Some historians say Missouri’s Civil War didn’t really end until 1882, ... Missouri bushwhacker William Clarke Quantrill led several hundred pro-slavery guerillas into the orderly little town.

And Missouri was still a slave state in a war that came to be as much about emancipation as preserving the Union. It was a turbulent, dangerous place to live.” ...

In Missouri, several of those ... particularly during the Civil War. by: Dustin Lattimer. Posted: Jan 8, 2023 / 04:20 PM CST. ... Bushwackers burned the courthouse in 1863, destroying most records.

THE WAR IN MISSOURI.; The Position at Pilot Knob The Railroad Cut Demonstrations of the Rebels Brutal Murder of Soldiers by Bushwhackers. Share full article. Sept. 29, 1864.

After the Civil War, a prolific Missouri author glorified the Southern cause and made heroes of Confederate generals and guerrilla ... and the bushwhackers-turned-bandits Frank and Jesse James.

Bushwhackers were a plague for the families left behind while their menfolk were fighting the battles of the Civil War. The bushwhackers, often no more than common criminals with loyalty to ...

Bushwhackers were a plague for the families left behind while their menfolk were fighting the battles of the Civil War. The bushwhackers, often no more than common criminals with loyalty to ...