Franklin Coleman

By Tony R. Mullis, U. S. Army Command and General Staff College

With a minimal level of actual violence, the Wakarusa War was not a war by traditional definitions - or even a battle. But it did threaten the outbreak of violence and reflect the growing political tensions that would lead to Kansas Territory being known as "Bleeding Kansas."

Wakarusa War

Wed, 11/21/1855 to Sat, 12/08/1855

A skirmish breaks out in the Wakarusa River Valley near Lawrence, Kansas, following the murder of Charles Dow, a Free-State settler who is killed by the proslavery Franklin Coleman.

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