Mount Oread Civil War posts

Lawrence, Kansas was not well defended in the early part of the Civil War.

By early 1864 Union soldiers were permanently camped on the top and slopes of Mount Oread, then to Lawrence's southwest.

[2] The advance of Confederate Maj. Gen. Sterling Price in Missouri in October 1864 brought an urgency to efforts to protect Lawrence.

The situation returned to normal once Price was defeated at the Battle of Westport on October 23 and had to retreat back south.

[3] The military complex on Mount Oread was used until the end of the Civil War.