The Supreme Sacrifice made by the 22nd Kansas Volunteer Infantry Regiment

The 22^nd 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 Tuesday, May 17, 1898, at Camp Leedy, Topeka, Kansas.

The regiment was stationed at Camp Alger, Falls Church, Virginia and Camp Meade, Middletown, Pennsylvania and prepared for battle in Cuba or Puerto Rico, but the war ended earlier than expected.  The 22nd Kansas was among many regiments in southern camps that prepared for war and suffered casualties not in battle but from disease.

Those Who Made the Supreme Sacrifice

The following members of the 22nd Kansas Volunteer Infantry Regiment died in service or shortly thereafter of disease contracted with on active duty.

Regiment Quartermaster: First Lieutenant Henry Allen Lamb.

Company B, organized at Concordia in Cloud County: Private Carroll Groom.

Company C, organized at Beloit in Mitchell County: Corporal Brayton Lyman Flint and Private Melvin Albert Roberts.

Company E, organized on Emporia in Lyon County: Private Rutherford B. Parks.

Company F, organized at Columbus in Cherokee County: brothers Private Charles A. Throckmartin and Private John W. Throckmartin.

Company H, organized at Emporia in Lyon County: Private Richard M. Coulson and Private Clifford T. Rhinehart.

Company K, organized at Seneca in Nemaha County: Captain William Dexter Sherman, Private Francis W. Catherman, Private John C. Chandler and Private Albert Nusbaum.

Company L, organized at Atchison in Atchison County: Private James C. Collier.

Company M, organized at Blue Rapids in Marshall County: Private Sylvester Smith.