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William Clarke Quantrill (July 31, 1837 – June 6, 1865) was a Confederate guerrilla leader during the American Civil War. Quantrill experienced a turbulent childhood, became a schoolteacher, and joined a group of bandits who roamed the Missouri and Kansas countryside to apprehend escaped slaves.
Quantrill's Raiders were the best-known of the pro-Confederate partisan guerrillas (also known as "bushwhackers") who fought in the American Civil War. Their leader was William Quantrill and they included Jesse James and his brother Frank.
William Clarke Quantrill (ur. 31 lipca 1837 w Dover w stanie Ohio, zm. 6 czerwca 1865 w Taylorsville w stanie Kentucky) – dowódca wojskowy w armii Konfederacji podczas wojny secesyjnej. Dowodził oddziałem partyzantów (później rozbójników) nazwanym „Najeźdźcami Quantrilla” (Quantrill's Raiders).
12 sty 2024 · William C. Quantrill was a Confederate irregular whose band of raiders employed guerrilla tactics in the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the Civil War to harass Union troops and terrorize Northern sympathizers.
The Lawrence Massacre (also known as Quantrill's Raid) was an attack during the American Civil War (1861–65) by Quantrill's Raiders, a Confederate guerrilla group led by William Quantrill, on the Unionist town of Lawrence, Kansas, killing around 150 men and boys.
William C. Quantrill was the captain of a guerrilla band irregularly attached to the Confederate Army during the American Civil War, notorious for the sacking of the free-state stronghold of Lawrence, Kan. (Aug. 21, 1863), in which at least 150 people were burned or shot to death.
Quantrill led his first attacks in 1862 with 30 men. His band included William “Bloody Bill” Anderson, George Todd, Fletcher Taylor, Cole Younger, and Frank James. While they considered themselves confederates, the members murdered and looted for their own gain.
