where did william quantrill die?
With a group of thirty-three men, he entered Kentucky early in 1865. In May a Unionist irregular force surprised his group near Taylorsville, Kentucky, and in the ensuing battle William Quantrill was shot through the spine. He died at the military prison at Louisville, Kentucky, on June 6, 1865. He is buried at the Missouri Confederate Soldiers Memorial in Higginsville, Missouri.