Download or read book Quantrill at Lawrence written by Paul R. Petersen and published by Pelican Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2011-04-26 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Lawrence raid of August 21, 1863, was considered one of the bloodiest events of the Civil War. The actions that brought on the raid are researched and explored in depth here for the very first time. What is discovered is a collusion in a "legacy of lies" that surrounded the stories of the raid.