Skirmish near Brooklyn, Kansas

Skirmish near Brooklyn, Kansas
Part of the American Civil War
Date August 21, 1863 Location South of Brooklyn, Kansas 38°45′09″N 95°14′34″W / 38.752546°N 95.242758°W / 38.752546; -95.242758 Result See Skirmish section
Belligerents
Confederate States of America	United States
Commanders and leaders
William Quantrill George Todd	Preston B. Plumb Jim Lane
Units involved
Quantrill's Raiders	Militia 9th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry Regiment[1]

The skirmish near Brooklyn, Kansas was a skirmish of the American Civil War on August 21, 1863, between Quantrill's Raiders and pursuing Union forces immediately after the Lawrence massacre. James Henry Lane led a small group of survivors of the massacre in pursuit of Quantrill's men, and were joined by a force of about 200 Union Army cavalrymen, commanded by Major Preston B. Plumb. Lane's and Plumb's men fought with Quantrill's Raiders to the south of the town of Brooklyn, Kansas, which the raiders had burned. The Confederates began to panic, but a charge led by George Todd halted the Union pursuit. Quantrill's men escaped across the state line into Missouri and then scattered; a few were later caught and executed.