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No other state's history is so entwined with the American Civil War as that of the Sunflower State. By the time the war officially began in 1861, Kansas and Missouri had already been fighting for six years. The passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act left the Kansas Territory wide open for white settlement, and the stage was set for a battle that would ignite the nation. From the hopes and dreams of settlers and the exploits of John Brown to the Lawrence and Pottawatomie Massacres and the many other battles and skirmishes, historian Debra Goodrich Bisel tells that tumultuous story.
Foreword Richard B. Myers 9
Preface 13
Acknowledgements 15
Introduction: The Kansas Image 17
Chapter 1 A Peaceful Valley 23
Chapter 2 That "Damned Yankee Town" 30
Chapter 3 Propaganda and Privation 35
Chapter 4 Old Osawatomie 41
Chapter 5 Air Castles 45
Chapter 6 Government 49
Chapter 7 The Wakarusa War 55
Chapter 8 Same Song, Second Verse 59
Chapter 9 Black Jack 70
Chapter 10 Insurrection 78
Chapter 11 Another Enemy 84
Chapter 12 Peculiar Minds. 89
Chapter 13 Battle of the Spurs 96
Chapter 14 Treason 102
Chapter 15 The Thirty-fourth Star 112
Chapter 16 The Fox and the Lyon 119
Chapter 17 The War Chieftain 124
Chapter 18 The Problem with Slavery 126
Chapter 19 The Enigma 131
Chapter 20 City of Sorrow 137
Chapter 21 Order No. 11 146
Chapter 22 Mine Creek 151
Epilogue 159
Appendix 165
Notes 169
Bibliography 179
Index 187
About the Author 191
Overview
No other state's history is so entwined with the American Civil War as that of the Sunflower State. By the time the war officially began in 1861, Kansas and Missouri had already been fighting for six years. The passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act left the Kansas Territory wide open for white settlement, and the stage was set for a battle that would ignite the nation. From the hopes and dreams of settlers and the exploits of John Brown to the Lawrence and Pottawatomie Massacres and the many other battles and ...