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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.
When Quantrill's men rode out at 9 a.m., most of Lawrence's buildings were burning, including all but two businesses. By comparison Lane's Union raid on Osceola was four times more destructive than Quantrill's raid on Lawrence. Of the 800 buildings in Osceola, only 3 were left standing.
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.
The post, under the command of Capt. Joshua A. Pike, had seventy-two men, composed of two companies of cavalry. Pike was very soon to discredit himself. On the evening of August 20 Quantrill passed within sight of the post with about 400 guerrillas and Confederate Army recruits. These men were on their way to raid Lawrence, Kansas.
Clark learned Quantrill moved into Kansas in the night and Clark left with a force of thirty men in a belated and hopeless attempt to pursue Quantrill. Quantrill was on his way to raid Lawrence, Kansas. The Lawrence Massacre resulted. [2] Through at least June 1865 Coldwater Grove was maintained as a Union military post.
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Quantrill's Raid into Lawrence, Kansas destroyed much of the city The first action in Kansas was not between the rival Union and Confederate armies; it was an 1863 guerrilla raid by pro-slavery " bushwhackers ", led by William C. Quantrill , who descended on Lawrence , a center of anti-slavery Unionist sentiment, and proceeded to sack the town ...
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