What is Wakarusa War?
{{Infobox military conflict | conflict = Wakarusa War | image = | image_size = | caption = | partof = [[Bleeding Kansas]] | date = November{{en dash}}December 1855 | place = [[Douglas County, Kansas]] | result = Stalemate | combatant1 = [[Free-Stater (Kansas)|Free-State]] [[Abolitionism in the United States|abolitionists]] | combatant2 = [[Slave State|Pro-slavery settlers]] | commander1 = [[Charles L. Robinson]]<br>[[James H. Lane (politician)|James Lane]]<br>[[John Brown (abolitionist)|John Brown]] | commander2 = [[Samuel J. Jones]]<br>[[David Rice Atchison]] | strength1 = 800 | strength2 = 1500 | casualties1 = 2 dead | casualties2 = | campaignbox = {{Campaignbox Bleeding Kansas}} }} The '''Wakarusa War''' was a [[Skirmisher|skirmish]] that happened in [[Kansas Territory]]. It started on November 21st, and it ended on December 8th, 1885.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.civilwaronthewesternborder.org/encyclopedia/wakarusa-war|title=Wakarusa War|website=Civil War on the Western Border: The Missouri-Kansas Conflict, 1854-1865|language=en|access-date=2018-11-16}}</ref> It was part of the [[Bleeding Kansas]] violence. It happened mostly in [[Lawrence, Kansas|Lawrence]] and the [[Wakarusa River]] Valley. == Summary == The events that led to the Wakarusa War started on November 21, 1855. A [[Free-Stater (Kansas)|Free-Stater]] named [[Charles W. Dow|Charles Dow]] was shot and killed by pro-[[slavery]] settler Franklin N. Coleman.<ref>Frank Wilson Blackmar,''Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History'', Volume 2 (Standard Publishing Company, 1912), p. 855</ref> The two had been involved in a land [[wikt:dispute|dispute]] at a place called Hickory Point, south of Lawrence.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.civilwaronthewesternborder.org/content/wakarusa-war |title=Wakarusa War |author=Tony R. Mullis |publisher=Civil War on the Western Border |access-date=21 June 2016}}</ref> Four hours after the shooting the [[property]] [[ownership|owner]], Jacob Branson, recovered Dow’s body. [[A