Civil War in KansasWith conflict beginning upon the territory's bid for statehood and continuing until the end of the Civil War, "Bleeding Kansas" was the battleground for local militias and guerrilla fighters. |
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... The people of Mound City petitioned Gov. Charles Robinson to support Free - State leader James Montgomery as Gen. Nathaniel Lyon . commander of the Southern Division of " From a Shanghai Rooster to a Durham Cow " : 1861-62 23.
... The people of Mound City petitioned Gov. Charles Robinson to support Free - State leader James Montgomery as Gen. Nathaniel Lyon . commander of the Southern Division of " From a Shanghai Rooster to a Durham Cow " : 1861-62 23.
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... Montgomery and Jennison were every bit as fanatical as the secessionists — not to mention more altruistic . Some of the Southern sympathizers who had settled in Kansas were not particularly fanatic . They had come to Kansas for the same ...
... Montgomery and Jennison were every bit as fanatical as the secessionists — not to mention more altruistic . Some of the Southern sympathizers who had settled in Kansas were not particularly fanatic . They had come to Kansas for the same ...
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Overrun with Thieves and Highway Robbers 1862 | 51 |
Courage Stubbornness and Determination 1863 | 83 |
Every Man 18 to 60 to Arms 186465 | 115 |
Selected Bibliography | 151 |
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