Extracted from The Official Military History of Kansas Regiments During the War for the Suppression of the Great Rebellion by W. S. Burke. MILITARY HISTORY OF THE SECOND KANSAS CAVALRY. 1861
In the month of October, 1861, A. C. Davis, of Wyandotte county, Kansas, obtained authority from Major General Fremont, then commanding the Western Department, to raise a regiment of Cavalry in the State of Kansas, and reported to the Governor for instructions. The regiment thus authorized was designated the Twelfth Kansas Volunteers, and the rendezvous was established at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
The organization was commenced on the 8th of November by the muster in of First Lieutenant C.L. Gorton, of Leavenworth county, Adjutant; First Lieutenant Julius G. Fisk, Wyandotte county, Quartermaster, and Dr. J. B. Welborne, of Wyandotte county, Surgeon.
A company was organized on the 22nd of November, with Captain Samuel A. Williams, of Bourbon county; First Lieutenant Robert H. Hunt of Davis county; Second Lieutenant Harvey A. Smith, of Linn county.
B company was organized on the 9th of December, with Captain Henry Hopkins; First Lieutenant John F. Aduddell, and Second Lieutenant Oscar F. Dunlap, all of Leavenworth county.
C company was organized on the 11th of December, with Captain Daniel S. Whittenhall, of Doniphan county; First Lieutenant Charles Harrison, and Second Lieutenant William M. Hook, both of Leavenworth county.
D company was organized on the 11th of December, with Captain Amaziah Moore and First Lieutenant Robert White of Atchison county, and Second Lieutenant Horace L. Moore of Douglas county.
E company was organized on the 15th of December, with Captain John Gardner, of Leavenworth county; First Lieutenant Elias S. Stover, of Davis county, and Second Lieutenant Augustus T. Lovelette, of Leavenworth county.
On the 26th of December, to the five squadrons as above organized, the Governor attached four companies of Nugent's Regiment of Missouri Home Guards, as follows: F company, Capt. A. Thomas; G company, Captain C. Lovejoy; H company, Captain B. F. Simpson, and I company, Captain C. Hill. (These four companies were organized in the fall of 1861, in the counties of Douglas, Johnson, and Miami, under command of Lieutenant Colonel William Mewhinney, of Douglas county, and attached themselves temporarily to Nugent's regiment. They were raised for home service, and were consequently disbanded on the 4th of February, 1862), and the organization, then consisting of nine companies, was designated by order of the Governor the Ninth Kansas Volunteers.
On the 31st of December, Surgeon J. B. Welborne's muster-in was revoked for reason of inability to procure a certificate of qualification from the State Board of Medical Examiners, and on the same day Dr. Joseph P. Root, of Wyandotte county, was mustered in as Surgeon. The regiment was inspected and mustered for pay by Colonel Graham, Eighth Kansas Volunteers, who was temporarily in command of all the regiments then organizing and in rendezvous at Fort Leavenworth.
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