Charles R. Jennison Military person

Charles Rainsford Jennison also known as "Doc" Jennison (June 6, 1834 – June 21, 1884) was a hero of the anti-slavery faction during the Bleeding Kansas Affair and became even more famous as a Union colonel and as leader of Redlegs during the American Civil War.

Personal facts

Charles R. Jennison
Birth dateJune 06, 1834
Birth place
New York
Date of deathJune 21, 1884
Place of death
Leavenworth Kansas

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Military person

allegianceUnited States of America
military operations
American Civil War
Bleeding Kansas
Battle of Westport
Battle of Little Blue River
Second Battle of Lexington
military command
* Jennison's Jayhawkers (7th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry)
* 15th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry
service start1861

Topical connections

Abraham Jefferson SeayPolitician
Cassius Marcellus CoolidgeArtist
James Montgomery Military person

Charles R. Jennison on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.civilwarstlouis.com/History2/casteljayhawking.htm
  2. http://www.kancoll.org/books/cutler/sthist/milrec-p14.html#FIFTEENTH_REGIMENT_KANSAS_VOLUNTEER_CAVALRY
  3. http://www.kancoll.org/books/cutler/sthist/milrec-p7.html
  4. http://www.nytimes.com/1861/11/24/news/affairs-in-western-missouri-capt-john-brown-jr-s-men-a-speech-of-col-jennison.html