BATTLE OF BAXTER SPRINGS, OCTOBER 6, 1863 MEMORIAL
QUANTRILL'S RAIDERS ATTACKED A UNION COLUMN AT WILLOW CREEK. QUANTRILL'S MEN, IGNORING THE RULES OF WAR, SHOT EVERY MAN THEY ENCOUNTERED, EVEN THOSE TRYING TO SURRENDER. MANY OTHERS WERE SHOT IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD AS THEY LAY WOUNDED ON THE PRAIRIE. OUT OF 125 UNION MEN 95 WERE KILLED.
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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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