Did John Wayne ever play an Ex-Confederate?
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One of my favourite Civil War pics is “Shenandoah”, with Jimmy Stewart, Denver Pyle, James Best, Patrick Wayne, and Doug McClure. Very well done, and neat to see a couple of “Dukes of Hazzard” stars in their earlier years.
***Walter Brennan: I don’t recall specific films in which Brennan played a Confederate ***
THE WESTERNER with Gary Cooper. Brennan played Judge Roy Bean and wears his Confederate Uniform to see Lilly Langtree.
“Ride With The Devil” deals with Southern bushwackers in a basically sympathetic manner.
John Wayne is the greatest example.
Possibly more or less true of Mosby's men. But there were lots and lots of "partisans" fighting for the southern cause who were little more than bandits, notably in the border states. To be fair the same types "served" the Union cause.
Most officers in both armies considered them worse than worthless as fighters and a great deal more trouble than they were worth.
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Been a long while since I’ve seen it, but wasn’t Ronald Reagan a Confederate raider out west in “The Last Outpost” (1951). A minor little film, but very entertaining, as I recall.
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Buster Keaton was the lead role in 1926. He played Johnnie Gray and he got the girl also. The film was loosely based on the epic chase of a commandeered locomotive, called the General. A Union spy, Virginia born and Union troops drove the train many miles, intent on damage to the Confederacy. They had seized it by force.
An engineer and other Confederates seized another locomotive called The Texas. A wild chase ensued. They halted the General and the Union men ran for cover. The Texas, when I saw it at the Cyclorama building in Atlanta was on display.
Some critics have called this silent film "One of the greatest films of all time".