THE BATTLE FOR FORT BLAIR MEMORIAL
CONFEDERATE WILLIAM C. QUANTRILL ON HIS ROUTE TO TEXAS TO SPEND THE WINTER OF 1863, HEARD OF THE FORT AT BAXTER SPRINGS AND ON OCTOBER 6TH, MADE A SURPRISE ATTACK UPON THE FORT WITH ABOUT 300 MEN. QUICKLY UNION TROOPS IN PARTICULAR THE 2ND KANSAS COLORED REPULSED THE ATTACK. QUANTRILL WENT ON TO ATTACK BAXTER SPRINGS AND BECAME INFAMOUS FOR THE BAXTER SPRINGS MASSACRE.
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Listing Details
- Public
- CIVIL WAR
- Plaques On Stone
- 6TH STREET AND MILITARY AVENUE
- 66713
- WILLIAM FISCHER, JR.
- COURTESY OF HMdb.org
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