THE BATTLE FOR FORT BLAIR MEMORIAL
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: Plaques On Stone
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR
Photograph By: WILLIAM FISCHER, JR.
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
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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