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Map of Baxter Springs Battlefield core and study areas by the American Battlefield Protection Program. The Battle of Baxter Springs, more commonly known as the Baxter Springs Massacre, was a minor battle of the American Civil War fought on October 6, 1863, near the present-day town of Baxter Springs, Kansas.
This new fort was completed in August and the troops moved from Camp Ben Butler to Fort Blair. [4] On October 6 400 guerrillas under William C. Quantrill attacked Fort Blair and then attacked an approaching column of troops commanded by Maj. Gen. James Blunt. Blunt's force was decimated and many of his troops were murdered when they attempted ...
Quantrill even attacked Fort Blair (Fort Baxter), at present-day Baxter Springs, on October 6. Although the fort was successfully held, 91 Union soldiers and Army employees were killed and about 25 were wounded. Estimates of three to 30 guerrillas were killed and at least three were wounded.
Fort Baxter, also known as Fort Blair, was a small US Army post located in the southeast corner of Kansas near present-day Baxter Springs. This area was known as the Cherokee Strip. It was one of a few Kansas forts attacked by Confederate forces during the American Civil War. At one point the Confederate government claimed authority over the ...
Fort Blair can refer to: A 1774 precursor to Fort Randolph (1776), Point Pleasant, West Virginia, USA; Fort Blair, Kansas; site of the Battle of Baxter Springs
Fort Aubrey; Fort Bain; Fort Belmont; Fort Blair; Fort Brooks; Burlingame's Fort; Fort de Cavagnial; Fort Clifton; Fort Dodge; Fort Drinkwater; Fort Ellsworth; Fort Harker, open to the public; Fort Hays; Fort Henning; Fort Insley; Fort Lane; Fort Larned, open to the public; Fort Leavenworth, closed to the public; Fort Lincoln; Fort Lookout ...
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. Download coordinates as: KML; ... Fort Montgomery (Alabama) Fort Morgan (Alabama) N. Fort Novosel; O. Fort Okfuskee; P. Fort ...
Kansas was admitted to the Union as a free state on January 29, 1861, three months before the opening battle of the war at Fort Sumter. In August, 1863, Quantrill led his raiders into Kansas destroying much of the city of Lawrence and murdering over 150 unarmed men and boys in what became known as the Lawrence Massacre .