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  1. Quantrill's Flag. Raiders under the command of the notorious Confederate guerrilla William Quantrill dropped this flag in Olathe during an attack. Just after midnight on September 7, 1862, the town of Olathe, Kansas, was overrun by Confederate guerrillas. In the hours before dawn the raiders killed several men and looted businesses and private ...

  2. Captain William Quantrill. Quantrill's Raiders were the best-known of the pro- Confederate partisan guerrillas (also known as "bushwhackers") who fought in the American Civil War. Their leader was William Quantrill and they included Jesse James and his brother Frank . Early in the war Missouri and Kansas were nominally under Union government ...

  3. On September 7, 1862, just after midnight, Quantrill’s band of about 140 men attacked Olathe, Kansas. The raiders killed six men and held Olathe residents in the public square while they looted businesses and private homes. During the chaos, one of the raiders apparently dropped a flag in the public square.

  4. William Clarke Quantrill (July 31, 1837 – June 6, 1865) was a Confederate guerrilla leader during the American Civil War . Quantrill experienced a turbulent childhood, became a schoolteacher, and joined a group of bandits who roamed the Missouri and Kansas countryside to apprehend escaped slaves. The group became irregular pro-Confederate ...

  5. The Quantrill Raiders Flag symbolizes strength and resilience, representing loyalty to the Southern cause during the Civil War. Despite its small size, the flag carries immense historical and emotional weight, signifying the fierce loyalty of the Raiders to the Southern cause.

  6. Originally, Quantrill used a solid Black Flag (similar to many Sea Pirates), to identify his Unit. It has been speculated that he may have used one with his last name (in red) – emblazoned on the center. Given to him as a gift, the girl who sewed it for him misspelled his name! Quantrill was killed in action in Kentucky in 1865.

  7. The Lawrence Massacre (also known as Quantrill's Raid) was an attack during the American Civil War (1861–65) by Quantrill's Raiders, a Confederate guerrilla group led by William Quantrill, on the Unionist town of Lawrence, Kansas, killing around 150 unarmed men and boys.

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