Image: Battle of Hickory Point, by Samuel Reader

Description: Battle of Hickory Point, by Samuel Reader. Note: Painting by Samuel Reader depicting the Battle of Hickory Point. Reader, an early settler of Shawnee County, was a member of a volunteer Free State company. On September 13, 1856, General James Lane heard that proslavery men were committing outrages in the town of Grasshopper Falls (Valley Falls). Lane marched to Ozawkie and recruited Free State settlers. Shortly thereafter, he heard that the proslavery forces were at Hickory Point, north of Oskaloosa, and so redirected his men there. The proslavery forces, which included about 40 South Carolinians, were under the command of Captain H. A. Lowe. According to Reader's accounts, only one Free State man was injured, but between 5-6 proslavery men were killed when these forces collided.
Title: Battle of Hickory Point, by Samuel Reader
Credit: https://www.kansasmemory.org/item/209881
Author: Samuel J. Reader
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