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Title: Quantrill and the Border Wars
Description: Portrait and description of Dave Pool (or David Poole) as a Confederate guerrilla fighting Union soldiers at the Baxter Springs Massacre during the Civil War.
Date: 1910
Object Type: Book

Title: Quantrill and His Famous Command
Description: Biographical information on William Quantrill as well as a discussion of his exploits. Presents data submitted by Capt. W. H. Gregg concerning the accuracy of the information. Also includes a list of Quantrill's original company and a picture of Quantrill but doesn't cite a source or any verification.
Date: 1910-06
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Cole Younger
Description: Photos, illustrations, and information on Thomas Coleman Younger, or Cole Younger (1844-1916), a Kansas City area outlaw. Native of Lee's Summit, Missouri joining William Quantrill's Confederate guerrillas in 1862 and after the Civil War attempting a bank robbery in Northfield, Minnesota in 1876 with the James Gang and Younger Gang, being wounded and imprisoned there until 1901, and returning to the Lee's Summit area to write his autobiography in 1903 and make various speeches and other appearances about his Civil War and "Old West" experiences.
Object Type: Vertical File

Title: Bushwhackers
Description: Information about the guerilla warfare between the Missouri Bushwhackers and the Kansas Jayhawkers prior to and during the Civil War.
Object Type: Vertical File

Title: Bushwhacker's Killing Turns Out to Be Murder Mystery
Description: File containing an article about Captain Fay Price, a "Confederate guerrilla leading a band of cutthroats in southwest Missouri, southeast Kansas and the Indian territory." Native of Missouri captured in 1862 by Union soldiers and escaping before captured again in 1863 and killed while escaping in an unsolved murder "mystery."
Date: 1991-03-31
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: The Letters
Description: Article is a reprint of letters located in the National Archives in Washington, D.C. by Jan Toms and Joanne Eakins in 2001. These letters are entitled "Missouri City Raid", a letter from Liberty, Mo., Aug. 30, 1863 addressed to Major J. M. Bassett from J. R. Green and "Without Food, Colonel Weer's Arrest", a letter from Camp on Grand River, Cherokee Nation, July 18, 1862 addressed to the commanders of the different corps, composing the Indian Expeditions from J. Latour?.
Date: 2002-12-01
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: The Civil War Letters of Colonel Bazel F. Lazear
Description: Bazel F. Lazear, a native of Ashley, Pike County, Missouri, enlisted in the Home Guards during the early days of the Civil War, became a major in the 5th Missouri State Militia in 1861, and in 1862 became a lieutenant colonel in the 12th Missouri State Militia. In 1863 he was transferred to the 1st Missouri Cavalry M.S.M. The letters he wrote to his wife from 1861-1865 related mainly to his activities in breaking up guerilla bands in Missouri. The letters in this article cover the years 1863 and 1864. They are written from Lexington, Warrensburg, and Jefferson City. Mentions Bushwackers, Quantrill, Shelby, General Egbert B. Brown, etc.
Date: 1998-07-01
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Shepherd Was Name to Fear in Border Warfare Era
Description: File containing an illustration and biographical article about George Oll Shepherd, or George Shepherd, a Confederate commanding officer of Jesse James and later a guerrilla in Jackson County.
Date: 1965-09-09
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Resources Used for Biographical Note Field And Help Identifying Drawings in the Guerrillas and Outlaws Collection
Description: Bibliography of sources used in creating the records in the Guerrillas and Outlaws digital collection. The Missouri Valley Special Collections has numerous materials on the Civil War and the border war. Search the library's online catalog for more.
Date: 2009
Object Type: Miscellaneous Document

Title: William Quantrill
Description: A collection of photocopied newspaper articles, primarily from local newspapers, centered on the life and activities of William C. Quantrill. Each article is annotated with its source and date of publication.
Date: 1865/1942
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: William (Bill) T. Anderson
Description: Charcoal portrait of Bill Anderson in jacket with top button closed, shirt, carvat, and a brimmed hat with a lone star on the upturned brim and embellished with an ostrich plume. The drawing is signed by the artist with "93" immediately below the signature. At the bottom right corner, "Wm. Anderson" is written in different handwriting and black ink.
Date: 1893
Object Type: Artwork

Title: Unidentified Man
Description: Charcoal portrait of unidentified man with suit coat, vest, shirt, and tie. Drawing is signed by the artist with "93" immediately below the signature.
Date: 1893
Object Type: Artwork

Title: Unidentified Man
Description: Charcoal portrait of unidentified man with suit coat, shirt, and tie. Drawing is signed by the artist with "93" immediately below the signature.
Date: 1893
Object Type: Artwork

Title: Unidentified Man in Uniform
Description: Charcoal portrait of unidentified guerrilla dressed in coat or cloak, shirt, and hat similar to a beret adorned with a plume and three large and two small stars on the headband. Subject holds a pistol. Drawing is signed by the artist with "93" immediately below the signature.
Date: 1893
Object Type: Artwork

Title: Alexander Franklin (Frank) James
Description: Charcoal portrait of Frank James dressed in what appears to be a Confederate cavalry uniform. Drawing is signed by the artist with "93" immediately below the signature. Not visible in the image is "Frank James" written in blue ink in lower right corner edge.
Date: 1893
Object Type: Artwork

Title: Jesse Hamlett
Description: Charcoal portrait of Jesse Hamlett (sometimes spelled Hamlet) in suit coat, vest, tie, and hat. The drawing is signed by the artist with "93" immediately below the signature. At the bottom right corner, "Jesse Hamlet" is written in different handwriting and black ink.
Date: 1893
Object Type: Artwork

Title: Unidentified Civil War Soldier or Guerrilla
Description: Charcoal portrait of unidentified person in cloak, shirt, and hat with plume andfive stars on the hatband. Drawing is signed by the artist with "93" immediately below the signature. Person in this drawing is taken from another drawing (MVO-101F).
Date: 1893
Object Type: Artwork

Title: Unidentified Civil War Soldier or Guerrilla
Description: Charcoal portrait of unidentified Civil War soldier or guerrilla in uniform with cloak. Drawing is signed by the artist with "93" immediately below the signature. Person in this drawing is from another drawing in this collection (MVO-101F).
Date: 1893
Object Type: Artwork

Title: Charles Fletcher (Fletch) Taylor
Description: Charcoal portrait of Charles Fletcher Taylor (Fletch) dressed in suit coat, shirt, tie, and hat. Drawing is signed by the artist with "93" immediately below the signature. At the bottom right corner, "Fletcher Taylor" is written in different handwriting and black ink.
Date: 1893
Object Type: Artwork

Title: Unidentified Guerrilla
Description: Charcoal portrait of man in typical guerrilla overshirt, wearing a hat with a plume, and holding two crossed pistols. Drawing is signed by the artist with "93" immediately below the signature.
Date: 1893
Object Type: Artwork

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