Stephen Jennings enlisted and mustered into the 5th Kansas Cavalry on July 16, 1861, as regimental sergeant major; he was promoted to second lieutenant on January 1, 1862, and on September 15, 1862 to first lieutenant.
On April 25, 1864, Lieutenant Jennings with a small portion of the 5th Kansas Cavalry was providing escort duty for a supply wagon train attempting to resupply General Steele’s army in Camden. The wagon train was attacked at Marks’ Mill and many men were killed and wounded; Lieutenant Jennings and nearly all his men were taken prisoner and held at Tyler, Texas, until exchanged.
Jennings mustered out of the service on April 6, 1865.
Image Courtesy Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield; WICR 31772
