Quantrill's Raiders by Lizzy Garlinger https://padlet.com/lizzy_garlinger/d7sgpz7byypg and other outlaw groups en-us 2018-11-29 01:45:35 UTC 2025-03-03 14:52:00 UTC hello@padlet.com What was Quantrill's Raiders? lizzy_garlinger https://padlet.com/lizzy_garlinger/d7sgpz7byypg/wish/309112212 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]]> 2018-11-29 01:49:56 UTC https://padlet.com/lizzy_garlinger/d7sgpz7byypg/wish/309112212 What is a guerrilla unit? lizzy_garlinger https://padlet.com/lizzy_garlinger/d7sgpz7byypg/wish/309115900 Commonly under the title of irregular warfare, guerrilla units were sets of armed civilians that used military tactics to help support the confederate army.]]> 2018-11-29 02:12:24 UTC https://padlet.com/lizzy_garlinger/d7sgpz7byypg/wish/309115900 What was the Partisan Ranger Act? lizzy_garlinger https://padlet.com/lizzy_garlinger/d7sgpz7byypg/wish/309118578 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 It was repealed as irregular warfare became more controversial and citizens became fearful of disobedient units.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.]]> 2018-11-29 02:27:25 UTC https://padlet.com/lizzy_garlinger/d7sgpz7byypg/wish/309118578 How did the Confederacy feel? lizzy_garlinger https://padlet.com/lizzy_garlinger/d7sgpz7byypg/wish/309126776 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.]]> 2018-11-29 03:18:15 UTC https://padlet.com/lizzy_garlinger/d7sgpz7byypg/wish/309126776 The Lawrence Massacre lizzy_garlinger https://padlet.com/lizzy_garlinger/d7sgpz7byypg/wish/309129457 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.]]> 2018-11-29 03:37:57 UTC https://padlet.com/lizzy_garlinger/d7sgpz7byypg/wish/309129457 What else did they do? lizzy_garlinger https://padlet.com/lizzy_garlinger/d7sgpz7byypg/wish/309131355 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.]]> 2018-11-29 03:56:20 UTC https://padlet.com/lizzy_garlinger/d7sgpz7byypg/wish/309131355 lizzy_garlinger https://padlet.com/lizzy_garlinger/d7sgpz7byypg/wish/309135041 2018-11-29 04:26:13 UTC https://padlet.com/lizzy_garlinger/d7sgpz7byypg/wish/309135041 Primary Source lizzy_garlinger https://padlet.com/lizzy_garlinger/d7sgpz7byypg/wish/309136773 "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.]]> 2018-11-29 04:45:03 UTC https://padlet.com/lizzy_garlinger/d7sgpz7byypg/wish/309136773