Carney, Thomas, 215
Centralia Massacre, 202
Chase, Salmon P., 83
Clarke, George W., 146
Clay, Henry, xvii–xviii
City Hotel, Lawrence, Kansas, 178, 185
Civil War, 17
Cody, William “Buffalo Bill,” 151
Coleman, Franklin, 64
Collamore, George W., 157, 184–185
Collamore, Hoffman, 177
Compromise of 1850, xviii, xx
Consolidated Barb Wire Company, 217
Constitutional Union Party, 129–130
John Bell, candidate for president under, 129–130
Cordley, Richard, 46–49. 90, 92, 104, 234–235
aftermath of Quantrill’s Raid, 192–193, 209, 219
assists with Underground Railroad, 119, 121
description of education and religion of fugitive slaves, 135–137
description of Lawrence defenses for Civil War 157
description of Quantrill’s Raid, 181–182, 187
History of Lawrence, Kansas, 46
Corinth, Mississippi, 150
Combahee Ferry, Battle of, 155
Cox, Samuel P., 204–205
Curtis, Samuel R., 151, 205
Cutler, Manasseh, xv–xvi
Delahay, Mark W., 77–78
Delaware Indians, 17–18, 23, 51
Democratic Party, 58, 100–101
Dietzler, George, 132, 138
indicted for treason, 81
Dix, Jetta, 184
Douglas County, Kansas, 108, 222
Douglas, Stephen A., xviii, xx, 49, 86, 111
candidate for president under Democratic Party, 130
Doy, Charles, 115–116
Doy, John, 23–26, 38, 91, 121, 226–227
capture, trial and escape of, 115–117
Dow, Charles W., 64
Dred Scott v. Sandford, 103, 107, 111
Eldridge House Hotel, Lawrence, Kansas 175, 178, 180
Elliott, R. G., 39
Ellis, Abraham “Bullet Hole,” 163–164
English Lutheran Church, 212–214
English, William Hayden, 111
Ewing, Thomas, Jr., 170–171, 173, 196
Field Order #10, 173
Field Order #11, 196–198
Fillmore, Millard, 100–101
First National Bank of Northfield, Minnesota, robbery of, 162, 229
Fisher, Charles, 118
Fisher, Hugh Dunn, 182–183
Fisher, Elizabeth, 182–183
Fitch, Sarah, 183–184
Franklin, Kansas, 91–92
Fort Davidson, 202
Fort Leavenworth, 23, 160
Fort Saunders, 92
Fort Scott, 148
Fort Titus, 91–93, 246n145
Fraser, John, 215–216
Fraser Hall named for, 216
free-state Kansans, 51
free-state legislature, 39, 77, 79, 87
Free State Hotel, 68, 74, 83, 104
burning of, 84, 87
Free-State Militia, 81
Free-State Party, 57–58, 71, 74, 77, 79, 87, 106
boycott of election for constitutional convention by pro-slavery legislature, 107
boycotts vote on Lecompton Constitution, 110
elections 1856, 74
votes in 1857 election, 108
Frémont, John C., 99, 101, 149
fugitive slaves in Lawrence, 134–137
education of, 135–136
religion of, 136–137
Fugitive Slave Act, xviii–xix, xxi, 3, 15, 50, 115, 236n7
Fuller, Ferdinand, 24, 32–33
Geary, John, 94–95, 96–99, 102–103, 209, 230–231,
Goodnow, Isaac, 27–28
Gladstone, Thomas, 63
Gower, James, 166
Grand Army of the Republic, 207–208
in Kansas, 207–208
Grange. See Patrons of Husbandry
Greeley, Horace, 53, 63
Greg, Bill, 200
Grow, Galusha A, 78
guerrilla warfare, definition of, 143
Hale, Edward Everett, 13
Halleck, Henry, 149, 151–152, 170
Order #2, 164–165
Harper’s Weekly, 186, 190
Hart, Charles (“Charlie”). See William Clarke Quantrill
Harvard University, 6, 12–14, 129–131, 220
graduates in Civil War, 249n206
Haskell, Dudley, 35, 132, 218–219, 222
Haskell, Franklin, 35, 211
Haskell, John, 35, 132, 211, 212, 216, 218, 222, 234
Hays, Charles, 102
Herald of Freedom, 36–38, 71–73, 81, 83, 93
competition with Lawrence Republican, 105–106
destroyed in Sack of Lawrence, 84
end of publication of, 124
growth and development in Lawrence, 104
initial publication of, 36
renews publication, 98
report on election 1856, 101–102
Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 3, 14, 98–99, 154, 224–225
discovers Emily Dickinson, 225
Hinds, Russell, 146–147
Hoagland Claims Commission, 63
Honey Springs, Battle of, 154
Houston, Sam, 17
Howard, William, 78–79
Hunter, David, 151, 154
Independence, Missouri, 162
Indian Territory, 17
Ingalls, John J., 56
Island Mound, engagement at, 153
Jackson, Claiborne Fox. 137
James, Jesse, 162, 201, 203, 228–229
death of, 229
James, Frank, 162, 201, 203, 228–230
Jarrett, John, 161, 175, 186, 253n253
Jayhawkers (also Jay Hawkers), 142–144, 149–152, 155, 197, 200
Jefferson City, Missouri, 22
Jefferson, Thomas, xviii
Jenkins, Gaius
indicted for treason, 81
Jennison, Charles “Doc,” 142–144, 155, 231
comparison with Montgomery, 146
early life of, 144
leader of Jayhawkers, 142–143,
Johnson, Waldo P., 148
Johnston, A. V. E., 202–203
Jones, Hattie, 138–140
Jones, Levant L., 138–141
Jones, Samuel J. 64–65, 67, 79–80
leads Sacking of Lawrence, 84
Kansas, x–xi, 13, 16. 19, 59
Civil War statistics, 134
territorial census of 1855, 29–31
Kansas and Nebraska Territories, xx–xxi
Kansas City, 22, 25, 171–173, 181, 203
collapse of Thomas Building in, 172–173
Kansas Daily Tribune, 195
Kansas Free State, 39–40, 58, 73, 83
destroyed in Sack of Lawrence, 84
Kansas-Missouri Border, 147
Kansas-Nebraska Act, x, 7, 9, 17, 58, 75, 103, 110, 145
popular sovereignty in, xi
Kansas Pacific Railroad, 210
Kansas Pioneer, 38
Kansas River, 73
bridge over, 209
dam on, 216–217
Kansas State Agricultural College. See Kansas State University
Kansas State Historical Society, 52, 63
Kansas State University, 28, 214
Kansas Territory, 10–11, 77, 79
“bogus legislature” of, 51, 78, 99
calls for Wyandotte Constitutional Convention, 122
constitutional convention (of pro-slavery side), 106–107
elections, 1857, 106
free-state legislature of, 112–113
government of, 65
legislature, 58
slave code of, 50–51
territorial elections of 1855, 46–48
Kansas Tribune, 38, 85
Kehoe, Martin, 166
Kickapoo Rangers, 74, 102
Knapp, B. R., 24–25, 32
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p; “Know Nothing Party.” See American Party
Lane, James H., 54–56, 66, 71, 77–78, 80–82, 222
as leader of Jayhawkers, 148–149, 151–155
as leader of 1st Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry Regiment, 152
as member of US Senate, 147
indicted for treason, 80–82
leader of “Frontier Guard,” 147
leads volunteers after Quantrill, 187–189
role in territorial government, 113, 122–123
suicide of, 225–226
target of Quantrill’s raiders, 175, 179–180
Lane Trail, 113–114.
Law and Order Party (States Rights Party), 58
Lawrence, Abbott, 6, 11
Lawrence, Amos (father), 6, 11
Lawrence, Amos Adams, xi, xxi, 5–12, 14–15, 18, 23, 75
association with John Brown, 87, 114
business interests of, 6, 11
candidate for governor of Massachusetts under Constitutional Union Party, 130
establishing education fund in Kansas, 105
diary of, 7, 49, 129
generous aid after Quantrill’s Raid, 190–191, 220
provides funding for establishment of University of Kansas, 215, 220
purchasing Sharps Rifles, 53
support for the Union in Civil War, 131
supports American Party, 101
treasurer of Emigrant Aid Company, 9–11, 27, 43–45, 104–105
visit to Lawrence, Kansas, 219–220
“waked up stark mad abolitionist,” xi, 5, 237n9
works toward release of Charles Robinson and others, 95–96
Lawrence Bridge Company, 209–210, 233
Lawrence Dam Water Power and Manufacturing Company, 217, 233
Lawrence, James, 76
Lawrence, Kansas, xi, 27, 29, 41, 45, 69–76, 81, 221–222
aftermath of Quantrill’s Raid, 191, 209, 216
alternative names for, 27
building boom in, 72
charter for, 112
Civil War defenses for, 156–157
economic development in, 72, 105
plan for third attack on, 96–97
Sacking of, 84–86, 88, 92
Lawrence, Massacre, 175–190, 200
Lawrence Republican, 105–106, 124–125, 134, 141, 187, 232
Lawrence State Journal, 156–157, 175, 194–195
“Lawrence Stubbs,” 91, 96–97, 132
Lawrence University, 105, 220
Lawrence, William 76
Learnard, Oscar E., 84, 86, 132
Leavenworth Constitution, 122
Leavenworth Daily Times, 133
Leavenworth, Kansas, 48, 74, 190
Leavenworth, Lawrence, and Galveston Railroad, 210, 233
Lecompte, Samuel D., 84, 102
Lecompton Constitution, 109–111, 121–122
Buchanan’s support for, 110–111
votes on, 109–111
Lecompton, Kansas, 90, 93–94, 97
Lincoln, Abraham, xx–xxi, 83, 123–124, 137, 226
association with James Lane, 147
candidate for president under Republican Party, 130–131
election of 1860, 124, 130–131
election of 1864, 206–207
Lizzie, 119
Lovejoy, Owen, 83
Lowell, Charles Russell, 131
Lowman, H. E., 175, 194–195
Lum, Samuel Y., 34
Lyon, Nathaniel, 137–139
McCorkle, Jabez, 167
death of, 171
McCorkle, John, 165, 167
description of Quantrill’s Raid, 176, 185–186, 189
sister and sister-in-law of, 171–172
McCulloch, Ben, 138–139
Manhattan, Kansas, 28–29, 214
Mason, Robert, 6, 49
Massachusetts Emigrant Aid Company, 8–9. See also New England Emigrant Aid Company.
Miller, Josiah, 39–40, 58–59, 84, 120, 209, 214, 233
Miller, Robert, 120–121
Mine Creek, Battle of, 205
Missouri Compromise, xi, xvii–xviii, 7
Montgomery, James, 144–147, 152–155, 231–232
commander of 2nd South Carolina (African Descent) Volunteer Infantry Regiment, 154–155
comparison with Jennison, 146
early life of, 144–145
Morse, Grosvenor C., 192
Mound City, Kansas, 144–145,
Mount Oread, 32, 180, 214
New England Emigrant Aid Company, xi, 10, 12–13, 18–19, 32–33, 36–37, 43–44, 53, 75, 177, 220
advocated nonviolence, 87
finances of, 27
1854 parties to Kansas, 23–26, 40–41
1855 parties to Kansas, 45, 48
problems with, 42
investments by, 73, 87, 106
publicity for 19
New York Times, 41
Nute, Ephraim, 118, 121
Olathe, Kansas, 167
“Old Uncle Frank,” 179–180
Oliver, Mordecai, 78–79
Oread Institute, 9–10, 32
Osawatomie, Kansas, 87, 96
Osceola, 148–149
Panic of 1873, 216
Partisan Ranger Act, 1862 (Confederate), 158, 167–168
Pate, H. C., 89
Patrons of Husbandry, 217–218
Pawnee, Kansas, 48, 50
Pea Ridge, Battle of, 151
Pierce, Franklin, 4, 7, 29, 45, 49, 65–66, 75, 77, 79–80, 94, 96, 99, 100–102
Pike, J. A., 176
Pleasanton, Alfred, 205
Plumb, P. B., 188, 196
Plymouth Church (Brooklyn, New York), 15
Plymouth Congregational Church (Lawrence, Kansas), 35, 40, 72
new building, 211–212
Poison Spring, Battle of, 154
Pomeroy, James, 165–166
Pomeroy, Samuel C., 26, 28, 73
Poole, Dave, 199
Porter, D. W., 181
Pottawatomie Massacre, 88–89, 114
“Pottawatomie Rifles,” 87
Pratt, Caleb S. 132, 141
Preemption Act of 1841, 23, 35
Price, Sterling, 137–139, 148, 164, 200, 202, 205–207
Quantrill, William Clarke, 149, 156–175
aftermath of Lawrence Raid, 198–201, 226
death of, 227–228
early life, 158
led raid of Lawrence, 176–190
legacy of, 227–228
Read, Amelia, 190, 195–196
Read, Fred, 195–196
Red Legs. See Jayhawkers
Reeder, Andrew, 29, 36, 49–50, 57, 75, 78,
indicted for treason, 80–82
Republican Party, 101
Richmond, Robert W., 63
Ridenour and Baker grocery business, 193
Riley, William
Robinson, Charles, 20–23, 26, 33, 36, 48, 50–53, 75, 77, 113, 222, 226
arranges for funding for University of Kansas, 215
elected territorial governor by Free-State Party, 74
imprisoned, 90, 93
indicted for treason, 80–83
leads boycott of pro-slavery constitutional convention vote, 106–107
opposition of “bogus legislature,” 54
relationship with John Geary, 95, 98, 102
released from prison, 95–96
state governor of Kansas, 132, 156
target of Quantrill’s Raiders, 179
urges Kansans to vote to 1857 territorial legislature, 108
views of blacks and women, 71
Wakarusa War, 65–68
Robinson, Sara Tappan Doolittle Lawrence, 20–22, 50–52, 69, 79, 82–83, 222, 226
assessment of Kansas, 208
death of, 208
descriptions of Lawrence by, 72–73
author of Kansas, It’s Interior and Exterior Life, 82
works toward release of her husband, 95–96
S
ands, J. C., 194
Savage, Joseph, 33, 73, 177
Savage, Mary, 183
Scofield, John M., 173
secession of southern states, 124, 130
Sedgwick, John, 93–94
Shannon, Wilson, 58–59, 65–68, 70, 77, 79, 89, 93–95
Sharps Rifles, 33, 49, 52–54, 65–67
Sharps Rifle Manufacturing Company, 52
Shawneetown, Kansas, 167
Sherman, John, 78–79
Shombre, Henry J., 93
Sigel, Franz, 139
Simpson Brothers, 193
Simpson, S. N., 135–136
Skaggs, Larkin, 185
slavery, x–xi, 103
statistics, 131
slaves, xix, 8, 93
Smith, George
indicted for treason, 81
Snyder, S. S., 177
Speer, John, 38–39, 85, 152, 187, 195, 222, 232
author of, Life of Gen. James H. Lane, The Liberator of Kansas, 232
Speer, John (son), 185
Stanton, Frederick P., 103, 110
Stearns, Charles, 57
Stearns, George L., 135
Stewart, John E., 120–121
Stowe Harriet Beecher, 15
straw houses, 40
image of, 34
Sturgis, Samuel D., 134, 139
Sumner, Charles, 86, 88, 90
Sumner, Edwin, 65, 89–90
Suttle, Charles, 3, 223
Sutton, James, x
Sutton, Isco Napoleon “Pony,” x, 259n329
Swift, Frank B., 132, 157
Tappan, Samuel, 26, 70, 80, 120
Taylor, Fletcher, 174, 178
Tate, David, 165
Territory of Nebraska, 10
Thatcher, T. D., 105–106
Thayer, Eli, 9–10, 18, 23. 27, 43, 49, 57, 224
Titus, Henry, 92–93
Tocqueville, Alexis de, ix–x
Todd, George, 201–203, 227
death of 203
Topeka Constitution, 71, 78–79, 87, 121
Topeka, Kansas, 39–39, 42, 66, 79, 190
Truman, Harry S, 150
Tubman, Harriet, xix, 155
Underground Railroad, xix, 15, 119
Unitarian Church, 14, 118
US Army, 84, 89, 93, 97
United States in Congress Assembled, xv
Northwest Ordinance of 1787, xvi–xvii, 72–73
United States Indian Industrial Training School (Haskell Institute), 218–219, 259n318
United States Constitution, xvi, xx, 3
Article IV, xvi, xxi
Congress of the United States under, xx
electoral college vote, 1856, 101; 1860, 130
Fifth Amendment to, xxi
protection of slavery in, xvii
Supreme Court under, 103
University of Kansas, 143, 191
Jayhawk as mascot, 143
establishment of, 214–216
Vegetarian and Octagon Settlement Companies, 29
Wakarusa, 25
Wakarusa River, 182
Wakarusa War, 65–71, 76, 79, 87
Walker, Morgan, 159
Walker, Robert J., 103, 107–110
Walker, Samuel, 92–94, 233–234
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