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19 giu 2024 · A Man by Any Other Name: William Clarke Quantrill and the Search for American Manhood. By Joseph M. Beilein, Jr. (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2023. Pp. xvi, 262. $114.95 cloth; $26.95 paper; $26.95 ebook) Few Civil War biographers have dared to touch William Quantrill, and for good reason.
6 giu 2024 · William Clarke Quantrill remains a controversial figure in American history. To some, he is seen as a courageous and cunning leader who fought valiantly for the Confederate cause. To others, he is a villain whose tactics were marked by brutality and a disregard for the rules of warfare.
26 giu 2024 · Quantrill's Raid; The Raid in Context; Quantrill & his Men; The Raid; Victims; Lawrence Overcomes; More about Quantrill's Raid; Who was Quantrill? Who rode with Quantrill? William Clarke Quantrill
4 giorni fa · William Clarke Quantrill was a Captain in the CSA.” (Quantrell is frequently spelled “Quantrill” in historical accounts.) And who was Quantrell you might ask?
22 giu 2024 · One of the most notable personalities associated with the name Quantrell is William Clarke Quantrill (often spelled with a single “l”), a Confederate guerrilla leader during the American Civil War.
16 giu 2024 · Like many films, Kansas Raiders attributes Jesse James brutal career as an outlaw to the "warped" training under the Black Flag of guerilla William Quantrill, who imagined he was aiding the Confederate cause until Robert E. Lee himself rejected him. But unlike other films, this one does not attempt to excuse Jesse for his later actions.
26 giu 2024 · In 1863 Quantrill's band descended on Lawrence, Kansas and shot to death every man and boy on sight and then torched the town. After Frank and Jesse James joined the Anderson band, they robbed a train of $3,000 and executed 25 Union soldiers on board.
