BATTLE OF BAXTER SPRINGS, OCTOBER 6, 1863 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
QUANTRILL’S RAIDERS ATTACKED A UNION COLUMN AT WILLOW CREEK. QUANTRILL’S MEN, IGNORING THE RULES OF WAR, SHOT EVERY MAN THEY ENCOUNTERED, EVEN THOSE TRYING TO SURRENDER. MANY OTHERS WERE SHOT IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD AS THEY LAY WOUNDED ON THE PRAIRIE. OUT OF 125 UNION MEN 95 WERE KILLED.
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