from disease. 

Sternberg General Hospital, Chickamauga Park, Georgia in 1898

Those Who Made The Supreme Sacrifice

The following members of the 21st Kansas Volunteer Infantry Regiment died in service or shortly thereafter from disease contracted while on active duty.

Regimental Band: Private James Earl Swander.

Company A organized at Great Bend in Barton County: Corporal Lawrence N. Moore, and Private Theodore A. Hanmer.

Company B organized at Garden City in Finney County: Second Lieutenant Charles W. Herzer, Corporal Ezra G. Bancroft, Corporal Elmer Richard Payne, Corporal Ralph E. Worden, Wagoner Joseph R. McBride, Private Harvey R. Digel, and Private Charles F. Ellison.

Company C organized at Wichita in Sedgwick County: Private George William Dean.

Company D organized at Smith Center in Smith County: Private Lennie J. Hollingsworth.

Company E organized at Hutchinson in Reno County: Private Albert R. Atkinson, and Private Albert B. Eales.

Company G organized at Osage City in Osage County: Private Henry Adam, and Private John Munger.

Company H organized at El Dorado in Butler County: Private Stephen A. Beardsley.

Company I organized at Hays, Ellis County: Private James B. Stoner, and Private Charles Henry Root.

Company K organized at Kingman in Kingman County: Private William Louis Cooper, and Private Roy S. Dumont.