S.S. Wiciszg

This poem was written in 1863 by S.S. Wiciszg, a soldier serving near Hardeeville, South Carolina. Wiciszg describes himself as "a soldier just from Lawrence" and decries the violence and guerrilla warfare in Kansas during the border wars. The poem condemns the Border Ruffians and the Doniphan Tigers. It also criticizes the political climate, and mentions the Free Soilers, Wilson Shannon, Horace Greely, and Arthur Tappan.

1863

Bleeding Kansas, Bloodletting Missouri
Border Ruffians
Guerrillas
African Americans
Women

S.S. Wiciszg
Wilson Shannon

Lawrence, Kansas
Douglas County, Kansas
Doniphan County, Kansas

Document

Kenneth Spencer Research Library

S.S. Wiciszg Collection, RH MS P176

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