Life span: 07/31/1837 to 06/06/1865TabsLife SummaryFull name: William Clarke QuantrillPlace of Birth: Dover, OHBurial Place: Dover, OHBirth Date Certainty: ExactDeath Date Certainty: ExactGender: MaleRace: WhiteSectional choice: SouthOrigins: Free StateFamily: Thomas Henry Quantrill (father), Caroline Cornelia Clarke (mother), Sarah Catherine King (wife) Occupation: MilitaryOtherOther Occupation: CriminalRelation to Slavery: White non-slaveholderMilitary: Confederate Army Events Date span begin Life span End Event 08/21/1863 08/21/1863 In Lawrence, Kansas, Confederate guerrillas destroy the town and murder hundreds of residents 05/10/1865 05/10/1865 In Kentucky, notorious Confederate guerrilla leader William Quantrill is wounded and captured 06/06/1865 06/06/1865 In a Louisville, Kentucky prison, notorious Confederate guerrilla leader William Quantrill dies of wounds Major TopicsBleeding Kansas Documents Images William Clarke Quantrill William Clarke Quantrill, detail Bibliography