QUANTRILL'S RAID: THE DESTRUCTION AND REBUILDING OF LAWRENCE KANSAS
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AfterMath - Local

Murdered

"The identities of some of the approximately two-hundred men killed by Quantrill's raiders remain unknown. Some bodies were burned beyond recognition. Some of the missing were never found. Those known to have died in the raid include: 
J. Geroge Albach
Charles R. Allen
Clay Allen
Duncan C. Allison
Charles Anderson
Capt. George Bell
Samuel Bower
R. Brant
Joseph Brechtelsbauer
George Burt
Louis Carpenter
George W. Coat
L. Dwight Coleman
George W. Collamore
James Cooper
James F. Cooper
John A. Cornell
John Louis Crane
Ralph C. Dix
Stephen Dix
Sylvester Dulinski
Carl Eckman
August Ellis
James Eldridge
Philip Englesman
John Z. Evans
Lemuel Fillmore
Joe Finely
Edward P. Fitch
'Old Uncle' Frank
Mr. Fritch
John Frawley
Levi Gates
George Gerrand
Anthony Giebal
​A. Giffler
​Richard R. Loomis
Otis Longley
Capt. Joseph Lowe
Daniel McClelland
Jacob McFadden
Michael Macklin
David Markle
Lewis Cass Markle
Samuel Markle
Robert Martin
John C. McClelland
Dennis Murphy
James Murphy
Thomas Murtha
Mr. Nichols
George Oehrle
Oldham Anthony
Jame O'Neil
Charles A. Palmer
​John B. Gill
Mr. Goldman
John R. Green
Abner Griswold
J. F. Griswold
Walter Griswold
Aaron Holderman
Chester Hay
unnamed baby Jones, 
     inadvertently left in 
     Eldridge House
Patrick Keefe
​Frederick Kimball
Frederick Klaus
William Klaus Jr. 
John W. Laurie
Christian Leener
Henry Limbach
Daniel W. Palmer
Asberry Parker
​Isaac J. Parker
James Perrine
Mr. Pollock
George Pope
David H. Purington Jr.
George Range
Samuel Range
​Alois Reedmille
Samuel Jeremiah Reel
Charles T. Riggs
George N. Sanger
George H. Sargent
Chalres Schmidt
John Schwab
Mr. Seymour
Rev. Samuel s. Synder
John Speer Jr.

Approximately eighty victims never identified"
—Watkins Museum of History​
[The attack on lawrence was] Kansas’ 9/11 or Pearl Harbor. It was the singular event in Kansas history known for its startling savagery and black drama. Nothing even comes close to it."
Thomas goodrich, Kansas Historian, The wichita Eagle, 2013
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200 
lives lost

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85
widowed

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$2,000,000
cost of damages in 1863 currency

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$39,878,253.91
COST OF DAMAGES IN 2019 CURRENCY

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20% 
of Lawrence males murdered in 1863

24,365
20% of lawrence males in 2019

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Many children who survived grew up without their birth father and were scarred from the destruction and mass murder.
Everybody who lives in Kansas knows about Lawrence, It is a random act of violence that today still seems unexplainable. I don’t believe either side understood the ferocity of what occurred.”
Ken Spurgeon, Kansas Historian, Wichita Eagle, 2013
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After the raid the town was almost completely wiped out and affected every aspect of peoples lives, both physically and emotionally. 
...one mass of smouldering [SIC] ruins and crumbing walls… Only two business houses were left upon the street… about one hundred and twenty-five houses in all were burned, and only one or two escaped being ransacked…”
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Leavenworth daily conservative, 23 Aug. 1863
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Harper's Weekly drawing of the aftermath of Quantrill's Raid, 19 Sept. 1863, "Images of America Lawrence". Click to enlarge
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Notice of bones found from raid, 10 Sept. 1912, Watkins Museum of History.
it was no easy matter to find something to eat there were no stores left where we might buy. On saturday the farmers brought in wagon loads of produce, tomatoes, potatoes, etc., and distributed them without pay. With these home cares i saw nothing more of the horrors of that day...my work was for the living."
​kate riggs, Quantrill's raid survivor, watkins museum of history 
Supply of caskets ran out very quickly in the hot August weather in Kansas, dealing with the bodies was a very big concern trying to salvage whatever food they had left and whatever they could get out of their homes. The people who own businesses were trying to salvage what remained of their stock and property..."
Dr. William Hickox, Personal Interview, 5 April 2019
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Quantrill's raid is the greatest tragedy Lawrence has faced.

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  • Home
  • Historical Context
    • Kansas-Nebraska Act
    • Early Lawrence, Kansas
    • Bleeding Kansas
  • Tragedy of Lawrence
    • Quantrill & His Path
    • The Raid
    • Aftermath >
      • Local
      • National
  • Triumph of Lawrence
    • Rebuilding
    • Legacy
  • Conclusion