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Missouri Border Raider?

posted 14 years ago by bebop63-1
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Not being overly familiar with this aspect of US history (I'm from the land of OZ), I just would like verification in that when Glyn Mclintock is being referred to or addressed as an ex-Missouri border raider, that he was part of the so-called Quantrill's Raiders, the glorified bushwhackers with Confederate loyalties? And if he indeed had been a raider, why would that be such a bee in his bonnet as far as his past was concerned? Any information would be helpful,thanks.

[–] scndform 14 years ago

If he had been one of Quantrill's Raiders it would have been a pretty big bee.Quantrill's Raiders were most famous for attacking the civilian town of Lawence Kansas.In addition to burning and pillaging,they rounded up and killed every male over the age of 11 they found. This was about 200 in all.

[–] Captain_Augustus_McCrae 12 years ago

There were a number of Missouri "Border Raiders" of whom Quantrill is probably the best known. Bloody Bill Anderson was another leader, and Frank and Jesse James and Cole Younger were among the best known of the rank and file bushwhackers (though Younger styled himself "captain",IIRC).

"It ain't dying I'm talking about, it's LIVING!"
Captain Augustus McCrae

[–] paul-tatlock 11 years ago

WIKI - The Missouri-Kansas border area was fertile ground for the outbreak of guerrilla warfare when the Civil War erupted in 1861.

Quantrill's Raiders was a loosely organized force of pro-Confederate Partisan rangers, "bushwhackers", who fought in the American Civil War under the leadership of William Clarke Quantrill. The name "Quantrill's Raiders" seems to have been attached to them long after the war, when the veterans would hold reunions.

In the films True Grit, protagonist Rooster Cogburn (John Wayne in the original 1969 version and Jeff Bridges in the 2010 version) prides himself on being a part of Quantrill's Raiders during the Civil War while arguing with Texas Ranger LaBoeuf. He also has a cat named General Sterling Price after a famous Confederate General from Missouri. The movie The Outlaw Josey Wales is loosely based on Quantrill's Raiders.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantrill%27s_Raiders