Benton's certificate of death gives his father's name as William, but that is not correct, his father was Franklin S. Ebling.
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Benton Syrus Ebling's military service during the later part of the Civil War and later Indian campaigns
This report is compiled by Thomas Gary Ebling, Great-grandson of Benton Syrus Ebling, written on April 6, 2015.
I became very interested in my Great-father's military service when I read a Kansas City Journal newspaper article, dated 7 May, 1898. This article was concerning Benton's son Bennie, but it also gave information about his father that said, "Young Ebling's father is a well known Joplin man, who not only fought as a "regular" in the civil war, but afterward against the Indians". Well, I did know that Benton Syrus Ebling, at age 14, did enlist with his father, about a month and a half before the Civil War ended, but I did not know he later served from about 1874 to 1879 in the 19th Infantry Regiment.
Below are my notes that I have on him from the Civil War until he leaves the service on 8 June, 1879 (included is the full newspaper article, dated 7 May, 1898).
U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865
Name: Benton Ebling
Side: Union
Regiment State/Origin: Pennsylvania
Regiment Name: 213 Pennsylvania Infantry
Regiment Name Expanded: 213th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry
Rank In: Private
Rank In Expanded: Private
Rank Out: Private
Rank Out Expanded: Private
Film Number: M554 roll 32
Comment on above:
The above information does not give his enlistment date or his mustered out date, but we believe it was the same as his father, Franklin S. Ebling.
We do not know what company that he served in, but his father served in Company D of the 213th Regiment Infantry which was recruited in Berks County, Pennsylvania and organized at Philadelphia February 4 to March 2, 1865. Moved to Annapolis, Maryland, March 4. Guard duty at Camp Parole until April. Duty at Frederick, Maryland, and on line of Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. Ordered to Washington, D.C., and duty in northern defenses until November. Mustered out November 18, 1865. Regiment lost during service 18 by disease. The Civil War ended on 9 April 1865.
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He was attending the services of the Pine Street United Methodist Church in Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.
Name: Benton Ebling
Event Type: Other
Other Event Date: 4 Sep 1870
Other Event Place: Williamsport, Lycoming, Pennsylvania
Organization Name: Pine Street United Methodist Church
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Name: Benton Ebling
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1850
Age in 1870: 20
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in 1870: He is living in Waverly House as a boarder, Williamsport (Ward 2), Lycoming, Penn.
Daniel B. Else was the Hotel Keeper of the Waverly House
Occupation: Apprentice molder
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Williamsport
Roll: M593_1371
Page: 443
Image: 264
Year: 1870 (16 July)
Comment on above census: Waverly House Inn, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, was destroyed in "The Great Fire of 1871" (August 20, 1871). Destroying more than $300,000 worth of valuables and personal assets to the citizens of Williamsport.
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He is found on the U.S., Returns from Military Posts, 1806-1916. Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, date of arrival at post was on the 8th of February 1875, he is listed as a Private, K Company, 19th Infantry, Regiment. He is awaiting transportation to Regiment (he came from Newport Barracks, Kentucky).
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U.S. Returns from Regular Army Infantry Regiments, 1821-1916
Benton S. Ebling served in K Company, 19th Infantry, Regiment, U.S. Army. (Fort Wallace, Kansas)
Arrival date, April 8, 1875. (it also mentions a date of 22 Oct. 1874, which may be his recruitment date)
Comment on above:
His name is found under "Recruits from Depot".
Fort Wallace, originally known as Camp Pond Creek, was the most western post in Kansas along the Smoky Hill trail, and from 1865 to 1878 bore the brunt of the hostile Indian activity in the state.
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U.S. Returns from Regular Army Infantry Regiments, 1821-1916
Benton S. Ebling, from Oct 11, 1878 to December 31st was at Fort Elliott, Texas, assigned to the band, we do not know what instrument that he played.
Comment on above:
This document gives his rank a "MU 3", we believe the "MU" stands for Musician, so his rank was Musician third class.
Fort Elliott was the United States Army outpost in the eastern Texas Panhandle from 1875 to 1890. Though never involved in a major military engagement, it helped transform the Panhandle from Indian hunting territory into a settlement area. Troops from Fort Elliott patrolled the borders of Indian Territory to the east, policed cattle drives headed north to Kansas railroad depots, and in other ways protected and encouraged settlement of the region.
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U.S. Returns from Regular Army Infantry Regiments, 1821-1916
His name is found under "Discharged by expiration of term of service".
Seven men are listed, the last on this list is Benton S. Ebling, discharged on the 8th of June, 1879, from Company K, at a military camp on the Quapaw Indian Reservation, Indian Territory.
In remarks after his name is recorded, the following, Character "Excellent".
Comment on above:
This place where he was discharged, was very close to Baxter Springs, Kansas, where he became a barber and raised a family. The outskirts of Baxter Springs is less than 1 mile from the Quapaw Indian Reservation, which is now located in Oklahoma.
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The Columbus Weekly Advocate
(Columbus, Kansas)
8 Feb 1894, Thu • Page 1
Baxter News: J. P. Hartley is coming to the city to live. He has bought the Ben Ebling residence property and will move in next week. John is not a populist, but a populator. He has twelve children and we can reasonably expect a slight increase in the school tax next year, and a bigger republican majority next fall.
Comment on above:
Ben Ebling sold his property in Baxter Springs, Kansas to John P. Hartley.
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Kansas City Journal
(Kansas City, Missouri)
7 May 1898, Sat • First Edition
The youngest soldier in Joplin company is Bennie Ebling, aged 15. Although a trifle shy in years, Bennie passed a first-class physical examination, and his parents consented that he should go to the war as a bugler. Young Ebling's father is a well known Joplin man, who not only fought as a "regular" in the civil war, but afterward against the Indians.
Comment on above:
Of course, Bennie's father is Benton Sirris Ebling, we never knew that he fought against the Indians after the Civil War. We did know that Benton Sirris Ebling was a Pvt. at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, in 1875.
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Benton Syrus Ebling's military service during the later part of the Civil War and later Indian campaigns
This report is compiled by Thomas Gary Ebling, Great-grandson of Benton Syrus Ebling, written on April 6, 2015.
I became very interested in my Great-father's military service when I read a Kansas City Journal newspaper article, dated 7 May, 1898. This article was concerning Benton's son Bennie, but it also gave information about his father that said, "Young Ebling's father is a well known Joplin man, who not only fought as a "regular" in the civil war, but afterward against the Indians". Well, I did know that Benton Syrus Ebling, at age 14, did enlist with his father, about a month and a half before the Civil War ended, but I did not know he later served from about 1874 to 1879 in the 19th Infantry Regiment.
Below are my notes that I have on him from the Civil War until he leaves the service on 8 June, 1879 (included is the full newspaper article, dated 7 May, 1898).
U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865
Name: Benton Ebling
Side: Union
Regiment State/Origin: Pennsylvania
Regiment Name: 213 Pennsylvania Infantry
Regiment Name Expanded: 213th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry
Rank In: Private
Rank In Expanded: Private
Rank Out: Private
Rank Out Expanded: Private
Film Number: M554 roll 32
Comment on above:
The above information does not give his enlistment date or his mustered out date, but we believe it was the same as his father, Franklin S. Ebling.
We do not know what company that he served in, but his father served in Company D of the 213th Regiment Infantry which was recruited in Berks County, Pennsylvania and organized at Philadelphia February 4 to March 2, 1865. Moved to Annapolis, Maryland, March 4. Guard duty at Camp Parole until April. Duty at Frederick, Maryland, and on line of Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. Ordered to Washington, D.C., and duty in northern defenses until November. Mustered out November 18, 1865. Regiment lost during service 18 by disease. The Civil War ended on 9 April 1865.
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He was attending the services of the Pine Street United Methodist Church in Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.
Name: Benton Ebling
Event Type: Other
Other Event Date: 4 Sep 1870
Other Event Place: Williamsport, Lycoming, Pennsylvania
Organization Name: Pine Street United Methodist Church
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Name: Benton Ebling
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1850
Age in 1870: 20
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in 1870: He is living in Waverly House as a boarder, Williamsport (Ward 2), Lycoming, Penn.
Daniel B. Else was the Hotel Keeper of the Waverly House
Occupation: Apprentice molder
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Williamsport
Roll: M593_1371
Page: 443
Image: 264
Year: 1870 (16 July)
Comment on above census: Waverly House Inn, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, was destroyed in "The Great Fire of 1871" (August 20, 1871). Destroying more than $300,000 worth of valuables and personal assets to the citizens of Williamsport.
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He is found on the U.S., Returns from Military Posts, 1806-1916. Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, date of arrival at post was on the 8th of February 1875, he is listed as a Private, K Company, 19th Infantry, Regiment. He is awaiting transportation to Regiment (he came from Newport Barracks, Kentucky).
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U.S. Returns from Regular Army Infantry Regiments, 1821-1916
Benton S. Ebling served in K Company, 19th Infantry, Regiment, U.S. Army. (Fort Wallace, Kansas)
Arrival date, April 8, 1875. (it also mentions a date of 22 Oct. 1874, which may be his recruitment date)
Comment on above:
His name is found under "Recruits from Depot".
Fort Wallace, originally known as Camp Pond Creek, was the most western post in Kansas along the Smoky Hill trail, and from 1865 to 1878 bore the brunt of the hostile Indian activity in the state.
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U.S. Returns from Regular Army Infantry Regiments, 1821-1916
Benton S. Ebling, from Oct 11, 1878 to December 31st was at Fort Elliott, Texas, assigned to the band, we do not know what instrument that he played.
Comment on above:
This document gives his rank a "MU 3", we believe the "MU" stands for Musician, so his rank was Musician third class.
Fort Elliott was the United States Army outpost in the eastern Texas Panhandle from 1875 to 1890. Though never involved in a major military engagement, it helped transform the Panhandle from Indian hunting territory into a settlement area. Troops from Fort Elliott patrolled the borders of Indian Territory to the east, policed cattle drives headed north to Kansas railroad depots, and in other ways protected and encouraged settlement of the region.
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U.S. Returns from Regular Army Infantry Regiments, 1821-1916
His name is found under "Discharged by expiration of term of service".
Seven men are listed, the last on this list is Benton S. Ebling, discharged on the 8th of June, 1879, from Company K, at a military camp on the Quapaw Indian Reservation, Indian Territory.
In remarks after his name is recorded, the following, Character "Excellent".
Comment on above:
This place where he was discharged, was very close to Baxter Springs, Kansas, where he became a barber and raised a family. The outskirts of Baxter Springs is less than 1 mile from the Quapaw Indian Reservation, which is now located in Oklahoma.
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The Columbus Weekly Advocate
(Columbus, Kansas)
8 Feb 1894, Thu • Page 1
Baxter News: J. P. Hartley is coming to the city to live. He has bought the Ben Ebling residence property and will move in next week. John is not a populist, but a populator. He has twelve children and we can reasonably expect a slight increase in the school tax next year, and a bigger republican majority next fall.
Comment on above:
Ben Ebling sold his property in Baxter Springs, Kansas to John P. Hartley.
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Kansas City Journal
(Kansas City, Missouri)
7 May 1898, Sat • First Edition
The youngest soldier in Joplin company is Bennie Ebling, aged 15. Although a trifle shy in years, Bennie passed a first-class physical examination, and his parents consented that he should go to the war as a bugler. Young Ebling's father is a well known Joplin man, who not only fought as a "regular" in the civil war, but afterward against the Indians.
Comment on above:
Of course, Bennie's father is Benton Sirris Ebling, we never knew that he fought against the Indians after the Civil War. We did know that Benton Sirris Ebling was a Pvt. at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, in 1875.
Benton's certificate of death gives his father's name as William, but that is not correct, his father was Franklin S. Ebling.
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Benton Syrus Ebling's military service during the later part of the Civil War and later Indian campaigns
This report is compiled by Thomas Gary Ebling, Great-grandson of Benton Syrus Ebling, written on April 6, 2015.
I became very interested in my Great-father's military service when I read a Kansas City Journal newspaper article, dated 7 May, 1898. This article was concerning Benton's son Bennie, but it also gave information about his father that said, "Young Ebling's father is a well known Joplin man, who not only fought as a "regular" in the civil war, but afterward against the Indians". Well, I did know that Benton Syrus Ebling, at age 14, did enlist with his father, about a month and a half before the Civil War ended, but I did not know he later served from about 1874 to 1879 in the 19th Infantry Regiment.
Below are my notes that I have on him from the Civil War until he leaves the service on 8 June, 1879 (included is the full newspaper article, dated 7 May, 1898).
U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865
Name: Benton Ebling
Side: Union
Regiment State/Origin: Pennsylvania
Regiment Name: 213 Pennsylvania Infantry
Regiment Name Expanded: 213th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry
Rank In: Private
Rank In Expanded: Private
Rank Out: Private
Rank Out Expanded: Private
Film Number: M554 roll 32
Comment on above:
The above information does not give his enlistment date or his mustered out date, but we believe it was the same as his father, Franklin S. Ebling.
We do not know what company that he served in, but his father served in Company D of the 213th Regiment Infantry which was recruited in Berks County, Pennsylvania and organized at Philadelphia February 4 to March 2, 1865. Moved to Annapolis, Maryland, March 4. Guard duty at Camp Parole until April. Duty at Frederick, Maryland, and on line of Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. Ordered to Washington, D.C., and duty in northern defenses until November. Mustered out November 18, 1865. Regiment lost during service 18 by disease. The Civil War ended on 9 April 1865.
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He was attending the services of the Pine Street United Methodist Church in Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.
Name: Benton Ebling
Event Type: Other
Other Event Date: 4 Sep 1870
Other Event Place: Williamsport, Lycoming, Pennsylvania
Organization Name: Pine Street United Methodist Church
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Name: Benton Ebling
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1850
Age in 1870: 20
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in 1870: He is living in Waverly House as a boarder, Williamsport (Ward 2), Lycoming, Penn.
Daniel B. Else was the Hotel Keeper of the Waverly House
Occupation: Apprentice molder
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Williamsport
Roll: M593_1371
Page: 443
Image: 264
Year: 1870 (16 July)
Comment on above census: Waverly House Inn, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, was destroyed in "The Great Fire of 1871" (August 20, 1871). Destroying more than $300,000 worth of valuables and personal assets to the citizens of Williamsport.
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He is found on the U.S., Returns from Military Posts, 1806-1916. Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, date of arrival at post was on the 8th of February 1875, he is listed as a Private, K Company, 19th Infantry, Regiment. He is awaiting transportation to Regiment (he came from Newport Barracks, Kentucky).
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U.S. Returns from Regular Army Infantry Regiments, 1821-1916
Benton S. Ebling served in K Company, 19th Infantry, Regiment, U.S. Army. (Fort Wallace, Kansas)
Arrival date, April 8, 1875. (it also mentions a date of 22 Oct. 1874, which may be his recruitment date)
Comment on above:
His name is found under "Recruits from Depot".
Fort Wallace, originally known as Camp Pond Creek, was the most western post in Kansas along the Smoky Hill trail, and from 1865 to 1878 bore the brunt of the hostile Indian activity in the state.
_____
U.S. Returns from Regular Army Infantry Regiments, 1821-1916
Benton S. Ebling, from Oct 11, 1878 to December 31st was at Fort Elliott, Texas, assigned to the band, we do not know what instrument that he played.
Comment on above:
This document gives his rank a "MU 3", we believe the "MU" stands for Musician, so his rank was Musician third class.
Fort Elliott was the United States Army outpost in the eastern Texas Panhandle from 1875 to 1890. Though never involved in a major military engagement, it helped transform the Panhandle from Indian hunting territory into a settlement area. Troops from Fort Elliott patrolled the borders of Indian Territory to the east, policed cattle drives headed north to Kansas railroad depots, and in other ways protected and encouraged settlement of the region.
_____
U.S. Returns from Regular Army Infantry Regiments, 1821-1916
His name is found under "Discharged by expiration of term of service".
Seven men are listed, the last on this list is Benton S. Ebling, discharged on the 8th of June, 1879, from Company K, at a military camp on the Quapaw Indian Reservation, Indian Territory.
In remarks after his name is recorded, the following, Character "Excellent".
Comment on above:
This place where he was discharged, was very close to Baxter Springs, Kansas, where he became a barber and raised a family. The outskirts of Baxter Springs is less than 1 mile from the Quapaw Indian Reservation, which is now located in Oklahoma.
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The Columbus Weekly Advocate
(Columbus, Kansas)
8 Feb 1894, Thu • Page 1
Baxter News: J. P. Hartley is coming to the city to live. He has bought the Ben Ebling residence property and will move in next week. John is not a populist, but a populator. He has twelve children and we can reasonably expect a slight increase in the school tax next year, and a bigger republican majority next fall.
Comment on above:
Ben Ebling sold his property in Baxter Springs, Kansas to John P. Hartley.
_____
Kansas City Journal
(Kansas City, Missouri)
7 May 1898, Sat • First Edition
The youngest soldier in Joplin company is Bennie Ebling, aged 15. Although a trifle shy in years, Bennie passed a first-class physical examination, and his parents consented that he should go to the war as a bugler. Young Ebling's father is a well known Joplin man, who not only fought as a "regular" in the civil war, but afterward against the Indians.
Comment on above:
Of course, Bennie's father is Benton Sirris Ebling, we never knew that he fought against the Indians after the Civil War. We did know that Benton Sirris Ebling was a Pvt. at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, in 1875.
_______
Benton Syrus Ebling's military service during the later part of the Civil War and later Indian campaigns
This report is compiled by Thomas Gary Ebling, Great-grandson of Benton Syrus Ebling, written on April 6, 2015.
I became very interested in my Great-father's military service when I read a Kansas City Journal newspaper article, dated 7 May, 1898. This article was concerning Benton's son Bennie, but it also gave information about his father that said, "Young Ebling's father is a well known Joplin man, who not only fought as a "regular" in the civil war, but afterward against the Indians". Well, I did know that Benton Syrus Ebling, at age 14, did enlist with his father, about a month and a half before the Civil War ended, but I did not know he later served from about 1874 to 1879 in the 19th Infantry Regiment.
Below are my notes that I have on him from the Civil War until he leaves the service on 8 June, 1879 (included is the full newspaper article, dated 7 May, 1898).
U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865
Name: Benton Ebling
Side: Union
Regiment State/Origin: Pennsylvania
Regiment Name: 213 Pennsylvania Infantry
Regiment Name Expanded: 213th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry
Rank In: Private
Rank In Expanded: Private
Rank Out: Private
Rank Out Expanded: Private
Film Number: M554 roll 32
Comment on above:
The above information does not give his enlistment date or his mustered out date, but we believe it was the same as his father, Franklin S. Ebling.
We do not know what company that he served in, but his father served in Company D of the 213th Regiment Infantry which was recruited in Berks County, Pennsylvania and organized at Philadelphia February 4 to March 2, 1865. Moved to Annapolis, Maryland, March 4. Guard duty at Camp Parole until April. Duty at Frederick, Maryland, and on line of Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. Ordered to Washington, D.C., and duty in northern defenses until November. Mustered out November 18, 1865. Regiment lost during service 18 by disease. The Civil War ended on 9 April 1865.
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He was attending the services of the Pine Street United Methodist Church in Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.
Name: Benton Ebling
Event Type: Other
Other Event Date: 4 Sep 1870
Other Event Place: Williamsport, Lycoming, Pennsylvania
Organization Name: Pine Street United Methodist Church
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Name: Benton Ebling
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1850
Age in 1870: 20
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in 1870: He is living in Waverly House as a boarder, Williamsport (Ward 2), Lycoming, Penn.
Daniel B. Else was the Hotel Keeper of the Waverly House
Occupation: Apprentice molder
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Williamsport
Roll: M593_1371
Page: 443
Image: 264
Year: 1870 (16 July)
Comment on above census: Waverly House Inn, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, was destroyed in "The Great Fire of 1871" (August 20, 1871). Destroying more than $300,000 worth of valuables and personal assets to the citizens of Williamsport.
_____
He is found on the U.S., Returns from Military Posts, 1806-1916. Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, date of arrival at post was on the 8th of February 1875, he is listed as a Private, K Company, 19th Infantry, Regiment. He is awaiting transportation to Regiment (he came from Newport Barracks, Kentucky).
_____
U.S. Returns from Regular Army Infantry Regiments, 1821-1916
Benton S. Ebling served in K Company, 19th Infantry, Regiment, U.S. Army. (Fort Wallace, Kansas)
Arrival date, April 8, 1875. (it also mentions a date of 22 Oct. 1874, which may be his recruitment date)
Comment on above:
His name is found under "Recruits from Depot".
Fort Wallace, originally known as Camp Pond Creek, was the most western post in Kansas along the Smoky Hill trail, and from 1865 to 1878 bore the brunt of the hostile Indian activity in the state.
_____
U.S. Returns from Regular Army Infantry Regiments, 1821-1916
Benton S. Ebling, from Oct 11, 1878 to December 31st was at Fort Elliott, Texas, assigned to the band, we do not know what instrument that he played.
Comment on above:
This document gives his rank a "MU 3", we believe the "MU" stands for Musician, so his rank was Musician third class.
Fort Elliott was the United States Army outpost in the eastern Texas Panhandle from 1875 to 1890. Though never involved in a major military engagement, it helped transform the Panhandle from Indian hunting territory into a settlement area. Troops from Fort Elliott patrolled the borders of Indian Territory to the east, policed cattle drives headed north to Kansas railroad depots, and in other ways protected and encouraged settlement of the region.
_____
U.S. Returns from Regular Army Infantry Regiments, 1821-1916
His name is found under "Discharged by expiration of term of service".
Seven men are listed, the last on this list is Benton S. Ebling, discharged on the 8th of June, 1879, from Company K, at a military camp on the Quapaw Indian Reservation, Indian Territory.
In remarks after his name is recorded, the following, Character "Excellent".
Comment on above:
This place where he was discharged, was very close to Baxter Springs, Kansas, where he became a barber and raised a family. The outskirts of Baxter Springs is less than 1 mile from the Quapaw Indian Reservation, which is now located in Oklahoma.
_____
The Columbus Weekly Advocate
(Columbus, Kansas)
8 Feb 1894, Thu • Page 1
Baxter News: J. P. Hartley is coming to the city to live. He has bought the Ben Ebling residence property and will move in next week. John is not a populist, but a populator. He has twelve children and we can reasonably expect a slight increase in the school tax next year, and a bigger republican majority next fall.
Comment on above:
Ben Ebling sold his property in Baxter Springs, Kansas to John P. Hartley.
_____
Kansas City Journal
(Kansas City, Missouri)
7 May 1898, Sat • First Edition
The youngest soldier in Joplin company is Bennie Ebling, aged 15. Although a trifle shy in years, Bennie passed a first-class physical examination, and his parents consented that he should go to the war as a bugler. Young Ebling's father is a well known Joplin man, who not only fought as a "regular" in the civil war, but afterward against the Indians.
Comment on above:
Of course, Bennie's father is Benton Sirris Ebling, we never knew that he fought against the Indians after the Civil War. We did know that Benton Sirris Ebling was a Pvt. at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, in 1875.
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