Battlefield Dispatches No. 222: 'Miles Apart and Watching the Devils'
Thursday, July 8, 2010
The Civil War here in Kansas and Missouri is perceived by "Easterners", folks living east of the Mississippi River, as being the "Civil War" in the WEST! This is true from an eastern perspective because most of the land from western Kansas to the Rocky Mountains and from northern Texas to the Canadian border was still unsettled and organized into territories.