Quantrill's Thieves
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During the Civil War, Missourians sympathetic to the South carried on a guerrilla campaign of terror, led by William C. Quantrill and his Raiders. The war in Missouri progressively advanced in brutality and destruction. Author Joseph K. Houts, Jr., whose own ancestors rode with Quantrill, gives us this fascinating and scholarly account of one of the most interesting periods in the history of Kansas and Missouri, and an engaging peek into the lives of 93 men; the original documented list of Quantrill's Raiders.
After the battle at Pleasant Hill, Missouri on July11, 1862 Union troops found Quantrill's muster roll on one of the dead guerrillas. Two copies were made of the original, one by a Captain Henry J. Stierlin of Company A, 1st Missouri Cavalry, and the other by the author's great, great uncle, Major Thomas W. Houts, of Company A, 7th Cavalry, Missouri State Militia. The original and Captain Stierlin's were forwarded to Union commander Brigadier General John M. Schofield. The Major's copy was retained by him.
Upwards of 2,500 men have been said to have participated in some form of guerrilla activity in Missouri between 1861 and 8165. Estimates have established that approximately 600 men rode with Quantrill during the course of the war.
Quantrill's Thieves sets forth how the guerrilla war in Missouri evolved from a series of ill-conceived Union orders and decrees and their misinterpretation by the predominately Southern based population within the state. As a personal illustration of events, the author recounts an old family Civil War story, concluding with a portrayal of the Battle of Pleasant Hill in July 1862.
Short biographical sketches are included of each of William Clarke Quantrill's original documented ninety-three riders. This was a group of men that in relatively small engagements, and over a relatively brief period of time, immortalized themselves in fame and infamy and gained an important place in American history.
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