ASIN: B014GCDLTO
Publisher: Charles River Editors
Pages: 66
*Includes pictures*Includes accounts of the bushwhacking committed by the James brothers written by participants*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contentsThe Civil War is best remembered for the big battles and the legendary generals who fought on both sides, like Robert E. Lee facing off against Ulysses S. Grant in 1864. In kind, the Eastern theater has always drawn more interest and attention than the West. However, while massive armies marched around the country fighting each other, there were other small guerrilla groups that engaged in irregular warfare on the margins.Among these partisan bushwhackers, none are as infamous as William Quantrill and Quantrill’s Raiders. Quantrill’s Raiders operated along the border between Missouri and Kansas, which had been the scene of partisan fighting over a decade earlier during the debate over ...
