Yeah I don't think the writer is a student of CW history, but inaccuracies and speculations it still hits home some facts. Mainly how much Quantrill and other true colors showed, and it wasn't gray or soldiers of the Stars & Bars. And the theory of Quantrill out to assassinate Lincoln has always been a curious one.
I've always been frustrated by so many Missourians, and Southerners in general really, being in awe of Missouri Bushwhackers when they were nothing but a disgrace when taken as a whole. Sure there were some bona fide patriots of the cause in the ranks, but the evidence is overwhelming that the majority were bandits. The true CW Missouri heroes were Jo Shelby, John Marmaduke, and many, many others, yet a bunch of bandits with many in the ranks who didn't care what side someone was on if they had something they wanted, and had a scalping and mutilation fetish get all the glory when they shouldn't.
Here's a couple better researched articles on the matter. Though the Quantrill-Lincoln stuff does creep back in.
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The Handbook of Texas is your number one authoritative source for Texas history. Read this entry and thousands more like it on our site.
www.tshaonline.org
On a side note, you can't tell me the Bushwhackers didn't enjoy hunting down moonshiners, and sample their products....