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The Battle of Osawatomie was an armed engagement that occurred on August 30, 1856, when 250–400 pro-slavery Border ruffians, led by John W. Reid, attacked the town of Osawatomie, Kansas, which had been settled largely by anti-slavery Free-Staters.
The Battle of Osawatomie occurred on August 30, 1856, near Osawatomie, Miami County. This battle was the culmination of numerous violent events in Bleeding Kansas in 1856 between free-state and proslavery forces.
About the middle of August 1856, the Missouri-Kansas militia began plundering and killing in the vicinity of Osawatomie. On the 25th, around 150 Missourians camped not far from the town, expecting to take it by surprise.
“John Brown and the Battle of Osawatomie 1856. The blood that flowed In Kansas before and during the Civil War nourished the Twin Trees of Liberty and Union. Erected by United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service and the State of Kansas with the City of Osawatomie 1969”
On the morning of August 30, 1856, John Brown led about 30 antislavery men into battle against 250 proslavery Missourians. (A historical marker located in Osawatomie in Miami County, Kansas.)
The Battle of Osawatomie took place on Saturday, August 30, 1856 in the town of Osawatomie, Kansas. John Brown and about 40 men tried to defend the town against an attack by about 250–300 Border Ruffians. [1]
During a 1910 dedication of the John Brown Park, located on the Osawatomie Battle site, ex-President Theodore Roosevelt, delivering a speech on the occasion, barely mentioned Brown’s name or slavery.
The Battle of Osawatomie was a military victory for proslavery forces, and a moral and propaganda victory for Free State forces in Kansas Territory.
John Brown's identity as a Kansan was firmly established at the Battle of Osawatomie on August 30, 1856. This was the largest armed conflict of Bleeding Kansas, during which John Brown and approximately 30 others attempted to protect the town of Osawatomie against approximately 250 pro-slavery forces.
Harpers Ferry Raid, (October 16–18, 1859), assault by an armed band of abolitionists led by John Brown on the federal armory located at Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now in West Virginia). It was a main precipitating incident to the American Civil War.