American Studies Department student papers : Box 2; Biography, Cattle. 1970-1985.

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American Studies Department student papers : Box 2; Biography, Cattle. 1970-1985.

Student papers written for classes taught by the American Studies Department at Wichita States University. These papers cover a varied range of subjects.

1 box (1.5 linear ft.)

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Quantrill, William Clarke, 1837-1865

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William Clarke Quantrill was born in Canal Dover, Ohio in 1837. He came to Kansas as a young man, and taught school for a while before he became active in the border wars, between free state and pro-slavery forces in the fight for Kansas statehood. He fought on the Confederate side during the Civil War, participating in guerrilla warfare. His most infamous act as a guerrilla chief was the sack of Lawrence in the early morning of August 21, 1863. Quantrill died two years after the raid in a milit...

Meyn, Fritz Otto.

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Wichita State University. American Studies Dept.

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