Jayhawker and red leg are terms that came to prominence in Kansas Territory during the Bleeding Kansas period of the 1850s; they were adopted by militant bands affiliated with the free-state …

During the Civil War, Jayhawker bands invaded Missouri, often committing some of the most notorious atrocities of the conflict, including the Sacking of Osceola on September 23, 1861, …

When the Civil War began, these vigilante units mustered into the federal army and became formally recognized Union regiments calling themselves “Jayhawkers.” Some men who …

Sep 18, 2019 · Simultaneously adored and despised, but universally respected, these frontier irregular fighters from the Civil War — through their use of geography, terrain, civilians and …

Anti-slavery Jayhawkers and Red Legs, so called because of the red leggings they often wore, led by James Montgomery, Charles R. “Doc” Jennison, and Senator James Lane, exploited the …

Sep 23, 1999 · But Jayhawkers were very real, indeed, in the days leading up to the Civil War. A Jayhawker was one of a band of anti-slavery, pro-Union guerrillas coursing about Kansas and …

Dec 12, 2024 · Jayhawker and bushwhacker designate the principal warring parties in the Civil War ’s guerrilla conflict, although the names were not unique to Arkansas and actually …

Jun 9, 2011 · In Missouri and other Border States of the Western Theater, guerilla fighters — regardless of which side they favored — were commonly called “bushwhackers,” although pro …

Mar 31, 2020 · Two years after the sack of Osceola, rebel guerrilla leader William Clarke Quantrill staged a punitive raid on Lane’s hometown of Lawrence, Kansas. It was arguably the most …

Dec 19, 2014 · At the time, people started to refer to people across the region as jayhawkers, a combination of the blue jay, noisy and quarrelsome — and the sparrow hawk, a stealthy …