AmBraCol
A couple years ago...
Thursday, August 19, 2021, 07:41

I downloaded "Three Years with Quantrill: A True Story Told By His Scout John McCorkle" by O. S. Barton. He talks about the "Centralia Massacre" and goes into the whys and wherefores of their use of the pistol.

My maternal grandfather was born not too far from where Keith was. Reading Keith's "Hell, I Was There!" is like listening to Grandpa Stewart talk, as far as mannerisms of speech and such go. The last time I talked with my grandpa before he passed on I finally understood why he always voted Democrat. His grandpa and great grandpa rode for the South and the Federals burned their family out. That kind of thing tends to have long lasting effects in a negative way. McCorkle's account gives the other side to the usually one sided look at Quantrill and men like him.

Down here in Coffee Country folks are surprised to learn that the US also had guerillas. Shucks, most folks back up north don't know it either. This year I finally picked up a copy of the 1860, need an 1851 Navy or 1861 Navy to go with it some day.