Bloody Bill Anderson & the Missouri Bushwhackers
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
- “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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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
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
" 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
Im a war like the American civil war which was massive, personal, devastating, and destroyed a generation of some of the most unique, tough and best men in the country from both sides North & South 650,000 thousand deaths living through a this type of killing death becomes a part of waking up and going to sleep it becomes normalized
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 am a proud Missourian. I love that my state activity defends my right to keep and bear arms.
What other rights did they try to defend?
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.
Anti-antifa
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
I’m a descendant of one of the Missouri guerillas. Still in the area. I exchanged messages with one of the descendants of Quantrill, they changed names and moved out of state. Awesome history in this area and a lot of it is so unknown by locals
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!
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 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 ?
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
"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
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?
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 👂 😎
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 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 .
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.
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!
In war loosing side is usually cast as the villains. WW2 the Russian army committed the largest mass rape im history, and were committed war crimes on a scale that mirrors the Nazis regime in terms of civilians getting slaughtered. However they were on the winning side no trials for victors
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.
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
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.
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
I agree Anderson was a wicked sadistic man, but I disagree that he died like a winey coward. This guy died charging union lines out numbers 3 to 1 and allowed his comrades to escape while he took the bullets
@@SocratesTheWiseOne-tr3uf go ask Mommy for a little suckle pissy whip.🤡
@DeathcabVrazel they were badasses and they were outnumbered and I appreciate you saying that about Bloody Bill.
Regardless of what people think of his nature you must give combat credit where credit is due. He had men follow him through absolute Hell which says something about his leadership abilities. They were fast, supreme fighters and deadly.
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?
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 notice when you get to dislikin someone they ain't around long either"
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.
Human egos are his downfall, no matter how bloated your ego, no matter how much you see yourself as legend, we're all fallible
You tell a hulluva fine story! I think I've gone through them all at least twice!
Love them!!
Thanks Nathan
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!!!
North and South were both bloody at times as is the nature of war.
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?
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!
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.
I live a few miles from where he was killed. There are stone markers where he and companions were shot.
Apart from actually being a cold blooded murderer, and having a horse adorned with human scalps, he raped a twelve year old girl. Twelve. He’s evil on that count alone.
I’m southern, my ancestors fought in the ANV, and I’m always astounded how far southern sympathizers will go to lionize men like this even today.
My ancestors were abolitionist confederates (were drafted into the CSA) and I have sympathies for the men of both sides, but zero sympathies for "men" like Bill Anderson or General Sherman.
Not true!!!
Im native of Texas so maybe I'm bias but I agree Anderson was a wicked murderous serial killer and torturing devil. One thing ppl cannot call him is a coward he was evil but his men followed him and he was fearless vengeful and committed
No one saying that this dude was some kind of Saint or even role model. Just giving facts what little we know. We know he was sadistic, energetic, reckless, Courageous, deadly, Morally bankrupt, and a strong leader of his calavery. Sometimes terrible men have leadership abilities, sometimes terrible men are courageous or skilled and it is what it is
@robertsettle2590 apparently you don't know history then
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 ?
Bushwhackers ! My home town! Nevada Missouri ! Celebrate it every year!
These podcasts are great I also who deny Ray that has a great sense of humor informative and funny as hell thank you
I'm totally addicted to your savage yet funny tales of real life bad assery!!!
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.
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
I see almost unanimous kudos for your podcast on "Bloody Bill" Anderson, so I'm in the minority here and this comment will likely be taken down. Nevertheless, I will use my right to "free speech' to disagree with you on your "lecture" about Anderson and Quantrill. I am so sick and tired of the constant trashing on Captain Wm. Clarke Quantrill's Confederate Partisan Rangers ! A classic case of "the victors write the history." I have been a student of the War for Southern Independence for 62 years, and the history of it is presented 90% from a Northern viewpoint and NOT completely accurate. I will grant you, you tell a good story, and in a small way make some effort to be fair. I would say you are 60% correct, but 40% biased and not accurately presenting the complete history.
The greatest error you make, which is constantly repeated by Northern historians, is the totally false statement that Quantrill was not a Confederate officer and his command was not any part of the Confederate Army ! Maj.Gen. Thomas C. Hindman, beginning in early July,1862, as commander of the Confederate District of Arkansas, made strategic plans to re-organize and build up the Confederate forces under him. He was the best general to serve in the Trans-Mississippi Department, and believed in the value of guerrilla warfare. He set about recruiting more men, enforcing the draft, and at same time sent officers into Missouri to enroll troops, and organize guerrilla warfare ~ to set the border ablaze with guerrilla units and explode occupied Missouri in General Schofield's face. The Confederate Partisan Ranger Act had been approved April 21,1862 and set in operation by order of the War Department.
Hindman sent nine officers into Missouri to start guerrilla actions. Colonel Upton Hays, Col. John T. Hughes, Col. Joseph C. Porter, Col. J. Vard Cockrell, Col. John T. Coffee, Col. Gideon W. Thompson, Col. Warner Lewis, Col. J. A. Poindexter, and Captain Joseph O. Shelby. On August 11,1862 Quantrill's company joined Cols. Hughes, Thompson, and Hays and led a surprise attack on the town of Independence at 4:30 am, capturing or killing a 300-man garrison, also capturing 20 wagons of arms and supplies. As large columns of Union troops advanced, Hughes, Hays, and Coffee, withdrew southeast toward Lone Jack. Quantrill took his force of 150 guerrillas to a hidden camp at the Morgan Walker farm.
On August 14, 1862 Col. Gideon W. Thompson met up with Quantrill again at the Walker farm. Quantrill decided to form a Confederate Partisan Ranger Company. He and his men were sworn into Confederate service, and an election was held resulting in Quantrill being made a captain, William Haller first lieutenant, George Todd second lieutenant, and William H. Gregg third lieutenant. Quantrill was given a commission as captain, signed by Thompson, under authority from General Hindman to do so. Quantrill and his men were now officially Confederate soldiers, ...[ this is in "The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation Of The Official Records of the Union and the Confederate Armies", printed by the U.S. War Department. 130 volumes: Series 1, Vol. XIII,33. Washington, D.C. 1880-1902. There it is , in black and white, it can NOT BE DENIED, QUANTRILL WAS A LEGITIMATE CONFEDERATE OFFICER, commanding Confederate Partisan Rangers.
Hey Bruce, I don't take down negative comments. Feel free to speak your mind, sir. Or even email me. I'm always open to constructive criticism. And I'm definitely not above making mistakes!
@@WildWestExtravaganza Thank you sir, that's refreshing. You do tell a story very well, though I do detect "some" bias. It may be that you don't realize it. Our principals , attitudes, opinions, etc. do shape our attitudes/personality to some degree. It may not be obvious, but subtle little influences from ones environment, they grow up in, from parents, siblings, school mates, friends etc. When it comes to the War for Southern Independence, I know I am very opinionated, and stubborn. That is a part of the Southern character in most of us from the South, I think. And there is a lot of controversy connected to that war, still to day, about a lot of hard feelings. Like one of the comments here, about still a lot of friction today between Kansans and Missourians. A lot of my fellow Georgians still hate Sherman. My Mother was a strong Southern woman, but ahead of her time. She instilled in me to be a "Southern Gentleman" and respect ALL people, regardless of race. So, I hope I didn't come off as personally attacking you. I'm just passionate about the South and Southern history, especially Captain Quantrill, and the James-Younger boys. (Perhaps because I was a Marine rifleman in Vietnam,'69-'70, fighting in a guerrilla war). I still wish to discuss a little more with you, but not certain if I have your email down correctly. Hope we can chat some more, take care, stay safe and well.
Yeah, absolutely email me. If you go to the video description and scroll down there's a contact me link. Or email me directly at wildwestextra at gmail. My dad was in Vietnam, too.
I'm from Lone Jack and I approve this message 😁
@@brucemorrison2132 Quantrill is a VERY interesting study. As a 6th generation Missourian, I remember my grandfather (born in 1891 ) talk about his father’s brother who rode with Quantrill throughout the war. Was even in Lawrence with him.
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.
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
Josey Wales is definitely the best Clint Eastwood film ever in my opinion, totally love it..
This popped up in my feed so I tried it and loved you! You're funny, provide lots of information (and sources), and narrated well. You really got me by including Ride With the Devil, one of my favorite movies. Well done!
Thanks! Welcome aboard!
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
The civil war didn't start because of slaves. That was an afterthought. The southern states wanted out of the union. Lincoln didn't want to break up the united States because the north needed the southern money.
How come they wanted out of the Union?
Tariffs? (The old way of collecting i.c. taxes). Esply S.C.
There was also Masonic influence; easier to control 2 countries?
Just found your channel. I love the way you tell the story and stick to historic facts. When you do interject what could be construed as an opinion, I tend to agree with you. Can't wait to listen to more.
Stick to historic facts ? LMAO ! LIE ! LIES ! LIES ! You wouldn't know historic facts if it kicked you in the ass !
Wilson's Creek is a few mile S.W. of Springfield Missouri. We call it the battle of Oak Hills.
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.
lol well if he didn't know you were his descendant he probably would try to romance you lot of Quantrills men liked Indian white mixed girls
Like your content and delivery, good research.... as a former resident of tombstone arizona, your work is good and listenable. Keep going.
Thanks James
Howdy bro, I was wondering, if you would please do one on Ed McGivern.
He is a historical dude, in many ways.
He was an exhibition shooter, in the early 1900-20 something?
But he wanted to prove the old stories about badass shooting were true. So, he set out to do so. But, information, and footage, are so hard to find, he is like a ghost. But he was a real guy. And, he was a badass with those pistols.
Ed McGivern was an excellent sign painter... ie... one hell of an artist 👩🎨...the fbi invited Ed to teach their agents how to shoot.. Check August 1932... when he passed... Thel Reed..took his place...✍️😃👍the Missourian from the show me state..
Gotta admit, you had me laughing A LOT MORE than I was anticipating when I started this! Love this episode! Definitely subscribed. On a side note, one thing I’ve heard a fair bit regarding the raid on Lawrence was that one of the the primary overseers of the collapsed women’s prison was originally from Lawrence/had family there. Can’t confirm it myself though. Again, LOVE YOUR CHANNEL 😎🍻
Thanks Rodney!
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.
He was a sadistic killer the horrors of war just gave him murdering focus. His sisters were taken by Union gorillas and put in prison treated badly and one died only 14 years old after his sister died you really see the dark side of Anderson start to glow
Horrors of war can turn strong men into serial killers, you really see his dark side glow bright after Jayhawkers killed his sister and disfigured the other
He was sadistic, murderous, and reckless. Also brave, skilled fighter, and had certain flair for having men follow him into absolute Hell
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
Bloody bill Anderson is my Favorite outlaw
Outlaw Josey Wales is still my favorite Clint Eastwood movie. Although depending on who you talk to Gurrilla warfare is effective. However I have a feeling whether it was during the French and Indian War, the Revolutionary War, the Civil War or the Vietnam War eventually those tactics or fighting those types of wars scars a humans soul in ways few can imagine. I agree with many here you shared a large amount of information. However you did it in a way that never got boring. Great job, glad I checked this out.
Thanks Lem
Did you forget the gurrelia campaigns in WW2? The entire OSS?
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.
This is a terrific channel. I love old Western tales and you never fail to satisfy. The narration is awesome and really adds to the stories.
Cheers. 🇨🇦
You're too kind, Shane!
@@WildWestExtravaganza My pleasure…well earned! 🇨🇦
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.
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. 💀
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)
Good job sir. I love history and enjoy your take on it.
Thank you Guillermo
Love This. William Quantrill Please.
My Great Grandfather helped raise and train The 1st Kansas Colored Infantry Regiment. He was a lieutenant and fought with them in several of the border battles.
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
I stumbled across your channel & listened to your pod cast on Bloody Bill & I thought it was great, I've read a lot about Frank & Jesse & it was cool to hear real history about some of the other participants. I will definitely be subscribing to your channel, thanks
Hey thanks, Tommy! I'm planning a series on Jesse for later this year.
U are freaking hilarious man, very informative & entertaining always
Live in Lee's Summit where the Youngers are buried, about 4 miles east of my home. My family owned slaves in Lewis Country and all the extend family was in the thick of the Bushwhacking going on in NE Missouri. Yup, one uncle Aquilla Standiford was court marshalled and executed for killing a Federal in 1863 or 64. In the early 90's when in college I did primary source research at MU in Columbia and wrote a paper about the atrocities to the civilian population during the Civil War. There are some amazing documents there with untold stories from civilians of how they suffered. Great podcast!
I'd love to read that paper
@@WildWestExtravaganza I lost all my stuff in a fire in 2002 before I had a computer. I understand it may have been published in a historical society publication maybe Ray county. Never saw it and never heard of that again. The primary sources were filled with stories of the civilians in the burn district and their stories. Something I will never forget is how the feds burned everything and the Jayhawkers coming thru stealing what wasn't destroyed including Bibles in the churches. Gotta say I hate Kansas and will for the rest of my life. I know it's irrational but... I got an A on that paper in American History 101 and Mrs Anderson who was my English 101 gave me a B and wanted to give me an A but couldn't because of the punctuation errors. Funny what I remember.
Regardless of how anyone feels about the reason(s) why the _Civil War,_ or _War Between the States_ was fought, states right's became a casualty of that conflict, and the Federal govt. stronger.
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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. 👍👍👍
So glad I found this channel. So well done 👍
I grew up near Gallatin, Missouri; a town that was robbed by the James Gang with the killing of the bank president. A train was also robbed by the gang near Winston, Missouri a few miles west of Gallatin. The last public hanging of a James gang member was held in Gallatin in the late 1800's.
How’d I miss this guys channel. Good job bru 👍🏾
I like your content commentary.Great voice 💪🏾
Sunshine , sunflowers and sons of bitches. Outlaw, Josie Wales.
One of your best videos. I like how you see both sides of your subject. Keep up the good work.
Thanks Larry
You should do an episode on Josey Wales sometime. He was the baddest sommbitch ever imagined.
Sam Hildebrand had a higher body count.
Thank you for the narration Mr. Danny McBride.
You're welcome
My family’s history has the story of surviving the massacre in Lawrence Kansas,the women hid the men and boys and with guns they protected their home and all survived. The women were badly treated as well.
I grew up in Missouri about 25 miles from Saint Louis. Where I grew up in Manchester you won’t found a more divided town. A northern Methodist and southern Methodist church within a mile of each other. The confederate “army “ came to burn the city. My friend has many old maps and other stuff. As a kid they took us on a tour of the town and told us a bunch of stories of the war of Northern aggression
Bloody Bill was a hero
The sound comes and goes on this video. Never had that happen before.
We are living in history now. I have lived WW2, Korea, Vietnam, etc. The assination of both Kennedys, Martin Luther King. I studied Wyoming history because my grandparents lived close to Fort Laramie. The last few years I lived on the Bozeman Trail. Crazy Horse is my hero.
Better than the loser of that famous battle in June 25 1876. LOL.
Yes the Civil War was about slavery! Keep doing this your good and factual! And I say this as a descendant of the slaves of the USA !
Thank you and keep it coming!
Love that username!
Of course it was state's right were being denied in the South at the end of the War. Thank you
With automation Slavery was slowly but surely on the way out regardless. Only 3% of Southerners owned slaves and Lincoln was perfectly fine keeping slavery in place if the South towed the line and let the Northern politicians over tax and rule them .
History with Kenny Powers. That is a compliment. Great video. Keep up the good work.
Thanks! Will do!
You call it horse theft. I calls it horse reallocation.
Redistribution of equine assets.
One might say, Bloody Bill was the reason Blackbeard stopped poking fun of "landlubbers" 😂😂😂🧐
I've got some of bloody Bills blood in my veins when it comes to the Union ,we Still gotta Set Things Right up there in Washington DC
By the looks of things you need to clean out and clean up Atlanta first.
Great video, I'm new here and will be back. I live in Rio Rico Arizona, it's just north of the Mexican border and have a very big and long time history of this kind, like the ghost town of Ruby Arizona, just east of me, and don't forget Tombstone, Tucson where I lived for 45 years , retired from Freeport mine and moved to Rio Rico, from the Mexican bandits to cowboy shootouts , I love the old west... Im glad I found you... 💯👍
Great video as always. Looking forward to the video on Chief Joseph
Great story telling Colonel Josh!
Thanks!
I love Jose wells but "Ride with the devil" was a better film.and I feel the southern warriors were all made to sound worse as the victor's told the story.
Finally ! Someone with a true sense of history and has not fallen to Northern lies ! You are 100 % correct !
The legend of Josey Wells ..Great movie!!!
Awesome movie
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
Anderson was not in any respects a Good man. Anderson was a wicked murderous serial killer, and Thief. Now we must give Combat credit where it is due. Bloody Bill was a fearless and vengeful fighter. His Men followed him through absolute Hell which highlights his abilities as a guerrilla general and leader of Men. He was no coward he died charging union lines at numbered 3 to 1 taking 2 bullets for his comrades to escape in a union ambush
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!
Mr.William T. Anderson is my Hero!!!!!
Yep ! Mine too !
@Robert Simpson fr. These people have serious issues.
I've liked him since I was a kid in the 1970s even though my teachers framed him as a murderous bandit I knew he was just a hard man who didn't like to be told what to do by fancy man-boys from "somewhere else".
My folks used to take me to Nevada Missouri twice a month to go to the "White Grill" which had the best onion fried "old fashioned" cheeseburgers on Planet Earth. Sitting there at the lunch counter old folks were still arguing about the "Knights of the Bush" and the James Bros even in 1978.
I was hooked for life!
Take two aspirin and call a doctor LOL just kidding don't get bent out of shape. Thank you
One of the most interesting and thorough documentaries I've heard and I've heard alot
Too kind
I second the statement very informative no B's thanks
I have Loved the Ozarks since i was a small child visiting Great Uncle outside Doniphan,Mo. Northern Arkansas is just as good in my heart.👍🏼GOD BLESS The CSA SPIRIT🌹 i was born in the wrong state