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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.
The Centralia Massacre was an incident during the American Civil War in which 24 unarmed U.S. Army soldiers were captured and executed in Centralia, Missouri, on September 27, 1864, by a band of men under the command of the notorious Confederate guerrilla leader "Bloody Bill" Anderson. Future outlaw Jesse James was among the guerrillas.
The Lawrence massacre is a central episode in Wildwood Boys (William Morrow: New York, 2000), a biographical novel about Bloody Bill Anderson by James Carlos Blake. The battle is also depicted in the Steven Spielberg -produced 2005 miniseries Into the West and in Ang Lee 's 1999 film Ride with the Devil , as well as the Audie Murphy western ...
The main character of the film The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) joins Bloody Bill Anderson's unit after his family is murdered by Jayhawkers. Season 4 episode 8 of Little House on the Prairie called "The Aftermath" (1977) was about Jesse James and his brother Frank who holed up in Walnut Grove and references Quantrill's Raiders throughout.
The Skirmish at Albany, Missouri was a battle that was fought between the Union Army and the Quantrill's Raiders in Ray County, Missouri on October 26, 1864. The battle resulted a Union victory, and the notorious Quantrill Raider member William T. Anderson, also known as "Bloody Bill", was killed at this battle.
He refuses to leave the town despite being threatened by Border Ruffian leader Bloody Bill Anderson (Christian Bocher) for hiring Henry Foster (Kwesi Ameyaw), a black worker. Lawrence is later attacked by Anderson's bushwackers and Quantrill's Raiders. In the raid, Samson, Susannah and their two sons are killed, leaving Clara as the only survivor.
“William Shatner: You Can Call Me Bill” is the latest documentary from director Alexandre O. Philippe, who specializes in plucking tasty subjects out of the pop cosmos and doing deep-dive ...
The bushwhackers are a major focus of Wildwood Boys (2000), a biographical novel of "Bloody Bill" Anderson by James Carlos Blake. The 1976 film The Outlaw Josey Wales depicts the activities of bushwhackers during and after the American Civil War. Bushwhackers appear in the side-stories of the 2004 HBO TV series Deadwood, set in South Dakota.