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To: jmacusa

‘’Bloody Bill Anderson, ‘’Bloody William Quantrill come to mind.

These men were really just bandits. To refer to them as soldiers in the Confederate Army is a mistake. There were just ordinary criminals. Had they actually served in the Confederate army, most likely they would have been shot for any number of offenses.


83 posted on 03/02/2020 1:22:18 PM PST by Bull Snipe
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To: Bull Snipe
Anderson was born in Kentucky but made a living, if you will, along the Kansas-Missouri border as a bandit and horse thief. Quantrill, oddly enough was originally from Ohio. Indeed both were common criminals. Anderson was a particularly violent and sadistic type, a veritable psychopath. Missouri's militia crumbled early in the war and what remained of it descended into banditry much to the distraction of Robert E. Lee.
84 posted on 03/02/2020 3:25:36 PM PST by jmacusa (If we're all equal how is diversity our strength?)
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