Louis Herring enlisted as a private in Company E, 7th Kansas Cavalry (“Jennison’s Jayhawkers”) on September 16, 1861, at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He was mustered into the service on October 26, 1861, when the 7th Kansas was organized at Fort Leavenworth.

The 7th Kansas was involved in the 1862 battles of Iuka and Corinth, and in the 1864 battles of Tupelo, Little Blue River, Independence, Byram’s Ford, and Mine Creek.

Herring mustered out with the regiment on September 29, 1865.

Carte-de-Visite by T. L. Rivers, St. Louis, Mo.

Image Courtesy Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield; WICR 31665