Jayhawkers

The Civil War Brigade of James Henry Lane

By: Bryce Benedict

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Hardcover | 10 April 2009

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No person excited greater emotion in Kansas than James Henry Lane, the U.S. senator who led a volunteer brigade in 1861-1862. In fighting numerous skirmishes, liberating hundreds of slaves, burning portions of four towns, and murdering half a dozen men, Lane and his brigade garnered national attention as the saviors of Kansas and the terror of Missouri.

This first book-length study of the "jayhawkers," as the men of Lane's brigade were known, takes a fresh look at their exploits and notoriety. Bryce Benedict draws on a wealth of previously unexploited sources, including letters by brigade members, to dramatically re-create the violence along the Kansas-Missouri border and challenge some of the time-honored depictions of Lane's unit as bloodthirsty and indiscriminately violent.

Bringing to life an era of guerillas, bushwhackers, and slave stealers, Jayhawkers also describes how Lane's brigade was organized and equipped and provides details regarding staff and casualties. Assessing the extent to which the jayhawkers followed accepted rules of warfare, Benedict argues that Lane set a precedent for the Union Army's eventual adoption of "hard" tactics toward civilians.

An entertaining story rich in detail, Jayhawkers will captivate scholars and history enthusiasts as it sheds new light on the unfettered violence on this western fringe of the Civil War.

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Earliest Times to Present Day Modern History from 1700 to 1900

List of Illustrations	p. xi
Terminology and Scope	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 3
Bleeding Kansas	p. 13
The Blast of War	p. 25
A Fighting Brigade Is Born	p. 33
"We Could Play Hell with Missouri"	p. 56
Drywood and Osceola	p. 72
Frémont's Grand Army	p. 109
Lane the Liberator	p. 147
Visitations of Mercy	p. 165
Monotony and Mutiny	p. 190
Dissolution	p. 202
The Great Southern Expedition	p. 219
Conclusion	p. 239
Necrology	p. 251
Brigade Staff	p. 259
Brigade Casualties	p. 261
Notes	p. 267
Bibliography	p. 321
Index	p. 333
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