Through film clips, analysis, and anecdotes, tibbetts examines quantrill through films as varied as dark command 1940, quantrills raiders 1958, and ang lees locallyfilmed ride with the devil. On august 21, 1863, quantrill led his band of about 450 men into lawrence, kansas. The raiders also captured several fully loaded supply wagons. American civil war adventure in which an outlaw, sympathetic to the confederate cause, is persuaded to attempt a daring raid on a unionheld town to destroy an ammunition dump. In august 1863, quantrill and his men committed what became known as the lawrence massacre. This movie was first released in 1958 19862009, in super widescreen 2. The last survivor of quantrills raiders died in 1940. Quantrill s raiders is a 1958 american western film about quantrill s raiders directed by edward bernds and starring steve cochran, diane brewster and leo gordon cast. The story of a marine grunt in the first battle of khe sanh april 1967 duration. In the fall of 1863, william clarke quantrill, the missouri bushwhacker, took about three hundred of his followers across indian territory to sherman, texas. Quantrill developed a fighting force of partisan rangers, which came to be known as quantrills guerrillas that are unrivaled in the world today. A 1959 episode of the tv show the rough riders entitled the plot to assassinate president johnson, as the title suggests, involves quantrill in a plot to assassinate president andrew johnson. The sound and picture quality is very good, but there are no extras on this dvd.
The film starts in 1863 during civil war, when capt william clarke quantrill leo gordon and his men terrorise missourikansas border, by looting, burning. When the guerrillas banded together quantrill was the commanding officer most of the times. Quantrills raiders in texas the outlaws who tormented sherman by evault boswell. This battle marked the beginning of the civil war in missouri, where the state would become the scene of savage and fierce fighting, primarily from guerilla warfare. Quantrills raiders were a loosely organized force of proconfederate partisan rangers, bushwhackers, who fought in the american civil war under the leadership of william clarke quantrill. Quantrill s leaders had very little concern for the southern cause, but had become bushwhackers. General joseph jo orville shelby december 12, 1830 february, 1897 was a confederate cavalry general in the transmississippi theater of the american civil war. The audie murphy film, kansas raiders 1950, deals with quantrill s raiders in the period immediately after the civil war. The last survivor of quantrill s raiders died in 1940. The name quantrills raiders seems to have been attached to them long after the war, when the veterans would hold reunions. By noon the raiders had destroyed more than 200 homes and businesses and left 150 men dead or dying. Quantrills gang had as little as 60 men and no then 300, most of the times 125.
Eastern ohio has produced an inordinate number of famous people making exceptional contributions to every facet of societyprobably more than any likesized geographical area in the country. The burning band wagon lay smoldering behind them, along with the bodies of the members of the band. A confederate captain is sent on an undercover mission to arrange the destruction of a supply of weapons. Quantrills raiders 1958, focuses on the raid on lawrence. Quantrill s raiders 1958 a confederate officer steve cochran tries to stop guerrilla leader quantrill s leo gordon 1863 raid on lawrence, kan. Quantrills raiders is a 1958 american western film about quantrills raiders directed by edward bernds and starring steve cochran, diane brewster and leo gordon cast. Dec 07, 2015 quantrills raiders 1958 posted by mark franklin on dec 7, 2015 steve cochran plays capt. Quantrill s raiders were the bestknown of the proconfederate partisan guerrillas also known as bushwhackers who fought in the american civil war. Was at the wakefield farm, near smiley, kentucky, with quantrill on may 10, 1865. The leaf features a stunning illustration of the famous quantrill raiders sacking a western town. History of the missouri guerrilla, bushwhacker, and partisan bands in the war for southern independence. Quantrills raiders george and richard dick maddox, sons of larkin maddox of cass county, mo, were valiant soldiers in the war of the lost cause. The famed raid on lawrence, kansas, in which over 400 innocent people lost their lives to a group of marauders is heavily fictionalized and cleaned up. Among quantrills proteges were jesse james, his brother frank, cole younger and his brother jim.
The film dark command 1940 deals with the fictional william cantrell s raiders, also led by a partisan made an officer by the confederacy. Excerpt from a past edition of ohiotraveler by robert carpenter. A band of about 300 men arrived in lawrence at daybreak on august 21, 1863. You are viewing a leaf from an original 1862 harpers weekly newspaper. The ofttold tale of controversial southernsympathizing outlaw quantrill is recounted again in this lowbudget western. Synopsis the hellhorde they called the butchers battalion. Kus john tibbetts looks at this cinematic heritage in quantrill in the movies on sunday, august 18, 20, at 2 p. Quantrills raiders missouri partisan rangers historical qs historical main historical keywords. Operating near the kansasmissouri border, the raiders began forays into kansas, attacking towns about 15 miles from the border. Was the first of quantrills men to have died in kentucky.
Rh c5074 well i went with quantrill when i was just sixteen years of age and was captured by general buells forces. Quantrills raiders 1958, focusing on the raid on lawrence. Starting with a small force of no more than a dozen men, the proslavery guerrilla band began to make independent attacks upon union camps, patrols, and settlements. Led a band of confederate guerrillas, quantrills raiders, and attacked lawrence, kansas, in quantrills raid. Sep 23, 20 it s 1863 and the tide of the civil war is starting to turn when alan westcott arrives in the strifetorn missourikansas border area on a mission for the confederacy. The illustration is by thomas nast, one of the most famous artists of the 1800s. As a result, the young man took it upon himself to take a more antagonistic course with his ownguerilla warfare, becoming the leader of quantrills raiders. Young jesse james 1960, also depicts quantrills influence on jesse james.
Raiders under the command of the notorious confederate guerrilla william quantrill dropped this flag in olathe during an attack. But when all the other guerrillas got together as a group it would be as high as 6,000 some say 10,000. In addition, quantrill s raiders burned and looted the town. A civil war guerilla gang plans an attack on a kansas arsenal. In brazil, this film was released as heroic ambush. Though considered the defining moment in the citys history, its difficult to draw heroes from a story that ends with the town being burned to the ground.
The film dark command 1940 deals with the fictional william cantrells raiders, also led by a partisan made an officer by the confederacy. Wellknown bloody bill anderson would join quantrill s raiders in 1863. The film starts in 1863 during civil war, when capt william clarke quantrillleo gordon and his men terrorise missourikansas border, by looting, burning. In addition, quantrills raiders burned and looted the town. The attack on fort blair had been a failure but the unexpected return of general. Young jesse james 1960, also depicts quantrill s influence on jesse james. Quantrills mistress kate gale robbins immediately falls for the stranger and they have a romantic interlude where she tries to give him a reason to take her away from the band. Quantrills raiders 1958 a confederate officer steve cochran tries to stop guerrilla leader quantrills leo gordon 1863 raid on lawrence, kan. Frank and jesse james, and james and cole younger served with quantrill s raiders during the conflict and the famed raiders allegedly saved general jo shelby from capture on december 7, 1862, at the battle of prairie grove. Quantrills band attacked on october 6, 1863, and killed eighty men and wounded eighteen in the baxter springs massacre. Hughess confederate force, including william quantrill and his raiders, attacked independence, at dawn, in two columns on different roads.
The story of william quantrill and the quantrills raiders and dover, ohio history. Outraged by redleg atrocities, the james and younger brothers along with kit dalton join quantrill s raiders and find themselves participating in even worse war crimes. When the civil war began, quantrill was irregularly connected to the confederate army and fought at the battles of lexington and wilsons creek in missouri. Quantrill, william clarke civil war on the western border. Steve cochran, diane brewster, leo gordon tag line.
The union commander was given the blame and this fanned the alreadyfearsome flames of the raiders. See more ideas about american civil war, confederate states of america and civil war photos. William quantrill renegade leader of the missouri border. Released 1958, quantrill s raiders stars stevecochran, dianebrewster, leogordon, galerobbins the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 5 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic.
After laying their plans to attack lawrence, westcott learns that the arsenal is being moved out by wagon trail. Henry mcculloch, the confederate commander of the district of northeast texas, tried to find a use for the pseudorebels, but they failed in. Reunion pin, sixth annual reunion of survivors of quantrills guerrillas at independence, missouri, august 22, 1903 charles w. Aug 24, 2018 james brothers and quantrills raiders in 1863, quantrills force had grown to over 450 men, one of whom was frank james, older brother of jesse james. The climax of quantrills guerilla career came on august 21, 1863, when he led a force of 450 raiders into lawrence, kansas, a stronghold of prounion support and. Quantrills raiders 1958 john wayne message board jwmb. Quantrills raiders 1958 posted by mark franklin on dec 7, 2015 steve cochran plays capt. Its 1863, alan westcott find elusive guerrilla william clarke quantrill and deliver. They attacked this prounion stronghold, killing over 150 men, with few of them offering resistance. Even though he was already smitten with the boarding house owner, he still succumbs to the bad girls more direct approach. With steve cochran, diane brewster, leo gordon, gale robbins. Young jesse james 1960 also depicts quantrills influence on jesse. Though considered the defining moment in the city s history, it s difficult to draw heroes from a story that ends with the town being burned to the ground.
However, his task is complicated when he falls in love with a unionist woman, while the. Quantrill, william clarke the handbook of texas online. On his body were found a coin purse and money belonging to 19yearold john speer. He fought with confederate forces at the battle of wilsons creek in oakhills, missouri, in august 1861. With audie murphy, brian donlevy, marguerite chapman, scott brady. Quantrill a true history of his guerrilla warfare on the missouri and kansas border during the civil war of 18611865, as told by capt. The illustration is by thomas nast, one of the most famous artists of the 1800 s. Quantrills raiders is a 1958 american western film about quantrills raiders directed by.
In the lone star state, the bushwhackers made camp at mineral creek. We publish on pages 616 and 617 a large illustration of a guerrilla raid in the west, in order that our readers may understand the sort of war which the rebels are waging. This stunning illustration captures the confusion and panic in a town hit by one of quantrill s lightning fast raids. When the civil war broke out in april 1861, quantrill joined the confederate side with enthusiasm. Quantrills raiders and dover ohio history ohio traveler. Their leader was william quantrill and they included jesse james and his brother frank early in the war missouri and kansas were nominally under union government control and became subject to widespread violence as groups of confederate. Just after midnight on september 7, 1862, the town of olathe, kansas, was overrun by confederate guerrillas. They rode with infamous confederate guerilla leader william clarke quantrill in the midwest. In the hours before dawn the raiders killed several men and looted businesses and private. Quantrills raiders flags and accessories crw flags.
We publish on pages 616 and 617 a large illustration of a. And william clarke quantrill, the confederate guerrilla leader. Frank and jesse james, and james and cole younger served with quantrills raiders during the conflict and the famed raiders allegedly saved general jo shelby from capture on december 7, 1862, at the. Harrison t row one who followed quantrill through his whole course, c. He calls off the attack on lawrence in favor of attacking the wagon train, but quantrill pulls a treacherous doublecross and rides into lawrence on a personal mission of bloodshed, murder and looting. This movie was first released in 195819862009, in super widescreen 2. James brothers and quantrills raiders in 1863, quantrills force had grown to over 450 men, one of whom was frank james, older brother of jesse james. I lived for a time in lawrence, kansas, the site of quantrill s raid in 1863.
Independence missouri raid quantrill raid independence missouri map summary. It s 1863 and the tide of the civil war is starting to turn when alan westcott arrives in the strifetorn missourikansas border area on a mission for the confederacy. One of the ten original members of quantrills guerrillas. Quantrills raiders, us poster art, steve cochran, 1958. Larkin skaggs was the only one of quantrills band who was killed.
Leading as many as 450 raiders, quantrill sacked the town of lawrence and left as many as 183 dead in his wake. One of the ten original members of quantrill s guerrillas. This film solves that problem by rewriting history. Quantrills raids kansapedia kansas historical society. Quantrills guerrillas were born during the skirmishes and battles that were created during the conflict known as the border wars. Was the first of quantrill s men to have died in kentucky. Claiming to fight for the confederacy, quantrill organized a band in december 1861. Some, such as bill anderson, had concocted a story about his father and uncle being hanged as southern sympathizers to give credibility among the others in quantrill s quasi army who had suffered genuine persecution by union men. I just finished watching ride with the devil again i had forgotten a lot of it. Its 1863 and the tide of the civil war is starting to turn when alan westcott arrives in the strifetorn missourikansas border area on a mission for the confederacy. This stunning illustration captures the confusion and panic in a town.
Quantrill s raiders 1958, focusing on the raid on lawrence. They drove through the town to the union army camp, capturing, killing, and scattering the yankees. Quantrills raiders 1958 once upon a time in a western. The twelveyearold drummer had crawled twelve feet from the fire before he died. Quantrills flag kansapedia kansas historical society. A confederate officer steve cochran tries to stop guerrilla leader quantrill s leo gordon 1863 raid on lawrence, kan. Allan wescott, a confederate officer working undercover as horse trader mike davis in order to help plot a rebel attack on the federal armory in lawrence, kansas. The high point of quantrills guerilla war came on august 21, 1863 with the raid on lawrence. William clarke quantrill july 31, 1837 june 6, 1865 was a confederate guerrilla leader. Quantrill in the movies kansas city public library. A confederate officer steve cochran tries to stop guerrilla leader quantrills leo gordon 1863 raid on lawrence, kan.
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