Baxter
Springs, Kansas (Baxter Springs Massacre)
October 6, 1863
Estimated Casualties: 106
total (US 103; CS 3)
Description: After conducting many raids in Kansas,
including the massacre at Lawrence, William Clarke Quantrill
attacked a post in Baxter Springs, and then a Union column
approaching the area. Touted as a massacre by some, Baxter
Springs was another of the events that characterized the vicious
Kansas-Missouri border warfare.
Confederate victory |
