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The attack, on the morning of Friday August 21, 1863, targeted Lawrence due to the town's long support of abolition and its reputation as a center for the Jayhawkers, who were free-state militia and vigilante groups known for attacking plantations in pro-slavery Missouri's western counties. It is the worst mass shooting in Kansas history.
1863: The Union Pacific Eastern Division established in Kansas. 1863, August 21: William Quantrill leads Quantrill's Raid into Lawrence destroying much of the city and killing over a hundred people. 1863, October 6: Battle of Baxter Springs , sometimes called the Baxter Springs Massacre, a minor battle in the War, occurs near the modern-day ...
"The University of Kansas and the Sack of Lawrence: A Problem of Intellectual Honesty." Kansas Historical Quarterly 34, no. 4 (Winter 1968): 409–426. Smiley, Jane. The All-True Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton: A Novel (1998; ISBN 0-00-225743-2). Historical novel relating to the sack of Lawrence and other events in Kansas Territory's ...
Important dates in Kansas's history Flag of Kansas; July–August 1541 Coronado explores Kansas April 30, 1803 Louisiana Purchase Treaty signed May 30, 1854 Kansas Territory organized July 29, 1859 Constitution adopted by convention January 29, 1861 Kansas becomes 34th state August 21, 1863 Quantrill's Raid on Lawrence Spring 1879 Exodusters ...
August 21 – American Civil War – Battle of Lawrence: Lawrence, Kansas is attacked by William Quantrill's raiders, who kill an estimated 200 men and boys. The raid becomes notorious in the North as one of the most vicious atrocities of the Civil War.
The 14th Kansas Cavalry was organized at Fort Scott and Leavenworth, Kansas in April 1863 as a battalion serving as escort for Maj. Gen. James G. Blunt.It was later organized as a regiment at Fort Scott in December 1863 and mustered in for three years under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Moonlight.
The raid lasted from about the beginning of February 1863 to the end of July 1863. The primary area of operation during this expeditionary raid , was the Atlantic seaboard of South America starting from the northern end of Brazil then ranging up down along the Brazilian coast before finally heading east toward southern Africa.
The first wind-powered mill in Kansas was built in Lawrence in 1863 near the corner of what is now 9th Street and Emery Road. [119] It was partially destroyed during Quantrill's Raid, but it was rebuilt in 1864 at a cost of $9,700. [120] It continued to be operational until July 1885, but on April 30, 1905, it was destroyed in a fire. [119]