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Quantrill and His Famous Command
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Biographical information on William Quantrill as well as a discussion of his exploits. Presents data submitted by Capt. W. H. Gregg concerning the accuracy of the information. Also includes a list of Quantrill's original company and a picture of Quantrill but doesn't cite a source or any verification.
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Date
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1910-06
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Jesse James Time Line
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Appendix I of this book is "A Jesse James time line, including princiipal crimes attributed to the James-Younger Gang." It begins with December 28, 1841, when Robert James and Zerelda Cole, parents of Jesse James, were married in Scott County, Kentucky. Ending date is October 28, 1995, when Jesse James was reburied in Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Kearney, Missouri. (Appendix II is "Jesse James as he has appeared in movies and on television" and Appendix III is "Known and suspected members of the James-Younger Gang.")The book itself contains portions of writings concerning Jesse James from such people as John Newman Edwards, T. J. Stiles, Jim Cummins, Jesse James, Jr., Homer Croy, Ted Yeatman, and many others.
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Date
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2007
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Object Type
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Book Section
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Title
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The Civil War Letters of Colonel Bazel F. Lazear
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Description
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Bazel F. Lazear, a native of Ashley, Pike County, Missouri, enlisted in the Home Guards during the early days of the Civil War, became a major in the 5th Missouri State Militia in 1861, and in 1862 became a lieutenant colonel in the 12th Missouri State Militia. In 1863 he was transferred to the 1st Missouri Cavalry M.S.M. The letters he wrote to his wife from 1861-1865 related mainly to his activities in breaking up guerilla bands in Missouri. The letters in this article cover the years 1863 and 1864. They are written from Lexington, Warrensburg, and Jefferson City. Mentions Bushwackers, Quantrill, Shelby, General Egbert B. Brown, etc.
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1998-07-01
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Quantrell's Raid: Hon. Sidney F. Clarke Tells of Lawrence Massacre
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Description
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Sidney F. Clarke was living in Oklahoma City when a Kansas City Journal correspondent contacted him and asked him for his statement or account of Quantrill's Lawrence Massacre in 1863. In doing so Clarke gives an account of William Quantrill as well as his account of how Jim Lane escaped as well as himself. How Clarke Escaped.My own escape was not unlike that of others. I was living on the west side of Tennessee street, immediately under the hill on which the old university building stands. At the first alarm I went to the front door of the house and witnessed the rush of the guerrillas, shooting all citizens who made their appearance. I saw eighteen men killed before I closed the door. I retreated behind a honey-locust hedge back of the house. By this time not less than twenty of the desperadoes were in the street in front of the house, shooting and shouting at a furious rate. Back of the university hill General Lane had an extensive cornfield. Others were behind the hedge and we determined to try and reach there. In running over the hill I was more fortunate than the rest. None excaped but myself. Not less than 500 shots were fired. The upper part of the field overlooked the main part of the town. There were three or four hundred men, women and children in the tall corn and were not disturbed, though we were inside of the pickets stationed on the bluff west of us. Looking into the town I saw not less than fifty men hunted out of their homes and killed. A majority were shot many times after life was extinct. So brutal was the vengeance of Quantrell's men. Not a dozen wounded were left when the carnage ceased.When the pickets were drawn in I obtained a farmer's horse and rode rapidly into town to find that all myself and family possessed had gone up in the flames, but my wife and two children were safe. My neighbors and friends were lying dead in all directions. Some disfigured by the fire, and some of the bodies nearly consumed. Within half an hour Lane came in with the armed farmers he had gathered up and commenced the pursuit. At his request I remained and as fast as people came in from the surrounding country and had any guns I sent them south to join Lane.
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Date
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2005-09-30
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Digging The Scorched Earth
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Description
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Archaeologist Ann Raab, a PhD student at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, has excavated two major sites in Bates County to verify the effects of General Order No. 11 on residents of Bates County, part of the Burnt District. Article discusses the dating methods used, one being the thickness of glass, and results of the excavations.
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2010-03
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Marked For Life By Quantrill
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Description
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Short story about the bullet to the forehead that Abraham Ellis took from William Quantrill. It occurred in March, 1862, at an inn in Aubry, Kansas. The bullet went through the window and his hat before penetrating his head. The wound never totally closed. Article contains a photograph of Ellis showing the hole in his forehead.
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Date
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2005-06-01
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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William (Bill) T. Anderson
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Description
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Charcoal portrait of Bill Anderson in jacket with top button closed, shirt, carvat, and a brimmed hat with a lone star on the upturned brim and embellished with an ostrich plume. The drawing is signed by the artist with "93" immediately below the signature. At the bottom right corner, "Wm. Anderson" is written in different handwriting and black ink.
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Date
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1893
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Object Type
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Artwork
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Title
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Unidentified Man
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Description
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Charcoal portrait of unidentified man with suit coat, vest, shirt, and tie. Drawing is signed by the artist with "93" immediately below the signature.
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Date
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1893
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Object Type
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Artwork
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Title
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Unidentified Man
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Description
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Charcoal portrait of unidentified man with suit coat, shirt, and tie. Drawing is signed by the artist with "93" immediately below the signature.
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Date
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1893
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Object Type
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Artwork
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Title
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Unidentified Man in Uniform
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Description
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Charcoal portrait of unidentified guerrilla dressed in coat or cloak, shirt, and hat similar to a beret adorned with a plume and three large and two small stars on the headband. Subject holds a pistol. Drawing is signed by the artist with "93" immediately below the signature.
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Date
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1893
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Object Type
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Artwork
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Title
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Alexander Franklin (Frank) James
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Description
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Charcoal portrait of Frank James dressed in what appears to be a Confederate cavalry uniform. Drawing is signed by the artist with "93" immediately below the signature. Not visible in the image is "Frank James" written in blue ink in lower right corner edge.
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Date
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1893
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Object Type
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Artwork
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Title
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Jesse Hamlett
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Description
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Charcoal portrait of Jesse Hamlett (sometimes spelled Hamlet) in suit coat, vest, tie, and hat. The drawing is signed by the artist with "93" immediately below the signature. At the bottom right corner, "Jesse Hamlet" is written in different handwriting and black ink.
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Date
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1893
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Object Type
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Artwork
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Title
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Unidentified Civil War Soldier or Guerrilla
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Description
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Charcoal portrait of unidentified person in cloak, shirt, and hat with plume andfive stars on the hatband. Drawing is signed by the artist with "93" immediately below the signature. Person in this drawing is taken from another drawing (MVO-101F).
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Date
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1893
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Object Type
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Artwork
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Title
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Unidentified Civil War Soldier or Guerrilla
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Description
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Charcoal portrait of unidentified Civil War soldier or guerrilla in uniform with cloak. Drawing is signed by the artist with "93" immediately below the signature. Person in this drawing is from another drawing in this collection (MVO-101F).
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Date
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1893
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Object Type
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Artwork
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Title
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Charles Fletcher (Fletch) Taylor
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Description
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Charcoal portrait of Charles Fletcher Taylor (Fletch) dressed in suit coat, shirt, tie, and hat. Drawing is signed by the artist with "93" immediately below the signature. At the bottom right corner, "Fletcher Taylor" is written in different handwriting and black ink.
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Date
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1893
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Object Type
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Artwork
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Title
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Unidentified Guerrilla
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Description
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Charcoal portrait of man in typical guerrilla overshirt, wearing a hat with a plume, and holding two crossed pistols. Drawing is signed by the artist with "93" immediately below the signature.
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Date
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1893
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Object Type
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Artwork
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Peyton Long
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Description
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Charcoal portrait of Peyton Long in suit coat, vest, shirt, and tie. Drawing is signed by the artist with "93" immediately below the signature. At the bottom right corner, "Peyton Long" is written in different handwriting and black ink.
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Date
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1893
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Object Type
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Artwork
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Title
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Unidentified Civil War Soldiers or Guerrillas
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Description
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Charcoal portrait of two men dressed in cloaks, uniforms, and hats with plumes and holding pistols. Drawing is signed by the artist with "93" immediately below the signature. Each of these has his own portrait (taken from this one) in this same collection by the same artist.
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Date
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1893
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Object Type
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Artwork
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Fletcher Taylor with Frank and Jesse James
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Description
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Charcoal drawing of three of Quantrill's guerrillas: Fletcher Taylor (left), Frank James (sitting), and Jesse James (right). Fletch and Jesse are dressed in suits and hats; Frank is hatless and in uniform. A hat lies on the floor near Frank's feet. Drawing is signed by the artist with "93" immediately below the signature. Below the person on the left, written in different handwriting and black ink is "Jesse James" and below that in a different handwriting is FLETCH TAYLOR. Below the man in the center is "FRANK." Right below the artist signature on the right is "Frank James" with "JESSE" penciled below. The corrected designations do not appear in the image.
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Date
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1893
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