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Joseph Ingels

Born: 18 Jul 1839                               
Birthplace: Madison, Indiana           
Death: 20 Aug 1863*     
Buried: Clarendon, Monroe, Arkansas             
Spouse: 
Married: 
Father: James Ingels  
Mother: Casander Shelton (Ingels)    
Children: 

*Kansas Military records show Pvt. Joseph Ingels died of "Congestive Chill" (Malaria).

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Name: Joseph Ingles 
Residence: Doniphan, 
Kansas: Occupation: Farmer 
Age at Enlistment: 22 
Enlistment Date: 18 Jul 1861 
Rank at enlistment: Private 
Enlistment Place: Leavenworth, KS 
State Served: Kansas 
Survived the War?: No 
Service Record: Enlisted in Company A, Kansas 5th Cavalry Regiment on 18 Jul 1861. Mustered out on 20 Aug 1863 at Clarendon, AR.
Description: height: 5 ft. 5 in., dark complexion, hazel eyes, black hair. 
Birth Date: abt 1839 
Sources: Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kansas following the 5th KS Cavalry

5th Cavalry Regiment Kansas 
Date of Organization: 1 Jul 1861 
Muster Date: 22 Jun 1865 
Regiment State: Kansas 
Regiment Type: Cavalry 
Regiment Number: 5th 
Officers Killed or Mortally Wounded: 2 
Officers Died of Disease or Accident: 2 
Enlisted Killed or Mortally Wounded: 45 
Enlisted Died of Disease or Accident: 219 
Regimental Soldiers and History: List of Soldiers

Regimental History
Fifth Cavalry
KANSAS
(3-YEARS)

Fifth Cavalry. -- Cols., Hampton P. Johnson, Powell Clayton
Lieut.-Cols., John Ritchie, Powell Clayton, Wilton A. Jenkins,
Thomas. W. Scudder; Majs., James H. Summers, Wilton A.
Jenkins' S. E. Hoffman, Samuel Walker, Thomas W. Scudder,
Stephen R. Harrington.

This regiment was mustered into the U. S. service at Camp
Denver, near Barnesville, Dec. 31, 1861, for three years.
Prior to its regular organization and muster in on the above
date, portions of the command saw considerable active service.

Cos. A; and F formed part of the expedition to Harrisonville,
Mo., under command of Col. Weer of the 4th Kan. and upon
returning to Kansas City escorted a supply train to Fort
Scott, where Cos. B. C and E, and two infantry companies
joined them and Col. Johnson took command of the regiment.

It took part in a number of skirmishes around Fort Scott and
lost a few men wounded. In a gallant charge at Morristown,
Mo., Sept. 17, Col. Johnson fell at the head of his men,
pierced by nine bullets. Later the regiment was engaged with
Price's force at Osceola and West Point, Mo., as a part of
Lane's brigade, then joined the army under Gen. Fremont for a
time, but finally returned to Kansas and went into winter
quarters at Barnesville.

Col. Powell Clayton assumed command of the regiment in Feb.,
1862, and the organization rapidly improved in discipline and
efficiency under his able management. From April 10 to May 25
it was stationed at Springfield, Mo., and became very
proficient in drill.

The regiment was then ordered to join the Army of the
Southwest near Helena, Ark. A detachment of 150 men under
Capt. Creitz, escorting the regimental train engaged the enemy
with loss at Salem, Ark., at the crossing of the Black River
near Jacksonport, and received warm commendation from Gen.
Osterhaus for their bravery and skill in bringing the train
safely through.

The regiment remained in the vicinity of Helena until Aug.
1863, and while there was engaged in numerous expeditions,
almost daily skirmishing with the enemy's cavalry. A list of
its engagements during this period includes Trenton,
Parkersville, Oakland, Little Rock road, Mount Vernon, Polk's
plantation, and two actions at Helena.

In the battle of Helena, July 4, the 5th fought from sunrise
until 2 p. m. against Marmaduke's cavalry, finally routing it
with great loss. On Aug. 15 the regiment started for Little
Rock as a part of Gen. Steele's expedition and was engaged at
Brownsville and Little Rock.

On Sept. 14, it was ordered to Pine Bluff, fought a sharp
engagement with Marmaduke's outpost at Tulip early in October
and gained a brilliant victory. Col. Clayton had command of
the post at Pine Bluff and with his force of about 600 men
successfully defended the place against an attack by Gen.
Marmaduke with 3,000 men and 12 pieces of artillery. The loss
of the 5th was 27 killed wounded and missing.

The regiment was again engaged in Jan., 1864, with Shelby's
forces at Branchville, skirmished at Mount Elba, and late in
March participated in the engagements with the enemy under
Gen. Dockery, at Monticello, Long View and Mount Elba, which
resulted in driving the Confederates from the country between
the Mississippi and Saline rivers and the capture of several
hundred prisoners.

After the disastrous ending of Gen. Banks' Red River
expedition; Steele's army was forced to retreat and abandon
the region south of the Arkansas River. In April, 1864, a
portion of the 5th shared in the disaster at Marks' Mills,
where Steele's train was captured, the loss of the regiment
being 5 killed, 7 wounded and 44 captured.

The last important engagement of the 5th was at the Warren
cross-roads with a brigade of Texas cavalry, where it lost 1
killed, 4 wounded and 1 missing. During the remainder of its
active service the regiment was occupied in scouting,
picketing and the usual arduous duties of a cavalry regiment,
but sustained few additional losses.

A part of the regiment was mustered out in Dec., 1864, at
Leavenworth, and the rest at Devall's Bluff, Ark., in June,
1865. The services rendered by this gallant regiment were
second to none sent into the field by Kansas.

Its losses were 2 officers and 51 men, killed or mortally
wounded, 2 officers, 219 men died of disease and other causes.
It numbered 900 officers and men when it first took the field
in 1862, and had a total strength during service of 1,320.

Source: The Union Army, vol. 4, p. 206

Battles Fought
Fought on 25 Jul 1861 at Butler, MO.
Fought on 1 Sep 1861 at Drywood, KS.
Fought on 2 Sep 1861 at Drywood, KS.
Fought on 17 Sep 1861 at Morristown, MO.
Fought on 24 Sep 1861 at West Point, MO.
Fought on 15 Oct 1861 at Butler, MO.
Fought on 17 Jan 1862 at Eminence, MO.
Fought on 26 Apr 1862 at Tumback Creek, MO.
Fought on 29 May 1862 at Huntsville, AL.
Fought on 7 Jul 1862 at Black River, AR.
Fought on 13 Oct 1862 at Trenton, AR.
Fought on 15 Oct 1862 at West Point, MO.
Fought on 12 Jan 1863 at Trenton, AR.
Fought on 15 Feb 1863 at Helena, AR.
Fought on 3 Apr 1863 at Helena, AR.
Fought on 11 May 1863 at Mount Vernon, AR.
Fought on 25 May 1863 at Pope's Plantation, AR.
Fought on 25 May 1863 at Helena, AR.
Fought on 4 Jul 1863 at Helena, AR.
Fought on 1 Aug 1863.
Fought on 14 Sep 1863 at Brownsville, AR.
Fought on 25 Oct 1863 at Pine Bluff, AR.
Fought on 26 Oct 1863 at Pine Bluff, AR.
Fought on 15 Jan 1864 at Monticello, AR.
Fought on 19 Jan 1864 at Pine Bluff, AR.
Fought on 9 Mar 1864 at Pine Bluff, AR.
Fought on 30 Mar 1864 at Mount Elba, AR.
Fought on 23 Apr 1864 at Swan Lake, AR.
Fought on 24 Apr 1864 at Mark's Mills, AR.
Fought on 25 Apr 1864 at Mark's Mills, AR.
Fought on 8 Jun 1864 at Richland, AR.
Fought on 4 Jul 1864 at Helena, AR.
Fought on 15 Aug 1864 at Tyler, TX.
Fought on 11 Sep 1864 at Mount Elba, AR.
Fought on 11 Sep 1864 at Cross Roads, AR.
Fought on 11 Sep 1864 at Arkansas.
Fought on 28 Oct 1864 at Newtonia, MO.
 
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