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Bloody Bill Anderson summary: William T. Anderson was born in 1839 to William C. Anderson and Martha Anderson, who bore six children. It was said that as a child he was well behaved. Though he claimed Missouri as his native state, his place of birth is uncertain but likely it was Kentucky.
The True Account of William “Bloody Bill” Anderson. By Paul R. Petersen, author of Quantrill of Missouri. “Bloody Bill” Anderson. 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 ...
Feb 13, 2018 · William T. Anderson was born sometime in the late 1830s in Kentucky, the son of a hat maker. His family moved to Missouri when he was still an infant, and then to Kansas in 1857, a time when pro-slavery and antislavery factions fought for control.As working class Missourians, the Andersons were scorned by their mostly Northern neighbors.
William "Bloody Bill" Anderson. A sociopath who lived for spilling blood, William Anderson was one of the most fearsome leaders of Confederate guerrillas in Civil War Missouri. Jesse...
William T. Anderson, 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. Anderson led a band of volunteer partisan raiders who targeted Union loyalists and federal soldiers in the states of Missouri and Kansas.
Aug 7, 2020 · Updated: August 7, 2020. Anderson, William [Bloody Bill] T. (ca. 1839–1864). William "Bloody Bill" Anderson, Confederate guerilla and outlaw, was born possibly about 1839 to William and Martha Anderson in Missouri and in 1861 was a resident of Council Grove, Kansas, where he and his father and brothers achieved a reputation as horse thieves ...
William T. Anderson (1840 – October 26, 1864), also known as "Bloody Bill" Anderson, was one of the deadliest and most famous pro-Confederate guerrilla leaders in the American Civil War. Anderson led a group of volunteer rangers who attacked Union loyalists and federal soldiers in the states of Missouri and Kansas .
