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James Abbott, serving as a Colonel in the Kansas free state militia wrote from a military skirmish in Sugar Mound, Kansas Territory, to his wife, Elizabeth, in Lawrence. He had hoped to return home within a week from his departure, but had received word from James Lane, Major General of the militia, that he could start home the following Saturday. Abbott reported the events of the skirmish, which thus far had resulted in the arrests of some men; no deaths had been reported.
Creator: Abbott, James Burnett, 1818-1897
Date: December 22, 1857
Item Number: 6960
Call Number: James Abbott Coll. Box 2 Folder 10
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 6960
Collections - Manuscript - Abbott, James
Date - 1854-1860 - 1857
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery - Abolition
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Political parties - Free State
Military - Service - Militias
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Abbott, James Burnett, 1818-1897
People - Notable Kansans - Lane, James Henry, 1814-1866
People - Women
Places - Cities and towns - Fort Scott
Places - Cities and towns - Lawrence
Places - Cities and towns - Mound City
Places - Cities and towns - Sugar Mound
Places - Counties - Bourbon
Places - Counties - Douglas
Places - Counties - Linn
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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