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Charles W. Quantrell

Charles W. Quantrell

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Author
Burch, John P.
Title
Charles W. Quantrell : a true history of his guerrilla warfare on the Missouri and Kansas border during the Civil War of 1861 to 1865
Credits
Produced by deaurider and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
E456: History: America: Civil War period (1861-1865)
Subject
Quantrill, William Clarke, 1837-1865
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 61100
Release Date
January 4, 2020
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.CHARLES W. QUANTRELL A TRUE HISTORY OF HIS GUERRILLA WARFARE ON THE MISSOURI AND KANSAS BORDER DURING THE CIVIL WAR OF 1861 TO 1865
  2. 2.CONTENTS
  3. 3.INTRODUCTION
  4. 4.THE AUTHOR
  5. 5.The False Jonah
  6. 6.Early Life of Quantrell
  7. 7.Why the Quantrell Guerrillas Were Organized
  8. 8.Quantrell’s First Battle in the Civil War
  9. 9.Fight at Charles Younger’s Farm
  10. 10.Fight at Independence
  11. 11.Second Fight at Independence
  12. 12.Flanked Independence
  13. 13.Fight at Tate House
  14. 14.Fight at Clark’s Home
  15. 15.Jayhawkers and Militia Murder Old Man Blythe’s Son
  16. 16.The Low House Fight
  17. 17.Quantrell and Todd Go After Ammunition
  18. 18.A Challenge
  19. 19.The Battle and Capture of Independence
  20. 20.The Lone Jack Fight
  21. 21.The March South in 1862
  22. 22.Younger Remains in Missouri With a Small Detachment—Winter of 1862 and 1863
  23. 23.The Trip North in 1863
  24. 24.Jesse James Joins Command — House Occupied by Women Light of Love
  25. 25.Lawrence Massacre
  26. 26.Order Number 11, August, 1863
  27. 27.Fights and Skirmishes During Fall and Winter, 1863–1864 — Fire Prairie — Wellington — Lexington Road — Shawnee Town Road — Independence
  28. 28.Blue Springs Fight in December, 1863
  29. 29.Wellington
  30. 30.The Grinter Fight
  31. 31.The Centralia Massacre
  32. 32.Anderson
  33. 33.Press Webb, a Born Scout
  34. 34.Little Blue
  35. 35.Arrock Fight, Spring of 1864
  36. 36.Fire Bottom Prairie Fight, Spring of 1864
  37. 37.Death of Todd and Anderson, October, 1864
  38. 38.Going South, Fall of 1864
  39. 39.The Surrender
  40. 40.Death of Quantrell
  41. 41.The Youngers and Jameses After the War
  42. 42.Transcriber’s Notes

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