Good morning everyone, interesting, in depth article. Like one poster said, it's hard to find accurate information on this sad and vile chapter of the Civil War (War of Northern Aggression).
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One reason there isn't much on record is due to the fact that those times were so disorganised and there were few newspapers, none of which were allowed to be sympathetic to the southern cause. The newspaper in Lexington was shut down by Federal order for having those sort of leanings. Much of what is known has come down by word of mouth or by way of letters or notations in family bibles.
Anderson wasn't the only 'devil from Hell' some of the men who road with him and others were equally evil. The man who took over Anderson's men after his death was a fiend named 'Little Arch' Clements. His calling card was usually done with a bowie knife and he would leave a note pinned to his victim stating "You come to hunt bushwackers and you found them and I skelpt you." Archie Clement was not the only barbaric Bushwhacker. Dave Pool chose to enumerate fallen enemies by jumping from one body to another. "If they are dead, I can't hurt them, 'he asserted. "I cannot count 'em good without stepping on 'em."
Afternoon SZonian. Not exactly a part of our history worth bragging about.