Tag: Civil War

January 25, 2024: “Last Stand at Rebel Creek: The Osage as Union Allies in Civil War Kansas,” part of the 88th Annual Meeting of the Members of the Franklin County Historical Society

Diana Staresinic-Deane
"Last Stand at Rebel Creek: The Osage as Union Allies in Civil War Kansas" presented by Isaias McCaffery, 88th Annual Meeting of the Members of the Franklin County Historical Society, Saturday, January 25, 2025, 2 p.m. Image: FCHS Logo. Image: Humanities Kansas Logo. Image: Bearded man with glasses posed in front of a bookcase. Image: Historic Map showing Osage Indian Lands in Kansas.

Last Stand at Rebel Creek: The Osage as Union Allies in Civil War Kansas  presented by Isaias McCaffery  88th Annual Meeting of the Members of the Franklin County Historical Society  Saturday, January 25, 2025, 2 p.m.  In person: FCHS Archives & Research Center, 2011 E Logan St, Ottawa, KS 66067 Online: Click Here to Register for Zoom Access As conflicts between states increased during the Civil War, both the Union and the Confederacy tried to use the Osage to achieve their own aims. Initially divided over how their people should…

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Diary of Reuben Smith, Kansas Settler and Civil War Soldier, presented by author Lana Wirt Myers October 21

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Lana Wirt Myers, author of The Diaries of Reuben Smith, Kansas Settler and Civil War Soldier

Neosho County Community College, 900 E Logan, Ottawa, KS Sunday, October 21, 2018, 2 p.m. In 1854, after recently arriving from England, twenty-two-year-old Reuben Smith traveled west, eventually making his way to Kansas Territory. There he found himself in the midst of a bloody prelude to the Civil War, as Free Staters and defenders of slavery battled to stake their claim. For fifty years, Smith wrote fascinating narratives about all he observed and experienced during territorial days, the border war, civil war, and early Kansas politics (he served three terms…

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