| Folder Title | Number | Item | Contents |
|---|---|---|---|
| African Americans Pre and Post Civil War | 001 | Booklet “Underground Railroad” Official National Park Handbook | |
| 002 | Article “Missouri Constitution of 1820: Salves are property!” extract from the Constitution of Missouri dated Jul 19, 1820 regarding slavery and resolution for the admission of Missouri dated Mar 2, 1821 | ||
| 003 | Supplement to KANSAS! Magazine “The Kansas African American History Trail” by Angela Bates 3rd Issue 1994 | ||
| 004 | Replica of 1877 handbill from Lexington, Kentucky announces the formation of a new African-American community that will be settled in Kansas “All Colored People that want to go to Kansas on September 5th, 1877 can do so for $5.00” | ||
| 005 | Flyer depicting Hiram Revels (1822-1901) U. S. Senator from the State of Mississippi 1879- 1881 | ||
| 006 | Extract from Before Lewis and Clark discussing the Black Code which defines the “rights of the Masters and the Duties of the Slaves” in the Louisiana Purchase Territory | ||
| 007 | Extensive articles on African Americans and their condition and role Kansas City Star May 22, 2011 | ||
| African American Soldiers | 001 | Copy of recruiting flyer and Emancipation Proclamation | |
| 002 | Article “Old records help tell the story of black Civil War soldier’s life’ by Rodney Staab Wyandotte County Star Nov 9,1988 | ||
| Battle of Mine Creek | 001 | Second Draft of “Preservation and Interpretive Development Plan – Mine Creek Battlefield State Historic Site” Apr 1, 1992 | |
| 002 | Pamphlet “Mine Creek Civil War Battlefield” | ||
| 003 | Article “Mine Creek” by Kip Lindberg Hallowed Ground Summer 2000 | ||
| Battle of Westport | 001 | Booklet “The Battle of Westport” edited by Fred L. Lee published by the Westport Historical Society | |
| 002 | Extract “Action Before Westport 1864” by Howard N. Monnett 1995 University of Colorado Press | ||
| 003 | Article “The Battle of Westport” Kansas City Magazine Nov 2001 | ||
| 004 | Article “The Battle for Westport” by Darryl Levings Kansas City Star Magazine Apr 17, 2011 | ||
| 005 | Flyer “The Civil War Round Table of Kansas City” that includes segments on the Battle of Westport, Big Blue Battlefield, the Battle of Mine Creek, and history of Westport Memorial markers | ||
| 006 | Pamphlets “Battle of Westport – Self-guided Automobile Tour” and “Big Blue Battlefield – Self-guided Walking Tour” | ||
| 007 | Map of Battles of Little Blue, Big Blue, and Westport extracted from A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans by William E. Connelley | ||
| 008 | Pamphlet “Past Preserved: Civil War Scenarios” which includes a brief description of the Battle of Westport and the role of the Wornall House | ||
| 009 | Article “The Civil War at ‘ground zero’ locally” by Harold E. Davis The Best Times concerning the Battle of Westport | ||
| 010 | Article “Witness to History published in Kansas City Star Magazine Oct 12, 2014. An eye witness account of the Battle of Westport by a participant | ||
| 011 | Article “Under Moonlight in Missouri: Private John Benton Hart’s Account of Price’s Raid, October 1864” edited by John Hart Kansas History A Journal of the Central Plains Volume 37, Number 3 Autumn 2014 | ||
| 012 | “Battle of Westport” extracted from War of the Rebellion Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies Series I Vol. XXXIV Part IV – Correspondence (Four of Four parts), Chapter XLVI Operations in Louisiana and the Trans-Mississippi States and Territories, Jan 1 – Jun 30, 1864 RED RIVER, LA., CAMPAIGN, CAMDEN, ARK., EXPEDITION SERIAL No. 64 pages 484-491 | ||
| 013 | The Crime Against Kansas' -Title of two day speech by Senator Charles Sumner May 19-20 1856 Battles Other 001 Pamphlet “Wilson’s Creek” official map and guide 002 Pamphlet “Pea Ridge” official map and guide 003 List of “Important Missouri Civil War Battle Sites” by date, location, and victory claims - Athens, Kirksville, Glasgow, Boonville, Lexington, Lone jack, Westport, Carthage, Newtonia, Wilson’s Creek, Springfield, Pilot Knob, Fredericktown, Belmont, New Madrid, Cape Girardeau, and Camp Jackson 004 Map, walking tour guide, and narrative of “Battle of Lexington” Sep 18-20, 1861 005 Booklet Decade of Decision 1855-1865 |
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| Border War | 001 | “Bleeding Kansas – The Border War in Douglas and Adjacent Counties” by Loren K. Litteer 1987 | |
| 002 | Bleeding Kansas: Contested Liberty in the Civil War Era by Nicole Etcheson – Book in Shawnee Indian Mission Library 973.7 | ||
| 003 | “Historiography Project: Bleeding Kansas” and extensive paper on the Bleeding Kansas Era (1854-1861) by Ben Terwilliger Dec 14, 2009 | ||
| 004 | Brochure “Bleeding Kansas – A Battle for Freedom and Land” Kansas Heritage Alliance c.a. 1954 | ||
| 005 | “Walking Through Border Wars of 1858” by Jonathan M. Dow Kansas City Times Mar 25, 1958 | ||
| 006 | “Bleeding Kansas” and Civil War references | ||
| 007 | Review of movie “Ride with the Devil” Kansas City Star Nov 21, 1999 | ||
| 008 | Article on origins of the border war between Missour and Kansas “The Civil War Started Here!” by Dorman T. Shindler | ||
| 009 | Short article on border guerrilla war | ||
| 010 | Pamphlet “Save the Black Jack Battlefield” | ||
| 011 | Article “Trading Post, Massacre museums offer tales of Civil War era” The Northeast Pioneer-Champion Fall 1996 | ||
| 012 | DVR “Bad Blood” subtitled “The Border War that triggered the Civil War”. Actual DVR not in folder but Information on how to locate it. | ||
| Brown, John | 001 | John Brown Museum Web Page | |
| 002 | Pictures John Brown Cabin Pavilion before and after restoration of fire damage | ||
| 003 | Pictures John Brown Cabin before and after restoration of fire damage | ||
| 004 | “”John Brown Country” of Kansas Recalls Stirring Events of 100 Years Ago” by Margaret Olwine Oct 4, 1959 | ||
| 005 | Article “John Brown cabin recalls struggle against slavery” The Northeast Kansas Pioneer Champion Vol 1 Issue 3 Fall 1994 | ||
| 006 | Booklet “The Life and Times of John Brown” by Loren K. Litteer, printed 1986 revised 1998 | ||
| 007 | Pamphlet “John Brown and Bleeding Kansas, 1855-1859” | ||
| 008 | Article “140 years after his death, debate over John Brown's legacy continues” Kansas City Kansan May 9, 2000 | ||
| 009 | Map of “Brown Country – Kansas Territory, 1856” | ||
| 010 | Photograph and short article about the John Brown Statue by Luke Bushyhead The Kansan | ||
| Events | 001 | Definitions and Descriptions of the Various Types of Events between the North and the South | |
| 002 | Tabular statement of battles, engagements, actions, skirmishes, etc with losses arranged by State showing type, number, major battle, date, and casualties | ||
| General Order # 11 | 001 | Copy of General Order # 11 Aug 23, 1863 | |
| 002 | Article “Cass Countians Forced from Their Homes” The Cass County Democrat-Missourian Sep 26, 1975 | ||
| 003 | Extract noting Aug 25th issuance of General Order # 11 | ||
| 004 | Extract from Annals of Kansas noting Quantrill’s raid on Lawrence, Kansas and a copy of Gen Thomas Ewing’s General Order # 11 | ||
| 005 | Extract from Bloody Dawn containing photograph of Thomas Ewing and background leading up to General Order # 11 | ||
| Kansas Cavalry | 001 | “The Soldiers of Kansas – The Sixth Kansas Cavalry and it Commander” an address by Charles E. Cory | |
| 002 | “The Early History of the Seventh Kansas Cavalry” written by S. M. Fox | ||
| Kansas Colored Units | 001 | “The First Kansas Colored Infantry at Honey Springs, I.T.” by Virgil W. Dean Aug 4, 1996 | |
| 002 | Two articles relating to the First Kansas Colored Regiment “Colonel put together all black regiment” and “Negro Regiment” Wyandott Argus Oct 18 and 19, 1997 | ||
| 003 | Article relating to the First Kansas Colored Regiment “Kansas Civil War flags to fly again Friday” by Mike Belt Kansas City Kansan Jan 29, 1998 | ||
| 004 | Black and white copies of photograph of William D. Matthews – 1st Lieutenant Independent Colored Kansas Battery – Light Artillery | ||
| 005 | Extract of “Appendix II – Organization of the Army of the Border” listing Independent Colored Battery (6 guns) | ||
| 006 | Pamphlet “Battle of Island Mound State Historic Site” referencing the First Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry and the battle | ||
| Kansas and Kansans | 001 | Kansas and Kansans in the Civil War - A brief review of the Kansas Regiments in the Civil War compiled by Capt. Rex Patty Assistant Surgeon Frontier Brigade | |
| 002 | Reference to Fifty years after we volunteered to put down the great Rebellion. Part 1 Names of the old soldiers living in the and around Olathe, Johnson County, Kansas who took part in the Civil War, their commands, the length of their service, their ages, their families, their street addresses, and when they came to Kansas written by Charles Green published by Register Publishing Co 1911 | ||
| Kansas Regiments | 001 | Description and information concerning the 1st Kansas Regiment | |
| 002 | Description and information concerning the 2nd and 7th Kansas Regiments | ||
| 003 | Description and information concerning the 5th, 6th, and 9th Kansas Regiments | ||
| 004 | Description and information concerning the 11th Kansas Regiment. Includes memoirs of Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Moonlight. | ||
| 005 | Kansas and Kansans in the Civil War – First through the Thirteenth Volunteer Regiment by Alice L. Fry | ||
| 006 | Adjutant General’s report of casualties for the 9th Regiment Cavalry, 10th Regiment Infantry, and a list for the 12th Regiment Infantry | ||
| 007 | Article “Eight Kansas Infantry served with ‘Magnificent Courage’” Reflections Summer 2012 Kansas Historical Society and the Kansas Historical Foundation | ||
| Medical - CD | 001 | Source of “Medical CD” information | |
| 002 | List of document as contained on original CD | ||
| 003 | Comment on the contents of the files on the CD and distribution of same to the Civil War Folders | ||
| Medical - Frontier Brigade Hospital - Civil War Medical Facts and Information | 001 | Title page, Dedication, Acknowledgment, Information concerning Total Number of Deaths, and Index | |
| 002 | Medical Losses during the Civil War | ||
| 003 | Surgical Losses during the Civil War | ||
| 004 | Shot Injuries | ||
| 005 | Tetanus, Gangrene, Erysipelas, Pyaemia | ||
| 006 | Treatment of GSW of the Extremities | ||
| 007 | Tabular Statement of Battles, Engagements, Actions, Skirmishes | ||
| 008 | Enlistments and Losses arranged by State | ||
| 009 | Materia Chirugia (Medical Supplies) of the Union Surgeon | ||
| 010 | Definitions of Medical Terms | ||
| 011 | Booklet “Frontier Brigade – Civil War School of the Surgeon” May 14 & 15, 2005 Mine Creek Battlefield Visitors Center Pleasanton, Kansas | ||
| Medical - Instruments | 001 | Capital Amputation Set | |
| 002 | Pocket Instrument Set - List of Contents and Cost of items | ||
| 003 | Surgeons Companion - List of Contents and Cost of Items | ||
| Medical - Knapsack | 001 | Diagram of the contents of a 1859 Knapsack | |
| 002 | Contents of a Knapsack by Item and Quantity | ||
| 003 | Detail of items contained in a Knapsack | ||
| 004 | Tared Canvas Knapsack - List of Contents and Cost of Items | ||
| 005 | Three Drawer Knapsack - List of Contents and Cost of Items | ||
| Medical - Miscellaneous Facts | 001 | Table of Civil War medical facts that include Deaths in the Union Army, Top 25 Health Problems Seen by the Union Surgeons, and Top 25 Causes of Death seen by the Union Surgeon | |
| 002 | Booklet “Medicine of the Civil War” | ||
| 003 | Medical Sketch of the Nineteenth Regiment of Kansas Cavalry Volunteers by Mahlon Bailey reprinted from The Kansas Historical Quarterly, volume VI Nov 1937 | ||
| 004 | Booklet “Lincoln’s Fifth Wheel – The United State Sanitary Commission prepared by Reenactors of the United States Sanitary Commission Topeka Kansas | ||
| 005 | General article on medicine and the Civil War. Origin unknown | ||
| Medical - Pannier Medical Chest | 001 | Content by item of a Pannier Medical Chest | |
| 002 | Medical Properties and Uses Of the Medicines Contained in the Medical Pannier | ||
| 003 | Medications found in the Pannier Medicine Chest with Identification Number, Latin Name, Common Name, and Medical Use | ||
| 004 | The Civil War “Pannier” Medicine Chest - Classification of the “52” Medicines by Use | ||
| Miscellaneous Information | 001 | Brief article on episode occurring at Rev Johnson’s home between his guests and southern supporters Kansas City Daily Journal of Commerce Sep 29, 1864 | |
| 002 | “How Johnson County Started the Civil War” remarks by Norm Ledgin to Overland Park (Kansas) Historical Society Mar 14, 1998 | ||
| 003 | Article on historical research for the film Ride with Devil “Her job is history” by Robert W. Butler Kansas City Star Apr 13, 1998 | ||
| 004 | “Civil war days at the Shawnee Indian Mission” by Orvis Fitts | ||
| 005 | Pamphlet “The 5th annual Civil War on the Western Frontier Lawrence, Kansas” | ||
| 006 | Pictures and article on “Weapons of the Civil War” and “Civil War Battlefields 1861-1865” researched and compiled by Harold Peterson | ||
| 007 | Comments on the slogan “The Union and the Constitution Forever” | ||
| 008 | Photograph of the location of the Battle of Sharpsburg Sep 6, 1862 | ||
| 009 | Booklet “Joseph Becker’s Sketch of the Gettysburg Ceremony, Nov 19, 1863 by Robert Taft | ||
| 010 | “Kansas Jayhawks and the Border Wars by Norm Keech | ||
| 011 | “The Kansas City Star - Sesquicentennial Special Edition - Civil War!” Kansas City Star Apr 10, 2011 | ||
| 012 | Sections on the Civil War Kansas City Star Jul 24, 2011 | ||
| 013 | List of “Civil War Firsts” | ||
| 014 | Picture with caption of statue of a Civil War soldier in Maple Hill Cemetery Kansas City Kansan May 24, 1998 | ||
| Quantrill, William | 001 | Map of parts of Johnson, Douglas, Franklin, and Miami counties showing Quantrill’s operations in Kansas | |
| 002 | Map of Lawrence, Kansas on Aug 21, 1863 | ||
| 003 | Map of Quantrill’s raid on Lawrence, Kansas Aug 19-23, 1863 | ||
| 004 | Map of Quantrill’s “Stomping grounds” | ||
| 005 | Copy of Report of Brig Gen Thomas Ewing, Jr., U. S. Army, commanding District of the Border regarding activities of his troops and his reasoning for executing General Order No ll dated Aug 31, 1863 | ||
| 006 | Pamphlet “Reminiscences of Quantrell’s Raid upon the City of Lawrence, KS” compiled and arranged by John C. Shea | ||
| 007 | Article “Battlefield Lawrence – Confederate raider William Quantrill burned Lawrence to the ground 139 years ago. But before he did, he and Bishop John Miege had a face-to-face confrontation.” The Leaven Aug 9, 2002 | ||
| 008 | List of Quantrill Raid Victims Aug 21, 1863 | ||
| 009 | Article “Pioneer preacher recorded city after Quantrill’s 1862 raid” relating the observations of Rev Richard Cordley on the morning following the raid on Shawnee, Kansas by Rodney Staab The Journal Herald | ||
| 010 | Article “What would his skull be worth – Quantrill’s posthumous sojourn in Kansas” by Randall M. Thies Kansas Heritage Autumn 1993 | ||
| 011 | Pamphlet “Missouri Division Sons of Confederate Veterans – Memorial Service and Interment Ceremony – Captain William Clarke Quantrill, C. S. A.” Oct 24, 1992 with black and white copy of photograph of headstone | ||
| 012 | Map showing “Operations Near Baldwin – Pursuit of Quantrill, August 21, 1863” | ||
| Research Resources | 001 | A list of resources publish by the Johnson County Central Library “The American Civil War in Kansas and Missouri” | |
| 002 | Civil War resources at www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ | ||
| 003 | “Blacks in Blue” a list of twelve books recommended by Joelouis Mattox | ||
| Shawnee Indian Involvement | 001 | List of Shawnee Indians elected as officers in compliance of General Orders No. 53 and 54 calling all men between the ages of 18 and 60 into military service | |
| Shawnee Indian Mission Activities | 001 | Extract containing report of Maj Wyllis C. Ransom, Sixth Kansas Cavalry Aug 27, 1862 | |
| 002 | Extract containing report of Lt Col Geo. H. Hoyt, Commanding Officer Shawnee Mission May 19, 1864 | ||
| 003 | Extract containing report of Lt Col Geo. H. Hoyt, Commanding Officer Shawnee Mission Jun 14, 1864 | ||
| 004 | Short note referencing celebration held and the Shawnee Mission Jul 4, 1864 | ||
| 005 | Extract from “Transactions of the Kansas State Historical Society” referencing Company A, Eleventh Kansas Regiment in the Price Raid | ||
| 006 | Extract from the Diary of Sgt James P. Mallery, Co A, 3rd Wisconsin Vol Cavalry Regiment referencing stop at Mission House on Dev 15, 1864 | ||
| 007 | Reports of Major Wyllis C. Ranson, 6th Cavalry Aug 27, 1862 and LtCol George H. Hoyt, 15th Cavalry Jun 14, 1864 from The Mission Volunteer Winter 1997 | ||
| Shawnee Indian Mission Activities compiled by Arnold Schofield | 001 | Letter from Arnold W. Schofield to Betty Lu Duncan of Dec 28, 2001 containing: | |
| a. Inspection Report that includes reference to Eleventh Kansas Calvary May 1864 | |||
| b. Inspection Report that includes reference to Eleventh Kansas Calvary Jul 1864 | |||
| c. Comments related to I Co Jul 64 | |||
| d. Extract from “Official – Military History of Kansas Regiments during the war for the suppression of the great rebellion” that contains a roster of the Eleventh Kansas Volunteer Calvary | |||
| e. Extract from “A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion” by Frederic H. Dyer that contains a narrative history of the 11th Regiment Cavalry | |||
| 002 | Letter from Arnold W. Schofield to Betty Lu Duncan of Jan 9, 2002 containing: | ||
| a. Extract from “The Life of Preston B. Plumb” by William E. Connelley referring to the establishment of a permanent post at the Shawnee Indian Mission | |||
| b. Extract from “The War of the Rebellion” prepared by Lt Col Robert N. Scott indicating the permanent units and size of the garrison at the Shawnee Indian Mission | |||
| c. Extract from “The Official Military Atlas of the Civil War” including 3 maps which illustrate Shawnee Mission and the Battles of Byram’s ford and Westport | |||
| d. Extract from “Transactions of the Kansas State Historical Society” referencing the battle of Westport Oct 23, 1864 | |||
| e. Extract from “The War of the Rebellion” containing a report of Col Thomas Moonlight, Eleventh Kansas Cavalry confirming Co I was stationed at the Shawnee Indian Mission |
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