Sunday, October 6, 2024

Today in
U.S. Civil War History

1863 - Confederate guerilla leader William Clarke Quantrill attacked Baxter Springs, Kansas. He failed to capture the stronghold. Quantrill and his men did massacre a Union detachment that happened to be traveling nearby.


U.S. Civil War Quote

"A house divided against itself cannot stand." - Abraham Lincoln on June 16, 1858.

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