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Timeline of Events for Kansas during the Civil War

1861:

September 1-Skirmish near Scott

1862:

March 12-Skirmish near Aubrey

November 8-Skirmish near Cato

1863:

June 6-Skirmish near Shawneetown
June 8-Affair near Fort Scott

August 20-28-Quantrill's raid
August 21-Skirmish near Brooklyn
August 21-The Lawrence Massacre
August 21-Skirmish near Paola
August 31-Skirmish at Marais des Cygnes

October 6-Action at Baxter Springs

1864:

May 16-Action at Big Bushes (near Smoky Hill)

August 16-Skirmish at Smoky Hill Crossing with Indians

September 21-Affair at Council Grove
September 25-Skirmish at Walnut Creek
September 26-Skirmish at Osage Mission

October 25-Skirmish at Fort Lincoln
October 25-Engagement on the Little Osage River
October 25-Engagement at Marais des Cygnes
October 25-Skirmish at Mound City

November 13-Skirmish near Ash Creek with Indians
November 14-Skirmish at Cow Creek
November 20-Skirmish near Fort Zarah with Indians
November 28-Skirmish at Cow Creek

December 4-Skirmish at Cow Creek with Indians

1865:

January 20-Skirmish near Fort Larned
January 20-Skirmish at Point of Rocks (Nine Mile Ridge)
January 31-Skirmish near Oxford

February 1-Skirmish at Fort Zarah

March 7-Skirmish near Fort Larned with Indians

April 23-Affair near Fort Zarah

May 20-Affair near Pawnee Rock

June 8-Skirmish at Fort Dodge
June 9-Skirmish at Chavis Creek (near Cow Creek Station)
June 12-Skirmish near Cow Creek Station
June 12-Skirmish at Fort Dodge
June 12-Skirmish near Pawnee Rock
June 12-Skirmish near Plum Butte
June 14-Skirmish on the Santa Fe Road
June 14-Skirmish near Fort Zarah
June 29-Skirmish near Fort Dodge

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