What the records say
- When
- 30 Aug 1856
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 38.50° N, 94.95° W
- Description
- 1856 battle of the Bleeding Kansas era
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Battle of Osawatomie
1856 battle of the Bleeding Kansas era
The Battle of Osawatomie was an armed engagement that occurred on August 30, 1856, when 250–400 pro-slavery Border ruffians, led by John W. Reid, attacked the town of Osawatomie, Kansas, which had been settled largely by anti-slavery Free-Staters. Reid was intent on destroying the Free-State settlement and then moving on to Topeka and Lawrence to do more of the same.
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