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Date Posted: 13:09:26 11/13/02 Wed
Author: the girl who is at home sick
Subject: Ch.14-The American West and the War

The American West and the War
A. Most of the states were not included in the fighting
1. Texas; however, joined the Confederacy
2. all other stares remained loyal to the Union
B. Guerrilla War in the West
1. Extremely vicious fighting in Kansas & Missouri
2. The same pro-slavery & free-state forces continued to fight each other
3. William C. Quantrill, confederate army captain, organized band of guerrilla fighters who terrorized Kansas-Missouri border
a. Quantrills’s most infamous act-a siege of Lawrence, Kansas
i. killed 150 civilians
b. Quantrill was killed by Union troops near the end of the war
4. Jayhawkers – Union sympathizers
5. Confederates attempted to recruit the Five Civilized Tribes for support against the Union in the west
a. Indians were divided
i. result of division
-civil was within Indian Territory
-Indians fought for both the Union and the Confederacy during the war

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