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Hiram Jackson Strickler, adjutant general of Kansas Territory, writing from Lecompton, Kansas Territory, briefly described for Thomas N. Stinson the Battle of Osawatomie that took place on August 30, 1856. In the battle, pro-slavery forces led by John W. Reed defeated free state forces led by John Brown. Brown's son Frederick was killed in the engagement. Strickler's comments indicated that he held a pro-slavery perspective.
Creator: Strickler, Hiram Jackson
Date: September 2, 1856
Item Number: 2391
Call Number: Thomas Nesbit Stinson Coll. #511 Box 1 Folder 11
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 2391
Collections - Manuscript - Stinson, Thomas Nesbit
Community Life - Town development - Town companies
Date - 1854-1860 - 1856
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Crime - Murder
Government and Politics - Political Parties - Free Soil
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Pro-Slavery
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Political parties - Free State
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Political parties - Proslavery
Home and Family - Daily life - Settlement
Military - Service - Militias
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Brown, Frederick
People - Notable Kansans - Stinson, Thomas N.
People - Notable Kansans - Strickler, Hiram Jackson
People - Notable People - Brown, John, 1800-1859
Places - Cities and towns - Lecompton
Places - Cities and towns - Osawatomie
Places - Cities and towns - Tecumseh
Places - Counties - Douglas
Places - Counties - Lykins (1855-1861)
Places - Counties - Miami
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Places - Other States - Missouri
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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