William Clarke Quantrill, who continues to lead his guerrilla forces after General Lee's surrender at Appomattox, falls into a Union ambush near Taylorsville, Kentucky, and is shot in the chest.
Fresh off his infamous raid on Lawrence, Kansas, William Clarke Quantrill leads his force of 400 bushwhackers against the earth-and-log structure of Fort Blair, outside of Baxter Springs, Kansas
William Clarke Quantrill, a feared Missouri bushwhacker, leads a guerrilla force of about 400 men in a destructive surprise raid on the Free-State bastion of Lawrence, Kansas.
Seeking to consolidate recruiting gains made in northwestern Missouri, Confederate Colonel John T. Hughes and guerrilla leader William Clarke Quantrill lead a force of over 700 soldiers against Union forces at Independence, Missouri.
