Original Companions of the
Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States
Surnnames Beginning with the Letter K

The Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States (MOLLUS) was founded by Federal Officers of the Civil War the day President Abraham Lincoln died on April 15, 1865. This website contains a listing of nearly 12,000 Original Companions who served as officers during the Civil War or continued in the military service after the War, eventually becoming commissioned officers. Please see our MOLLUS Home Page and the MOLLUS Web Site Index Page for additional history of the Order.

The lists provide the name of the Companion, his military rank, regiment, and branch of service. There are some Companions of the "3rd Class" or what is today referred to as "Honorary" Companions who did not serve in the military or qualify for membership but who did significantly contribute to the war effort or contributed to the well being of the Republic and personified in their own lives the principles of the Order. Descendants of many deceased officers joined as hereditary members and today our membership is open to descendants of all eligile officers. Future revisons of this website will include these officers as well as their service records have been added to the history of our Order.

This was data compiled by generations of members of MOLLUS who faithfully served the Order. This listing was originally compiled by Past Commander-in-Chief Dr. Robert Girrard Carroon and has been edited by Past Commander-in-Chief Douglas Reed Niermeyer.

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Kafer, John C., Passed Asst. Eng. USN
Kahlo, Chales, 1st Lt. 163d OH Infy
Kaiser, Julius A., Passed Asst. Eng. USN
Kallman, Herman F., Col. 2nd US Reserves MO Infy
Kammerling, Gustav, Col. 9th OH Infy
Kane, Aloysius Jose', Ensign USN
Kane, James J., Chaplain USN
Kane, Theodore F., Capt. USN
Kappner, Ignatz, Col. 3rd USC H Arty
Kaps, John, Capt. 91st OH Infy
Kaps, Peter, 1st Lt. 15th KY Infy
Kapus, William, 1st Lt. 1st WA Infy
Karge' Joseph, Col. 2nd NJ Cav BvtBG
Kattenstroth, John H., 1st Lt. 9th CT Infy
Kauffman, Albert B., LTC USA
Kauffman, Joseph A., 1st Lt. 154th PA Infy
Kautz, August V., BG USV BvtMG USA
Kay, Samuel W., Act. Asst. Paymaster USN
Kaye, John W., 2nd Lt. 3rd PA H Arty
Keam, Thomas V., 2nd Lt. 1st NM Cav
Kearney, James A., Act. Ensign USN
Keatley, John H., 1st Lt. 104th PA Infy
Kedzie, Robert C., Surg. 12th MI Infy
Keeffe, Joseph, Capt. 4th Infy USA
Keeler, Charles F., 1st Lt. 1st CT Cav
Keeler, William B., LTC 35th IA Infy BvtCol
Keen, William W., Asst. Surg. 1st Lt. 5th Infy USA
Keene, Henry C., Lt. USN
Keene, Henry E., 3rd Class
Keene, William H., 2nd Lt. 8th MA Infy
Keese, Francis S., LTC 128th NY Infy BvtCol
Keifer, J. Warren, Col. 110th OH Infy BvtBG BvtMG USV
Keith, Alfred H., Capt. 6th VT Infy BvtLTC
Keith, Edwin H., Act 2nd Asst. Eng. USN
Keith, Fordyce M., Capt. 1st USC H Arty
Keith, Theodore S., Act. Passed Asst. Surg. USN
Keith, Walter D., Capt. 26th Unattached Co. MA Infy
Keith, William, 1st Lt. 5th MI Cav
Kell, William H., Maj. USA
Kellam, Alphonso G., Capt. 22nd WI Infy
Keller, Augustus R., Capt. AQM USV
Keller, Jacob W., Maj. USA
Keller, Louis, Capt. 58th OH Infy
Keller, Theodoric G., Capt. 66th OH Infy
Kelley, Benjamin F., BG BvtMG USV
Kelley, Duren F., 1st Lt. 65th USCT
Kelley, Frank M., 2nd Lt. 44th NY Infy BvtCapt
Kelley, George W., Capt. 103rd PA Infy
Kelley, Harrison, 1st Lt. Adj. 44th NY Infy
Kelley, Hiram L., 1st Lt. 2nd MO L Arty
Kelley, John G., LTC 7th WVA Infy
Kelley, John G., Capt. 1st NV Infy
Kelley, Joseph M, Maj. 10th Cav USA
Kelley, Leverett M., Capt. 36th IL Infy
Kelley, Samuel H., Capt. 9th VT Infy
Kelley, William H.H., Capt. 5th KS Cav
Kelliher, John, Maj. 20th MA Infy
Kellogg, Augustus G., Commander USN
Kellogg, Charles W., Capt. 29th OH Infy
Kellogg, Edgar R., BG USA
Kellogg, John A., Col. 6th WI Infy BvtBG
Kellogg, Justin P., 1st Lt. 52nd MA Infy
Kellogg, Racine D., Maj. 34th IA Infy
Kellogg, Rowland C., Capt. CS BvtMaj USV
Kellogg, Sanford C., Maj. 4th Cav BvtLTC USA
Kellogg, Theodore H., 1st Lt. 7th Squadron RI Cav
Kellogg, William L., Col. 5th Infy USA
Kellogg, William P., Col. 7th IL Cav
Kelly, Bernard, Maj. Chaplain USA
Kelly, Henry K., Capt. 118th PA Infy
Kelly, John, Capt. 16th WI Infy
Kelly, Jospeh J., Col. 107th IL Infy
Kelly, Robert M., Col. 4th KY Infy
Kelly, Samuel B., 2nd Lt. 10th KY Cav
Kelly, William, 1st Lt. 8th USCT
Kelsey, Percival G., Capt. 26th IN Infy
Kelsey, William A., Capt. 152nd IN Infy
Kelton, John C., BG USA
Kemble, Arthur, Act. Asst. Eng. USN
Kemble, Edward C., Maj. Paymaster BvtLTC USV
Kemp, Joseph R., Maj. 6th PA H Arty
Kemper, Adam, Capt. 6th USC H Arty
Kemper, Andrew C., Capt. AAG USV
Kemper, General W.H., Asst. Surg. 17th IN Infy
Kempff, Louis, R Adm. USN
Kempster, Walter, 1st Lt. 10th NY Cav
Kempton, Frank H., Capt. 58th MA Infy
Kenaga, William, Jr., 2nd Lt. 76th IL Infy
Kendall, Alva F., Capt. 91st OH Infy
Kendall, Charles B., Capt. 25th MA Infy
Kendall, Frederic A., Maj. USA
Kendall, Henry M., Maj. USA
Kendall, Joseph R., Capt. 44th MA Infy
Kendall, Joseph V., 1st Lt. 50th PA Infy
Kendall, Robert B., 1st Lt. Adj. 12th ME Infy
Kenderdine, Harry M., 1st Lt. 17th IA Infy
Kendig, Daniel, Maj. Chaplain USA
Kendrick, Frederick H.M., Maj. 7th Infy USA
Kendricken, Paul H., Act. 2nd Asst. Eng. USN
Kenfield, Frank, Capt. 17th VT Infy
Kenly, william L., Capt. CS BvtMaj USV
Kennan, Thomas L., 1st Lt. 10th WI Infy
Kennedy, Charles W., Capt. 156th NY Infy
Kennedy, Crammond, Chaplain 79th NY Infy
Kennedy, George B., Capt. 196th OH Infy
Kennedy, John C., Capt. 13th IL Cav
Kennedy, Josiah F., Asst. Surg. USA
Kennedy, Robert P., BvtBG USV
Kennedy, William B., Maj. 4th Cav USA
Kennett, John, Col. 4th OH Cav
Kenney, Charles A., 1st Lt. 104th NY Infy
Kenney, Clesson, 2nd Lt. 53rd MA Infy
Kenniston, George B., 1st Lt. 5th ME Infy
Kenny, Albert S., Paymaster Gen. USN
Kent, Alba M., 1st Lt. 29th WI Infy
Kent, Frederick R., 1st Lt. 3rd PA H Arty
Kent, J. Ford, BG USA
Kent, John, Capt. 5th MA Infy
Kent, Lewis A., Capt. 6th WI Infy
Kent, Lindley C., Maj. 109th USCT
Kent, Stephen M., 1st Lt. 16th MI Infy
Kent, William L., Capt. 23rd MA Infy
Kenyon, John S., 2nd Lt. 3rd NY Cav
Kenyon, Nathaniel C., LTC 11th IL Infy
Kenyon, Norman S., 1st Lt. 16th NY H Arty
Kepler, Charles W., Capt. 13th IA Infy BvtMaj
Kepner, Daniel K., 1st Lt. RQM 179th PA Infy
Kerens, Richard C., 3rd Class (Amb.to Austria-Hungary)
Kerin, Joseph, BvtCapt USA
Kern, Louis, 1st Lt. 6th Batt. IN L Arty
Kerr, Charles D., Col. 16th IL Infy
Kerr, Daniel, 1st Lt. 117th IL Infy
Kerr, Henry C., Capt. 16th VRC
Kerr, Robert W., 1st Lt. 121st OH Infy
Kerr, Thomas R., Capt. 14th PA Cav
Kershner, Edward, Med. Inspector USN
Kessler, Henry C., 1st Lt. 104th PA Infy Col.1st MT Infy
Kester, John W., Col. 1st NJ Cav
Ketcham, John L., 1st Lt. 70th IN Infy
Ketcham, William A., Capt. 13th IN Infy
Ketchum, Alexander P., Capt. 128th USCT BvtCol
Ketchum, Edgar, 2nd Lt. Signal Corps BvtCapt USV
Ketchum, Edwin N., Capt. 176th NY Infy
Ketchum, Hiram H., Maj. 22nd Infy USA
Ketchum, Thomas E., Capt. 3rd CA Infy
Keteltas, Henry, Capt. 15th Infy BvtLTC USA
Keyes, Addison A., Capt. 127th IL Infy
Keyes, Alexander S.B., LTC USA
Keyes, Charles M., 1st Lt. 123rd OH Infy
Keyes, Charles W., 1st Lt. 32nd ME Infy BvtCapt
Keyes, Dwight W., 1st Lt. RQM 1st WI Infy
Keyes, Edward L., Capt. ADC USV
Keyes, Erasmus D., BG BvtMG USV
Keyser, Peter D., Capt. 91st PA Infy
Kidd, James H., Col. 6th MI Cav BvtBG
Kidd, William, 1st Lt. 44th NY Infy
Kidder, Henry M., LTC 5th USC Cav BvtCol
Kidder, Henry P., 3rd Class (Financier, supported Union)
Kidder, Jerome H., Surg. USN
Kiddoo, Joseph B., BG USA BvtMG
Kiefaber, John C., 1st Lt. 11th OH Infy
Kiefer, Andrew R., Capt. 2nd MN Infy
Kieffer, Lorenzo M.., Capt. 48th USCT
Kies, Lewis G., 1st Lt. RQM 24th OH Infy
Kilbourn, Byron H., 2nd Lt. 3rd WI Cav
Kilbourne, James, Capt. 95th OH Infy BvtCol
Kilbreth,, John W., Capt. 79th OH Infy
Kilburn, Charales S., BG USA
Kile, John W., Capt. 113th OH Infy
Kilgore, William Foss, Act. Ensign USN
Kilgore, William H., 1st Lt. 1st PA L Arty
Killian, John E., 1st Lt. 28th MA Infy
Kilpatrick, Judson, BvtMG USA
Kilpatrick, Robert L., Col. USA
Kilty, Augustus H., R Adm. USN
Kimball, Abner S., BG USA
Kimball, Charles H., 1st Lt. 103rd USCT
Kimball, George H., 1st Lt. 76th USCT
Kimball, James Peleg, LTC Dep. Surg. Gen. USA
Kimball, James Putnam, Capt. AAG BvtMaj USV
Kimball, John W., Col. 53rd MA Infy BvtBG
Kimball, Lewis, 2nd Lt. 4th USCT
Kimball, Nathan, BG BvtMG USV
Kimball, Spencer S., 2nd Lt. 1st IL L Arty
Kimball, Thomas D., Capt. 2nd MA H Arty
Kimball, William A., Capt. 2nd NY Cav
Kimball, William C., Capt. CS USV
Kimberly, Benjamin E., Capt. 44th NY Infy
Kimberly, Lewis A., R Adm. USN
Kimes, Jesse B., Capt. 100th USCT
Kindrick, James P., Capt. 8th TN Cav
King, Adam E., LTC AAG BvtBG USV
King, Alonzo L., Capt. 146th NY Infy
King, Charles F., Capt. Coast Guard Battn. ME Infy
King, Cornelius L., Capt. 12th Infy USA
King, Dana W., Capt. 8th NH Infy
King, David, LTC 94th OH Infy
King, Henry, 1st Lt. RQM 50th IL Infy
King, Henry H., Capt. AAG USV
King, Horatio C., Maj. QM BvtCol USV
King, James, Surg. USV
King, James W., Chief Eng. USN
King, James W., 2nd Lt. 32nd MA Infy
King, John H., BG USV BvtMG USA
King, John R., 1st Lt. 6th MD Infy
King, John S., 1st Lt. 124th NY Infy
King, Joseph DeW, 1st Lt. 1st OH L Arty
King, Josias R., LTC 2nd US Vol. Infy
King, Robert B., 1st. Lt. 2nd MA H Arty
King, Rufus, Capt. 4th Arty BvtMaj USA
King, William H., Chief Eng. USN
King, William M., Medical Inspector USN
King, William S., Col. Surg. USA
Kingman, Martin, 2nd Lt. 86th IL Infy
Kingsbury, David L., 2nd Lt. 8th MN Infy
Kingsbury, Isaac F., 1st Lt. Adj. 32nd MA Infy
Kingsland, Phineas C., 1st Lt. 102nd NY Infy
Kingsley, Henry W., Capt. CS BvtMaj USV
Kingsley, Levi G., Maj. 12th VT Infy
Kinipe, Thomas J., Act. Master USN
Kinne, C. Mason, Capt. AAG USV
Kinnear, George, Capt. 47th IL Infy
Kinney, Coates, Maj. Paymaster BvtLTC USV
Kinney, John C., 1st Lt. 13th CT Infy
Kinney, William C., 1st Lt. 93rd IL Infy
Kinsey, William B., LTC 161st NY Infy BvtBG
Kinsler, James T., Asst. Surg. 164th NY Infy
Kinsley, Alfred H., 1st Lt. 2nd MA H Arty
Kinsley, Edward W., 3rd Class
Kinsman, Charles C., 1st Lt. 4th VT Infy
Kinsman, Josiah B., LTC ADC BvtMG USV
Kinsman, Oliver D., Capt. AAG BvtLTC USV
Kinzie, David H., BG USA
Kipp, Charles J., Surg. BvtLTC USV
Kirby, Absalom, Chief Eng. USN
Kirby, Thomas H., 1st Lt. 36th IN Infy
Kirby, William M., LTC 3rd NY Infy
Kirchner, William F., 2nd Lt. 15th NY H Arty
Kireker, Charles, LTC 116th USCT
Kirk, Charles H., 1st Lt. 15th PA Cav
Kirk, Ezra B., Maj. QM BvtLTC USA
Kirk, Marcus D., Capt. 30th IN Infy
Kirk, Newton T., Capt. 118th USCT
Kirkman, Joel T., Col. USA
Kirkup, Robert, LTC 5th OH Infy
Kirkwood, Samuel J., 3rd Class (Gov. IA)
Kirwan, John S., LTC 12th TN Cav
Kisselburgh, William E., 1st Lt. Adj. 169th NY Infy
Kitchel, Simon B., 1st Lt. 43rd USCT
Kitchen, Marcus L.W., LTC 2nd NJ Cav
Kitchen, Samuel, Asst. Surg. BvtCapt USV
Kitchen, Theodore, Act. Asst. Eng. USN
Kitchin, Elias C., Surg. 155th PA Infy
Kittle, Johathan G., 3rd Class
Kittleson, Charles, Capt. 10th MN Infy
Kittoe, Edward D., LTC Medical Inspector BvtCol USV
Kittredge, William T., BvtMaj USV
Kitzmiller, John E., 2nd Lt. 26th OH Batt. L Arty
Kleinfeld, Joseph, BvtCapt USV
Kleutsch, John D., 1st Lt. 82nd IL Infy
Kline, Jacob, BG USA
Klokke, Ernest F.C., 1st Lt. 24th IL Infy BvtMaj
Knaggs, Robert C., BvtMaj USV
Knap, Charles, 3rd Class
Knap, James G., 1st Lt. 1st Batt. PA L Arty
Knap, Joseph M., Maj. Indpt. Battn. PA L Arty
Knapp, Alexander A., Capt. 40th OH Infy
Knapp, Jacob, Capt. 149th NY Infy
Knapp, John, 2nd Lt. 97th PA Infy
Knapp, Lyman E., LTC 17th VT Infy
Knapp, Obadiah M., Maj. 125th USCT
Knapp, William, Act. Master USN
Knapp, William A., Capt. 19th OH Infy
Knappen, Prosper L., 1st Lt. RCS 2nd WI Cav
Knee, Samuel G., LTC 12th IA Infy
Kneeland, Samuel, Surg. BvtLTC USV
Knefler, Fred, Col. 70th IN Infy BvtBG
Knickerbocker Henry M., Capt. 7th NY H Arty
Kniffin, Charles W., 1st Lt. 49th MA Infy
Kniffin, Gilbert C., LTC CS USV
Kniffin, Sylvester W., 1st Lt. Adj. 44th USCT
Knight, Alva A., Capt. 34th USCT
Knight, Charles C., LTC 44th PA Militia Infy
Knight, Edwin L., BvtMaj USV
Knight, George A., Capt. 188th OH Infy
Knight, John H., Capt. 18th Infy BvtLTC USA
Knight, John H., 1st Lt. 25th ME Infy
Knipe, Joseph F.., BG USV
Knott, John M.C., 1st Lt. 186th OH Infy
Knowles, Alfred H., 1st Lt. 54th MA Infy
Knowles, Charles R., Capt. 92nd NY Infy
Knowlson, John, Surg. 169th NY Infy
Knowlton, Julius W., 2nd Lt. 14th CT Infy
Knox, Edward B., Maj. 44th NY Infy BvtLTC
Knox, Edward M., 2nd Lt. 15th Batt. NY L Arty
Knox, George G., Capt. ADC USV
Knox, James C., Capt. 4th IN Cav
Knox, Kilburn, Capt. 13th Infy BvtLTC USA
Kobbe', William A., MG USA
Koch, Charles R.E., Capt. 49th USCT
Koerner, Max, 2nd Lt. 3rd US Reserve Corps MO Infy
Koerper, Egon A., Col. USA
Kohler, Charles, 3rd Class (Vintner and Civic Leader)
Kollock, John M., BvtLTC USV
Kopper, Henry J., Capt. 4th NY H Arty
Korn, Gustave, Maj. 45th NY Infy
Korns, Daniel, Capt. 80th OH Infy
Korty, Louis H., 3rd Class
Kothe, Gustav C., Capt. 58th IL Infy
Krafft, James F., 1st Lt. 177th IL Infy
Kramer, Adam, Maj. 6th Cav USA
Krause, Charles A., Capt. 2nd DC Infy
Krause, David, Maj. 11th Infy USA
Krause, William, 1st Lt. 37th US Infy
Krebs, Adolf, 1st Lt. 4th MO Cav
Krebs, Henry, 1st Lt. 35th USCT
Kreps, John W., Capt. 77th PA Infy
Kress, John A., BG USA
Kress, John F., 1st Lt. 215th PA Infy
Kreutzer, William, LTC 98th NY Infy
Kridler, John C., 1st Lt. 1st TN L Arty
Kroesen, William B., 2nd Lt. 103rd PA Infy
Kruger, Anthony O., Act. Ensign USN
Krughoff, Louis, Capt. 49th IL Infy BvtMaj
Kuhn, Henry H., Capt. USA
Kuhn, William E., Capt. AAG USV
Kummer, Arnold, Maj. 68th NY Infy
Kurtz, Christian H., 1st Lt. 24th IA Infy
Kurtz, Samuel L., Surg. 85th PA Infy
Kutz, George F., Chief Eng. USN

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