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Line 18: The regiment was attached to Dept. of Kansas November 1861 to August 1862. 2nd Brigade, Dept. of Kansas, to October 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, [[Army of the Frontier]], Dept. of Missouri, to February 1863. District of Southwest Missouri, Dept. of Missouri, to December 1863. 2nd Brigade, District of the Frontier, to January 1864. 2nd Brigade, District of the Frontier, 7th Corps, Dept. of Arkansas, to March 1864. 1st Brigade, District of the Frontier, 7th Corps, to April 1864. 3rd Brigade, District of the Frontier, 7th Corps, to January 1865. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 7th Corps, to February 1865. Unattached, 7th Corps, to August 1865. On May 22, 1862, an order was received from District Headquarters for the 2nd Kansas Cavalry to provide a 150-man detail to man a battery of six 10-pdr [[Parrott]] rifle\|Parrott rifles]] at [[Fort Leavenworth]]. This battery became known as Hopkins' Battery and remained in service until August 1, 1862. Some officers were ordered to return to the regiment, while the remaining men were mounted and ordered to reinforce [[Major General (United States)\|Major General]] [[Don Carlos Buell]] in northern [[Alabama]]. This detachment ultimately participated in the [[Kentucky Campaign]], saw minor action at the [[Battle of Perryville]] and captured a rebel flag and 24 prisoners at [[Lancaster, Kentucky]] in a skirmish there. These men returned to the regiment by January 1, 1863.<ref>''Official Military History of Kansas Regiments During the War for the Suppression of the Great Rebellion'', p. 71-72</ref> The 2nd Kansas Cavalry mustered out of service on August 17, 1865.

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