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1 online resource (xv, 267 pages) : illustrations, map |
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The Civil War in the great interior |
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Civil War in the great interior.
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| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: Protecting Slavery in Kansas Territory -- Thomas Wells Describes Kansas -- South Carolinian Enters Kansas Territory -- Imprisoned on Charges of Treason -- Pottawatomie Massacre -- Kansas as an Outpost in a Larger War -- Ephraim Nute on the Doy Incident -- "What is Kansas, with or without slavery, if she should destroy the rights and union of the states?" -- Pursuing Women's Rights in Territorial Kansas -- Fort Scott Democrat on Harpers Ferry -- Drought in Kansas Territory -- Miscellaneous Accounts of Conditions Resulting from Drought -- Thaddeus Hyatt's Appeal for Kansas Relief -- "The Irrepressible Conflict Grows Warm" -- "Freedom & Oppression grappled hand to hand" -- Thirty-fourth State Joins the Union -- Democratic Sheet Finds a Political Equilibrium -- "I begin to think Kansas fated" -- "No man in Kansas dares raise a secession flag" -- "Those having no guns must use broomsticks" -- ̂ "An effort is being made to get up a panic" -- Two Newspapers Assess Lane's Defense of His Brigade -- Kansas "no very agreeable command" -- Lane a Charlatan Whose Appointment Would Imperil the Union -- Left to "the mercies of a vindictive and relentless force" -- "I must hold Missouri responsible" -- "The merits of the Kansas people need not to be argued to me" -- Kansas Exceeds Its Quota -- Wisconsin Soldier Moves through Kansas -- Excerpts from Joseph Trego's Letters -- Douglas Democrat Pledges Himself to Lincoln -- "The cause of the war must be removed": The Letters of Samuel Ayers -- First Kansas Colored Infantry at Island Mound, Missouri -- To Be Kept Here "will disable and Destroy us" -- Proud to Be in the West's Army -- John A. Martin Reports on the Battle of Chickamauga -- Magnificent Effort, "But at what a sacrifice!" -- Battle of Poison Spring, Arkansas -- Diary and Letters of Webster Moses -- ̂ Draft: "some one is to blame." |
| Summary |
When the Civil War broke out in April 1861, Kansas was in a unique position. Although it had been a state for mere weeks, its residents were already intimately acquainted with civil strife. Since its organization as a territory in 1854, Kansas had been the focus of a national debate over the place of slavery in the Republic. By 1856, the ideological conflict developed into actual violence, earning the territory the sobriquet "Bleeding Kansas." Because of this recent territorial strife, the state's transition from peace to war was not as abrupt as that of other states. Kansas's War illuminate |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-261) and index |
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English |
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Print version record |
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HISTORY -- State & Local.
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| SUBJECT |
Kansas -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140277
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Kansas
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Sources
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Ponce, Pearl T.
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| ISBN |
9780821443521 |
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0821443526 |
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0821419366 |
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9780821419366 |
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