Troublesome Bushwhackers
Saturday, May 9, 2009
To say that the Confederate guerrillas/ bushwhackers who operated in Missouri and eastern Kansas during the Civil War were "troublesome is a bit of an understatement. They were more than "troublesome." They were a deadly enemy who would strike swiftly, kill, destroy and disappear, if they survived, to attack again until they met the "Grim Reaper" of Death, as many of them eventually did. If they were troublesome, it was in the winter when their attacks were reduced, but not stopped, as were most military operations in the 19th century.