When Did Quantrill Die?

William Clarke Quantrill was a Confederate guerrilla leader during the American Civil War. Having endured a tempestuous childhood before later becoming a schoolteacher, Quantrill joined a group of bandits who roamed the Missouri and Kansas countryside to apprehend escaped slaves.

How did Captain Quantrill die?

William Quantrill, the man who gave Frank and Jesse James their first education in killing, dies from wounds sustained in a skirmish with Union soldiers in Kentucky.

How was Quantrill captured?

Almost two years later, according to the generally accepted version of the border ruffian's fate, Quantrill and a handful of raiders were captured on a farm in Kentucky. Quantrill, then 27, was shot in the back while trying to escape.