Henry Bishop of Chicago enlisted and was mustered into Company E, 7th Kansas Cavalry, also known as “Jennison’s Jayhawkers,” on August 4, 1861; he was promoted to sergeant on October 18, 1861. The 7th Kansas Cavalry was organized at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, on October 28, 1861, and fought in the 1862 battles of Iuka and Corinth, and in the 1864 battles of Little Blue River, Independence, Byram’s Ford, and Mine Creek.

Bishop was mustered out of service along with the regiment on September 29, 1865.

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Image Courtesy Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield; WICR 31668