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  2. Bleeding Kansas - Wikipedia

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    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 .

  3. List of wars by death toll - Wikipedia

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    This list of wars by death toll includes all deaths that are either directly or indirectly caused by war.These numbers include the deaths of military personnel which are the direct results of a battle or other military wartime actions, as well as wartime/war-related deaths of civilians which are often results of war-induced epidemics, famines, genocide, etc. Due to incomplete records, the ...

  4. Category:Bleeding Kansas - Wikipedia

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  5. Battle of Black Jack - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of Black Jack took place on June 2, 1856, when antislavery forces, led by the noted abolitionist John Brown, attacked the encampment of Henry C. Pate near Baldwin City, Kansas. The battle is cited as one incident of " Bleeding Kansas " and a contributing factor leading up to the American Civil War of 1861 to 1865.

  6. List of battles fought in Kansas - Wikipedia

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    Franklin County, Kansas: Bleeding Kansas 5 Free-Staters [9] vs Pro-slavery settlers [10] Battle of Black Jack [11] June 2, 1856 near modern Baldwin City, Kansas: Bleeding Kansas Border Ruffians [12] vs Free-Staters [13] Battle of Fort Titus: August 16, 1856 Douglas County, Kansas: Bleeding Kansas 3 Free-Staters vs Border Ruffians Battle of ...

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  8. Charles W. Dow - Wikipedia

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    Charles W. Dow (died November 21, 1855) [n 1] was an early settler of the Kansas Territory who became the first American settler killed in Kansas after being shot by Franklin Coleman in 1855, an event which historians often consider the beginning of the violence of Bleeding Kansas.

  9. United States military casualties of war - Wikipedia

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    da. ^ World War II Note: as of March 31, 1946, there were an estimated 286,959 dead of whom 246,492 were identified; of 40,467 who were unidentified 18,641 were located {10,986 reposed in military cemeteries and 7,655 in isolated graves} and 21,826 were reported not located. As of April 6, 1946, there were 539 American Military Cemeteries which ...