Some observations made while browsing through
thousands of Provost Marshal records and Official Union and Confederate
Records and Military Dispatches.
1. Most
Federal Officers refused to recognize the Confederate States of
America. They called it "the so-called Southern Confederacy".
Instead of "The Confederate Army", they usually called
it "Price's Army".
2. Most
foreign Federal Officers did not use the term "Bushwhacker" in their
reports. They said "Brushwhacker". The Missourians used
"Bushwhacker"
3. Robbing,
killing, and horse stealing, was called"Jayhawking" in the border
counties, regardless of which side did it. The charge against many
arrested Southern Partisans was "Jayhawking".
4. There were
hundreds of Guerrilla leaders with groups of 10 to 100 men, scattered all
over the state.
5. Southern
Recruiters went to the Northeastern cities and secretly recruited men for
the Confederate Army.
6. Nearly all
of the female Guerrillas that were imprisoned were 4'8 to 5' tall, had
light hair and blue or hazel eyes. Are people getting
taller?
7. Guerrilla Bands were active in most Southern states, and also in
Nebraska, Illinois, Indiana and some other Northern
states.
8. It seems to
have been illegal to sell liquor to Federal soldiers anywhere in the
U.S.
9. Many people
went to prison when the only charge against them was "Hurrahing for Jeff
Davis".
10. To
most rural Missourians, Bill Anderson was more of a hero, than was
Quantrill.