[stand watie]

the correct spelling is QUANTRELL (from the family Bible. one presumes that the family KNEW how they spelled their own surname). and NO he wasn't a terrorist.

COL Quantrell responded to the KS FILTH/SCUM in the best way he could given the FACT that neither the KS state government OR the US government was willing to ENFORCE the LAW against the REDLEGS & JAYHAWKERS! (both of those groups were the SCUM of the earth, imVho! AND they PREYED ON innocents from ALL sides. it was WAR for FUN & PROFIT!)

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[Non-Sequitur]

the correct spelling is QUANTRELL (from the family Bible. one presumes that the family KNEW how they spelled their own surname).

Apparently not. On his headstone the family spelled it "Quantrill". It's spelled "Quantrill" on the marker in his birthplace of Dover, Ohio as well where his skull is buried.

and NO he wasn't a terrorist.

How about "psychotic butcher"? Would psychotic butcher describe him better?

[Heyworth]

he correct spelling is QUANTRELL (from the family Bible. one presumes that the family KNEW how they spelled their own surname)

You'd also think that the man himself would know how to spell it, and he spelled it "Quantrill" in every surviving document.