The diaries of Reuben Smith, Kansas settler and Civil War soldier /

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"In 1854, after recently arriving from England, twenty-two-year-old Reuben Smith traveled west, eventually making his way to Kansas Territory. There he found himself in the midst of a bloody prelude to the Civil War, as Free Staters and defenders of slavery battled to stake their claim. The you...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Smith, Reuben, 1832-1904
Otros Autores: Myers, Lana Wirt (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, 2018.
Temas:
Smith, Reuben, > 1832-1904 > Diaries.
Kansas State Insane Asylum (Topeka, Kan.)
1861-1950
Pioneers > Kansas > Diaries.
Soldiers > United States > Diaries.
Legislators > Kansas > Diaries.
Frontier and pioneer life > Kansas.
Pionniers > Kansas > Journaux intimes.
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
Frontier and pioneer life.
Legislators.
Pioneers.
Politics and government.
Soldiers.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Personal narratives.
Kansas > Politics and government > 1865-1950.
Kansas > Biography.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) > Récits personnels.
Kansas > Politique et gouvernement > 1865-1950.
Kansas > Biographies.
Kansas.
United States.
Biographies.
Diaries.
History.
Personal narratives.
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  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • On the Quiet Waters of the Marais des Cygnes
  • Across the Ocean
  • Toward a New Life
  • The Territory of Kansas
  • The Border War
  • War between the States
  • The Neutral State of Missouri
  • Realities of War
  • The Battle of Lone Jack
  • Determine the Enemy
  • "God Help Poor Old Missouri"
  • A War of Devastation
  • The Battle of Westport
  • Freedom Wins
  • Postwar Politics
  • The State's First Psychiatric Hospital
  • Reflections of a Pioneer and Patriot
  • Back to England
  • An American's Perspective
  • Take Me Home
  • We Must Part.

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