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Title
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Kansas Negro Regiments in the Civil War
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Description
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Article about the "two Kansas Negro regiments" (the First and Second Kansas Colored Volunteers) in the Civil War and their military, "social and political overtones" for African Americans of the mid-1800s. Description of the hesitancy of President Lincoln and eagerness of General Jim Lane and Charles Jennison to utilize black soldiers, the results of the blacks' battles, pay and treatment, etc.
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Date
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1953-05
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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
