Psycho, certainly, but there were plenty of those to go around on both sides of the Missouri/Kansas border wars. The Devil Knows How to Ride by Edward E. Leslie covers that period pretty well, including the forced depopulation and burning of several counties in Northwest Missouri by the Federal Government. Apparently, the Feds were too busy with that to get around to burning up part of Bloody Kansas. But I digress. It was not a pleasant time and those looking forward to CW-II would do well to consider those events and think twice.
From the editorial pages of the Hutchinson News of Hutchinson, Kansas of Wednesday, August 24, 1938 (and I am certainly offering no justification or accolades toward any of the parties mentioned):
"It was 75 years ago Sunday that Quantrill raided Lawrence. The story has been incorrectly learned by every schoolboy since. While it makes him no less black a scoundrel, Quantrill was doing only what Brown, Jennison, and Lane had previously done in Missouri. It was war, moreover, and the preponderance of the evidence was that Quantrill had a Confederate commission in his pocket. There were two heroes of the day. The mayor who prudently sought refuge in a well only to be asphyxiated, and General Jim Lane who courageously dashed after the marauders when sufficient time had elapsed so there wasn't the slightest chance of catching up with them."
I know, Wild and, to be honest, my sympathy's with Quantrill and the South on this, hence song, though yes, a both sided affair.
"preponderance of the evidence was that Quantrill had a Confederate commission in his pocket."
Love^^^
And more importantly and with you, to all those people cheering on CWII or any other war, just calm tf down. Let's hope that very last resort doesn't come into play.
Huh, don't know that I'd ever heard that one! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI was just in the mood last night, NFO. He was, of course, a psycho.
ReplyDeletePsycho, certainly, but there were plenty of those to go around on both sides of the Missouri/Kansas border wars. The Devil Knows How to Ride by Edward E. Leslie covers that period pretty well, including the forced depopulation and burning of several counties in Northwest Missouri by the Federal Government. Apparently, the Feds were too busy with that to get around to burning up part of Bloody Kansas. But I digress. It was not a pleasant time and those looking forward to CW-II would do well to consider those events and think twice.
ReplyDeleteFrom the editorial pages of the Hutchinson News of Hutchinson, Kansas of Wednesday, August 24, 1938 (and I am certainly offering no justification or accolades toward any of the parties mentioned):
"It was 75 years ago Sunday that Quantrill raided Lawrence. The story has been incorrectly learned by every schoolboy since. While it makes him no less black a scoundrel, Quantrill was doing only what Brown, Jennison, and Lane had previously done in Missouri. It was war, moreover, and the preponderance of the evidence was that Quantrill had a Confederate commission in his pocket. There were two heroes of the day. The mayor who prudently sought refuge in a well only to be asphyxiated, and General Jim Lane who courageously dashed after the marauders when sufficient time had elapsed so there wasn't the slightest chance of catching up with them."
I know, Wild and, to be honest, my sympathy's with Quantrill and the South on this, hence song, though yes, a both sided affair.
ReplyDelete"preponderance of the evidence was that Quantrill had a Confederate commission in his pocket."
Love^^^
And more importantly and with you, to all those people cheering on CWII or any other war, just calm tf down. Let's hope that very last resort doesn't come into play.