William Quantrill

William Quantrill
William Quantrill
Birth name	William Clarke Quantrill
Born	July 31, 1837; Canal Dover (now Dover), Ohio
Died	June 6, 1865 (aged 27); Louisville, Kentucky
Buried at	St. John's Catholic Cemetery; Louisville, Kentucky
Allegiance	Confederate States of America;
Service/branch	Quantrill's Raiders;
Years of service	1861–1865
Battles/wars	American Civil War; Lawrence massacre; Battle of Baxter Springs;

William Clarke Quantrill (July 31, 1837 – June 6, 1865), was a Confederate leader during the American Civil War. Quantrill lead a Confederate unit along the Missouri-Kansas border in the early 1860s. Quantrill was a leader in the Lawrence Massacre in Lawrence, Kansas in 1863. Quantrill was killed in Kentucky in a Union ambush in 1865.[1]

References

"PBS - THE WEST - William Clarke Quantrill". pbs.org. 2011. Retrieved February 26, 2011.

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