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William T. Anderson [a] (c. 1840 – October 26, 1864), known by the nickname "Bloody Bill" Anderson, was a soldier who was one of the deadliest and most notorious Confederate guerrilla leaders in the American Civil War.
Jan 31, 2022 · One of the bodies discovered was that of William “Bloody Bill” Anderson, a bullet hole drilled through his head behind the ear. The most hated, feared man in Missouri was, at long last, dead. He was 24 years old. Anderson faded into the footnotes of the Civil War as the greater victories in the east captured national attention.
- Morgan Dunn
Notorious border ruffian William T. "Bloody Bill" Anderson is killed in an ambush set by Union soldiers near Albany, Missouri. Coming just one month after Anderson's brutal massacre of Union soldiers on leave at Centralia, and his subsequent defeat of Union troops who attacked him after the massacre, Anderson's death is a relief to the area's ...
Bloody Bill Anderson was a prominent Confederate guerrilla chieftain in the conflict that engulfed Missouri during the war. Along with the likes of Quantrill, the Youngers, Frank James, Anderson’s brand of warfare involved ambush, rape, espionage, arson, infighting, scalping, beheading, torture, theft, ethnic vendetta, and even outright massacre.
Born in Kentucky in 1839 before moving to Missouri and eventually living in Kansas when the Civil War started, Bill Anderson soon earned the nom de plume “Bloody Bill.” An unusual event made a guerrilla out of William Anderson.
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Bloody Bill’s Death Anderson’s violent pillages, attacks, and murders came to an end at Albany, Missouri, on October 26th, 1864—one month after he carried out a systemic massacre at Centralia, Missouri, on September 27 of 22 unarmed Union troops who had been on their way home on furlough.
