Frank and Jesse James in the Civil War: The History of the Bushwhackers Who Became Outlaws of the Wild West

Name: Frank and Jesse James in the Civil War: The History of the Bushwhackers Who Became Outlaws of the Wild West
Brand: McLachlan, Sean , Charles River Editors
SKU: 41370756448426
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By: McLachlan, Sean , Charles River Editors

ISBN: 9781517057053

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*Includes pictures
*Includes accounts of the bushwhacking committed by the James brothers written by participants
*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading
*Includes a table of contents

The Civil War is best remembered for the big battles and the legendary generals who fought on both sides, like Robert E. Lee facing off against Ulysses S. Grant in 1864. In kind, the Eastern theater has always drawn more interest and attention than the West. However, while massive armies marched around the country fighting each other, there were other small guerrilla groups that engaged in irregular warfare on the margins.

Among these partisan bushwhackers, none are as infamous as William Quantrill and Quantrill’s Raiders. Quantrill’s Raiders operated along the border between Missouri and Kansas, which had been the scene of partisan fighting over a decade earlier during the debate over whether Kansas and Nebraska would enter the Union as free states or slave states. In “Bleeding Kansas”, zealous pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces fought each other, most notably John Brown, and the region became a breeding ground for Unionists and pro-slavery factions who shifted right back into similar fighting once the Civil War started. Rather than target military infrastructure or enemy soldiers, the bushwhackers rode in smaller numbers and targeted civilians on the other side of the conflict, making legends out of men like Bloody Bill Anderson and John Mosby.

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