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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789816103321

Titolo

Kansas's war : the Civil War in documents / / edited by Pearl T. Ponce

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Athens, : Ohio University Press, c2011

ISBN

0-8214-4352-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (284 p.)

Collana

The Civil War in the great interior

Altri autori (Persone)

PoncePearl T

Disciplina

978.1

978.1031

Soggetti

Frontier and pioneer life - Kansas

Kansas History Civil War, 1861-1865 Sources

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Sources

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Illustrations; Series Editors' Preface; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1: Settlement and Strife; 2: Joining the Union; 3: Patronage and Policy; 4: Kansas's Men in Blue; 5: Warfare along the Kansas-Missouri Border; 6: Kansans and Antislavery; 7: Politics and Prosperity; 8: The Continuing Mission; 9: The Promise of Kansas; Timeline; Discussion Questions; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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