Guerrilla Quantrill. William Quantrill, alias Captain Clarke, 4th Mo. Cav., taken here on May 10, 1865, ending four months Central Kentucky guerrilla raids. Surrounded in Wakefield's barn by Captain Terrill's 30 Kentuckians. Quantrill tried escape, mortally wounded and moved to Louisville Military Prison Hospital. He died June 6th, ending career as outlaw, then guerrilla for southern cause. Dedicated October 20, 1962.
by Kentucky Historical Society and Kentucky Highways Department #0505 of the Kentucky Historical Marker series
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