Bloody Bill Anderson & the Missouri Bushwhackers
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- Опубліковано 25 кві 2021
- “I will show you that I can kill men with as much skill and rapidity as anybody. From this time on I ask no quarter and I will give none” - these were the words spoken by Bloody Bill Anderson, shortly before he executed and scalped over twenty men.
According to those who rode with Anderson he was “a desperate man and a reckless fighter, the worst devil in the bunch. Human life meant nothing to him. He could shoot a man who was on his knees begging for mercy as easily as most men kill a chicken. He feared no man alive and believed heart and soul in the southern cause.” Who was Bloody Bill Anderson? What events transpired that caused him to devote his entire life to war? A life that he once spoke of saying “If I cared for my life I would have lost it long ago. Wanting to lose it, I cannot throw it away.” Was Bill Anderson a reluctant hero caught up in the passions of civil war or just a bloodthirsty villain, using any excuse he could to terrorize the countryside? #wildwest #history #western
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Quantrillsguerrillas.com
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The Bush Smith rabbit hole of speculation
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Did Bloody Bill Anderson Escape An Ambush In Missouri And Settle In Brown County, Texas? (Spoiler Alert: Probably not!)
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Bloody Bill's grave
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I grew up in Central Missouri (Boonslick area). A friend's family still lives and farms on property their family has owned since before the Civil War. The farm is located some miles south of Centralia. During an excavation on their property in the late '60's, University of Missouri archeologists/researchers discovered a buried leather satchel containing numerous gold coins and a 'boot pistol' buried in the corner of an old stone foundation that once supported a barn. Some of the coins had mint dates of 1860. They theorized that the loot had been buried either before or after the massacre at Centralia by one of Anderson's men who never made it back to claim it. It was common for Confederate raiders to rob banks in Missouri during the War to finance their operations. Most banks were owned by Union sympathizers and were considered fair game. The artifacts are on display at the University of Missouri - Columbia campus.
Very cool find
I bet it hurt to let that gold go...the gun, too!
@@connor3284 definitely had to...I'd have wanted that in my own personal collection for sure.
I would of kept the finds.✅🤑
@@connor3284 imagine how many folks find stuff and not report it for that reason
My great Grandfather was kidnapped by Bushwackers in Pope County Arkansas in 1862 or 63, he was 12 years old. He was used to help drive the Bushwackers ill gotten horses and cattle toward Missouri. After several weeks travel north the Bushwackers told him he could go back home. When he got back home he had been gone 3 months. My Grandfather told me this story and several more about the Bushwackers.
Why did the bushwackers attack Arkansas?
@@outdoorloser4340 They were outlaws, doing what outlaws do, there was no law in much of the south during the war. They were deserters from both sides and outlaws. My grandfather also said the Bushwackers tourtured people by burning their feet to get them to tell where their money was. After the war these foot burners were hunted down and killed.
@@outdoorloser4340 there were union sympathizers in parts of Arkansas and this was probably the reason , Arkansas wasn’t as dangerous as Missouri , I may be wrong about why he stole from Arkansas but I think I’m right
Some of my ancestors were famous bushwhackers and even rode with quantrell into kansas
@@mr.dinder9287 Were they Irish? It would make sense if they were?
" Dying ain't hard for men like you and me. Livin is hard ".
Thank you for telling this story.
There is iron in your words of life and death
This is the most thorough and comprehensive treatment of this man that I've seen. Thank you very much for posting it.
Thank you for listening, Don
@@WildWestExtravaganzathis is definitely magnificent. Like said, exemptioal job please do quantrell...and I'm not even southern. Crist...I'm born and raised from new Jersey...peace out best of luck keep up the great work.
He does do go work
Not a hard man to track, he leaves dead men wherever he goes.
"Ride With The Devil" comes as close to this chapter in American history as any movie ever made . Thanks for the telling of different sides on the story as I would have bailed on the Yankee version .
Excellent movie
I have seen the movie several times and would watch it again Great Movie
Don’t forget Josey Wales😊
It’s hard to sneak up on an Indian!
Just read that book, poetry really, "it was altogether an inspiring moment to me ... Showing that we have an ability to forgive.... Aloneness would not be our fate........
@@rodbeuttel4959that depends on whether they be drunk or not
Gotta say, terrific show. Great cadence and candor. Not many people can crack a line while talking history. Well done.
I grew up in Liberty,Mo. in the 70's and 80's, and over 100 years later you could still see results of this activity in peoples behavior. Outside of town people were mega suspicious of any newcomers and having guns pulled on you was a common occurrence, there was even still whole families of outlaws that lived all down one road out in the boonies. My folks still live there but there has been a huge influx of new people and it's very different now.
I moved to Florida in '95 and peoples friendliness to strangers struck me instantly, totally different receptions than you would receive in Missouri.
We made it be a little more open outsiders but don't think for one minute we ain't got our eyes on yall..... Lol jk. Well sorta
Dude I went to central Missouri this 4th of July, went to a local swimming hole and was immediately approached by the natives. I'm from a small town in rural Georgia so I wasn't exactly worried about it. We often notice the new people. Come to find out they wanted to point out the local pedo that was across the river because " I'm here with my kids". They said if he comes over here he won't be leaving, and that I was invited to help them handle it. They said they noticed I handed my pistol to my father when I went for a swim. Y'all wild up Missouri way!
I've lived in the area my entire life in Liberty 20 plus years bunch of malarkey. That's just how folk are outside the city they don't trust anyone. And why would they just watch the news. But once you get to know them they're the best so don't act like Missouri people or some kind of psychos
@@chuckHart70born and raised Ozark Mountains hillbilly and I laughed at all that too. Only people that you gotta worry about down here are the dopers and the Cartels put all the dope cooks outta business. At least the big timers.
@@MrCashewkitty the Mexican cartels have taken over the meth market in the boonies too ?
In Missouri, old stone fireplaces standing alone are called "Jennison's Monuments", after Charles Jennison, another of the Jayhawkers who burned countless homes in Missouri throughout the war.
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I live in cass county. One of 4 counties burned to the ground when order number 11 was carried out. We have next to no pre civil war structures in the county only in some of the small towns.
@@minutemandefense3935 only the old Brown home was left standing,and their slave quarters, I am from Harrisonville in Cass County, and Order 11 everything was burned,, a sad part of the Civil War
@@gregscavuzzo5457 yep, I actually drove by that house a couple weeks ago. Hurts my sould to know all that history burned to the ground.
@@minutemandefense3935 do you know why it was left standing , did they take the pledge of loyalty or were they just northern sympathizers
My ancestors were bushwackers. When researching my family I discovered an author that did the entire Burgess line and even published a book on it called "The House of Burgesses." A couple road with Quantrill' raiders, housed them, and fed them. Henrietta Burgess (born Henrietta McCown) was even imprisoned with Bloody Bill's sisters. Reverend Garland Burgess was even one of the founders of Johnson County and the family was involved in the Johnson County fued (or at least supported McCown). History is rich.
Very rich
To me the Johnson County Feud would mean Johnson County Wyoming, I assume you mean something else?
@mattlien5844 You happen to catch me online. The country read in Missouri was different. Missouri voted to stay in the union but it was so divided the entire state fought its own internal civil at with Bushwackers and Jayhawkers.
The best I can describe it was "complicated".
@@mattlien5844i believe he's referring to the trouble in Johnson County, Missouri before & during the Civil War
These stories about Kansas Missouri from 1855-1865 are off the chain ! Bandits everywhere !
Thick as fleas
Man this is the most engaging delivery of history I've heard. While still factual, there's enough speculation and opinion to keep it interesting! Love it!
"I ask that you show no quarter because you'll receive none." Goosebumps
Easy thing to say to men surrendering u plan to kill.
Why? Ask him for 5 nickels instead.
@@heyitspete6472 hush it, chico
AS someone who lives within all of this history, your portrayal is just about perfect. Ride with the Devil is a top 10 favorite movie of mine. Heck, my field is about 1 mile North of the Raiders retreat to the Marais de Cygne. My last home was actually on Bill Hickocks land! Its hard to pass a fart and not hit frontier history around here.
Lots of history in your neck of the woods
@@WildWestExtravaganza Bleeding Kansas, Santa Fe, California, Oregon Trail launch point, Battle of Lexington and Blackjack, Fort De Cavagnial, Fort Osage, Lewis and Clark tie ins, Pony Express stops, Frontier Stagecoach stops, Steamboat Arabia etc. Thats not getting into mob history, World War support, Music history, food history. So pretty much like any other area. That so much of the Native American history was plowed under and lost is truly heart breaking though. But we did find Etzanoa!
I’m just imagining you wandering around farting constantly…
@@Johnconno prove what? Where my old house sat? Look up Hickock park in Lenexa Kansas. Monticello was incorporated into Lenexa about 20 years ago. The surrounding neighborhood is almost entirely on the plot of his land when he was constable.
@@Johnconno what exactly are you going on about? Rooster was not here.
I'm from southwest Missouri. I love your respectful and tasteful video and hearing someone tell a story with an accent that feels like home is very cathartic and centering. I listen to audiobooks to fall asleep. It's just comforting.
Wow, thank you
This was a great episode. If you have time, you should totally do one on Quantrill.
I'm new here and just going to ask just that very question.
I agree! He rode through the Salt River area close to my home. I would LOVE a Quantrill episode. ❤
He is in my family tree. My maternal grandmother was an Anderson. My cousin did 2 DNA tests and a family tree through one of those sites. I wonder what he would think of Me...a half breed Navajo.
Thats awsome, i have porch indian in me, my grandmother was over half Indian, her mother was full i think, and grandmother said she remembered watching her mother eat fish raw after catching them from a river
lol well let's look at examples of men who fathered children with colored people of that time. Hmmm they sold their own children off into slavery and denied offspring to people considered less than lol.
One never knows what is lurking in the ancestral woodpile. No one is pure anything.
One never knows what is lurking in that ancestral woodpile.
I thoroughly enjoyed this. This was the 1st video of yours I watched. I've had a growing interest in the Wild West and Civil War. I learned so much from this episode and laughed a little too. Great presentation! I'm a subscriber now!
My great-grandfather was from Missouri but moved to Dennison Texas during the civil war. Bloody bill and Quantrel came to Denision. That is where my greatgrandfater met Jessie and Frank James. They became life long friends. And he hid them a couple of times and brought them food to a cave before it was flooded to become part of lake Texoma.
And you're proud of him because?
@@brianmccarthy5557 These were tough men during tough times many saw family, neighbors and friends butchered. They did what was needed to survive that is why I am proud of my ancestors I never met but only heard stories from family.
Mine rhode with bloody bill during the war
The dam for lake texoma was built in 1944, Jesse died in 1882, frank in 1915
The James were nothing but thieves and killer thugs. They are no different than MS-13, Latin Kings, Bloods, Crips, Mexican cartels, Chinese Triads and the Russia Federation army in Ukraine. Nothing to celebrate unless you love evil.
I live in Missouri. My dad’s side of the family was on both sides of the fence in regards to slavery and the civil war. On one hand we’re descended from slave owning farmers. On the other hand, we’re descended from a man who fought for the union and escaped Andersonville POW camp. (To be clear, I’m much happier about the second of the two)
Dude you are a great story teller! Thanks for what you do
This dude is a crackhead!
Very good job on this CSA Warfighter Bloody Bill Anderson, he is one of my heroes, my grandfather Jesse Jocoy, was named after Jesse James, he was born in Missouri as well. He retired in the West Texas oil fields as a well respected tool pusher. I didn't learn this about him until after he passed away unfortunately. What amazes me is how these men that fought under Bill Anderson ever numbered more than 80 and we go up against thousands of Union troops using three 6 and 9 shot revolvers each. They knew the importance of Firepower and getting in and out of a battle fighting from the back of their horses! Bushwackers they were called, guerilla warfighters they were...
Your hero was a wicked scoundrel and died like a whiny dog from what I heard
Just came over here from the Casual Criminalist. I've been loving this channel so far and it's gotten me though a brutal shift.
Bloody Bill Anderson is one of those figures that embodies a phrase my history professor said all the time. "If you find yourself wondering if someone is a victim or villian, remember that the answer is often both."
That’s a great quote!
I respect your brutal honesty about not having the time to put up more pics. You now have my full support as an OG. That’s how we used to speak. No BS. Straight up answers. For what it’s worth. I’ll be listening 👂 😎
The Outlaw Josie Wales is a must see for anyone who enjoys westerns. Rose of Alabama pops into occasionally to this day the 3 sons comment pulled it out of the long term memory
This is mighty fine. I watch a lot of historical videos and yours has been the best. It flows like an easy river easy on the ears, packed with sooo much.
One thing is incorrect. He was killed in Albany which at the time was an unincorporated community of Ray County, Missouri that is about 10 miles away from Richmond, Missouri where he is buried.
It is oven confused with the city of Albany in Gentry county that is about 90 miles away.
I thoroughly enjoyed the video. Very well done.
Apologies, should have said often confused.
I'm a civil war buff but not as well versed in these smaller operations that leaders like RE Lee, Longstreet, Jackson etc, did NOT faver and in fact, held in contempt.
Even raider John Hunt Morgan did not have a favorable opinion of the Quantrill/Anderson types.
But the info I learned from you was FANTASTIC, and your delivery and voice inflection made it great to listen to.
You spoke several times of bloody Kansas and general Thomas Ewing Jr and orders #11 putting the most people out of their homes up until the Japanese in WW2.
He's my great great blood uncle.
One of his 3 brothers (also several sisters) is my great great grandfather, Brigadier and later Major General....General Hugh Boyle Ewing, one of the 2 other brothers, also my great great blood uncle was General Charles Ewing...who was general William Tecumseh Sherman's right hand man during the 'March to the Sea' and up into the Carolinas.
All 3 Ewing generals had one sister named Ellen Ewing who became Ellen Ewing Sherman when she married her FOSTER brother William Tecumseh Sherman....so "The TORCH"... of Atlanta and Columbia SC is my great great uncle through marriage to my great great blood aunt Ellen Ewing-Sherman.
Little 'Cumpy' Sherman was adopted as a foster child by my 3XXX great grandfather US senator from Ohio, Thomas Ewing Sr.
The Sherman's lived 2 houses down the hill in Lancaster Ohio from the wealthy Ewings.
At 9 yrs old, little Cumpy's dad died out on the circuit as a judge.
Cumpy was one of 10 children and Mrs Sherman had to adopt several kids out.
My 3XXX great grandfather Thomas Ewing Sr, told Mrs Sherman, "Give me your most intelligent male child, and I will raise him"..
Mrs Sherman said, "This little red-head here is the smartest".
Senator Ewing (also the FIRST EVER 'Secretary of the Interior' in president Zachary Taylor's admin, when he created that cabinet position) adopted Cumpy Sherman and at 16 years of age the senator got Sherman an appointment to West Point where he graduated 6th in his class.....and the rest is "history".
In a round about way, General Sherman coined the phrase, ...."WAR IS HELL"....(actually saying "war is ALL hell".
Never cared for Sherman as of most southerners
A journalist, Marshall Murdock, was in Lawerence during the raid. He and a friend saved their lives by hiding in the pit of an outhouse. Later, after the war, Murdock started the Wichita Eagle newspaper.
Great show ! I'm only eleven minutes in and I am riveted ! Your cadence is impeccable and you lead the story so well. I tip my hat .
Wow, thank you!
Josh , you are the best story teller I have ever listen to and i listen to so many , keep up the excellent work and you will have thousands of fans !!!
Wow thanks!!!
“Dyin ain’t much of a livin boy”
We all have to make a living
Blondie?
Thank you! That was a fantastic doc! I grew up a few miles from Centralia and I knew some stuff happened around there but I had no idea.. It’s a privilege to call you Colonel Josh! 🇺🇸
I love Civil war history. If you ever do any more episodes in that direction… I’d love to see one on John S Mosby
Rodolfo Fierro. You could call him the Mexican Bloody Bill.
Love to see you do a mosby
Slavery was not but on the list of causes ranked #7
The Grey Ghost was the most feared & respected partisan of the War... Operating well behind enemy lines & I would also like to hear Colonel Josh's take on J.S.M.
You should listen to his memoirs on audio book (available on UA-cam) his exploits are legendary. Also in a traditional cavalry role Lt General Wade Hamptons memoirs are amazing . He was also not formally trained in military tactics and joined his own legion as a private and ended up as the ANV cavalry chieftan who won the largest cavalry battle of the war at trevilian Station, also famous for his entanglement with 3 Michigan Cavalrymen at east Cav field where he killed 2 splitting one of their heads clean in two and severing the 3rds arm clean off while himself suffering a slash to the skull and a pistol shot to the abdomen . Wounded 5 times , he was shot in the heel at the wilderness and never left the saddle . He saw both of his sons shot down in battle a minute apart from one another , one fatally he had but a moment to spend with the two before riding to the front to do work with his solingen bladed long sword . He was a man among men
Champ Ferguson...
I visited the Centralia battle site recently. Just shocking how that went down. The Union got baited into that ambush as they were wanting revenge for some recent losses and they were way out gunned. Most of the Blue Soldiers had single shot rifles while the Gray had multiple 6 shooters. The battlefield marker said the battle was over in 3 minutes!!! After the battle and while the men lay dying scalps were taken. That had to be a horrific scene.
Bloody bill just wanted to be sure the people of Kansas knew that the chiefs are a missouri football team.
And after hearing this story, the Chiefs should actually be the Raider's
That's why were Red. Love the Ozarks Missouri Arkansas.
@@b1burck 😆
Haha
Outlaw Josey Wales
As a " son of the Confederacy" that lives in the shadow of Kennesaw Mtn. .... Your mention of Mr Raines reminds. A great subject for a future episode of your show would be the story of the Raines Brothers - armorers of the Confederacy. They did a lot of incredible stunts from moving huge rolling mills over land to Augusta, Ga. ( where the confederate arsenal would produce powder of such a high quality that it was still being used in WW I..... To the incredible booby traps they designed - E.G. Small bombs that were cast to look like lumps of coal that could be tossed into union train coal supplies to blow up their boilers. The ruins of the Augusta powder mill are still there today.
I'm totally addicted to your savage yet funny tales of real life bad assery!!!
Ride with the devil is another awesome movie that gives an accurate account of the period Lawrence raid
Is that the one where you kind of get to see that 90's singer Jewel breastfeed?
Great and straight rendering. Thank you.
Thanks
So glad I stumbled upon your podcast on the way home this morning. I have listened to a few in a row now and just love your show. I’m from Missouri and I can tell you this there is still a deep dislike between Missouri and Kansas. War is indeed hell as you mentioned and what happened in these states during the Civil War was an example of how unregulated war can become even more sinister.
Glad to have you on board, Joshua!
@@WildWestExtravaganza You sound like a tweaker
Joshua Barrett: As a history buff, especially Brit & American,I am fascinated by certain periods.And the story behind what caused the Younger & James boys to turn outlaw.Bloody Bill & Quantrill were incredible characters.I seem to recall one of Anderson's sisters was among those women killed when the building they were held in as Southern sympathisers,collapsed 'accidentally'.Jesse's Ma & sis were also in the group.What hoomans will inflict on each other is well nigh unbelievable.
It's not uncommon to hear older Iowans refer to Missourians as "Missouri pukes" ---a term used since the Civil War...
What part of Mo r u from Joshua?
North and South were both bloody at times as is the nature of war.
I am a proud Missourian. I love that my state activity defends my right to keep and bear arms.
Josh my man. North Wales here....I said I'd be back didn't I?? So_ watched all 5(?) Jim Bridger vids. This Anderson one. "The Searchers" fella. BUT BY FAR THE BEST,so far, is "The Last Of The Dogmen" vid. The Apache holdouts!! Oh man what a totally brilliant story that was/is!? I agree with you,wouldn't it be great to think that some of these renegades are still holding out NOW? Great,great story m8. You're REALLY good at this malarkey bro!! You tell a good yarn,& you tell them extremely well at that! Keep it up!! I'm gonna continue to work my way through your backlog. So from the Druid Isle of Ynys Môn/Anglesey.... NOS DA I CHI, & God bless you all
Thank you! Glad you’re enjoying it
You make it easy to enjoy m8. You've got a really "infectious"(?) style of delivery brother
That was excellent. When I first started listening I was thinking over an hour long would just drag by. But that was the fastest hour I've ever listened to.
Thanks man
Great video and very enjoyable. I’m 5th generation Texan and I can see the war between the states from different points of view. However, this guy was a sociopathic killer. Without arguing the points you mentioned early on, there were a multitude of horrors inflicted on civilians and private property in a lot of places besides Missouri, all over the Confederacy. Read the history of the Tabasco plant on Avery Island, La. It’s really a salt dome elevated higher than the surrounding land and thus surrounded by water. The original McIlhenny family that started making Tabasco sauce fled there during the war because of the Union soldiers coming into Baton Rouge and New Orleans. They looted, ransacked and burned homes, fields and businesses all over the South. What happened to Zerelda Cole was typical tactics and the type of terrorism that fueled killers like Jesse James. The war was not over for them and for a lot of other people. Slavery is bad. So is an all-powerful, central federal government like we now suffer under. Exactly what our founding fathers did not want, thats why most of the power was held by the states and why statehood was not easily obtained. I believe that slavery would have ended in another 20-40 years anyway. The north would have been financially crippled by the loss of southern cotton at a cheap price to supply their textile mills. It was going to be sold to Great Britain and France. The loss of control of the. Mississippi river would also have been devastating to westward expansion and trade for states and territories North of Tennessee or possibly Kentucky.
Not many people can be open minded enough to except the history of the violence and controversy surrounding northern aggression. Northern states were using these same tactics on Native Americans long before and after the civil war ended. My family in South Carolina is Cherokee, Welsh and Scandinavian decent, never had slaves, ran a 1200 acre farm for 92 years. They provided food for both sides at different times. After it was mostly burned down following the end of the war, there wasn’t enough infrastructure left for farmers to rebuild unless they had union currency or connections. Then a Union politician from Michigan sent an investor to buy farm land and my family sold most of the property for survival. It was sold after 92 years for less than it was originally purchased for. I’m grateful that they recoded and passed down this information through generations.
The artwork and narration on display here are unprecedented and unheralded ....museum quality americana😊
Bushwhackers ! My home town! Nevada Missouri ! Celebrate it every year!
I am amazed you brought it up .I was Born 8 miles from the site of the Centralia Missouri Massacre. As was dad and his dad . Still here . Bill Anderson's sister was killed in the collapse of the Kansas Federal Pen. She and her friend were of 3 who died . That is why Mr Anderson hated Red Leggs .
I think it was my great-great-grandmother and her family that was attacked by the Missouri Raiders, Quantrill and his men from what I'm told. They rode into the farm, looted and stole everything they could, killed her husband and all but one son. He was a baby and so was dressed in frills. She made the men believe he was a baby girl so they let him live. They raped her and her daughters (not under 10 years old), set fire to the farm and left her and the children to starve to death. After burying her husband and sons, my grandmother cobbled together what she'd hidden and what was left and took her remaining children south to settle in north Texas.
General Sterling Price was the name of John Wayne 's cat in the movie "True Grit". Just saying.
Price is a BIG deal in Chariton County, Missouri. They have Sterling Price festival every year in Keytesville,Mo.
The Battle of Lexington was fought in MO.
You tell a hulluva fine story! I think I've gone through them all at least twice!
Love them!!
Thanks Nathan
Great job once again. Always a fantastic listen, always learn something and I always share with friends. Good on ya partner. 🤠
Thanks for listening
"I notice when you get to dislikin someone they ain't around long either"
Man this is great love this kind of history and you're pretty awesome at narrating it
Thanks man! Glad you're listening
No ,you're another biased damnyankee ! YOU HAVE NOT STUDIED REAL HISTORY ! YOU are VERY Closed -minded and out right lying !LIAR ! LIAR! LIAR ! I presented written proof Quantrill WAS A CONFEDERATE OFFICER AND his men Confederate soldiers ! WHY do you insist on your lies about Capt. Quantrill and his Partisan Rangers ?
I agree with you 100%, I think he was a ruthless killer. I also think that the circumstances of the time was a huge influence. I love the stories, keep up the good work!
It was fought over the Morrall Tarriff Act and taxation as much as slavery. Lincoln himself said he would free or enslave all black people to save the union. Great show!
Some good listening to while I work on my car. Thanks for all the hard work you put into this channel.
Dude I love your podcast I love history and you make it really fun
The Red legs were a light Infantry French Regiment known as Zouaves which were operational between 1830 and 1962 mostly in North Africa. Some of the Union soldiers wore the red pant legs as a tribute to an elite French light infantry unit.
I am from Missouri and learned much about Bloody Bell. Your video was awesome 👍!
The feud between the states still continue in one way or another...😢 strange how feelings can carry on for so long 😢
Good vid on William T Anderson a true hero Confederate and Rebel! May he RIP!
Why do you think a racist, psychopathic, insurrectionist is a "true hero"???
But full of lies !
I would say that Bill Anderson harmed the Confederate cause more than he helped it, with the kind of tactics he used. Just as Anderson was turned into a bloody killer by his thirst for revenge, Anderson created a lot of other people who also thirsted for revenge on the Union side.
You’re an idiot. He rped a 12 year old black servant and he’s a hero? Get help.
Human egos are his downfall, no matter how bloated your ego, no matter how much you see yourself as legend, we're all fallible
if the whole confederate army would have fought like these heroes, we would have won the war!
We?
these heroes were low life psychos with zero concern for the confederacy - read a book or listen to the video, yahoo
@@WildWestExtravaganza Yea..
we.
Bloody bill Anderson is my Favorite outlaw
Thank you for standing up for this great man. As most tell it as it was "Made up" to paint him out as a bad, evil man.... Pfft!.... Hats off 🍻, great video 💯❤️
"Great" man? He was a senseless COWARD who preyed on and killed innocent women and tortured the elderly. Nothing GREAT about him
I love history. "We have something around here Mr carpet bagger, called Missouri river boat ride....." "God almighty." Lol
Such a good movie
@@WildWestExtravaganza carpet bagger revisinh history with never a word about northern factions comparible to andersons group,,,wonder why??
SAME AS TODAY.....OUR GOVERNMENT IS STOLDEN BY OBUMMMER BIDEN AND PISSSOLES.
That was one hell of a shot.
.......you'll find them in Kansas....we're going up there to make things RIGHT
Great podcast/UA-cam channel... Colonel Josh does a great job digging up historical tid bits to tie the well documented stories together...keep up the good work (full bird) Colonel Josh
Thank you for the narration Mr. Danny McBride.
You're welcome
I live a few miles from where he was killed. There are stone markers where he and companions were shot.
My family lived at an Iowa farm on the Missouri border and Great-Great Grandfather, as a farmer living next to a rebel state was a member of the Iowa Southern Border Brigade. He periodically inspected the state line around his property looking for Bush wackers or rebel activity. There was actually a lot of cross-border violence between Iowa and Missouri, consisting of; farm murders, chasing escaping slaves, kidnapping and stealing livestock. There were numerous unofficial organizations on both sides; The Union League and Wide Awakes in the loyal states and The Golden Knights and others in slave states.
The Wide Awakes actually saved Union efforts at the beginning of the war by forming and ad-hoc milita and prevented confederate units from taking St. Louis.... they still exist to this day lol
One might say, Bloody Bill was the reason Blackbeard stopped poking fun of "landlubbers" 😂😂😂🧐
"Buzzards Gotta Eat, Same as Worms."
quoted by,
Mr. Wales
Yessir
Love This. William Quantrill Please.
My family is from central Missouri, and have been hunting the same farm in Benton county for many generations. I have relatives that ran with Cole Younger and the James gang back in the day.
Your relatives must be really old.
Thank you for using this worlwide platform to bring awareness to the one true Red Dawn.
The sound comes and goes on this video. Never had that happen before.
Wilson's Creek is a few mile S.W. of Springfield Missouri. We call it the battle of Oak Hills.
Most people today have no idea how life was back then. A lot of the important things in your life was predetermined at birth. It was extremely difficult. If you grew up poor, you'd likely die poor. Most people were patriotic but had immense pride in their state. If you were from Kentucky and came from the southern part of the state, then joining the Kentucky CSA regiment would be a given. If your going to go to war, then the least you can do is make it a total war. Bill was great at that. Look at the men he trained; the James boys. They continually used the same tactics Bill was known for.
That only applies to Jesse Woodson James ! Alexander Franklin James was not with Anderson ! He rode with Captain Quantrill !
@@brucemorrison2132 I always get them mixed up, i was going off the top of my dome. lol Thanks!
Yeah Total war it's always great to just massacre the f*** out of civilians women kids f*** them nits make lice right?
But then again when 10 and 12 year olds might be hiding an AK under a robe and shoot you in the chest it kind of puts it in perspective right
I hope when our version of Rome falls in America that whoever conquers us is kind? I mean why not right? I mean the rest of the world loves us they should be merciful huh?
I'm with you on this one: he wasn't born a villain, but he sure did end up as one. How things end always matters more than how they start.
Enjoyed every second. Thanks
Thanks James!
U are freaking hilarious man, very informative & entertaining always
You should do an episode on Nick Wilson the Mormon boy that ran away and lived with the Shoshone Indians. The book the white Indian boy that was wrote by him is a fantastic read as well.
One of my Great grandfather's was "Scott-irish" he was an indentured servant well after the civil war in the 1900's. He worked on peach orchards and clam boats in South Jersey. He also sent 7 sons to WW2. Great Grand Father on the other side was Scottish-Native American. His side fought in the French/Indian war, revolution and civil war. Point is you should look up your family lines. You'll probably find interesting stories.
This is the first video of yours I've encountered, and both for the many movie references and the expansive history lesson, you've got yourself yet another subscriber. WOLVERINES!!!
WOLVERINES!!!
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@@sovereigndayyouthkafir3943 that's weird but I'm glad you were able to resubscribe
As far as hero or villain I would say it lies somewhere in the middle
A flawed human in a flawed world, just like so many of us. A deeply tragic time in American history imo
No he’s just a villain. 💀
Great episode. When you said 53 knots, my first thought was I would think it was higher than that too. And you were right at the very beginning you said there'd be some bad jokes. Haha keep up the good work
I spent 15 years living 9 miles north of Osceola, MO, completely unaware of any of their history until I started working at the Osceola Public Library. I can't remember a day at work that went by without hearing something about the War of Northern Aggression and the Burning of Osceola. There's a self published book called that and we finally bought a bunch of them but only ever had two on the shelf at a time. It was a paperback and it checked out and read so often, they were held together by tape instead of glue and binding. I was born in Ohio but spent half my childhood in Florida, the rest in Ohio. I spent a year in Kentucky for college, followed by nearly 4 years in very south Georgia for college. I eventually moved to Missouri for, you guessed it, college but only because I couldn't afford to get to Fairbanks, AK. I've been more or less stuck in Missouri since 1995 but I might finally move back to Yankee land later this year. This is the first time visiting your channel - I wanted something to listen to while cleaning. 🤷🏼♀️ But I'm subscribed now and looking forward to doing marathons of your videos. I'm disabled and spend my days either in bed or in my chair bored to death. I'd much rather watch/listen to history/educational stuff than most other channels. 👍👍👍
These guys take the meaning of being a “bad man” to another level
Having lived in Centralia Missouri for several years, it's very strange to live in a town that a massacre is it's claim to fame.
I love Mr. bloody William T. Anderson .....hes one of my Missouri/Kantucky heroes
What's heroic about a racist, thieving, murdering, insurrectionist? You must hate the US. Where do you live?
@@hunkallgood73 , you must be a friend and supporter of Charles' Jennison, then, for you to feel so certain of all that?
@@retrorockdriquesrock9638 he's just a product of our indoctrination system disguised as the Public/College education system....
@@jonathancobb5895 yes, Absolutely , I agree
@@jonathancobb5895 you're obviously the "poorly educated" trump "loves"
My father Eugene Wesley Dolan
told me about Jim Anderson and Tom Dolan ran with Quauntrill and later with Frank and Jessey.
When the Pinkertons blew up Frank and Jessey’s mom’s house, Jim and Tom took what they had and lit out for the California gold country. Tom and Jim pooled their money together and started a store. Tom was shy so they named it
Anderson’s. The town of Anderson south of Redding
on I 5 has some history.
Thanks, Clark James Dolan
Good info
My name is Degge James, my great-grandfather rode with bushwhackers during the civil war, in Missouri. We move to Dallas county Texas in 1865.
Very cool
You’re a great history story teller! I thoroughly enjoyed this, I think Bloody Bill in the end was crazy 😜.
Thank you!
Bill Anderson was not crazy. He stood up for what he believed in and never backed down. After what the damn government did to the South, they had more than a right to do what they did. Look at the many atrocities the damn Union did. What Bloody Bill did was just a small pay back. Stand together Rebels forever. And it’s going to happen again if this damn government don’t stop it’s crap! RIP BLOODY BILL
A slide show isn’t necessary, good listening. Still looking for one on Jim Bowie
Right on man that be a great one Jim's not talked about enough
If you like Jim Bowie you won't like the truth about him he was a big time land scammer. He fled Louisiana to Texas because of sales of land he owned no title to. He started up sales of land he had no title to again, and was fixing to get in trouble for that when the Alamo happened. Also thair where murder charges following him around.
@@lambastepirate never said I liked him, just wanted to hear a story on him. Doesn’t change the fact that he accounted for himself pretty good in the end. You can take a small glimpse at any life and condemn them for it
@@dannysimmons3167 A man like that taking the life's savings from families trying for a new start would have met a sad violent ending anyways.
@@lambastepirate maybe. Who knows? I’ve read a little on his one sided duels. He was very formidable. He didn’t have much in the ways of a conscience
I mean this as a compliment. You sound like a White Western Cowboy Sam Jackson. Keep this up it’s doing wonders for relaxing my inner demons. God bless you, your wife and Baby Girl.
Great job - first listen and new sub. BTW - Wolverines!
Awesome, thank you
Ride with the devil actually went into much more detail on this western war than Josey Wales.
Though JW is one of my all time favs it only briefly shows the fighting in Kansas/ Missouri.
The rest is a survival flight .
Ride with the Devil is a great movie
Jewel is a good actress and singer.
In other words the man was psychotic, sadist, and it seems a man who used the war to enjoy his sadism and get away with it. This is a man not to be proud of, but to condemn and show what happens in war, when war attracts pyscopaths
His actions and behavior are so similar to the murderous Japanese Imperial Army in WW2.
Like your content and delivery, good research.... as a former resident of tombstone arizona, your work is good and listenable. Keep going.
Thanks James