What is William Quantrill?
{{Infobox military person |birth_name=William Clarke Quantrill |birth_date={{birth date|1837|07|31|mf=y}} |death_date={{death date and age|1865|06|6|1837|07|31|mf=y}} |image=quantrill.jpg |caption= |nickname= |birth_place= [[Dover, Ohio|Canal Dover]] (now Dover), [[Ohio]] |death_place= [[Louisville, Kentucky]] |placeofburial= St. John's Catholic Cemetery<br />Louisville, Kentucky |allegiance= {{plainlist| *{{flag|Confederate States of America}} }} |branch= {{plainlist| *[[Quantrill's Raiders]] }} |serviceyears= 1861–1865 |rank= |unit= |commands= |battles= {{plainlist| *[[American Civil War]] *[[Lawrence massacre]] *[[Battle of Baxter Springs]] }} }} '''William Clarke Quantrill''' (July 31, 1837 – June 6, 1865), was a [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] leader during the [[American Civil War]]. Quantrill lead a Confederate unit along the [[Missouri]]-[[Kansas]] border in the early 1860s. Quantrill was a leader in the [[Lawrence Massacre]] in [[Lawrence, Kansas]] in 1863. Quantrill was killed in [[Kentucky]] in a [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] [[wikt:ambush|ambush]] in 1865.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/i_r/quantrill.htm |title=PBS - THE WEST - William Clarke Quantrill |work=pbs.org |year=2011 |accessdate=February 26, 2011}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{US-bio-stub}} {{American Civil War}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Quantrill, William,}} [[Category:1837 births]] [[Category:1865 deaths]] [[Category:Military personnel of the American Civil War]] [[Category:Bushwhackers]] [[Category:Military people from Ohio]]