Guerrilla Quantrill

William Quantrill, alias Captain Clarke of the 4th Missouri Cavalry, was taken here on May 10, 1865, ending four months of Central Kentucky guerrilla raids. Surrounded in Wakefield's barn by Captain Terrill's 30 Kentuckians, Quantrill tried to escape, was mortally wounded, and was moved to Louisville Military Prison Hospital. He died on June 6th, ending a career first as an outlaw and then as a guerrilla for the Southern cause.

Kentucky · United States