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Jayhawker

Jayhawker is a term that came to prominence in Kansas Territory during the Bleeding Kansas period of the 1850s; it was adopted by militant bands affiliated with the free-state cause during the American Civil War. These groups were guerrillas who often clashed with pro-slavery groups from Missouri, known at the time in Kansas Territory as "Border…

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Jayhawker

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related to Further reading · 33
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related to Cultural influence · 28
Jayhawker → AQM-37 Jayhawk, Commemorative Air Force, Company, Fess Parker, Fighting Jayhawks, Flying Jayhawks, Force, Guard, HH-60 Jayhawk, Infantry Division, Intel Wing, Japan Air Self-Defense Force, Jayhawk Wing, Jeff Chandler, Kansas, Republic, T-1 Jayhawk, The, The Jayhawk Corps, The Jayhawkers
related to Kansas Union troops · 25
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related to Guerrilla fighting · 24
Jayhawker → Border War, Civil War, Confederate, East Kentucky, East Tennessee, General Order No, In, In February, Jayhawkers, Jennison's Jayhawkers, Kansas, Kansas Jayhawkers, Lane's Brigade, Lawrence, Lawrence Massacre, Missouri, Missourians, Nowhere, One, Quantrill's
related to Relationship to the University of Kansas Jayhawk · 17
Jayhawker → As, Henry Maloy, In, Jayhawk, Jayhawkers, Kansas, Kansas Jayhawks, KU, KU's, Maloy, Missouri, Osceola, Over, Sacking, The, University, When
related to External links · 12
Jayhawker → Encyclopedia Americana, Jayhawkers, Kansas Historical Society, Kansas Jayhawk, Media, New International Encyclopedia, Pogo, Pogo Comic Strip, The, Walt Kelly, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
related to Different meanings · 11
Jayhawker → As, Confederate, Confederate Arkansans, Confederates, In Arkansas, In Louisiana, Kansans, Kansas, Over, Texas, Union
related to Missouri–Kansas border lexicon · 8
Jayhawker → Border Ruffians, Farmer's Americanisms, Jayhawkers, Kansas, Missouri, Murlin Welch, One, The
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Jayhawker → term that came to prominence in Kansas Territory during the Bleeding Kansas period of the 1850s, Unionist who professes to rob

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Jayhawkeris aterm that came to prominence in Kansas Territory during the Bleeding Kansas period of the 1850s0.90text
Jayhawkeris aUnionist who professes to rob0.90text
the 7th Regiment Kansas Volunteer Cavalry were shuffled off to other theaters of the war.Further compounding confusion over what the term Jayhawker meant along the Missouriinstance ofand units of Kansas troops0.80text
Lane's Brigadeinstance ofand large swaths of western Missouri had been laid waste by an assortment of Kansas Jayhawkers ranging from outlaws and independent military bands to rogue federal troops0.80text
Jennison's Jayhawkersinstance ofand large swaths of western Missouri had been laid waste by an assortment of Kansas Jayhawkers ranging from outlaws and independent military bands to rogue federal troops0.80text
Jayhawkerrelated to Cultural influenceThe0.60section
Jayhawkerrelated to Cultural influenceThe Jayhawkers0.60section
Jayhawkerrelated to Cultural influenceJeff Chandler0.60section
Jayhawkerrelated to Cultural influenceRepublic0.60section
Jayhawkerrelated to Cultural influenceKansas0.60section
Jayhawkerrelated to Cultural influenceFess Parker0.60section
Jayhawkerrelated to Cultural influenceThe Wichita0.60section

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