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. 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.
- | Author: Bryce Benedict
- | Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
- | Publication Date: Aug 16, 2022
- | Number of Pages: 358 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback/Biography & Autobiography
- | ISBN-10: 0806190868
- | ISBN-13: 9780806190860
