Soldier: Robert Morton
Regiment: 16th. Kansas Cavalry
Company: I
Age: 22
Date Entering Service: May 26, 1864 at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas
Period of Service: 3 years
Remarks (When discharged, re-enlisted, wounded, captured, died of disease or killed)
Mustered out on November 28, 1865 at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas.
Battles in which he fought
According to his account, he was a bushwhacker in the “Price Raid,” and a scout through Missouri to New Mexico. He deemed the Price raid through Arkansas and Missouri to be the most important part of his service.
Other interesting information discovered:
Robert Morton was born in Knox County, Ohio. At some point before the war he had moved to Leroy, Kansas, just southwest of Kansas City, Missouri. He eventually came back to Ohio and settle in Morrow County. In 1882 he filed for a soldier’s pension.
Date of Death: July 25, 1909 Place of burial: Glendale Cemetery, Cardington, Ohio
Adopted By: Descendants of Robert Morton Researcher: Patrick Drouhard
