| Battle of Fort Titus | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of Bleeding Kansas | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Free-State settlers | Pro-slavery settlers[1] | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Samuel Walker |
Henry T. Titus  | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| ca. 400 | More than 21 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 1 killed, 8 wounded | 2 killed, 5 seriously wounded, 17 captured | ||||||
The Battle of Fort Titus occurred during conflicts in the Kansas Territory between abolitionist and pro-slavery militias prior to the American Civil War. The era is known as Bleeding Kansas.
- ^ Southerners were many times referred to by the derogatory term Border Ruffians. This was not a term southerners used for themselves. It was actually considered an insult.