'''William Clarke Quantrill''' (1837-1865) was a Confederate guerilla who is most notorious for leading the August 21, 1863 raid of Lawrence, [[Kansas]], which killed nearly 200 people. This perpetuated the cycle of violence in the newly admitted state of Kansas, which was appropriately known as "Bleeding Kansas". Quantrill was killed during a raid in Kentucky two years later. <ref>http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/i_r/quantrill.htm</ref> | '''William Clarke Quantrill''' (1837-1865) was a Confederate guerilla who is most notorious for leading the August 21, 1863 raid of Lawrence, [[Kansas]], which killed nearly 200 people. This perpetuated the cycle of violence in the newly admitted state of Kansas, which was appropriately known as "Bleeding Kansas". Quantrill was killed during a raid in Kentucky two years later. <ref>http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/i_r/quantrill.htm</ref> |