battle, nineteenth century
Battle of Black Jack
Battle of Black Jack was a battle fought on 2 June 1856 at Black Jack Battlefield, in what is now Kansas, United States. It was part of Bleeding Kansas, which ran from 1854 to 1861. The recorded result: Free-Stater victory. Recorded strength: 30 against 75–80.
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Where it sits in Bleeding Kansas
Record
| Date | 2 June 1856 | |
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| Place | Black Jack Battlefield, Kansas, United States 38.762N, 95.131W | |
| Kind | Battle, nineteenth century | |
| Strength | 30 | 75–80 |
| Casualties and losses | Unknown | 29 prisoners |
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Nearest engagements
- Skirmish near Brooklyn, Kansas 1863, 9.8 km W
- Lawrence Massacre 1863, 24 km N
- Sacking of Lawrence 1856, 24 km NW
- Battle of Westport 1864, 55 km NE
- Battle of Byram's Ford 1864, 59 km NE
In the same war
- Before: Sacking of Lawrence 1856
- After: Battle of Fort Titus 1856
- All 4 engagements of Bleeding Kansas
Elsewhere in 1856
- Battle of Santa Rosa Costa Rica
- Battle of Jiangnan People's Republic of China
- Second Herat War Afghanistan
- Battle of the Pearl River Forts China
- Second Battle of Rivas Nicaragua
Battle of Black Jack is one of 3,694 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 1,264 in present-day United States (11 in Kansas).
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q635882, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Black Jack, revision 1376039752, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.