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First Armed Conflict of North and South at Osawatomie
A survivor recounts the August battle at Osawatomie Kansas where John Brown led free state partisans against pro slavery raiders. The account details Brown's tactics, the fighting lines, casualties, and the looming conflict that energized both sides, with notes on prisoners and the aftermath.
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Osawatomie
Kansas
Theodore Roosevelt
Osawatonue
Luke F. Parsons
John Brown
Tree State
Kran
Hunker Hill Monument
Jefferson Davis
Hitness
Missouri-Kansas
Mr. Parsons
Kansas Territory
Suv
Iry
Osawatomie Brown
Isag
Cheo Ber
Onar Dioht
Vast
Down Brown
Lawrence Kansas
Pred Brava
Garrion
Crown
Brown
Lexus
Ibn du
Sawemill
Austin
Reid
Tie Would
Hauser Farm
Tiken Paisener
Fred Trewn
David Garrison
Geo, Partridge
Vawers
William Williams
Charles Reiger
George Cutter
Updescratl
Daniel Wallis
Spencer Brown
Werton