In 1856 the regiment was engaged in maintaining the peace in the Kansas Territory between the pro-slavery group who fought to make the territory a slave state, and the free-state faction, who bitterly opposed them.
In 1856 the regiment was engaged in maintaining the peace in the Kansas Territory between the pro-slavery group, and the free-state faction. This pro-slavery group fought to make the territory a slave state. State faction bitterly opposed them.