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The Lawrence Massacre (also known as Quantrill's Raid) was an attack during the American Civil War (1861–65) by Quantrill's Raiders, a Confederate guerrilla group led by William Quantrill, on the Unionist town of Lawrence, Kansas, killing around 150 men and boys.
The Audie Murphy film, Kansas Raiders (1950), deals with Quantrill's Raiders in the period immediately after the Civil War, As does Arizona Raiders, also starring Audie Murphy. The film Best of the Badmen (1951) is a fictional account of the remnants of Quantrill's Raiders in the western frontier after they had surrendered to Union forces.
In May 1863, Anderson joined members of Quantrill's Raiders on a foray near Council Grove, Kansas, [27] in which they robbed a store 15 miles (24 km) west of the town. After the robbery, the group was intercepted by a United States Marshal accompanied by a large posse, [ 28 ] about 150 miles (240 km) from the Kansas–Missouri border. [ 29 ]
In late 1863, Quantrill's Raiders, a large band of pro-Confederate bushwhackers led by William Quantrill, was traveling south through Kansas along the Texas Road to winter in Texas. Numbering about 400, this group captured and killed two Union teamsters who had come from a small Federal Army post called Fort Baxter (frequently referred to as ...
William Clarke Quantrill (July 31, 1837 – June 6, 1865) was a Confederate guerrilla leader during the American Civil War.. Quantrill experienced a turbulent childhood, became a schoolteacher, and joined a group of bandits who roamed the Missouri and Kansas countryside to apprehend escaped slaves.
Union forces pursue Quantrill's Raiders after the Lawrence Massacre. August 26 –27, 1863: Battle of White Sulphur Springs: West Virginia: Confederate: A confederate brigade halts a Union cavalry raid August 27, 1863: Battle of Bayou Meto (Battle of Reed's Bridge) Arkansas: Confederate: Confederate forces delay the Union advance on Little Rock ...
Articles relating to Quantrill's Raiders (1861-1865), their membership, and their depictions. They were the best-known of the pro-Confederate partisan guerrillas (also known as "bushwhackers") who fought in the American Civil War. Their leader was William Quantrill and they included Jesse James and his brother Frank.
The Skirmish at Albany, Missouri was a battle that was fought between the Union Army and the Quantrill's Raiders in Ray County, Missouri on October 26, 1864. The battle resulted a Union victory, and the notorious Quantrill Raider member William T. Anderson, also known as "Bloody Bill", was killed at this battle.