Did Notorious Civil War Guerrilla Leader Escape to Vancouver Island? (Part 2)

Would you believe that Confederate guerrilla leader William C. Quantrill has three headstones in three American states, including this one at Higginsville, Missouri?

So it’s generally believed.

Or is there a fourth grave for the man who led the raid on Lawrence, Kansas and the massacre of 150 men and boys? A grave, obliterated by air force bulldozers during the Second World War, at remote Coal Harbour, Vancouver Island?

How could that be, you ask? Because of claims that he escaped death in Kentucky and ended up as a watchman in the Quatsino area—where, in 1907, he was tracked down and murdered by two ‘Southerners’ with vengeance on their minds.

The story of John Sharp aka William Quantrill is one of British Columbia’s most intriguing legends. Part 2 in next week’s Chronicles.

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PHOTO: Third and ‘final’ grave of Captain William Quantrill in Higginsville, Missouri. —By KNexus - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=12199069