I was at the Durant Ok library a few days ago and read the book "Charles W. Quantrell" by John P. Burch, 973.708. It was copyrighted in 1923 and was the result of the author interviewing one of Quantrell's men before his death. So, the book is one chapter after another of "what we did there" stories. I saw John Rice Maupin's name on three pages near the end of the book. I did not see any mention of any other Maupins. As to the spelling of Quantrell, I guess we will have to do a search for the truth. The book said that he was born July 20, 1836 in Hagerstown, MD and died in June of 1865 and was buried in the Catholic cemetery in Louisville, KY. It was a sad book, written in a flowery style that I suppose was common then. It put forth the thesis that Quantrell and Anderson and Todd and their men were modern day Robin Hoods/ Knights Errant forced into their deadly trade by the vagueries of warfare. Supposedly, the injustices of the Federal forces of the time "unleashed" their darkest sides and they became perfect killing machines without a choice in their destiny. That is what I mean by flowery writing. However, it does give a person insight into the mindset of the time. It is a sobering account of something that people might fantasize about today and regard as being a lot less bloody than it actually was. Pat