Anti-slavery, pro-Union guerrillas in Kansas during the American Civil War were commonly known as this.
- Scalawags
- Jayhawkers
- Polecats
- Lyons
- Bushwhackers
Anti-slavery, pro-Union guerrillas in Kansas during the American Civil War were commonly known as this.
Anti-slavery, pro-Union guerrillas in Kansas during the American Civil War were commonly known as Jayhawkers. As a bird, the Jayhawk does not exist, but Jayhawkers were very real. Jayhawkers coursed about Kansas and Missouri, impelled by substantially more malice than charity as they fought their Confederate counterparts, the Bushwhackers.