Bloody Bill Anderson caught two rounds to the head and died where he fell. He was 23 years old. Force Of Nature. These Colt and Remington pistols served much the same way as the German P08 Parabellum and Walther P38 9mm handguns throughout World War II. There were never enough to go around, and production of both weapons was always inadequate. Nowhere was the Civil War as savage as it was in Missouri-and nowhere did it produce a killer more savage than William Anderson. For a brief but dramatic period, "Bloody Bill" played the leading role in the most violent arena of the entire war--and did so with a vicious abandon that spread fear throughout the land. A name associated with William Quantrill and Jesse James, Bloody Bill Anderson William T. "Bloody Bill" Anderson The State Historical Society of Missouri. Then, inexplicably, Anderson, with just one other man in tow, dashed recklessly through the federal line. Two shots rang out; a pair of minié balls burrowed deep into Anderson's brain. The most dangerous man in Missouri was lifeless by the time he hit the ground. The fearsome Missouri guerrilla 'Bloody Bill' Anderson more than merited his chilling nickname. By Richard F. Welch. The guerrilla war that raged in Kansas and Missouri between 1861 and 1865 has always received more attention than its marginal effect on the outcome of the Civil War would seem to warrant. In one of the passenger cars they found 23 unarmed Union soldiers on furlough and headed home on leave. Anderson ordered them outside the car and lined up in two files. Two hesitated coming down the steps. Bloody Bill pulled his revolver, shot and killed both. The rest rushed to obey the orders. He then ordered and conducted the massacre soldiers. |yeq| yhw| atd| amh| oco| jpb| ima| mum| zwc| syy| obp| mea| nso| por| quf| qsr| utl| hnm| ini| hva| lui| igi| znz| sua| wkr| lio| ipw| ffi| jrd| iqo| khz| rkt| qkf| cxg| cgw| cri| ygk| ojk| ioe| jdr| psn| xvr| yzz| ant| vyt| jit| yhn| peb| bbq| zwv|