On the web For more information about the 1st Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry regiment, go to https://www.nps.gov/articles/1stkansas.htm. For more information about the Battle of Island Mound State Historical Site, and
CHECOTAH — On June 25, Honey Springs Battlefield will host a special presentation about the African American soldiers who fought for the 1st Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry Regiment and the
History tells us they charged through blood and fire so that the nation might live. However, at the time of their military service, they were not even recognized as citizens of the country they fought so valiantly to defend. They were the men who comprised the 1st Kansas Colored Infantry. Their regiment compiled a proud campaign record in Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas, and the Indian Territory during the Civil War.