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Title
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African American Soldiers in the Border War
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Description
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Part one is a series about the role of black troops in the border wars fought along the Kansas, Missouri, and Arkansas borders. This installment focuses on the political obstacles and controversy surrounding the formation of African American units.
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Date
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2010
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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The Third Iowa Cavalry in Sterling Price's Missouri Raid
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Description
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Article contains the full text of a long letter from Private Henry D. Townsend to his mother in Iowa. Townsend describes his experiences in the "long chase" after General Sterling Price.
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Date
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2010-10
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Remington's Buffalo Soldiers
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Description
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An account of some of Remington's earliest works (photographs and illustrations/drawings) depicting the Buffalo Soldiers, the 10th Cavalry black troopers in Arizona Territory.
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Date
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2011-10
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Black Warriors of the West
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Description
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This photographic record of the buffalo soldier explores their role in the nineteenth-century army that "evolved into an important presence on the frontier." According to the author, the blacks "typically boasted the lowest desertion rates and the highest re-enlistment rates of any regiments, far exceeding their white counterparts in these important areas."
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Date
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2010-11
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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John A. Martin, Soldier State Visionary
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Description
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Article about John A. Martin, Kansas' tenth governor and founder of the Kansas Republican Party and Kansas State Historical Society. The essay focuses on the idea of Kansas as a soldier state, with many Civil War veterans settling there, Martin being a distinguished veteran himself.
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Date
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2011
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Kansas City's African American ''Immunes'' in the Spanish-American War
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Description
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The ten "Immune" regiments in the Spanish American War were composed of soldiers whom Congress believed would be immune to tropical diseases. African Americans were considered to to be especially adapted to fighting in hot climates and half of the ten Immune regiments were black. One unit of the Seventh Immune regiment came out of Kansas City, recruited at the Colored YMCA. Among their members were Lafayette Tillman and Leon Jordan. Despite the hopes of the volunteers that their service would bring them respect they met with discrimination and prejuedice, both from within the military and at Lexington, Kentucky where they were stationed.
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Date
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2006-04-01
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Alexander W. Doniphan Is Honored
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Description
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The majority of this issue is about Alexander W. Doniphan. It begins with a list of numerous places and things named for Doniphan and continues with transcribed extractions from newspapers about the Doniphan statue in Richmond, Missouri, selected obituaries and biographical material, as well as his will. Includes on page 43 a list of "Some Important Dates" related to Doniphan.
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Date
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2009
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
