Confederate partisan William C. Quantrill launches a merciless raid on a small Federal force in southeastern Kansas.
Category: Kansas
The Sack of Lawrence
William C. Quantrill’s Confederate raiders rampage through Lawrence, the focal point of “Bleeding Kansas” since before the war.
I Am Going to Lawrence
Thomas Ewing incurs the wrath of Confederate raiders operating along the Missouri-Kansas border by targeting their relatives, including women and children.
We Have Had Enough Controversies About Kansas
President James Buchanan signs a bill into law making “Bleeding Kansas” the 34th state of the Union.