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." 
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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
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…” 
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." |
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
Quantrill's raid is the greatest tragedy Lawrence has faced.
