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Title: Burr W. Bostwick
Description: This sepia carte de visite depicts Capt. Burr W. Bostwick, who served in Company K, Seventh Kansas Volunteer Cavalry. The photograph was produced by G.W. Armstead of Corinth, Mississippi ca. 1863.
Object Type: Image

Title: POW barracks rebuilt at Fort Delaware
Description: Image of replica POW barracks at Fort Delaware, Pea Patch Island. Confederate prisoners held at the fort included Missouri resident Alex M. Bedford and Brig. Gen. M. Jeff Thompson, Missouri State Guard.
Object Type: Image
Date: March 9, 2010

Title: Battle of Wilson's Creek
Description: This sketch, originally published in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper on August 31, 1861, depicts the Battle of Wilson's Creek. The caption states: "The Great Battle of the West, Wilson's Creek, Missouri-Repulse of the Rebel Cavalry by a section of artillery under Capt. Totten, U. S. A., supported by a company of Capt. Wood's Kansas Rangers (Cavalry), and two companies of Second Regiment of Kansas Volunteers."
Object Type: Image
Date: August 31, 1861

Title: Fort Scott Army Post, Officers Quarters
Description: The Fort Scott officers quarters were constructed between 1842 to 1848. Army officers and their families who were posted at Fort Scott lived in the quarters.
Object Type: Image
Date: 1890-1900

Title: John Wadsworth (Mixed Blood) n.d.
Description: Portrait of John Wadsworth, a member of the Peoria Tribe, no date.
Object Type: Image
Date: n.d.

Title: Governor Charles Robinson
Description: Photograph of Governor Charles Robinson. Robinson, an ardent Free-Stater associated with the New England Emigrant Aid Company, was named Kansas territorial governor by the illegitimate Topeka legislature on January 15, 1856. He was never officially recognized as territorial governor.
Object Type: Image
Date: n.d.

Title: Hon. Samuel Clarke Pomeroy of Kansas
Description: Black and white print of Samuel Clarke Pomery, Republican Senator from Kansas, who served from 1861-1873.
Object Type: Image

Title: John W. Whitfield
Description: Photograph of John W. Whitfield, the first Congressional delegate from Kansas Territory. The first election in Kansas Territory, held november 29, 1854, was won by Democrat John W. Whitfield, a proslavery settler and veteran of the Mexican-American War. Free-Staters complained about fraudulent voting by Misourians who crossed the border to cast their ballots and intimidate antislavery voters, especially in proslavery towns such as Leavenworth.
Object Type: Image
Date: n.d.

Title: John Brown
Description: Sepia-tone reproduction print of abolitionist John Brown.
Object Type: Image

Title: Independence Courthouse, Jackson County, Missouri
Description: Engraving of the Courthouse in Independence, Missouri from 'The United States Illustrated' by Charles A. Dana.
Object Type: Image
Date: 1855

Title: Robert T. Van Horn
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Robert T. Van Horn
Object Type: Image
Date: n.d.

Title: Thomas Carney
Description: Photograph of Republican Thomas Carney from Leavenworth, Kansas, who served as second Governor of Kansas from 1863 to 1865.
Object Type: Image
Date: 1860-1896

Title: General Nathaniel Lyon
Description: Illustration of General Nathaniel Lyon by Joseph Edward Baker.
Object Type: Image
Date: 1861

Title: Preston Brooks attacks Charles Sumner
Description: A lithograph cartoon depicting Preston Brooks' attack on Charles Sumner in the U.S. Senate chamber.
Object Type: Image
Date: 1856

Title: Riley Street, Easton, Kansas
Description: The main street in Easton, Leavenworth County, Kansas, circa early 1900's.
Object Type: Image
Date: n.d.

Title: Soldiers, Sixth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry
Description: This portrait, taken ca. 1861-1865, depicts fifteen members of the Sixth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, Company B. The photograph was taken in Pleasanton, Linn County, Kansas. On the back of the photograph is a list of the soldiers' names and hometowns.
Object Type: Image

Title: James Henry Lane, United States Senator from Kansas
Description: Portrait of James Henry Lane, Republican Senator from Lawrence.
Object Type: Image

Title: Consolidated 6th and 7th Arkansas Regiments Battle Flag
Description: "Hardee" Corps battle flag of the consolidated 6th and 7th Arkansas regiments under the command of Confederate General William J. Hardee.
Object Type: Image

Title: Washington, District of Columbia. Execution of the Conspirators: View of the Scaffold
Description: Photograph of the conspirators Surratt, Powell, Herold, and Atzerodt before their hanging on July 7, 1865.
Object Type: Image
Date: July 7, 1865

Title: Henry Miller
Description: This carte de visite depicts Henry Miller, who served in the Fifth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry. The photograph was produced ca. 1861-1865.
Object Type: Image

Civil War on the Western Border: The Missouri-Kansas Conflict, 1854-1865

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