I have my facts straight. Were that you could say the same.
"On May 12, 1862, their (Bill Anderson and his brother) father was killed by a man named Arthur I. Baker. According to Bailey, who was a newspaper publisher and historian, Baker had led a party of neighbors on the trail of some horse theives who turned out, when captured, to be Bill and Jim (Anderson). The boys managed to secure their release from jail and disappear, but their father was furious at Baker; the betrayal was all the more aggravating because Baker had been courting one of the Anderson daughters, then abruptly announced shortly after the boy's arrest that he would marry a young schoolteacher instead.
On the morning of the wedding, the elder Anderson entered Baker's kitchen and moved through the house, carrying a double-barrel shotgun with both hammers cocked. The prospective bridegroom, who was in a second-floor room dressing for the ceremony, herd the frightened exclamations of the servants and guests, picked up his own shotgun, ran to the head of the stairs, and cut loose at Anderson as he was climbing toward him. The charge penetrated the chest and angled downwards.
The wedding went on as scheduled..."
That is from The Devil Knows How To Ride: The True Story of William Clarke Quantrill by Edward E. Leslie, pp 182-183. Leslie cites a number of county sources to support his story.
Link please. I gave two, you gave none.
can you name even ONE legitimate historian who would defend the "facts" in the "Devil Knows How to Ride"? i think NOT!
"TDKHTR" is nothing more or less than INVENTED propaganda, which was specifically written as an APOLOGY for the worst depredations of the "freesoilers" (actually the murderous FILTH from KS, who made war on BOTH Unionists & Confederates from circa 1855-1865.) & FREEBOOTERS, like "doc jennison" & "COL jim lane", the "Kansas Volunteer Cavalry", the redlegs, & the jayhawkers.
but then, PROPAGANDA is the province of The Office of the DAMNyankee Minister of Propaganda, so i'd guess that's what we should expect from you/your office.
free dixie,sw