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William Quantrill's Raid into Kansas
(Lawrence Massacre)
Location: Douglas County
Campaign: Quantrill’s Raid into Kansas (1863)
Date(s): August 21, 1863
Principal Commanders: No Union commander [US]; Lt. Col. William Clarke Quantrill [CS]
Forces Engaged: No Union troops [US]; Quantrill's Raiders and other guerrillas [CS]
Estimated Casualties: 204 total (US 164; CS 40)
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Description: In a supposed retaliation for a Union raid on Osceola,
Missouri, Lt. Col. William C. Quantrill led a force of about 300 to 400 partisans in an attack on the city of Lawrence, Kansas.
His men killed civilians—men and boys—and destroyed many of the buildings. He held the town several hours and
then withdrew. The Civil War atrocities that transpired between Missouri and Kansas were a direct result of
the Kansas-Missouri Border War (1854-1861), which is commonly referred to as Bleeding Kansas. The “Lawrence Massacre” was, perhaps, the extreme example
of the vicious Kansas-Missouri border warfare.
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Result(s): Confederate victory
Sources: National Park Service; Official Records of the Union and Confederate
Armies
Related Reading:
Quantrill's Raiders
William Clarke Quantrill
General Joseph Orville Shelby
Causes of the American Civil War
Recommended
Reading: William Clarke Quantrill and Quantrill's Raiders.
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