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At the outbreak of the American Civil War in April 1861, Kansas was the newest U.S. state, admitted just months earlier in January. The state had formally rejected slavery by popular vote and vowed to fight on the side of the Union, though ideological divisions with neighboring Missouri, a slave state, had led to violent conflict in previous years and persisted for the duration of the war.
The Great Seal of the State of Kansas was established by the legislature on May 25, 1861. The design was submitted by Senator John James Ingalls. He also proposed the state motto, "Ad astra per aspera", which means "to the stars through difficulty". Kansas became the 34th state admitted to the Union on January 29, 1861.
Bleeding Kansas, Bloody Kansas, or the Border War was a series of violent civil confrontations in Kansas Territory, and to a lesser extent in western Missouri, between 1854 and 1859. It emerged from a political and ideological debate over the legality of slavery in the proposed state of Kansas. The conflict was characterized by years of ...
5th Kansas Militia: Col G. A. Colton; 6th Kansas Militia: Col James D. Snoddy (arrested Oct. 16); Col James Montgomery; 10th Kansas Militia: Col William Pennock; 19th Kansas Militia: Col A. C. Hogan; 24th Kansas Militia Battalion: Ltc George Eaves; 14th Kansas Cavalry, Company E: Lt William B. Clark; 2nd Kansas State Artillery (2 guns): Lt ...
1860s to 1890s. 1861, January 29: Kansas was admitted into the Union as a free state under the Wyandotte Constitution. 1861, May 25: Great Seal of the State of Kansas was established by a joint resolution adopted by the Kansas Legislature. 1861, June 3: First Kansas regiment called to duty in the American Civil War.
Kansas was admitted to the Union as a free state on January 29, 1861, making it the 34th state to join the United States. By that time, the violence in Kansas had largely subsided, but during the Civil War, on August 21, 1863, William Quantrill led several hundred of his supporters on a raid into Lawrence , destroying much of the city and ...
The 1st Kansas Colored Infantry ceased to exist on December 13, 1864, when it became a U.S. Army unit and its designation was changed to the 79th Regiment Infantry U.S. Colored Troops. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Also attached to the regiment at some point was Armstrong's Battery Light Artillery, a unit for which few details are known.
Battle of Olustee. Battle of Westport. James Montgomery (December 22, 1814 – December 6, 1871) was a Jayhawker during the Bleeding Kansas era and a controversial Union colonel during the American Civil War. Montgomery was a staunch supporter of abolitionist principles and individual liberty. He liberated slaves during his raids.