Charles W. Quantrell
By JOHN P. BURCH
ILLUSTRATED
AS TOLD BY
CAPTAIN HARRISON TROW
ONE WHO FOLLOWED QUANTRELL THROUGH HIS WHOLE COURSE
Copyright, 1923 By J. P. Burch Vega Texas
CHARLES W. QUANTRELL
CAPTAIN HARRISON TROW
Do not loan this book out to neighbors and friends If You Do You Will Never Get It Back Keep it in your Library When You Are Not Reading It If You Want One Send to J. P. BURCH, VEGA, TEXAS And He Will Mail You One At Once
Harrison Trow
John P. Burch
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CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
THE AUTHOR
The False Jonah
Early Life of Quantrell
Why the Quantrell Guerrillas Were Organized
Quantrell’s First Battle in the Civil War
Fight at Charles Younger’s Farm
Fight at Independence
Second Fight at Independence
Flanked Independence
Fight at Tate House
Fight at Clark’s Home
Jayhawkers and Militia Murder Old Man Blythe’s Son
The Low House Fight
Quantrell and Todd Go After Ammunition
A Challenge
The Battle and Capture of Independence
The Lone Jack Fight
The March South in 1862
Younger Remains in Missouri With a Small Detachment—Winter of 1862 and 1863
The Trip North in 1863
Jesse James Joins Command
House Occupied by Women Light of Love
Lawrence Massacre
Order Number 11, August, 1863
Fights and Skirmishes During Fall and Winter, 1863–1864
Fire Prairie
Wellington
Lexington Road
Shawnee Town Road
Independence
Blue Springs Fight in December, 1863
Wellington
The Grinter Fight
The Centralia Massacre
Anderson
Press Webb, a Born Scout
Little Blue
Arrock Fight, Spring of 1864
Fire Bottom Prairie Fight, Spring of 1864
Death of Todd and Anderson, October, 1864
Going South, Fall of 1864
The Surrender
Death of Quantrell
The Youngers and Jameses After the War
Transcriber’s Notes
