Shawneetown, Kansas, lay between Olanthe and Kansas City in Johnson County and William Quantrill and his guerrillas had attacked and burned the settlement in October, 1862. Thirteen of Quantrill's men under William Anderson and Dick Yeager hit the town again, killed four Union supporters and burned nine structures in the rebuilding town. (By John Osborne)
Source Citation
Michael E. Banasik (ed.), Cavaliers of the Brush: Quantrill and His Men (Iowa City, IA: Press of the Camp Pope Bookshop, 2003), 17n.
Frank Moore, ed., The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives, Illustrative Incidents, Poetry, Etc. (New York: D. Van Nostrand, 1864), VII: 3-4.
Frank Moore, ed., The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives, Illustrative Incidents, Poetry, Etc. (New York: D. Van Nostrand, 1864), VII: 3-4.
Record Data
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Type
Crime/Disasters
