CHARLES W. QUANTRELL

CAPTAIN HARRISON TROW

CONTENTS

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Introduction[11]
The False Jonah[13]
Early Life of Quantrell[15]
Why the Quantrell Guerrillas Were Organized[23]
Quantrell’s First Battle in the Civil War[29]
Fight at Charles Younger’s Farm[35]
Fight at Independence[37]
Second Fight at Independence[39]
Flanked Independence[41]
Fight at Tate House[43]
Fight at Clark’s Home[51]
Jayhawkers and Militia Murdered Old Man Blythe’s Son[59]
The Low House Fight[63]
Quantrell and Todd Go After Ammunition[69]
A Challenge[73]
The Battle and Capture of Independence[77]
Lone Jack Fight[85]
The March South in 1862[97]
Younger Remains in Missouri Winter of 1862 and 1863[105]
The Trip North in 1863[121]
Jesse James Joins the Command[131]
Lawrence Massacre[141]
Order Number 11, August, 1863[155]
Fights and Skirmishes, Fall and Winter, 1863–1864[159]
Blue Springs Fight, 1863[163]
Wellington[165]
The Grinter Fight[171]
The Centralia Massacre[175]
Anderson[187]
Press Webb, a Born Scout[193]
Little Blue[205]
Arrock Fight, Spring of 1864[207]
Fire Bottom Prairie Fight, Spring of 1864[209]
Death of Todd and Anderson, October, 1864[213]
Going South, Fall of 1864[223]
The Surrender[229]
Death of Quantrell[237]
The Youngers and Jameses After the War[253]