[stand watie]

i think you just contradicted yourself. Lawrence was the most sucessful cavalry raid of the war, led by an AMATUER local partisan leader of the MO Home Guard BTW, FAR behind enemy lines. KS folks were NOT supporters of the TRUE CAUSE.

GEN Jackson, MG Cleburne,COL MOSBY and LOTS of other southron partisan officers could have done FAR BETTER, had REL & Davis approved. may i gently remind you that the south had the CREAM of the old officer corps, but lost not because of lack of valor & expertise, but rather ONLY because we had far less things/men.

for the sake of your side, be GRATEFUL that LEE & DAVIS were gentlemen who didn't wish to do anything dirty.

[Non-Sequitur]

Lawrence was the most sucessful cavalry raid of the war.

Yeah, it isn't that often that you get to slaughter so many defenseless civilians in one place is there?

LEE & DAVIS were gentlemen who didn't wish to do anything dirty.

They left the dirty work to scum like Quantrill.