[MHT]

Quantrill and Bloody Bill Anderson are really characters only known to real Civil War buffs.... And these newbies are getting upset by the lives of people who are footnotes in the big picture of things? Imagine if they had a chance to read the economic history preceding and creating the Civil War. Now THERE’S something to get upset about!

[Don Corleone]

Imagine if they had a chance to read the economic history preceding and creating the Civil War. Now THERE’S something to get upset about!

Its not called the War of Northern Aggression for no reason.

[BroJoeK]

MHT: "Quantrill and Bloody Bill Anderson are really characters only known to real Civil War buffs....
And these newbies are getting upset by the lives of people who are footnotes in the big picture of things?"

In August 1863, Quantrill, Bloody Bill Anderson and about 450 other Confederate "bushwhackers" burned Lawrence, Kansas and murdered circa 180 men & boys.
That puts Lawrence on the map along with Chambersburg, PA, which suffered three Confederate raids (1862, 1863 & 1864), eventually burning most of the city.
These examples of Confederate behavior in Union states all preceded General Sherman's famous march to the sea in December 1864.
There's no direct evidence that Sherman's army murdered any Confederate civilians.

Here is Quantrill's headstone at Higginsville, MO.
Note the words CPT and CSA:

[o_zarkman44]

Captain Quantrill and Partisan Ranger Captain William Anderson were a huge part of the Confederate resistance in Missouri. Although Missouri never officially seceded, our governor, Claiborne Fox Jackson wished to remain neutral. When Lincoln called for the mobilization of 50,000 Missourians, Governor Jackson refused citing the mobilization was unconstitutional. After the refusal, Federal General Nathanial Lyon launched an attack on the Capitol Jefferson City. When the Governor and much of the legislature fled into exile, the federals imposed a new, unelected governor to run Missouri. The first year of the war Missouri had the most engagements of all states. And the war split the state in the middle with atrocities staged by the federals against civilians and soldiers alike. Captain William “Bloody Bill” Anderson became who he was because his brother was murdered in cold blood by federal troops. The combination of Anderson and Quantrill was in direct retaliation for the federal atrocities including General Order 11. if those protesters knew the real history behind those historic firearms they might have a change of heart.