April 27, 2025 – Union Guerillas of Civil War Kansas (online & in person)

Book cover for Union Guerillas of Civil War Kansas, featuring four portraits of men in 19th century attire

Union Guerillas of Civil War Kansas presented by Paul Thomas and Matt Matthews  Sunday, April 27, 2025, 2 p.m.  FCHS Archives & Research Center, 2011 E Logan St, Ottawa, KS  Or register for Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hZeBB-whSbyM_aXAzM8m-A Both before and during the American Civil War, ragtag groups of Kansas militants patrolled the Kansas-Missouri border. Known as “Jayhawkers” and later “Red Legs,” they raided anyone they believed sympathetic to secession. For many in the state, these irregular warriors were heroes fighting for a Free Kansas and preservation of the Union; for their victims,…

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