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ARTICLE
Col. Henry C. Haas, a carpenter by trade, was born in Germany about 1835. He came from Iowa to Kansas, locating at Leavenworth in 1857. He was captain of a turnverein company there in 1857-58', and helped capture the "Kickapoo" cannon which the pro-slavery men had trained upon the polls at Kickapoo at the election of January 4, 1858. According to a letter to this Society from H.C. Fields, under date of August 22, 1884, this outrage so incensed the free-state men at Leavenworth that, Wednesday morning following the election, about 300 or 400 men, companies of Capt. H.C. Haas, George P. Buell, and James Dickson, marched to Kickapoo, captured the cannon, and brought it into Leavenworth. Colonel Haas served in the senate of 1867-68' and 1871-72'. He was superintendent of construction at the Penitentiary in 1868. He was promoted to lieutenant-colonel of the Fifteenth regiment, Kansas volunteer cavalry. having been mustered in as major October 20, 1863. He died June 25, 1875. The "Kickapoo"cannon is now among the relics of the Kansas State Historical Society.
publication:
TRANSACTIONS OF THE KANSAS STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Volume 10
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DEATH NOTICE
The Leavenworth papers announce the death, on the 28th inst., of Col. H.C. Haas. Col. Haas was born in the Kingdom of Hannover, in 1835. He came to America at the age of nineteen. He first settled in Cincinnati, thence removed to Keokuk, Iowa, and from there to Kansas, in 1857. He served int he Second Kansas Regiment as First Lieutenant; in the Eleventh as Major; and the Fifteenth as Lieutenant Colonel. He made a good record as a soldier. Col. Haas filled many local offices, and also served Leavenworth county in the State Senate.
publication:
THE WEEKLY COMMONWEALTH (Topeka, Kansas)
July 1, 1875
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ARTICLE
Col. Henry C. Haas, a carpenter by trade, was born in Germany about 1835. He came from Iowa to Kansas, locating at Leavenworth in 1857. He was captain of a turnverein company there in 1857-58', and helped capture the "Kickapoo" cannon which the pro-slavery men had trained upon the polls at Kickapoo at the election of January 4, 1858. According to a letter to this Society from H.C. Fields, under date of August 22, 1884, this outrage so incensed the free-state men at Leavenworth that, Wednesday morning following the election, about 300 or 400 men, companies of Capt. H.C. Haas, George P. Buell, and James Dickson, marched to Kickapoo, captured the cannon, and brought it into Leavenworth. Colonel Haas served in the senate of 1867-68' and 1871-72'. He was superintendent of construction at the Penitentiary in 1868. He was promoted to lieutenant-colonel of the Fifteenth regiment, Kansas volunteer cavalry. having been mustered in as major October 20, 1863. He died June 25, 1875. The "Kickapoo"cannon is now among the relics of the Kansas State Historical Society.
publication:
TRANSACTIONS OF THE KANSAS STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Volume 10
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DEATH NOTICE
The Leavenworth papers announce the death, on the 28th inst., of Col. H.C. Haas. Col. Haas was born in the Kingdom of Hannover, in 1835. He came to America at the age of nineteen. He first settled in Cincinnati, thence removed to Keokuk, Iowa, and from there to Kansas, in 1857. He served int he Second Kansas Regiment as First Lieutenant; in the Eleventh as Major; and the Fifteenth as Lieutenant Colonel. He made a good record as a soldier. Col. Haas filled many local offices, and also served Leavenworth county in the State Senate.
publication:
THE WEEKLY COMMONWEALTH (Topeka, Kansas)
July 1, 1875
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ARTICLE
Col. Henry C. Haas, a carpenter by trade, was born in Germany about 1835. He came from Iowa to Kansas, locating at Leavenworth in 1857. He was captain of a turnverein company there in 1857-58', and helped capture the "Kickapoo" cannon which the pro-slavery men had trained upon the polls at Kickapoo at the election of January 4, 1858. According to a letter to this Society from H.C. Fields, under date of August 22, 1884, this outrage so incensed the free-state men at Leavenworth that, Wednesday morning following the election, about 300 or 400 men, companies of Capt. H.C. Haas, George P. Buell, and James Dickson, marched to Kickapoo, captured the cannon, and brought it into Leavenworth. Colonel Haas served in the senate of 1867-68' and 1871-72'. He was superintendent of construction at the Penitentiary in 1868. He was promoted to lieutenant-colonel of the Fifteenth regiment, Kansas volunteer cavalry. having been mustered in as major October 20, 1863. He died June 25, 1875. The "Kickapoo"cannon is now among the relics of the Kansas State Historical Society.
publication:
TRANSACTIONS OF THE KANSAS STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Volume 10
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DEATH NOTICE
The Leavenworth papers announce the death, on the 28th inst., of Col. H.C. Haas. Col. Haas was born in the Kingdom of Hannover, in 1835. He came to America at the age of nineteen. He first settled in Cincinnati, thence removed to Keokuk, Iowa, and from there to Kansas, in 1857. He served int he Second Kansas Regiment as First Lieutenant; in the Eleventh as Major; and the Fifteenth as Lieutenant Colonel. He made a good record as a soldier. Col. Haas filled many local offices, and also served Leavenworth county in the State Senate.
publication:
THE WEEKLY COMMONWEALTH (Topeka, Kansas)
July 1, 1875
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ARTICLE
Col. Henry C. Haas, a carpenter by trade, was born in Germany about 1835. He came from Iowa to Kansas, locating at Leavenworth in 1857. He was captain of a turnverein company there in 1857-58', and helped capture the "Kickapoo" cannon which the pro-slavery men had trained upon the polls at Kickapoo at the election of January 4, 1858. According to a letter to this Society from H.C. Fields, under date of August 22, 1884, this outrage so incensed the free-state men at Leavenworth that, Wednesday morning following the election, about 300 or 400 men, companies of Capt. H.C. Haas, George P. Buell, and James Dickson, marched to Kickapoo, captured the cannon, and brought it into Leavenworth. Colonel Haas served in the senate of 1867-68' and 1871-72'. He was superintendent of construction at the Penitentiary in 1868. He was promoted to lieutenant-colonel of the Fifteenth regiment, Kansas volunteer cavalry. having been mustered in as major October 20, 1863. He died June 25, 1875. The "Kickapoo"cannon is now among the relics of the Kansas State Historical Society.
publication:
TRANSACTIONS OF THE KANSAS STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Volume 10
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DEATH NOTICE
The Leavenworth papers announce the death, on the 28th inst., of Col. H.C. Haas. Col. Haas was born in the Kingdom of Hannover, in 1835. He came to America at the age of nineteen. He first settled in Cincinnati, thence removed to Keokuk, Iowa, and from there to Kansas, in 1857. He served int he Second Kansas Regiment as First Lieutenant; in the Eleventh as Major; and the Fifteenth as Lieutenant Colonel. He made a good record as a soldier. Col. Haas filled many local offices, and also served Leavenworth county in the State Senate.
publication:
THE WEEKLY COMMONWEALTH (Topeka, Kansas)
July 1, 1875
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