Quantrill

Quantrill

Quantrill can refer to:

* William Quantrill, Confederate soldier
* Quantrill's Raiders, a guerilla group commanded by William Quantrill
* William Clarke Quantrill Society, a society dedicated to the memory of William Quantrill
* Paul Quantrill, baseball pitcher

See also: Cantrell (an alternate spelling of the same surname)


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  • Quantrill — William Clark Quantrill William Clark Quantrill (* 31. Juli 1837 in Canal Dover, Ohio; † 6. Juni 1865 in Louisville, Kentucky) war ein berüchtigter Partisanenführer im amerikanischen Sezessionskrieg …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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  • Quantrill — This interesting surname, with variant spellings Quantril, Quantrell, Quaintrell and Queintrell, is of early medieval English origin, and is from a nickname for an elegant person, deriving from the Middle English, Old French cointerel , a… …   Surnames reference

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  • Quantrill's Raiders — Quantrill’s Raiders [Quantrills Raiders] noun [pl] a small independent military group that fought for the ↑Confederate States in ↑Missouri and ↑Kansas during the ↑American Civil War. It was led by Captain William Quantrill …   Useful english dictionary

  • Quantrill's Raiders — Infobox Military Unit unit name=Quantrill s Raiders caption= country=Confederate States of America (claimed) allegiance=CSA type=Guerilla branch=Partisan Rangers, American Civil War dates=1861 ndash;May, 1865 specialization= command structure=… …   Wikipedia

  • QUANTRILL, William Clarke — (1837–1865)    Historically, Quantrill was a schoolteacher turned Southern partisan, known for developing guerilla hit and run raids of Union sympathizers in Kansas and Missouri. History usually portrays him as a cruel, vicious murderer and… …   Westerns in Cinema

  • Quantrill, William C. — ▪ American outlaw in full  William Clarke Quantrill,  pseudonym  Charley Hart  born July 31, 1837, Canal Dover, Ohio, U.S. died June 6, 1865, Louisville, Ky.  captain of a guerrilla band irregularly attached to the Confederate Army during the… …   Universalium

  • Quantrill, William C(larke) — born July 31, 1837, Canal Dover, Ohio, U.S. died June 6, 1865, Louisville, Ky. U.S. outlaw and Confederate guerrilla. After working as an itinerant schoolteacher, he moved to Kansas, where he failed at farming. By 1860 he was a horse thief and… …   Universalium

  • Quantrill’s Raiders — n [pl] a small independent military group that fought for the Confederate States in Missouri and Kansas during the American Civil War. It was led by Captain William Quantrill (1837–65), a former criminal, and included Jesse and Frank James and… …   Universalium

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