![]() ![]() Soon after this Captain Wood arrived with a company of dragoons and the prisoners were turned over to him. A few other free-state men were arrested and some cabins burned. Pate’s men found two of Brown’s sons - John and Jason, the former a member of the legislature - working on their farms, arrested them and put them in irons, but the elder Brown was in hiding. Brown was wanted for his participation in the execution of five proslavery men in what became known as the Pottawatomie Massacre, which was in retribution for the Sacking of Lawrence on May 21. Pate, in command of a company of Shannon’s Sharp-shooters, started for Osawatomie for the purpose of capturing John Brown. Feel the ground shake as cavalry charge to battle hear cannons roar as artillery fire and watch infantry clash in combat. Come and witness history come to life! The Trinity County Chamber of Commerce will host a living history camp, complete with 19th century battles on February 21, 22, and 23 2020. At the battle of Elkhorn, Company K was the first to plant its flag in the. Williams was elected captain and Mose Brown first lieutenant. During the Civil War men from Black Jack Grove formed Company K of Col. On Christmas Day 1866 a gun battle over a horse race resulted in the death of five men. In 1856, as free state advocates and pro-slavery supporters continued to clash over whether Kansas would join the Union as a free or slave state, tensions were high. ![]()
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