This is an incomplete list of military confrontations that have occurred within the boundaries of the modern US State of Kansas since European contact. The region was part of the Viceroyalty of New Spain from 1535–1679, New France from 1679–1803, and part of the United States of America 1803–present.
Two wars that have directly affected the region including the American Civil War (1860–1865) and the Plains Indian Wars. Kansas was also greatly affected during the Bleeding Kansas period (1855–1861) in which settlers and outsiders fought to determine whether the territory would become a free or slave state.
Battles[]
| Name | Date | Location | War | Campaign | Dead | Belligerents |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Love's Defeat[1] | June 26, 1847 | near modern Garfield, Kansas | Mexican-American War | 6 | United States of America vs Kiowa & Comanche | |
| Battle of Coon Creek[2][3] | June 18, 1848 | near modern Kinsley, Kansas | Mexican-American War | United States of America vs Comanche & Osage | ||
| Battle of Solomon Fork[4] | July 29, 1857 | near modern Morland, Kansas | Plains Indians Wars | 10-11 | United States of America vs Southern Cheyenne | |
| Lawrence Massacre[5] | August 21, 1863 | Lawrence, Kansas | American Civil War | Quantrill's Raid | 150+ | United States of America & Kansas militia vs Confederate States of America |
| Battle of Baxter Springs[6] | October 6, 1863 | near modern Baxter Springs, Kansas | American Civil War | Quantrill's Raid | 100+ | United States of America vs Confederate States of America |
| Battle of Marais des Cygnes[7] | October 25, 1864 | Linn County, Kansas | American Civil War | Price's Raid | unknown | United States of America vs Confederate States of America |
| Battle of Mine Creek[8] | October 25, 1864 | Linn County, Kansas | American Civil War | Price's Raid | United States of America vs Confederate States of America | |
| Fort Wallace | June 26, 1867 | modern Wallace, Kansas | Plains Indian Wars | Comanche Campaign | 1 | United States of America vs Arapaho, Comanche, Kiowa, and Southern Cheyenne |
| Kidder Massacre | July 2, 1867 | near modern Goodland, Kansas | Plains Indian Wars | 12 | United States of America vs Northern Cheyenne & Sioux | |
| Battle of Prairie Dog Creek[9] | August 21, 1867 | modern Phillips County, Kansas | Plains Indian Wars | Comanche Campaign | 53 | United States of America vs Kiowa and Southern Cheyenne |
| Battle of Beaver Creek | August 22–23, 1867 | modern Phillips County, Kansas | Plains Indian Wars | Comanche Campaign | 2+ | 18th Kansas Cavalry vs Kiowa and Southern Cheyenne |
| Battle of Council Grove | June 3, 1868 | near Council Grove, Kansas | Plains Indian Wars | 3 | Southern Cheyenne vs Kaw | |
| Battle of Buff Creek | October 2, 1868 | modern Wallace, Kansas | Plains Indian Wars | Comanche Campaign | 1 | United States of America vs Arapaho, Comanche, Kiowa, and Southern Cheyenne |
| Battle of Punished Woman Fork | September 27, 1878 | modern Scott County, Kansas | Plains Indian Wars | 1 | United States of America vs Southern Cheyenne |
Notes[]
- ↑ "Love's Defeat". Santa Fe Trail Research Site. http://www.santafetrailresearch.com/research/loves-defeat.html. Retrieved 2009-10-28.
- ↑ "The Battle of Coon Creek". Kansas State Library. http://www.eudorapubliclibrary.org/history/cooncreek.html. Retrieved 2009-10-24.
- ↑ "The Battle of Coon Creek". Santa Fe Trail Research Site. http://www.santafetrailresearch.com/research/battle-of-coon-creek.html. Retrieved 2009-10-24.
- ↑ Chalfant, William Y. Cheyennes and Horse Soldiers: The 1857 Expedition and Battle of Solomon's Fork (Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press), 2002.
- ↑ "CWSAC Battle Summary: Lawrence". National Park Service. http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/abpp/battles/ks001.htm. Retrieved 2009-06-19.
- ↑ "CWSAC Battle Summary: Baxter Springs". National Park Service. http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/abpp/battles/ks002.htm. Retrieved 2009-06-19.
- ↑ "CWSAC Battle Summary: Marais des Cygnes". National Park Service. http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/abpp/battles/ks004.htm. Retrieved 2009-06-19.
- ↑ "CWSAC Battle Summary: Mine Creek". National Park Service. http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/abpp/battles/ks003.htm. Retrieved 2009-06-19.
- ↑ "Ceremony to commemorate Battle of Prairie Dog Creek". Kansas National Guard. http://www.accesskansas.org/ksadjutantgeneral/News%20Releases/2005/150-05-012.htm. Retrieved 2009-10-25.
See also[]
- History of Kansas
- Kansas in the American Civil War