Missourian Franklin (“Frank”) James (brother to Jesse James) is the son of a now-deceased Baptist minister (Robert James, who assisted in the formation of William Jewel College) and a Sunday School teacher in his Baptist church. Enrolling in the Confederate Army early in the war, Frank soon returned home. When Union soldiers raided the family…
Confederate guerrillas led by “Bloody” Bill Anderson and including Jesse and Frank James, both Baptists, this evening raid Danville, Missouri, a Union-friendly town. Many citizens, recognizing the invasion, flee for the woods, escaping the carnage. Not all are so lucky as the guerrillas set fire to the town, shooting citizens who dare show themselves. Some…
In Virginia the forces of Union General Philip Sheridan maintain pursuit of Confederate General Jubal Early‘s forces, albeit at a slow enough pace to allow ample time to burn crops, barns, forage and whatever else they think would have been useful to the Confederacy. Meanwhile, forces under the command of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest…