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This project is set up for those who participated in and those that survived Quantrill's raid.When the Kansas Territory was opened to settlement in 1854, abolitionists from New England rushed to the area in an effort to keep the territory from becoming pro slavery. Lawrence, Kansas was founded by the anti-slavery Massachusetts Emigrant Aid Society which was formed in 1854 and aided many emigran...
On September 27,1864 in Centrailia Audrain, County, Missouri. Confederate Leader William "Bloody Bill" Anderson led his unit which included the James and Cole brothers on a raid. Some of his unit were dressed in captured Union uniforms and were about to destroy railroads. A train with both civilian and Union soldiers was stopped. The soldier were separated from the civilians and killed. Later t...