[Non-Sequitur]

So all you need to do to justify killing innocent civilians is call it a 'punitive expedition'? Well then heck if that's all it takes then why are you complaining about Sherman's punitive expeditions through Georgia or South Carolina? Or Sheridan's punitive expedition through the Shenandoah Valley? Their actions were not the deliberate murder that Quantrill and Anderson and their mob practiced.

[stand watie]

WHAT innocent civilians?

EVERY single person on the "kill lists" was either an enrolled member of the 5th KS Volunteers, a "jayhawker" or a member of the "Free State Militia"; ALL were WAR CRIMINALS;ALL had committed crimes against civilians in MO.

face it N-S, you are trying to defend a bunch of SCUM & WAR CRIMINALS, who were no better than the WORST of Hitler's crowd.

the ONLY thing i regret about the cavalry raid on Lawrence was that COL Quantrell's forces didn't kill Doc Jennison (who was in MO that day raiding civilian farms) & COL Lane (who disguised himself as a woman to escape his JUST reward).

for dixie,sw