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The Battle of Osawatomie was an armed engagement that occurred on August 30, 1856, when 250–400 pro-slavery Border ruffians, led by John W. Reid, attacked the town of Osawatomie, Kansas, which had been settled largely by anti-slavery Free-Staters. Reid was intent on destroying the Free-State settlement and then moving on to Topeka and ...
Statue of John Brown. The John Brown Museum, also known as the John Brown Museum State Historic Site and John Brown Cabin, is located in Osawatomie, Kansas. The site is operated by the Kansas Historical Society, and includes the log cabin of Reverend Samuel Adair and his wife, Florella, who was the half-sister of the abolitionist John Brown.
Osawatomie, Kansas. Osawatomie is a city in Miami County, Kansas, United States, [1] 61 miles (98 km) southwest of Kansas City. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 4,255. [5] It derives its name as a portmanteau of two nearby streams, the Marais des Cygnes River (formerly named "Osage River") and Pottawatomie Creek.
Baldwin City, Kansas: "Battle of black Jack" Franklin County, Kansas: At the site of the Pottawatomie massacre. Lawrence, Kansas: "John Brown and the Siege of Lawrence, September 14–15, 1856" Near Netawaka, Kansas: Battle of the Spurs; Osawatomie, Kansas: At the site of the Battle of Osawatomie, in John Brown Memorial Park. "Soldiers' Monument".
The Pottawatomie massacre occurred on the night of May 24–25, 1856, in the Kansas Territory, United States.In reaction to the sacking of Lawrence by pro-slavery forces on May 21, and the telegraphed news of the severe attack on Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner, John Brown and a band of abolitionist settlers—some of them members of the Pottawatomie Rifles—responded violently.
Battle of Fort Titus: August 16, 1856 Douglas County, Kansas: Bleeding Kansas 3 Free-Staters vs Border Ruffians Battle of Osawatomie: August 30, 1856 Osawatomie, Kansas: Bleeding Kansas 25+ [14] Border Ruffians [15] vs Free-Staters [16] Battle of Solomon's Fork [17] July 29, 1857 near modern Morland, Kansas: Plains Indians Wars: 10-11
The Marais des Cygnes massacre (/ ˌmɛər də ˈziːn, - ˈsiːn, ˈmɛər də ziːn /, [1][2] also / məˌriː də ˈsiːn, məˌreɪ də ˈseɪn /) [citation needed] is considered the last significant act of violence in Bleeding Kansas prior to the outbreak of the American Civil War. On May 19, 1858, approximately 30 border ruffians led by ...
October 16, 2012. The Battle of Black Jack took place on June 2, 1856, when antislavery forces, led by the noted abolitionist John Brown, attacked the encampment of Henry C. Pate near Baldwin City, Kansas. The battle is cited as one incident of "Bleeding Kansas" and a contributing factor leading up to the American Civil War of 1861 to 1865.