on august 21, 1863, william clarke quantrill led a force of 300 to 400 confederates into the town of lawrence, kansas. quantrill and his troops burned, looted, and destroyed the anti-slavery town. this battle became known as the lawrence massacre. in total, 164 union soldiers and 40 confederate soldiers died in the lawrence massacre. in the battle of mine creek, on october 25, 1864, union soldiers attacked confederates as they were crossing the mine creek. the union surrounded the confederates, and captured 600 men and two generals. 1,000 confederate soldiers and 100 union soldiers died in the battle. in total, 8,500 people from kansas died or were wounded in the civil war.