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Title
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The Military Post as a Factor in the Frontier Defense of Kansas, 1865-1869
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Description
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Article about the history of military posts, forts, and camps in the defense of the Kansas frontier, including the Santa Fe Trail, back to the 1818 establishment of "Cantonment Martin" located "on Cow Island in the Missouri river within the bounds of the present Atchison county, Kansas" and created "as a base of supplies for Major Stephen H. Long's engineering expedition of 1819-'20."
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Date
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1931-11
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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General Blunt's Account of His Civil War Experiences
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Description
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Account of the Civil War experiences of General James Gilpatrick Blunt, or Dr. James Blunt (1826-1881), a Union officer in Kansas born in Maine and moving to Kansas as a physician, "help[ing to] write the constitution of Kansas." Descriptions of his military maneuvers in Kansas City in 1861 with Generals Lane and Sturgis, et al., in response to a predicted attack by Confederate General Sterling Price, etc.
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Date
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1932-05
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
