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Surviving Quantrill’s Raid on Lawrence

Posted on August 31, 2019 by Kristen M. Trout

August 21 marked the 156th anniversary of Missouri guerrilla chieftain William C. Quantrill’s infamous Raid on Lawrence, Kansas – one of the bloodiest and most significant irregular attacks against civilians during the American Civil War. A center of abolition and … Continue reading →

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Saving History Saturday: Headstone from Quantrill’s Raid on Lawrence Discovered

Posted on August 17, 2019 by Emerging Civil War

Deep within a forest in Lecompton, Kansas, two large 19th-century headstones were discovered. One is believed to be of a man killed in Missouri guerrilla Capt. William Quantrill’s infamous Raid on Lawrence, Kansas in 1863.

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