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Quantrill's Raiders was a pro confederate guerrilla unit led by William Quantrill. His outlaw group was apart of the Partisan Ranger Act of 1862 that participated in many raids and massacres against the Union

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Commonly under the title of irregular warfare, guerrilla units were sets of armed civilians that used military tactics to help support the confederate army.

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This act was active from April 21, 1862 until February 17, 1864. The Partisan Ranger Act was a law put in order with intentions of spiking interest in recruitment into the Confederate army. It was repealed as irregular warfare became more controversial and citizens became fearful of disobedient units. When this act was taken away Quantrill lost the hold on all of his men.

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In August of 1863, William Quantrill led his 450 men into Lawrence, Kansas and set the town on fire. Over 180 civilians were killed and a small women's jail collapsed. This raid played a big role in Bleeding Kansas and helped further the disagreement between Kansas and Missouri.

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The Confederate states often supported guerrilla's as they helped the fight against the Union but as Quantrill and his men committed unlawful actions they lost the trust of many.

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After the raid of Lawrence, Quantrill took his men through Confederate territory and into Texas. On their way down they stopped in Baxter Spring, Kansas and killed over 100 union soldiers.

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"Though I have been quite foolish in my notions of the last three or four years, still I
have been taught many a good lesson by them, and think I shall not regret it in [the
afterlife] so much as I do now; for it is now that I feel it the keenest, and can see the
whole picture of my doings in one broad sheet…"
A letter from Quantrill to his mother.