Jennison, Charles, 158; characterized, 4–5; in jayhawker raids, 5–6, 14, 15
Johnson, Ben, 56, 119
Johnson House, 56, 91
Kansas: Free-Soil party in, 54, 58; statehood, 30–32
Kansas City, 23, 72, 133; collapse of detention center in, 7–8, 12, 15, 26, 77–78
Kansas-Missouri border, 36
Kansas-Missouri border region: District of the Border, 20–21; economic conditions of, 3–4; slavery issue in, 1–3
Kansas-Missouri border war: Aubrey raid, 69; and border defenses, 19–20, 22–23, 26, 39, 41, 76; bushwhacker-Federal battles in, 12–14, 69, 70, 71–72, 170–71, 173, 180; bushwhacker raids against Kansas, 7, 10, 12, 15, 19, 21, 37, 39, 66–71, 72–74, 76; Centralia attack on Union militia, 180; and collapse of Kansas City detention center, 7–8, 12, 15, 26, 77–78; end of, 181; evacuation of Missouri border (Order No. 11), 153–55, 156–57, 166–69, 179; under Ewing’s command, 20–22, 26–27, 40, 76, 170; execution of bushwhacker captives, 70–71, 77; expulsion of bushwhacker families, 7, 12, 23–24, 25, 26, 77; false alarms of bushwhacker raids, 130–31, 169–70, 173–74, 175, 183; Independence attack on Union garrison, 71; jayhawker plunder from, 35–36, 59; jayhawker raids against Missouri, 4–7, 14, 15, 18–19, 37, 48, 59–60; Kansas cavalry ambush, 12–14; Liberty attack on Union garrison, 69; Lone Jack attack, 72; Olathe raid, 37, 66–68, 72; Osceola raid, 59–60; and outbreak of Civil War, 4; Paola movement in, 158, 161, 164, 165–66; Shawnee raid, 72–73; steamer attack, 12, 48. See also Lawrence (Kansas) Massacre
Kansas-Nebraska Bill, 2
Kansas Tribune, 175
King, W., 143, 145
Lane, James Henry, 61; advocate for Missouri invasion, 157, 158, 160, 161, 164, 165–66; attack on Robinson, 60, 62; death of, 182; as demagogue, 58–59; in jayhawker raids, 59, 60; in Lawrence Massacre, 87, 90, 95, 107–8, 119; pursuit of Lawrence raiders, 136, 137, 138, 148, 156
Lane, James, Jr., 97
Lane, Mary, 62, 95, 97
Laurie, William, 72, 73
Lawrence, Kansas: celebration of Lee’s surrender in, 182; celebration of statehood in, 30–32; defenses of, 63; enriched by Missouri plunder, 35–36; fortification of, 174, 175–76; fugitive slaves in, 34–35; full moon scare in, 41, 43–44; marks left by Massacre in, 183, 186; and outbreak of Civil War, 32–33; physical appearance of, 47, 50; prominent citizens of, 47–63; Quantrill’s stay in, 80–81; rebuilding of, 161–62, 174–75, 182–83, 184, 185–86; rumors of impending raid on, 33–34, 37–40; rumors of raiders return to, 130–31, 175, 183; sack of 1856, 32, 53; troops in, 34, 50. See also Lawrence (Kansas) Massacre
Lawrence Journal, 33, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 43, 89
Lawrence (Kansas) Massacre, 96; acts of vengeance for, 125, 159; advance of raiders to, 1, 15–16, 45, 66, 81–82, 85; background of raiders, 9–15; burial of dead, 125, 127, 128, 155; call for invasion of Missouri after, 156–58, 159–61, 164, 165–66; destruction and material loss in, 118, 123–24, 127, 128; events of, 84–117; eyewitness accounts of, 129; failure to check raiders’ advance, 16, 66, 151, failure to halt raiders’ retreat, 133–49, 151, 156; Missouri’s guilt in, 151–52; public reaction to, 150–51; Quantrill’s plan for, 76–77, 78; relief efforts after, 127, 128, 155–56; retreat to Missouri after, 117–18, 135–36, 137, 139, 142, 145, 146; retrieval of dead and wounded in, 119–20, 121–22, 124, 171; tracking of raiders’ advance, 46, 65, 133; warnings of raiders’ advance, 9, 16, 18, 27, 29, 30; women’s heroism in, 91–92, 94, 103–4, 108, 110, 112, 129–30
Lawrence Republican, 33, 37, 60, 72, 89
Lazear, Bazel, 147–48, 170
Leavenworth, Kansas, 30, 35, 47, 127, 128, 140, 155, 162; invasion movement in, 157–58, 160, 163–64; martial law in, 26
Leavenworth Road, 56
Lecompton, Kansas, 54, 55, 125, 161
Lee, Robert E., 40
Leland, Lieutenant Cyrus, Jr., 133, 138, 142
Lexington, Missouri, 45, 68
Liberty, Missouri, 69
Liberty pole, 55, 130
Lincoln, Abraham, 5, 24, 25, 32, 59, 60, 157, 164
Little Santa Fe, Missouri, 16, 18, 23
Lone Jack, Missouri, 72, 146
Longley, Otis, 99, 100
Louisville, Kentucky, 185
Lowman, Hovey, 33, 38, 39, 40, 41, 161, 173, 175
Martin, Robert, 104, 122
Massachusetts Street, 47–48, 50, 52, 55, 82, 84, 87, 88, 89, 92, 94, 114, 118, 174, 183
Methodist Church, 56, 119, 121, 183
Missouri. See Kansas-Missouri border; Kansas-Missouri border region; Kansas-Missouri border war
Montgomery, James, 6
Morgan, John, 170
Mount Oread, 47, 56, 84, 87, 130, 174, 183
New England Emigrant Aid Society, 32
New Hampshire Street, 56, 87, 123
Olathe, Kansas, 29, 30, 133, 143; Ewing’s speech at, 21, 27; reaction to Lawrence Massacre in, 141; sack of, 37, 66–68, 72
O’Neill, Jim, 55–56, 125
Osceola, Missouri, 59–60, 149
Paddock, George, 44
Palmer, Dan, 115
Paola, Kansas, 29, 141, 143, 144, 145
Paola, movement, 158, 161, 164, 165–66
Pease, Charles, 84, 88
Pike, Joshua, 9, 16, 17, 18, 27, 33, 46, 65, 133, 151
Plattsburg, Missouri, 76
Pleasant Hill, Missouri, 1, 15
Plumb, Preston, 30, 133, 134, 136, 137, 139, 140, 142, 143, 144, 148, 151
Price, Sterling, 7, 59, 68, 74, 176, 177, 180, 181
Quantrill, William, 70, 71, 72, 75, 82–83, 169; background of, 78–79; in bushwhacker raids, 67, 68, 69, 72–74, 76; in Confederate army, 68–69; departure from border war, 183, 185; false reports of capture, 176; hunt for, 170–71; in Lawrence Massacre, 81, 82, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90–91, 102, 113–14, 117; parole of Union captives, 71, 76; plans for Lawrence raid, 76–77, 78; proslavery stance of, 79–80; reputation of, 149, 185; in retreat to Missouri, 135, 136, 137, 139, 142, 145, 146; return of fugitive slaves, 80–81
Red Legs, 6, 35
Ridenour, Peter, 50–51, 127–28, 161, 162, 176
Ridenour & Baker’s (R & B’s), 50–51, 80, 114–15, 127, 161–62
Riggs, Kate, 100, 129
Riggs, Sam, 80, 100, 129
Robinson, Charles, 55, 157; later years of, 181–82; in Lawrence Massacre, 84–85, 87, 100, 118, 119; moderate leadership of, 52–54, 59, 60; opposition to Lane, 58, 60, 182; smear campaign against, 54–55, 60, 62
Robinson, Sara, 52, 119
Rockville, Kansas, 23
Rosecrans, William S., 64, 176–77
St. Louis, Missouri, 24, 176–77, 180; District of, 177
Santa Fe Road, 30, 39, 45, 135, 174
Sargent, George, 84
Savage, Joseph, 99
Schofield, John, 26, 148, 150, 152, 157, 163, 168; appointed to Missouri command, 24–25; departure from Atlanta campaign, 177; opposition to Missouri invasion, 159–60, 162, 164, 165
Scott, Winfield, 62
Shawnee, Kansas, 37, 39; raid on, 72–73
Sherman, William Tecumseh, 20, 23, 177
Sibley, Missouri, 12, 48, 102
Simpson, B. F., 141, 142, 143, 144
Skaggs, Larkin, 100, 102, 117–18, 121, 129
Slaves/slavery: extension of, 1–3; fugitive, 34–35, 48, 80–81
Snyder, Samuel, 50, 86, 87
Speer, John, 33, 37, 56, 60, 69, 122, 161, 175
Spicer, Arthur, 84, 90, 95, 102, 113–14
Spring Hill, Kansas, 16, 65
Stanton, Kansas, 78, 79
Stone, Lydia, 56, 80, 91, 100, 101, 102, 117, 129
Stone, Nathan, 56, 80, 91, 117
Thacher, Linn, 134, 143, 145, 148
Thornton, John, 109, 155
Thornton, Nancy, 109
Thorp, Simeon, 58, 97, 98, 109–10, 121
Todd, George, 13, 71, 77, 123, 149, 181; in bushwhacker raids, 12–14, 48,
69, 72–73, 180; in Lawrence Massacre, 15, 16, 94, 110; in retreat to Missouri, 136, 137
Topeka, Kansas, 110, 140, 146
Trading Post, Kansas, 23
Trask, Josiah, 58, 97, 98, 121
Turner, Eliza, 129
Vaughn, Jim, 77
Vermont Street, 56, 87, 123
Vicksburg campaign, 25, 40–41
Warrensburg, Missouri, 1
Weer, William, 170
Westport, Missouri, 12–14, 21, 23, 134
Wyandotte, Kansas, 35
Yager, Dick, 77, 149; in bushwhacker raids, 15, 39, 76; in Lawrence Massacre, 15, 16
Young, Sallie, 52, 84, 86, 87, 89–90, 102, 125, 126, 162
Younger, Coleman, 77, 149; in bushwhacker raids, 15; in Lawrence Massacre, 15, 16