I found very little information on Thomas J. Losey, other than he was in Company A of the 14th Kansas Cavalry.
Information on the 14th Kansas Cavalry.
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The 14th Kansas Cavalry was organized at Fort Scott and Leavenworth, Kansas in April 1863 as a battalion serving as escort for Major General James G. Blunt. It was later organized as a regiment at Fort Scott in December 1863 and mustered in for three years under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Moonlight.
The regiment was attached to District of the Frontier, Department of Missouri, April 1863 to January 1864. Unattached, District of the Frontier, VII Corps, Department of Arkansas, to March 1864. 3rd Brigade, Frontier Division, VII Corps, to January 1865. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, VII Corps, to February 1865. Unattached, VII Corps, Pine Bluff, Arkansas, to June 1863.
The 14th Kansas Cavalry mustered out of service at Fort Gibson, Indian Territory on June 25, 1865.
Cabin Creek, Cherokee Nation, July 1–2, 1863 (Company B). Operations against Quantrill in Kansas August 20–28. Massacre at Lawrence August 21 (detachment). Operations in Cherokee Nation September 11–25. Waldron September 11. Baxter Springs October 6 (Company B). Regiment moved to Fort Smith, Ark., November 20-December 3. Duty there scouting and foraging until February 23, 1864. Expedition into Choctaw County February 1–21. Moved to Ozark February 26–28, and duty there until April 6. Flint Creek March 6. Steele's Expedition against Camden April 6-May 3. Prairie D'Ann April 9–12. Poison Springs April 18 (detachment). Jenkins' Ferry, Saline River, April 30 (Companies F and G). Return to Fort Smith May and duty there until January 1865. Hahn's Farm near Waldron June 19, 1864. Ozark July 14–15. Scout on Republican River August 19–24. Camp Verdegris September 2. Cabin Creek September 19. Vache Grass September 26. (Company E with Blunt's headquarters during Price's Raid in Missouri and Kansas October-November. Big Blue and State Line October 22. Westport October 23. Mine Creek, Little Osage River, and Battle of Charlot October 25. Newtonia October 28.) Moved to Clarksville January 1, 1865, thence to Pine Bluff February 25–27, and duty there until May. Moved to Fort Gibson and duty there until June.
My commentary:
This concrete headstone features a standing cavalryman with a carbine, butt end on the ground and the barrel between his hands. He is standing on a pedestal with the inscription:
T. J. Losey
Co. A 14 Kan
Vol Cav
Jan. 15, 1936
The south end of the pedestal features the crossed sabers of the cavalry.
The northern part of the headstone features a tree stump on a pedestal with the inscription:
My friends as you pass by
As you are now, so once I was
As I am now, so you will be
Prepare for deathand follow me.
The compass and square of the Masons appears as the bottom.
The inscription on the tree trunk reads:
Flora Bell Losey
Born May 8, 1854
Died May 22, 1901
Ada Losey
Born Aug. 2, 1872
Died Nov. 16, 1876
Amelia Losey
Born Mar. 7, 1876
Died Dec. 7, 1880
On the back of the pedestal the text reads:
Father, I will that they also
Whom Thou hast given me
Be with me where I am.
Surrounding the memorial are chairs and urns that continue the tree motif - they appear to have been created with tree branches.
The actual graves are behind this memorial.