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 ...

Testimony from former Confederate President Jefferson Davis and evidence of widespread brutality against Missourians led a military tribunal to acquit guerrilla leader William Quantrill of murder in ...

For the past 50 or so years, the home of George Collamore — mayor during William Quantrill's 1863 raid on Lawrence — was believed to be located near the intersection of Seventh and Louisiana streets, ...

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 ...

HARRISBURG- About a dozen people showed up at the National Civil War Museum Wednesday night to protest an NRA-sponsored exhibit featuring a gun used in a Confederate massacre. The exhibit, called ...

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.

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 ...

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 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 ...

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) - Jetta Dix was awakened by what sounded like yelling and gunfire at 5 a.m. Aug. 21, 1863. Her husband, Ralph, who operated a blacksmith and carriage shop near downtown Lawrence, ...

One of the most intriguing legends in East Texas claims that William Clarke Quantrill, the guerrilla leader from the Civil War and the mentor of the Younger and James brothers, is buried in Angelina ...