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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 938 0 Browse Search
William Tecumseh Sherman, Memoirs of General William T. Sherman . 220 0 Browse Search
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 178 0 Browse Search
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume I. 148 0 Browse Search
C. Edwards Lester, Life and public services of Charles Sumner: Born Jan. 6, 1811. Died March 11, 1874. 96 0 Browse Search
Colonel William Preston Johnston, The Life of General Albert Sidney Johnston : His Service in the Armies of the United States, the Republic of Texas, and the Confederate States. 92 0 Browse Search
William Hepworth Dixon, White Conquest: Volume 1 88 0 Browse Search
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories 66 0 Browse Search
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight) 64 0 Browse Search
William Hepworth Dixon, White Conquest: Volume 2 64 0 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: September 17, 1862., [Electronic resource], Corcoran. (search)
Quantrell, the partisan. --Quantrell, the famous partisan leader in Missouri, was at one time a leader in the raids of the Kansas Jayhawkers, to which body he belonged for a year. The story runs thus. Quantrell, together with his brother and a party of companions, determined to visit California, and purchasing an outfit, they started across the plains. Hardly had they passed the limits of Kansas, when they were set upon by Jenison's and Montgomery's band of Jayhawkers, who took Quantrell prisoner, murdered his brother, and robbed the party of their equipments. --Revenge became seen rooted in Quantrell, and he determined to join the Jayhawkers for the purpose of learning their haunts and associations, and await the proper time for a bloody retribution. He became a favorite and was elected a Lieutenant, holding a great share of the Jayhawkers' confidence. At last, the time for active revenge was at hand. He disclosed his history and plan to the Confederate forces in Misso