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This black and white water color on paper was created by Lauretta Louise Fox Fisk, wife of Washburn College sociology professor Dr. D.M. Fisk, shows Quantrill's raid on Lawrence, Kansas, August 21, 1863. Confederate guerilla forces led by William Clarke Quantrill, 1837-1865, attacked Lawrence, Kansas, killing nearly 200 people and burning most of the town.
Creator: Fisk, Lauretta Louise Fox
Date: between 1866 and 1919
Item Number: 665
Call Number: 1959.137.19
KSHS Identifier: 1959.137.19
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Artists
Collections - Museum
Curriculum - 7th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - 1854 to 1865 (Benchmark 2) - Civil War in Kansas (Indicator 6) - Quantrill’s Raid
Date - 1890s
Date - 1900s
Date - 1910s
Military - Wars - Civil War - Quantrill's raid
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Original Art - Picture - Genre
People - Notable People - Quantrill, William Clarke, 1837-1865
Places - Cities and towns - Lawrence
Places - Counties - Douglas
Thematic Time Period - Civil War, 1861 - 1865
Type of Material - Objects and Artifacts
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