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Two wars have directly affected the region, the American Civil War (1860–1865) and the Plains Indian Wars. Kansas was also greatly affected during the Bleeding Kansas period (1855–1861) in which settlers and outsiders fought to determine whether the territory would become a free or slave state .
At the outbreak of the American Civil War in April 1861, Kansas was the newest U.S. state, admitted just months earlier in January. The state had formally rejected slavery by popular vote and vowed to fight on the side of the Union, though ideological divisions with neighboring Missouri, a slave state, had led to violent conflict in previous years and persisted for the duration of the war.
Battles of the American Civil War were fought between April 12, 1861, and May 12–13, 1865 in 19 states, mostly Confederate (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia [A]), the District of Columbia, and six territories (Arizona ...
List of military units raised by the state of Kansas during the American Civil War (1861–1865). Artillery. 1st Independent Battery Kansas Light Artillery;
List of American Civil War battles Conflicts (broadly defined) in locations now part of the territory of the United States: List of conflicts in British America (until 1783)
Pages in category "Kansas in the American Civil War" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. ... List of battles fought in Kansas;
The 15th Kansas Cavalry was organized at Leavenworth, Kansas on October 17, 1863. It mustered in for three years under the command of Colonel Charles R. Jennison.The regiment was attached to District of the Border, Department of Missouri, to January 1864.
Pages in category "Battles of the American Civil War in Kansas" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.