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Shawnee, Kansas sacked by Quantrill in 1862...
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Shawnee, Kansas sacked by Quantrill in 1862...

Item # 712556 ·
NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Nov. 8, 1862  

* Shawnee, Johnson County, Kansas plundered
* Guerrilla leader William Clarke Quantrill

Various Civil War reports throughout, including: "War News", "Dept. of the Gulf"  "The African Slave Trade" "From South Carolina" "The War In Kentucky" "From the Army of the Potomac" and more.
Page 3 has a interesting report from Kansas under: "Kansas Again Invaded" (see images)
Eight pages, irregular at the spine from disbinding with a bit of minor text affected inside.

Background: The October 17, 1862 Quantrill raid on Shawnee, Kansas stands out as a critical early turning point in Civil War border warfare, rare for its calculated, multi-tiered deception and devastating civilian target execution long before the notorious Lawrence Massacre. Led by pro-Confederate guerrilla leader William Clarke Quantrill, the raiders first ambushed a Union supply wagon train outside of town, killing 13 Federal soldiers and seizing their uniforms—a rare tactical disguise that allowed the guerrillas to ride directly into the center of Shawnee completely undetected. Once inside the Santa Fe Trail settlement, the raiders exploited the element of surprise by rounding up unsuspecting Union-leaning residents into the town square, executing two civilians on the spot, wounding 13 others, and marching away with seven hostages who were subsequently murdered. The deliberate, methodical burning of nearly every structure in Shawnee reduced the historic settlement virtually to ashes and marked a grim evolution in guerrilla tactics, proving that Quantrill's force had escalated from rural skirmishing to the systematic, cold-blooded destruction of entire civilian towns.
Category: Yankee
Price
$38
100% Authentic: Original printing, never a reproduction.