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September 27, 1864 - Affair at Centralia, MO, where a band of Confederate guerrillas, under Bloody Bill Anderson, which included Frank and Jesse James, sack and burn the town, massacring over 20 unarmed Union soldiers as they are arriving aboard a train. Later, the Federals are ambushed and 116 more Yankees are killed.
Centralia Massacre | Civil War on the Western Border: The Missouri-Kansas Conflict, 1854-1865
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