Civil War: 13th and 14th Independent Batteries, Ohio Light Artillery
Philander Byers Kanaga and his cousin Owen Bruner Kenaga, both enlisted as privates for 3 years on February 24, 1862, and were mustered into the 13th Independent Battery, Ohio Light Artillery. The battery participated in the Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee, April 6-7, 1862. Following the battle this battery was disbanded on April 20, 1862, and merged into the 14th Independent Battery, Ohio Light Artillery. Sadly, following the battle Owen became ill and returned home on a medical furlough, where he died of disease on May 7, 1862. Philander went on to serve and was mustered out at Camp Dennison, Ohio, on August 9, 1865. His brother, John Wesley Kanaga was also a Union veteran. John served for "100 days" in Company A, 134th Ohio Infantry. After the war Philander returned to his parents' home in Champaign County before the entire family moved to Kansas in 1867. He was living on his brother John's farm outside Tecumseh in Shawnee County by 1870 (1870 US Census). Philander and his brother moved to Clay in Reno County in 1875 (1880 US Census). He filed for a Civil War veteran disability pension in Reno County on July 27, 1888, and received certificate No. 444,459. He was working on a farm outside Hutchinson in Reno County in 1895 (1895 KS Census). He was still single and working as a common laborer in Hutchinson in June 1900 (1900 US Census), but soon thereafter ill health compelled him to relocate to his sister Elizabeth's home at Los Angeles, California, where he became a member of Stanton Post, No. 55, Grand Army of the Republic. He died just one year later and was buried in Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery by his Grand Army comrades. He now rests near three of his sisters; Mary Frances and Minerva, who were never married, and Elizabeth, the wife of George Rush Crow. He was never married.
Philander Byers Kanaga and his cousin Owen Bruner Kenaga, both enlisted as privates for 3 years on February 24, 1862, and were mustered into the 13th Independent Battery, Ohio Light Artillery. The battery participated in the Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee, April 6-7, 1862. Following the battle this battery was disbanded on April 20, 1862, and merged into the 14th Independent Battery, Ohio Light Artillery. Sadly, following the battle Owen became ill and returned home on a medical furlough, where he died of disease on May 7, 1862. Philander went on to serve and was mustered out at Camp Dennison, Ohio, on August 9, 1865. His brother, John Wesley Kanaga was also a Union veteran. John served for "100 days" in Company A, 134th Ohio Infantry. After the war Philander returned to his parents' home in Champaign County before the entire family moved to Kansas in 1867. He was living on his brother John's farm outside Tecumseh in Shawnee County by 1870 (1870 US Census). Philander and his brother moved to Clay in Reno County in 1875 (1880 US Census). He filed for a Civil War veteran disability pension in Reno County on July 27, 1888, and received certificate No. 444,459. He was working on a farm outside Hutchinson in Reno County in 1895 (1895 KS Census). He was still single and working as a common laborer in Hutchinson in June 1900 (1900 US Census), but soon thereafter ill health compelled him to relocate to his sister Elizabeth's home at Los Angeles, California, where he became a member of Stanton Post, No. 55, Grand Army of the Republic. He died just one year later and was buried in Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery by his Grand Army comrades. He now rests near three of his sisters; Mary Frances and Minerva, who were never married, and Elizabeth, the wife of George Rush Crow. He was never married.
Civil War: 13th and 14th Independent Batteries, Ohio Light Artillery
Philander Byers Kanaga and his cousin Owen Bruner Kenaga, both enlisted as privates for 3 years on February 24, 1862, and were mustered into the 13th Independent Battery, Ohio Light Artillery. The battery participated in the Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee, April 6-7, 1862. Following the battle this battery was disbanded on April 20, 1862, and merged into the 14th Independent Battery, Ohio Light Artillery. Sadly, following the battle Owen became ill and returned home on a medical furlough, where he died of disease on May 7, 1862. Philander went on to serve and was mustered out at Camp Dennison, Ohio, on August 9, 1865. His brother, John Wesley Kanaga was also a Union veteran. John served for "100 days" in Company A, 134th Ohio Infantry. After the war Philander returned to his parents' home in Champaign County before the entire family moved to Kansas in 1867. He was living on his brother John's farm outside Tecumseh in Shawnee County by 1870 (1870 US Census). Philander and his brother moved to Clay in Reno County in 1875 (1880 US Census). He filed for a Civil War veteran disability pension in Reno County on July 27, 1888, and received certificate No. 444,459. He was working on a farm outside Hutchinson in Reno County in 1895 (1895 KS Census). He was still single and working as a common laborer in Hutchinson in June 1900 (1900 US Census), but soon thereafter ill health compelled him to relocate to his sister Elizabeth's home at Los Angeles, California, where he became a member of Stanton Post, No. 55, Grand Army of the Republic. He died just one year later and was buried in Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery by his Grand Army comrades. He now rests near three of his sisters; Mary Frances and Minerva, who were never married, and Elizabeth, the wife of George Rush Crow. He was never married.
Philander Byers Kanaga and his cousin Owen Bruner Kenaga, both enlisted as privates for 3 years on February 24, 1862, and were mustered into the 13th Independent Battery, Ohio Light Artillery. The battery participated in the Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee, April 6-7, 1862. Following the battle this battery was disbanded on April 20, 1862, and merged into the 14th Independent Battery, Ohio Light Artillery. Sadly, following the battle Owen became ill and returned home on a medical furlough, where he died of disease on May 7, 1862. Philander went on to serve and was mustered out at Camp Dennison, Ohio, on August 9, 1865. His brother, John Wesley Kanaga was also a Union veteran. John served for "100 days" in Company A, 134th Ohio Infantry. After the war Philander returned to his parents' home in Champaign County before the entire family moved to Kansas in 1867. He was living on his brother John's farm outside Tecumseh in Shawnee County by 1870 (1870 US Census). Philander and his brother moved to Clay in Reno County in 1875 (1880 US Census). He filed for a Civil War veteran disability pension in Reno County on July 27, 1888, and received certificate No. 444,459. He was working on a farm outside Hutchinson in Reno County in 1895 (1895 KS Census). He was still single and working as a common laborer in Hutchinson in June 1900 (1900 US Census), but soon thereafter ill health compelled him to relocate to his sister Elizabeth's home at Los Angeles, California, where he became a member of Stanton Post, No. 55, Grand Army of the Republic. He died just one year later and was buried in Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery by his Grand Army comrades. He now rests near three of his sisters; Mary Frances and Minerva, who were never married, and Elizabeth, the wife of George Rush Crow. He was never married.
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