Report, 1863 Oct 7.

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Report, 1863 Oct 7.

Copy of official report by Benjamin S. Henning to the Department of the Missouri about action between federal troops and Quantrills guerillas.

13 p. ; 32 cm.

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Henning, Benjamin S.

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Henning, Benjamin S., 1863 Oct 7.

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United States. Army. Wisconsin Cavalry Regiment, 3rd (1861-1865)

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United States. Army. Dept. of the Missouri.

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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...