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Harrison Trow
1843–1925
A Confederate guerrilla veteran turned memoirist, he is remembered for a firsthand account of William Quantrill and the border warfare of the American Civil War. His writing offers a vivid, controversial window into a violent chapter of Missouri and Kansas history.
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About the author
Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on October 16, 1843, he moved as a child first to Illinois and then to Missouri. During the Civil War, he rode with William Quantrill's guerrillas, an experience that later shaped the book for which he is best known.
His name is most closely linked to Charles W. Quantrell, a narrative published with John P. Burch and based on his recollections of guerrilla fighting on the Missouri-Kansas border. Because it comes from a participant, the book has drawn interest from readers of Civil War history, especially those curious about irregular warfare in the West.
After the war, he lived in Blue Springs, Missouri, and later moved to Hereford, Texas, where he died on February 24, 1925. Today, he is remembered less as a literary figure than as a firsthand witness whose memoir preserves one partisan view of a turbulent era.