Cook, Benjamin Franklin, b. 1867

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Manuscript Collections Cook, Benjamin Franklin, b. 1867

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Cook, Benjamin Franklin, b. 1867. Memorandum, 1948. 1 item. Location: Misc:C. Son of Samuel B. Cook, a member of the Kansas Calvary. William Clark Quantrill was the leader of a band of guerillas with Confederate sympathies in Kansas and Missouri during the Civil War. The band was mustered into the Confederate army in 1862. Memorandum describes the murder of Frank Cook and others by Quantrill near Olathe, Kansas, and Samuel B. Cook's challenge to meet Quantrill in a duel. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 2140.

Manuscript Topic

Civil War

Record Type

Manuscript Collections

Year

1948

Page URL: https://lib.lsu.edu/special/manuscripts/guides/cook-benjamin-franklin-b-1867

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