Lecompton - Bleeding Kansas Program Series
"Jayhawkers and Red Legs: Union Guerillas of Civil War Kansas"
This program will be presented by authors Paul A. Thomas and Matt M. Matthews. Before and during the American Civil War, Kansas anti-slavery militants patrolled the Kansas-Missouri border. Known as “Jayhawkers” and later “Red Legs,” they raided anyone they believed sympathetic to the pro-slavery cause and southern secession. For many, these irregular warriors were heroes fighting for a Free Kansas and the preservation of the Union; for their victims, these men were little more than opportunistic thieves. Authors Paul A. Thomas and Matt M. Matthews seek to find out who these men really were in their new book.
