original_query: What were the various roles and contributions of Thomas Leiper Kane?
query: What were the various roles and contributions of Thomas Leiper Kane?
answer: Thomas Leiper Kane served as an American attorney, abolitionist, philanthropist, and military officer.  His key contributions include aiding the westward migration of the Latter-day Saints, mediating the Utah War, organizing a Pennsylvania regiment during the Civil War (the "Bucktails"), and helping establish Kane, Pennsylvania.