In this file photo, a marker on the 900 block of New Hampshire Street shows where unarmed men were shot during Quantrill's Raid on Lawrence on Aug. 21, 1863. A local symposium exploring the history of ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - July 31, 1837. Civil War Raider William Clarke Quantrill is born. Quantrill was a prominent guerrilla leader during the Civil War, most infamous for leading a raid on ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. LAWRENCE, Kan.. — On Wednesday, the city of ...

Watkins Museum Executive Director Steve Nowak is pictured on Thursday, Aug. 16, 2024, with "Lawrence Massacre" by Ethel Magafan which is on display at the Watkins Museum of History at 1047 ...

BAXTER SPRINGS, Kan. (KSNW) — This week marks the 158th anniversary of the Lawrence massacre or Quantrill’s raid. But the man responsible for that rampage left his mark in another Kansas community.

Pat Kehde stands outside Lawrence’s Eldridge Hotel, which was destroyed twice by Missouri forces during the border war. Frank Barthell There’s no single engagement in the Kansas-Missouri Border War ...

In 1863, during the Civil War, William Clark Quantrill led his guerillas from Missouri to winter quarters in north East Texas. Among the men who rode with him were Jesse and Frank James. Quantrill ...

Perhaps the bloodiest day in Kansas history came 156 years ago this month, when William Clarke Quantrill led more than 400 pro-slavery guerrillas in a surprise attack on the city of Lawrence, where ...

In the Kansas City region, the name Quantrill is largely associated with William Clarke Quantrill, the infamous Missouri guerrilla who fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War and led a violent ...

Confederate Captain Alan Westcott, posing as a horse supplier for the army, is ordered to infiltrate the Union lines and contact William Quantrill to arrange a raid on the arsenal at Lawrence, Kansas.