Transcriber’s Note: Boldface is indicated with =equals signs=; italics is indicated with _underscores_. CHARLES W. QUANTRELL A TRUE HISTORY OF HIS GUERRILLA WARFARE ON THE MISSOURI AND KANSAS BORDER DURING THE CIVIL WAR OF 1861 TO 1865 By JOHN P. BURCH _ILLUSTRATED_ AS TOLD BY CAPTAIN HARRISON TROW ONE WHO FOLLOWED QUANTRELL THROUGH HIS WHOLE COURSE COPYRIGHT, 1923 BY J. P. BURCH VEGA TEXAS [Illustration: CHARLES W. QUANTRELL] [Illustration: CAPTAIN HARRISON TROW] CONTENTS PAGE Introduction 11 The False Jonah 13 Early Life of Quantrell 15 Why the Quantrell Guerrillas Were Organized 23 Quantrell’s First Battle in the Civil War 29 Fight at Charles Younger’s Farm 35 Fight at Independence 37 Second Fight at Independence 39 Flanked Independence 41 Fight at Tate House 43 Fight at Clark’s Home 51 Jayhawkers and Militia Murdered Old Man Blythe’s Son 59 The Low House Fight 63 Quantrell and Todd Go After Ammunition 69 A Challenge 73 The Battle and Capture of Independence 77 Lone Jack Fight 85 The March South in 1862 97 Younger Remains in Missouri Winter of 1862 and 1863 105 The Trip North in 1863 121 Jesse James Joins the Command 131 Lawrence Massacre 141 Order Number 11, August, 1863 155 Fights and Skirmishes, Fall and Winter, 1863–1864 159 Blue Springs Fight, 1863 163 Wellington 165 The Grinter Fight 171 The Centralia Massacre 175 Anderson 187 Press Webb, a Born Scout 193 Little Blue 205 Arrock Fight, Spring of 1864 207 Fire Bottom Prairie Fight, Spring of 1864 209 Death of Todd and Anderson, October, 1864 213