Col Quantrill (Pronounced Kan tril - Qu is the French way for making the "K" sound.) was among the finest cavalry leaders that ever lived. He understood, early in the war that the saber was useless in 1860s warfare, and replaced saber with the revolver. He insisted that his men all carry multiple revolvers, often 6 and sometimes more. He insisted that they practice their shooting skills constantly. The "Right between the eyes!" head shot was Quantrill's trademark and his men emulated him. Credit for the "cowboy", that all American symbol of real maleness, is entirely due to Quantrill. By taking his men to winter in Texas, Quantrill taught them route between Texas and Missouri. The railhead cattle markets of Dodge City and Abilene, Kansas just happened to be in between. So, in 1866, when the first wild, free ranging, Texas Longhorn cattle or "cows" arrived at the cattle markets in Kansas, the "boys" that had gotten them there, a thousand mile trip, were veterans of Col. Quantrill's kindergarten. In 1866, it was a rare Quantrill veteran that was as much as 20 years old. Many were young as 16 or 17 and had been in ferocious combat for 3 or 4 years.

I'm Robert Degge James. My branch of the James family moved to Garland, in Northeast Dallas county in 1865. My great-grandfather George Washington James rode with the raiders in Missouri. We're from Jasper county, city of Carthage. The rumor and old Garland newspaper said that we were there as a hideout and a place to hide money for the James gang. But of course we gave that money to the poor! Lol

I had an uncle who rode with him. He is buried in baxter springs cemetery in an unmarked grave. He was one of two of the raiders killed in the attack on baxter. His name was William Bledsoe, The Bledsoe were notorious confederates. From 1640 until the civil war, all Bledsoe owned slaves. His family fought indians for 200 years. His grandfather was Issac Bledsoe, longhunter of legend. Settled Tennessee. His plantation, is now Bledsoe State park. Tennessee.

Starts very unassumingly, and gradually turns into an incredibly important speech about the clash of justice and vigilantism.

He started out saying that he didn't know anything about Quantrill. I thought he was being humble at the beginning. By the end, I realized that he was telling the truth.

Three members of my family were in the Confederate Army. Two were regulars and they survived. The 3rd was a 'Bushwacker' as some called them. Probably an irregular of some kind. Don't even know if he was actually just a thief and murderer hiding behind a uniform. I don't know what outfit, as he was more or less erased from the family history. I only know that he wasn't in one of the well known bands like Quantrill or Bill Anderson's, and that he died in a Union ambush. I really wish I knew more about him. The whole war period was something that was glossed over a lot. My grandmother was the family historian but she's been dead 25 years or so now. A lot of history is lost these days. Only one of them ever even had a picture, and that was lost in a minor fire in 1965 when I was 8. I only saw it a few times. It was in a photo album that was in a stereo cabinet, and the record player or radio got overheated and caught fire one night. We all know how flammable those OLD pictures are. Ah, yes, back in those days our family was scattered in Southern Missouri, some just outside Poplar Bluff, some in Doniphan, and some around Springfield in the Southwest, for anyone doubting I'm Missourian.

William Quantrill lived the life of an abolitionist and died an abolitionist at the Morgan Walker Ranch with his band of Quakers. J Frank Dalton provided the true identity of who the Confederate known as William Quantrill really was. He was Elbert DeWitt Travis, a younger brother of Colonial William Barrett Travis, who died with the Texans at the Alamo in 1863 when overcome by Mexican General Santa Anna's hordes. And J Frank Dalton, he truly was Jesse James.

There is a Quintrill Hill next to the Nueces River in Uvalde Co.Tx. Although the Last Confederate Army marched thru the county on the way to run away to Mexico, there is no records of how this name was given to the Hill. Re the cannon ball, I am a retired Archaeogist that has seen over 6 or more turn up all over the place over 50 yrs, they are common and it is highly unlikely Quantrill hauled cannon around. It is amazing to hear the support for the Slave Empire,

Will someone please link the video the speaker was referring to. Bill O'Neill on Jesse James. Thanks

Haven't watched this video yet, but l lived in Collin county in the '80s and the terrain of this County is superb for hiding armed horse soldiers. It's not flat as most people believe Texas to be.

It was stated that Bill O'Neil would be speaking July 19 2018 about Jesse James. I have searched this channel but cannot find the link. Can you please post the link in the description or as a reply. Thanks.

I don't know anything about Quantrill and I'm not an historian....OK, so why are we even listening to this lecture?!

My family who were the founders of Mesquite, TX, were also involved with Q and the KGC, which leads all the way up to the JFK assassination.

Somehow, I feel the need to share this. Hope you don't mind. I wrote this after my mom's funeral in 2001. Thoughtful Spirits When the sky is clear and the stars are bright, And the moon is full in the dead of night, Take a good friend for an inspiring walk, To an old graveyard where spirits talk. Dressed in reverence so they tolerate you there, You might hear the whispers that permeate the air. Some of history. Some of dreams. Some of fantasies. And some of their intended legacies. Families & Friends, thru the continuum of time, Imagine life, as past, present, & future align. Where did we come from, and where will we go? And how important are the things we don't know? In our struggle 'n' strife to be the best, How important are all the rest? Other people's lives influence our being. Is death "moving on", or merely fleeing? If they could do it all over again and live, What kind of advice would they begin to give? What is important? And what doesn't matter? Don't ashes-to-ashes, & dust-to-dust just scatter? Will heavenly riches be available on Earth? Will earthly riches matter after a "second birth"? What DO we take with us after we die? A spirit won't need a pie-in-the-sky. And a spirit doesn't need a pie-on-Earth, Unless its body can use its worth. So what has been tried and what is true? And what is important on this Earth so blue? Can we take anything with us as we pass thru? Or must we start over totally anew? But whether good or bad, all the vibes we've felt, All we can do is play the cards we're dealt. And all the gravestones standing like cards in the ground, Are played no more, but still make a silent sound. Invisible ghosts can be seen in your head, As you try to make sense of the living dead. And it's easier to make sense of the dead giving, Than to make sense of the dying living. So take a good friend, for an inspiring walk, To an old graveyard, where spirits talk. Dressed in reverence, so they tolerate you there, You might hear the whispers, that permeate air.

I am a descendant of Colonial Edmund King. He had a daughter named Susan King. The daughter of Susan King was Sarah Ann Ferrington, who was my great great grandmother. I have no Quantrill cousins on Ancestry DNA. Quantrill had no children with a King because he was killed at the Morgan Walker Farm as an abolitionist and never was a confederate.

Interesting take on this. I like that you focused more on gleaning the lessons of human behavior than on the technical physical events. If more people would attempt fair evaluations of history like this, we might actually learn how to avoid war/tragedies in the future.

This upstanding lawyer must be striving for a new career ?

The winner writes the history.. If the war had went the other way, Quantrill would have been esteemed as much as Sherman. Oh Yea, Wirtz would have been a hero.

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I read quite a bit about Mr. Quantrill and the various individuals that served under his command at one time or another. Why? I simply wanted to understand guerilla warfare - what was effective, what was not effective. Eventually, you would come to understand that 1. when you lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas. You cannot place explicit trust in your comrades or your supporters; 2. given enough time and attention by superior and/or conventional forces and/or an opponent who adopts and uses your own guerilla warfare tactics against you, your days are numbered. I don't give a rat's a-- whether a person regards him as a criminal or a hero.

Five /6 was average was about average Hightower back then . Your forgetting about about about the story they say about Sam colt . It dosent take much to pull a trigger . It’s the same now as it was back then . How tall was Charles Manson . I don’t think it took a whole lot of convincing to get people to follow him . There had been people going back an forth across the border of Kansas killing each other for years . I’ve often heard it said that John killed two men with a broad sword in that fight . Although I’ve never been able to find out we’re or if it really happened . Also I’ll say this back in those days one of the biggest fears that people had was that it would be forced on whites to live an procreate between the races . It’s a very popular thing in 2022 to say that all white men would rape black women an white women would force slaves to have sex with them because there husbands were not able to fill there needs . I think anyone who was white that was caught having sex out of there race or just outside of there marriage . Would of been open to a horse whipping from the moral order of the day . Just look at tv commercials an tv shows movies today . There has been a switch in the reversal blacks an Mexicans can do no wrong an the whites are the ones responsible for all the trouble in the world . Hell you now have white people having there made to imitate typical African style hair . It’s not that I disagree with these things . I’m just stating what is true . The real truth is blacks are just as racist as whites . They knew it back then an we know it now . People are people .

Quantrill, Anderson, Forest and many others did some evil things! Lawrence,KS, Fort Pillow, the KKK for example. Many lives lost needlessly! I hope these men begged for forgiveness before they left this earth. Norma Jean Morrissey

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