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Bloody Dawn - The Story of the Lawrence Massacre

By: Kent State University Press

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Historical Books (Kent State University Press)

Last Stocked on 5/31/2024

Product Info

Title
Bloody Dawn - The Story of the Lawrence Massacre
Category
Author
Thomas Goodrich
Publish Year
1991
Pages
208
Dimensions
6x9x1"
NKG Part #
2148036623
Type
Softcover

Description

On August 21, 1863, William Quantrill led 400 Confederate irregulars to a rise on the outskirts of Lawrence, Kansas. For two years, the 3,000 inhabitants of this prosperous frontier community had managed to escape the Civil War which raged in the East. At Quantrill's command, the horrors of that war were brought directly into their homes. The attack began at dawn. When it was over, more than 150 townsmen were dead and most of the settlement burned to the ground.