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American Civil War: In Kentucky, Union soldiers ambush and mortally wound Confederate raider William Quantrill, who lingers until his death on June 6.
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Kentucky
U.S. state
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Quantrill's Raiders
Pro-Confederate partisan guerrillas in the American Civil War
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William Quantrill
American Confederate guerrilla leader (1837–1865)
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