On August 21 , 1863 , Todd participated in Quantrill 's 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 rifles , killing nearly all of them as well . Todd was killed during the first day 's fighting at the Second Battle of Independence , on October 21 , 1864 , by Lt. Col. George H. Hoyt of the Fifteenth Kansas as Major General Sterling Price 's Confederate forces pushed the Army of the Border through the town . Todd was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in Independence , where his grave is a local historical attraction
Centralia Massacre
Centralia Massacre (Missouri)
George M. Todd