Jayhawkers: The Civil War Brigade of James Henry Lane

by Bryce Benedict and Benedict

Book Overview

No person excited greater emotion in Kansas than James Henry Lane, the U.S. senator who led a volunteer brigade in 1861-1862. In fighting numerous skirmishes, liberating hundreds of slaves, burning portions of four towns, and murdering half a dozen men, Lane and his brigade garnered national attention as the saviors of Kansas and the terror of Missouri.

This first book-length study of the "jayhawkers," as the men of Lane's brigade were known,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806139994
• ISBN13: 9780806139999
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 358 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"