William Quantrill
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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]
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| 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 |
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| Years of service | 1861–1865 |
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William Quantrill Media
The grave of Captain William Quantrill at Fourth Street Cemetery, Dover, Ohio.
The grave of Captain William Quantrill in Higginsville, Missouri.
The reunion of Quantrill's Raiders was c. 1875.
References
- ↑ "PBS - THE WEST - William Clarke Quantrill". pbs.org. 2011. Archived from the original on September 6, 2011. Retrieved February 26, 2011.
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