George M.

Todd
George M. Todd (unknown October 21, 1864) was a
Confederate guerrilla leader during the American Civil
War who served under William C. Quantrill. A participant in numerous raids, including the Lawrence Massacre
in 1863, he was ultimately killed at the Second Battle of
Independence in 1864.
Todd had worked as a bridge mason before the war,
and served with the Missouri State Guard before joining
Quantrill in 1862. He rose to become one of Quantrills
principal lieutenants, and participated in various raids of
his own as well as with Quantrill. During the First Battle
of Independence on August 11, 1862, Todd served under Quantrill in a two-pronged attack on the city led by
Col. John T. Hughes. During the ghting, Todd liberated several prisoners in the city jail, one of whom was
the city marshal, James Knowles, who had been imprisoned for the killing of a rowdy citizen. Knowles and a
Union captain named Thomas (whom Todd had captured
at this same time) were summarily executed by Todd and
his men, who wanted revenge for previous attacks made
by those two on their command.
On August 21, 1863, Todd participated in Quantrills raid
on Lawrence.
Todd and his men participated in the Centralia Massacre,
on September 27, 1864. Following the initial massacre of
unarmed soldiers on a train, the guerrillas overran a relief
force of inexperienced mounted infantry carrying single
shot ries, killing nearly all of them as well.
Todd was killed during the rst days ghting at the
Second Battle of Independence, on October 21, 1864, by
Lt. Col. George H. Hoyt of the Fifteenth Kansas as Major General Sterling Prices Confederate forces pushed
the Army of the Border through the town.[1][2] Todd was
buried at Woodlawn Cemetery[3] in Independence, where
his grave is a local historical attraction.[4]

Notes

[1] Richard J. Hinton, Rebel Invasion of Kansas and Missouri

(Chicago: Church and Goodman, 1865), page 105.
[2] George S. Grover, Price Campaign of 1864, Missouri
Historical Review 6 (Oct. 1911 Jul. 1912), page 174.
[3] George M. Todd at Findagrave.com
[4] Where the Civil War Began Retrieved on 12 July 2008

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