What is Kansas in the American Civil War?
[[File:BATTLE OF BAXTER SPRINGS MONUMENT, EAST ELEVATION. VIEW TO WEST. - Baxter Springs City Cemetery, Baxter Springs, US 166 East, Baxter Springs, Cherokee County, KS HALS KS-4-A-6.tif|thumb|right|250px|{{Center|Monument commemorating the Battle of Baxter Springs in Kansas}}]] At the start of the [[American Civil War]], '''Kansas''' was a new [[US states|state]]. Kansas did not allow [[slavery]] in the state [[Wyandotte Constitution|constitution]].<ref name=kcKHS>{{cite web |url=https://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/kansas-constitutions/16532 |title=Kansas Constitutions |author=Kansas Historical Society |access-date=11 June 2016}}</ref> [[Kansas]] fought on the side of the [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]], although there was a big pro-slavery feeling.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.civilwaronthewesternborder.org/essay/kansas-territory-election-1860-and-coming-civil-war-national-perspective/page/0/1 |title=Kansas Territory, the Election of 1860, and the Coming of the Civil War: A National Perspective (Page 2 of 2) |publisher=Civil War on the Western Border |access-date=11 June 2016 |archive-date=1 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160801083430/http://www.civilwaronthewesternborder.org/essay/kansas-territory-election-1860-and-coming-civil-war-national-perspective/page/0/1 |url-status=dead }}</ref> These divisions led to some [[conflict]]s. The conflicts included the [[Lawrence Massacre]] in August 1863.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.civilwaronthewesternborder.org/content/quantrill%E2%80%99s-raid-lawrence |title=Quantrill’s Raid on Lawrence |author=Kristen Epps |publisher=Civil War on the Western Border |access-date=11 June 2016}}</ref> Later the state witnessed the defeat of [[Confederate States Army|Confederate]] [[General officer|General]] [[Sterling Price]] by Union General [[Alfred Pleasonton]] at [[Battle of Mine Creek|Mine Creek]]. ==Background== [[Kansas]] had been admitted as a state of the Union in January 1861. This was very shortly before the outbreak of the Civil war.<ref name=Ka