George E. Young

This letter, dated August 23, 1863, is from George E. Young in Minneola, Kansas to his father. Young writes that he was in Lawrence on the day of Quantrill's Raid and "came very near being killed." He describes how the attackers approached the boarding house where he was staying, ordered all the women and children to leave, then lined up the men and shot at them. Young tells his father that he ran away and hid in a nearby cellar, narrowly escaping death.

August 23, 1863

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

George E. Young
William Clarke Quantrill

Lawrence, Kansas
Douglas County, Kansas
Lecompton, Kansas
Leavenworth, Kansas
Leavenworth County, Kansas

Kenneth Spencer Research Library

George E. Young Collection, Folder 1

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