"Hurra for Kansas!"

The Lathrop family lived in a cabin south of the creek and were home during the battle. In front of the log cabin, an old woman stood with several children clinging to her skirts, fearless as bullets ceaselessly pattered against the cabin wall. With gray locks floating in the wind, she shouted to the passing troops, "God bless you, boys! God bless you boys! Hurra for the Union! Hurra for Kansas! Give it to 'em." The sight inspired the troops, who answered with a wild shout, cleared the fence, swept over the prairie beyond, and attacked the disordered rebels.

Kansas · United States