The Kansas Civil War continues: pro-slavery militiamen raid the anti-slavery stronghold of Osawatomie, federal enclave of Kansas.

       [restored 2/21/2022]

Subsequent Events:

8/18/1856                 9/15/1856

References:

Calvin D. Linton, ed. The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 149.

Current U.s. National Debt:

$36,161,621,015,445

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