What is Lawrence massacre?
{{good}} {{distinguish|the Sacking of Lawrence}} {{Infobox military conflict |conflict=Lawrence massacre |partof=the [[American Civil War]] | image= Sherman Enderton Quantrill Raid sketch.jpg | image_size = 300 |caption=A drawing by Sherman Enderton showing the Lawrence Massacre. Enderton was in Lawrence during the massacre. |date=August 21, 1863 |place=[[Lawrence, Kansas|Lawrence]], [[Douglas County, Kansas]] |coordinates={{coord|38|58|N|95|14|W|type:event|display=inline,title}} |result=[[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] victory * Most of Lawrence [[wikt:destroy|destroyed]] * Union [[Thomas Ewing Jr.|Gen. Ewing]] writes [[General Order No. 11 (1863)|General Order No. 11]] in response |combatants_header=People [[wikt:involve|involved]] |combatant1= {{flag|United States|1863}} ([[Union (American Civil War)|Union]]) *[[Kansas]] |combatant2= {{flagcountry|Confederate States of America|1863}} *[[Missouri]] |commander1=Nobody{{efn|No union commander present}} |commander2=[[William Quantrill|William C. Quantrill]] |units1 = The people of Lawrence<br />Untrained recruits |units2 = [[Quantrill's Raiders]] |strength1=0 |strength2=300–400 |casualties1=164 [[civilian]]s |casualties2=40 |}} The '''Lawrence Massacre''' (also known as '''Quantrill's Raid''') was an attack on the town of [[Lawrence, Kansas]] on August 21, 1863. The attack was a battle in the [[American Civil War|U.S. Civil War]]. The [[Confederate States of America|Confederates]] won the battle. They won because groups of [[guerrilla warfare|guerillas]] led by [[William Quantrill]] rode into town and shot every man they saw.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/hns/kansas/quantril.html|title=William Quantrill and the Lawrence Massacre|website=xroads.virginia.edu|access-date=2011-03-07|archive-date=2006-06-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060624104256/http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/HNS/Kansas/quantril.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> They killed about 150 people. The guerrillas attacked Lawrence because the city supported