When Was Quantrill Killed?

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?

As the Civil War drew to a close Quantrill's followers broke up into smaller bands to continue their criminal pursuits. On May 10, 1865, Quantrill ambushed and mortally wounded in by Union forces near Taylorsville, Kentucky; he died of his wounds on June 6 at the age of 27.

How did Cantrell die?

In May 1865, Quantrill was mortally wounded in combat by Union troops in Central Kentucky in one of the last engagements of the Civil War. He died of wounds in June.