Elizabeth S.C. Earl

This letter, dated September 22, 1863, is from Elizabeth S.C. Earl to her brother. Writing from Lawrence, Kansas, Earl describes Quantrill's Raid. She writes that Quantrill and 300 of his men invaded Lawrence at dawn and travelled from house to house knocking on doors: "when the men opened the door, they would shoot them down, and then rush in, and set fire to the house, threatening death to the women." Earl tells her brother, "You know nothing of the Horrors of this war."

September 22, 1863

Surviving a Guerrilla War
Border Ruffians
Bushwhackers
Guerrillas
Women
Quantrill's Raid on Lawrence

Elizabeth S.C. Earl
William Clarke Quantrill

Douglas County, Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas

Kenneth Spencer Research Library

Jennie L. and Elizabeth S.C. Earl Correspondence, Folder 1, Item 1: RH MS P285

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