The war between the states started in Kansas long before the Battle of Fort Sumter April 12–13, 1861, and no state as a % of the male population contributed more Union soldiers.

"Bloody Kansas"
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2952.html

The killing of John Brown's son in the 1856 Pottawatomie Massacre got him started
https://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/john-brown/11731



But the terrible war ended like this for many, and maybe we can let them rest in peace

Constant Mayer - "Recognition North and South"


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