William Clark Quantrill: A Bad Habit Of Fighting

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Would you have known that a famous guerilla fighter had a really bad habit of gambling (sussle.org)? That is true of William Quantrill. He is better known as a confederate guerrilla fighter who committed a lot of crimes, had a good side by being a school teacher, and his death was overshadowed by Lincoln’s assassination.
William Clark Quantrill was born on July 31, 1837, in Dover, Ohio. Quantrill is the oldest child of Caroline Cornella Clark and Thomas Henry Quantrill. His parents got married on October 11, 1836. His father passed away from tuberculosis when Quantrill was sixteen. When his father passed away he left his family in debt. Quantrill didn’t go to regular school, but he taught himself. After he taught himself he became a school teacher when he was sixteen (sussle.org).
Later, Quantrill met Sarah Katherine King. He married Sarah King who was thirteen at the time in 1861 on the King’s family farm in Blue Springs, Missouri. At the time of his death, he had no children with Sara (sussle.org).
He continued his teaching career until his school burned down. Then, he started a criminal career and became a gang leader. He formed his gang called The Quantrill Raiders named after himself. He declared himself the leader of his gang. During the Civil War, Quantrill joined the Confederate side and was a leader …show more content…

Another book was titled Guerrillas and Other Curiosities Independence was published in 2004 by Samuel Pence (wcqsociety.com). There are four movies that were made of his life. The titles are Kansas Raiders made in 1950 and another one is The Quantrill Raiders made in 1954 (historyonfilm.com). Quantrill took many different roads from being a school teacher to becoming a criminal and then to his very violent death. His death was overshadowed by Abraham Lincoln’s assassination, but he will be long remembered as the person that burned Lawrence,

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