Dissolution and Aftermath
During late winter 1863, Quantrill lost his hold over his men. In early 1864, the guerrillas he had led through the streets of Lawrence returned from Texas to Missouri in separate bands, none led by Quantrill himself.
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Famous quotes containing the words dissolution and/or aftermath:
“From low to high doth dissolution climb,
And sink from high to low, along a scale
Of awful notes, whose concord shall not fail;”
—William Wordsworth (1770–1850)
“The aftermath of joy is not usually more joy.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)