Missouri/Kansas Border War Network

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This podcast explores the nature and development of the Kansas Red Legs in the Civil War on the Missouri/Kansas Border. Many well-known men rode with the Red Legged Scouts including Buffalo Bill, Wild Bill Hickok, William Sloan Tough and others.

About the Author

Gilmore holds BA and MA degrees in English and is retired as an editor for the Staff and Command College in Leavenworth. In recent years he has published articles such as “Revenge in Kansas, 1863” in History Today, 1993; “Total War on the Missouri Border” in Journal of the West, 1996; “Showdown at Northfield” in Wild West, 1996; and “When the James Gang Ruled the Rails” Wild West, 2000. His books include Eyewitness Vietnam: From Rolling Thunder to the Fall of Saigon 2006; U.S. Army Atlas of the European Theater in World War II, 2005; and Civil War on the Missouri Kansas Border, 2005.