This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: SMITH, ESLINGER, HARTMAN, DAY, SCRIVNER, HARTZOG Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/YMB.2ACI/1193.1 Message Board Post: Missouri was the most northern slave state and found itself embroiled in a Border War with 'free state' Kansas that went on for years. After many Missouri state legislators left for Arkansas at the outbreak of the Civil War, taking government records with them, they were replaced by Union sympathizers. My 3rd great grandfather, State Representative from Cedar County, was assassinated by Quantrill's raiders for his strong stand against pockets of secessionist sympathizers remaining in Missouri who aided Confederate guerrillas. Which relates to your second question: William Clarke QUANTRILL had a Confederate commission and a company of cavalry, varying between 50 and 250 men and spent most of his time killing Union troops and terrorizing the Unionists in Missouri. He had an especial hatred of Senator Jim LANE of Kansas who was a commissioned Union officer who led 'jayhawkers' on forays into Missouri, the sacking and burning of Osceola being one example; this was one of the incidents that led to Quantrill's infamous destruction of Lawrence, Kansas. Try 'Googling' some of those names and places for much more information.