Quantrill's Raid Explained
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- Here's the story of the third time Lawrence, Kansas, was invaded- The Lawrence Massacre, also known as Quantrill's Raid.
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Another fair and well done documentary! I've met several folks from Kansas, good people, but they had never heard of Osceola, they believed the Lawrence attack was unprovoked. You've done your research.
You forgot that the Federal troops had imprisoned several female relatives of Quantrill's men and some them died in custody. Pretty strong motivation IMO.
Great job. Hard to find videos on TH-cam or the History Channel about this interesting subject. Thanks!
+nulife022 Thank you! I actually live in Lawrence, so I may be a bit biased, but I do know a lot about it. Thanks for watching :)
Mr. beat. I am so glad that your video production has gone so far
Thanks for sharing! You mind if add your comments to the video description?
In the Duane Schultz Biography "Quantril's War" They mention the fact that the man hanged in Lawrence was simply a stranger, and due to his appearance he was given a hasty mock trial as a spy arriving in town afterwards, according to this account there were two other men who were almost lynched in a similar manner, but fortunately were only Jailed. A really interesting thing about the Original Eldridge house is that it was built as a fortress, with parapets for shooting from and concrete walls
Thank you for the video, last night I watched the movie and was very interesting to learn about the american history I am a peruvian living in Missouri and I like to learn about the past the state where I am living now.
I thought his name was Mr. Beast lol
Another sad tale was that of the young boys under the ages of 16 who were camping in tents near Mass street dressed as soldiers with no guns, (as a matter of fact the Mayor of the town had a policy of no guns in town leaving even Military officers as well as public with no means of defense against the attack.) The boys were brutally gunned down in the streets. Town guns were found untouched in the armory after the attack, where they had remained neatly stacked while the citizens were murdered.
not all of this is correct. Quantrill and his men were there and knew who they were after. Most were not just citizens. They were in the military.
Sounds like bad planning by the Mayor. A "no gun" policy during a state of war doesn't make any sense.
This is why I'm glad that monster Quanrtrill died less than 2 years later...
@@hollywilcoxen6838 but kids 16 & under?? That's just plain EVIL!!!! A young person has to be 18 to join the military & I'm thinking back then they had to be at least 17... Why kill innocent kids then??
It's funny to watch people who believe this is the whole story. 😂
The background "music" is complete noise, and detracts significantly from the presentation. Thanks for the video.
Not being an American or a student of American history, this is an excellent summary of this incident during the American War Between the States. I believe that the Lawrence, Kansas massacre was in reprisal for pro-Union Jayhawker attacks on pro-Confederacy towns in Missouri.
+Redflier Thanks for watching! :)
Yeah, which were reprisals for the FIRST sacking of Lawrence which happened earlier. The pro-slavery faction started it, as fucking usual.
If you are further interested, the movie "Ride with the Devil" deals with the topic. Stars, Toby Maguire, Jewel, and Jim Caviezel.
@@fuzzydunlop7928 Not true. Innocent Missourians we’re having their farms burned to the ground by Union troops without provocation other than the fact that they lived in the area. Quantrill’s Raiders was simply a response too a much superior force letting it know that Missourians we’re not going to tolerate this barbarism even if the union troops were a much superior force.
@@1111RRR You keep flying that loser confederate flag John Wesley, you traitor.
Not bad. I enjoyed this. If I could offer some advise, perhaps tone down the music so I could hear you better. Perhaps change the music to be period appropriate.
+Charles Saint Thank you Charles. I made this video several years ago, and like to think I've stepped up my game since then. Thanks for watching!
well done... thank you!! i will forever ❣️❣️ lawrence and my son is working towards moving back 😉
I took a look and noticed something: Not a single commenter here posted supporting Quantrill's act.
Nobody posted that "quantrill did nothing wrong," or "Quantrill should have done more" or "do it again, William!"
Now go check any video or song about the March to the Sea.
@Ken
Yeah, I have noticed that sort of thing on various civil war videos, quite frankly it really goes to show the type of character that is overrepresented amongst diehard Unionists. There's a reason Hitler was inspired by the likes of Sherman and praised the Union in Mein Kampf.
Whereas with the south it was the opposite; just look up Lee's general order no. 73
I back Quantrill to the Moon and back.. look at US now
It's amazing how when one man & his forces (Quantrill) burns down a city, they're villains. But when another man & his army (Sherman) burns down an entire state, well, they're heroes & justified.
@@bevgharst72
Even though the Lawrence Massacre was REVENGE, after the female relatives of several officers were murdered.
In response, the Confederacy relieved Quantrill of command. He fled to Texas, where his unit and command were taken from him, and when he was brought down in Tennessee he had about five people with him. We also repealed the Partisan Ranger Act (which basically said "if you form a unit to fight we'll hook you into our supply and intelligence") so that there wouldn't be another one like him.
Lincoln offered Sherman "the thanks of a nation"--and according to Sherman's memoirs, particularly enjoyed hearing stories about his 'bummers', the thieves, arsonists, and rapists that were part of his army.
Just like they can't shut up about Chambersburg, which was also revenge after Union General Hunter burned down several civilian towns in the area. The general in charge was fired shortly after.
When Colonel Turchin committed the string of atrocities later known as the "rape of Athens," he was court-martialed by Don Buell, one of the only honorable Union generals, and dismissed from the army. Lincoln personally overrode the court-martial, reinstated Turchin, promoted him--two ranks!--to Major General, and ordered Buell relieved of command. Buell stayed in command by the simple tactic of ignoring the order, but eventually he was forced out and spent the rest of the war behind a desk.
My Great Great Grandfather John Brown was a "participant" in the raid. Supposedly he was tried for murder but acquitted.
Quantrill was killed in Kentucky running away from Federal troops who had cornered him there (he was killing people who were pro-Union there too) in June 1865, and he actually lingered for a day or two. He had gone eastward as the war began to go into it's last months to kill President Lincoln. Then he learned Booth had done so.
Supposedly his gang in the raid included Cole Younger and Frank James (Jesse was still too young to be on the raid). After the raid the regular Confederate leadership (political and military) distanced itself from Quantrill and his men. He was to find that the gang leadership was taken from him by "Bloody Bill" Anderson and George Todd, when the gang was hiding in Texas. Both Anderson and Todd conducted anti-Union raids in Missouri and Kansas into 1864. but both were killed before Quantrill headed east.
Sorry, the music playing in the background made this unwatchable for me. Thanks anyway.
Richard Cordley's primary source on this event is horrifying.
But order number 11 happened before Lawrence was burned
A list of references would be appreciated.
Thanks for watching. I will see if I can dig them up. It's been awhile since I made this one.
Great synopsis! Do you have more information on Wm Quantrill's time in Lawrence? He probably witnessed Jayhawker mercenaries freeing slave owners of their possessions (including heirlooms and personal property that were sold later in Lawrence markets). He saw the politics and craziness of people like Jim Lane. After Osceola was attacked, the Union Army deaths were revenged in Olathe, and the collapse of the prison in KC resulted in the death and maiming of Quantrill's rebel friend's girlfriends and wives, it made the raid on Lawrence easier to understand. It was still horrific terrorism and beyond the military prescriptions for terms of engagement. Ewing's Order No. 11 was the brutal political answer to such uncontrollable violence. (Notes: Quantrill said he was a captain, but wasn't he kicked out of the Confederate Army? 2. Do you have info on the homes pictured? 3. Lane could escape in the corn field because raiders on horseback were easy targets to anyone armed in the dense corn rows; thus, they didn't dare enter in pursuit 4. Griswold, Baker, Thorp and Trask were memorialized as the gruesome story was told of their reluctant surrender to the raiders under the pretense of being taken to a prison on Massachusetts Street. Instead, after emerging from their home of refuge, they were shot to death in cold blood in front of their wives and children.)(reference: Rev. Richard Cordley's "A History of Lawrence" (out of print); and Edward Leslie's "The Devil Knows How to Ride.") I appreciate your video! www.kshs.org/publicat/history/1997autumn_sheridan.pdf
his time lines are all off
People we're bat sh*t crazy back then!
If you drive down 15th Street there's these Stone houses when you get to the outskirts of town and there's like four of them there's two down 15th Street and there's two somewhere else I think is what there is but there's definitely at least one or two but they're made of like granite or Limestone or some kind of bedrock and I think those are original houses that nobody talks about I always drive by him and I'm like Jesus Christ look at the house they're like a bunker it's like 5 ft tall and 2 ft stones or something maybe even thicker there's also like this Mansion next to me and where I live and it's cool because I'm pretty sure it's original and I think it's one of the haunted locations and like when you look in the back it's like just looks like you took a cut out of like the 18 somethings and just dropped into a modern town but it's funny cuz if you drive around you see like a little bit of a speckling of original stuff and then everything else is like new age looking it's all cheap wood and bricks...
They used to build a lot of the houses out of Stone back then I think, like that Stull Church that's torn down...
50$ Says there is a well under that cemented over mausoleum in the center of the cemetery, which isn't the church....
William Quantrill is actually one of my ancestors. Always been interested in what a pos he was lol.
You mean he was a disappointment in that he half assed it in burning Lawrence.
Hello 👋 distant relative.
@@Greg-rx1so hello cousin, lets go bowling.
@The right honourable Matty Mc Hoon He can go right ahead lmao. Dude doesn't have to like me and I don't have to like him, imagine that.
Nice
I live in Lawrence hehe
Hey i lived there
music is way too loud
Not bad, concise. But tilted.
God bless Quantrill’s Raiders.
Ur parents need to take ur phone away
1:13 abolitionists*
Most of them were not.
They were happy to have slavery exist, so long as they didn't have to live nearby.
This music blows
This version of Quantrill is so off track. No wonder the public is so misinformed.
Tell me specifically what I got wrong.
@@iammrbeat You hurt his right wing pro slavery snowflake feelings.
Long live the confederacy
This video is total BS. Where ever you got your information to make this video... you are way off the mark.
Primary sources. First hand accounts of the raid.
I grew up near the Wallace Groves.. Quantrill hang out. My family rode with Quantrill. There is two sides to every story and you are only getting one side. The Jayhawkers are the ones who murdered, robbed, burned, and pillaged first. The raid on Kansas was in retaliation. Jim Lane and Jayhawkers had that coming.
Maybe show some links, some sources to back it up?
Right. So you didn't watch the video.
@@jimmyhunsucker5212 The side fighting against slavery had it coming, noted.
Absolute hero Quantrill
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