Anderson, William T. "Bloody Bill", 1840-1864
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1840 - 1864-10-26
Biography
Pro-Confederate guerrilla leader in the American Civil War. Led a band of volunteer partisan rangers who targeted Union loyalists and federal soldiers in the states of Missouri and Kansas.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Alfred Dexter Morgan diaries, 1864-1866
Collection
Identifier: 1993-006
Content Description
Two autograph volumes of a diary kept by Alfred Dexter Morgan during his service with the 17th Illinois Cavalry Volunteers in 1864 and 1865. Morgan and his company saw duty primarily in Missouri, but was also stationed in Kansas at the end of the war. Missouri experienced some of the most bitter conflict due to sectionalism and protracted guerrilla warfare, and Morgan's diary speaks of the events occuring at that time. Mentioned in the diary are such notarious bushwhackers as Charles...
Dates:
1864 - 1866