The Battle of Gettysburg, considered to be one of the most important battles of the American Civil War, came to an end on ...

Kansas was ripe for Civil War battles. Beginning in the late 1850s, tensions started building along the Kansas-Missouri border, earning the state the nickname “Bleeding Kansas.” ...

Site of Civil War battle near Joplin dedicated 1863 ambush involved 1st Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry News. Nov 14, 2009 - 12:00am ...

The Battle of Westport was one of the largest Civil War battles west of the Mississippi River, but good luck finding many Kansas Citians who know much about Westport beside the entertainment district.

A Civil War battle was fought in southeast Douglas County in 1856 — five years before Confederate cannon pounded Fort Sumter in the harbor of Charleston, S.C., Kerry Altenbernd said this week.

The Kansas frontier. The Civil War took a toll on Kansans with its ferocity and violence. ... May 12, 1865 – The final battle of the Civil War takes place at Palmito Ranch, Texas.

The Battle of Cabin Creek is significant because of the 1st Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry Regiment that fought under Gen. James Blunt, Spillars said. The unit was organized in the ...

BALDWIN CITY, Kan. (WDAF) – Wednesday marks 165 years since the Battle of Black Jack, or what some would call the first battle of the Civil War, years before fighting began at Fort Sumter in ...

Kings and Generals. American Civil War Origins and First Battles. Posted: May 8, 2025 | Last updated: May 8, 2025. Kings and Generals' animated historical documentary series on early modern ...

In 1995, the Monnett Fund, in tandem with what is now the Civil War Trust, a national nonprofit group, donated about 100 acres of the district to the Kansas City Parks and Recreation Department.

Boonville, about midway between Kansas City and St. Louis, is where the Civil War’s first significant land battle took place, on June 17, 1861, more than a month before Bull Run (also known as ...

June 2, 2021 marks 165 years since the Battle of Black Jack, or what some would call the first battle of the Civil War, years before fighting began at Fort Sumter in South Carolina.