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Civil War Kansas: Reaping the Whirlwind
Civil War Kansas Reaping the Whirlwind
Author: Albert Castel
The long agony" was over: Kansas, as of January 29, 1861, was a state--it had "moved to America." In Leavenworth, Lawrence, Topeka, and other towns Kansans celebrated the "glorious news" of the coming of statehood in a "fury of excitement." Cannons boomed, cheering crowds gathered on the street corners, a judge and a militia general stood on ...  more » So begins Albert Castel's classic history of Kansas during the Civil War. Long recognized as a key study on the war in the trans-Mississippi West, Civil War Kansas describes the political, military, social, and economic events of the state's first four years. Castel contributes to a better understanding of the Civil War in this region through a realistic presentation and analysis of the Kansas-Missouri border conflict, the operations of the Missouri guerrillas under Quantrill, and the Union and Confederate military campaigns in Missouri, Arkansas, the Indian Territory, and Kansas itself. This book is part of the Modern War Studies series.
ISBN-13: 9780700608720
ISBN-10: 0700608729
Publication Date: 10/1997
Pages: 268
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Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Book Type: Paperback
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