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1) Bloody Dawn: The Story of the Lawrence Massacre

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On August 21, 1863, William Quantrill led 400 Confederate irregulars to a rise on the outskirts of Lawrence, Kansas. For two years, the 3,000 inhabitants of this prosperous frontier community had managed to escape the Civil War which raged in the East. At Quantrill's command, the horrors of that war were brought directly into their homes. The attack began at dawn. When it was over, more than 150 townsmen were dead and most of the settlement burned

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2) War to the Knife: Bleeding Kansas, 1854-1861

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Goodrich, Thomas

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Stackpole Classics

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Marching armies, cavalry raids, guerilla warfare, massacres, towns and farms in flames-the American Civil War, 1861-1865? No-Kansas, 1854-1861. Before there was Bull Run or Gettysburg, there was Black Jack and Osawatomie. Long before events at Fort Sumter ignited the War Between the States, men fought and died on the Prairies of Kansas over the incendiary issue of slavery. "War to the knife and knife to the hilt," cried the Atchison Squatter Sovereign....

3) Black flag: guerrilla warfare on the western border, 1861-1865

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Goodrich, Thomas

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"[A] thorough and comprehensive study of this tragic, almost forgotten episode of American history." -History "What Sherman did in Georgia and Sheridan in the Valley pales in comparison. This study truly shows the horrible cost inherent in any civil war." -Civil War Courier "[A] well written and compelling account of an aspect of the Civil War which has not received sufficient attention." -Southern Historian "Compelling . . ." -Publishers Weekly "[A]...

4) Bloody Bill Anderson: The Short, Savage Life of a Civil War Guerrilla

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Goodrich, Thomas

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The first-ever biography of the perpetrator of the Centralia and Baxter Springs Massacres, as well as innumerable atrocities during the Civil War in the West.

5) The Darkest Dawn: Lincoln, Booth, and the Great American Tragedy

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Goodrich, Thomas

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The story of the Lincoln assassination and its aftermath, captured with you-are-there immediacy. It was one of the most tragic events in American history: The famous president, beloved by many, reviled by some, murdered while viewing a play at Ford's Theater in Washington. The frantic search for the perpetrators. The nation in mourning. The solemn funeral train. The conspirators brought to justice. Coming just days after the surrender of the Confederate...