Noted guerrillas, or The warfare of the border. Being a history of the lives and adventures of Quantrell, Bill Anderson, George Todd, Dave Poole, Fletcher Taylor, Peyton Long, Oll Shepherd, Arch (14576147368)

The Warfare of the Border
Identifier: notedguerrillaso00edwa (find matches)
Title: Noted guerrillas, or The warfare of the border. Being a history of the lives and adventures of Quantrell, Bill Anderson, George Todd, Dave Poole, Fletcher Taylor, Peyton Long, Oll Shepherd, Arch Clements, John Maupin, Tuck and Woot Hill, Wm. Gregg, Thomas Maupin, the James brothers, the Younger brothers, Arthur McCoy, and numerous other well known guerrillas of the West
Year: 1879 (1870s)
Authors: Edwards, John N. (John Newman), 1839-1889
Subjects: United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Underground movements Missouri -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Southwestern States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865
Publisher: St. Louis, H.W. Brand & Co.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN



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eyond all former boundaries, flowed back again and inundatedWestern Missouri. Quantrells nominal battalion—yielding tothe pressure of the exodus—left him only the old guard as arallying point. It was necessary again to reorganize. Greggwas made First Lieutenant; Todd, Second; Scott, Third; Blunt,Orderly Sergeant; James Tucker, First Duty Sergeant;Younger, Second; Hendrix, Third; Poole, Fourth; JamesLittle, First Corporal; Dick Burnes, Second; Hicks George,Third, and Hi. George, Fourth. After this re-organization,the Guerrillas stripped themselves for steady fighting. Incidentsand personages suited the epoch. Federal troops were every-where ; infantry at the posts, cavalry on the war paths. Thesombre defiance mingled with despair did not come until1864; in 1862 the Guerrillas laughed as they fought. And theyfought by streams and bridges, where roads crossed and forkedand where trees or hollows were. They fought from housesand hay-stacks; on foot and on horseback; at night, when the
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