The Kaw and other native groups in…

1861 CE

The Kaw and other native groups in Kansas suddenly became an asset with the coming of the American Civil War in 1861, as the state recruits them as soldiers and scouts to stave off invasions by slave-holding tribes and Confederate supporters in Indian Territory.

Seventy young Kaw men are persuaded—or forced—to join Company L, Ninth Kansas Cavalry.

They will serve in Indian Territory (Oklahoma) and Arkansas during the war and twenty-one of them will never come home—a large loss to the already diminished numbers of the tribe.

Locations
Council Grove Morris Kansas United States View →

Groups
Kaw, or Kanza, people (Amerind tribe) View → United States of America (US, USA) (Washington DC) View → Indian Territory View → Arkansas, State of (U.S.A.) View → Kansas, Territory of (U.S.A.) View →

Topics
American Civil War (War between the States, War of the Rebellion, War of Secession, War for Southern Independence) View →

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Labor and Service View → Conflict View →

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