Chapter on the 1856 Lawrence siege and border war
An 1856 anniversary recounts the Lawrence raid by Missouri Border Ruffians, the destruction of printing offices and the Free State hotel, and the burning of Lawrence. It details secessionist mobilization, forged federal writs, and the defense led by Kansas volunteers under Colonel C. K. Holliday.
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Shannon
Borfer
B. F. Strongfellow
D. R. Atchison
Georgia
Kickapoo Pioneer
A. B. Hazzard
United States
Montana
Platte City
Alabama
South Carolina
Virginia
Florida
Free State Party
Reeder
Robinson
Lane
First District
County of
Douglas
Herald of Freedom
Kansas Free State
Johnson County
Free State Hotel
Owen C. Stewart
Pierce
Congressional Investigating Committee
Lecompton
Marshal Fain
Congressional Committee
Free State
Congress
Atchison
Platte County
Col. Boone
Westport
Liberty and
Independence
Kickapoo Rangers
Buford
Wilkes
Titus
Mount Oread
G. W. Deitzler
G. W. Smith
Gaius Jenkins
Col. Eldridge
Jones
G. W. Clark
Thomas Barber
Ethan Allen
Lexington
Destruc
Massachusetts
Winthrop Streets
South Carolinia
Oread
Platte County Rifles
Branson
Sherif Jones
Dow
Coleman
Buckram
Platte
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Relic of Early Days in Kansas Volunteers Memento
A memento from two raids issued in 1855 during the formation of the Kansas Volunteers and issued as a commission by Dr. S. B. Prentiss as Surgeon General. The fragment reflects the era's military and medical roles.
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C. K. Holliday
B. Prentice
K. Holliday
M. Mitchell
Milton C. Dickey
Curtis
J. Miller Commissary
A. W. Moore
Brigdon
Neccnsvcasovencsecok
L. Crane
H. Wentworth
Thomas McCowan
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William T. Shores
Wm. S. Ewart
Isaac C. Hughes
Ovese Sam’l D. McNammis
F. W. Wolverton
Matthew H. Spittle Supicon
Carrington
S.ee
Thomas Backley
E Wm. Partridge
Henry Learned
Leyl Furguson
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Samuel N. Hartwell
al Adam Johns
Reuben Gregg
Samuel P. Wemple
B. W. Woodward
Franklin Hunt
John H. Wilder
Joshua A. Pike
Clark W. Southmayd
James G. Sands
Curchill
D-Lyman
Ralph C. di
George W. Gillis
J. L. Harding
George E. Holt
Dan’t O. Linsley
John McLelland
Henry
Abram Cutler
F.Q. Tolles
George H. Croker
B.u. Golliday
Kimball
M. Moore
H. N. Bent
Chas. E. Lenhart
John Mack
A.J. Payne
N.D Bryant
N. Garwood
H. Atherton
Joseph Boyer
W. L. Brigden
A. T. Bereau
T. Clemmens
J. W. Colburn
J. G. Crocker
L. D. Colman
George F. Earle
Edwin Emerson
Chas. Garrett
Levi Gates
E. Grimes
H. A. Hancock
Cc. W. Hurley
S. Kimball
F. Masser
J. Oakiey
F. B. Swift
A. D. Searle
J. L. Spear
Edward Thomas
John Brown
W. Upde
H. H. Williams
J. Holbrook
Ephraim Reynolds
Frederick Brown
John
Elton
Henry Alderman
H. Harrison Updegraff
Luther H. Wenthworth
Tecumseh
M. R. First
John Vreeland
Rassmuck
Nathan Grifith
Francis Grassmuck
F. Offer
E. M. Perria
Schuyler
Streit
F . Absoo
Samuel Walker
Bloomington
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J. J. Miller
T. W. Wolverton
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A. Jones
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W Knight
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Norton
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Thos. Peirson
Wm. Vancil
Isaac Vancil
Andrew White
F. B. Woodard
R. N. Woodard
David Ward
J P. Wymen
Wm. Watson
Bey Wood
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J Wakefield
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C Waldrouph
Wm Sackett
Sackett
John Scott
C Scotield
CW Smith
Samuel Smith
Leonard W. Horne
George F Boyd
Leroy L Brown
Phili Briggs
Franklin L Crane
Peter O Conner
Humpbhrey Corwin
Jesse H Crane
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Francis Davis
Abner Doane
George Davis
Guilford
Dudley Ee
James Disney
Moses Dudley
Charles Farnsworth
Charles N Gray
Richard Gustin
Benjamin Gatehell
Joseph W. Emerson
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George F Hartwell
L. Cyrus
George L Kin
Robert M Luce
Christopher C Leonard
David Moore
G K Miles
Joseph C Miller
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Robert L Mitchell Oore
Johe W Parsons
James Pierce
William W Ross
David Smith
Charles Sexton
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Theron Tucker
James Laggart
Peter J Wendell
Os G Thornton
John A Wirt
Henry P Waters
Wm Weymouth
Chas L Wilber
Nelson Young
Jamee
Henry G Young
Geo W Hathaway
John Long
Geo W Woods
Ouozias Judd
Geo F Warren
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Peter Baysinger
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David Hendricks
Wm B Harris
Sylvester Harris
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Charles A Kizer
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Wm D Sysnar
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Hugh Mewhinney
Thos. Owen
Hiram McAllister
Silas H Moore
Champion Mayfield
James P Moore
Jonathan G Moore
Wm Moore
George Powers
Richard N Pierson
Robert H Pierson
Algernon F Powell
James Scott
H Scott
Elkana Timmons
Amos B Webster
John Wilson
Henry Lear
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Levi Ferguson
Mathew H Spittle
Ezra Pierce
Oliver A Hanscom
Charles W Eskridge
Edward Monroe
Josiah G Fuller
Stephen Logue
William B Hornsby
Thomas B
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William Kitchenman
Andrew S Stillman
William D Atwood
Ira W Ackley
John Brumback Ee
John C Brooke
Francis Claywell
George W Campbell
James P Clarke
William Cage
Norman N Chambers
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W. B. Kennedy
H. T. Saunders
J. B. Abbot
Patrick Nolan