_____ CAPT. WILLIAM CLARKE QUANTRILL, CSA _____

Before the actual declaration of war by newly elected President Abraham Lincoln,

the "Border States" were already under attack by anti-slavery factions incited by John Brown.

Kansas "Jayhawker" vigilantes and pro-Union, militia opportunists antagonized citizens, burned properties, stole possessions & participated in the murder of civilians.

The US government did little to stop them.

WILLIAM CLARKE QUANTRILL - TEACHER

So what does it take to turn a mild mannered teacher of children into a ruthless soldier?

CAPT. WILLIAM CLARKE QUANTRILL, CSA  QUANTRILL'S PARTISAN RAIDERS

A while ago I asked myself, what would compel over 450 brave Confederate warriors to follow some young, scrawny backwoods sociopath into battle?  So I went looking for the answer.

I believe I have found it- along with so much more! To start with, his name indeed was an alias!

History says, young William Clarke Quantrill worked as a teacher in Lawrence, Kansas,

 a carpenter/plasterer, a slave chaser and several other odd jobs before newly elected

President Abraham Lincoln officially declared war on the South for secession.

Teacher turned Captain Quantrill, was said to have been killed at the end of that bloody war.

Is any of that true? It appears, not much.

None of Quantrill's many now famous Captains were killed, including himself.

They were loathed for the "divine interventions" that seemed to make their raids so successful. Quantrill's men were brave, dedicated and loyal. And they like George Washington, had spies. 

WILLIAM CLARKE QUANTRILL