Very well done. Excellent research, and thank you for pointing out indirectly that immediately after the Civil War criminals/gunfighters (everybody for that matter) were using cap and ball handguns. There is a tendency to mix together the times and put guns from the 1870s in their hands. The one thing I wonder about, that I would like to see more research on, is just how many of the citizens at Northfield actually had any Civil War experience. I have wanted to believe since I was a kid, that this was a factor in how events turned out, but it was 11 years after the end of the formal fighting. Odds are, yes, some of those present were veterans, but I have never seen a breakdown.
I would imagine times were very hard post Civil War for most Southern people, especially with the local pre-war history between Missouri and Kansas. Years of hate built up would have been hard to set aside for some. With all the years of the fighting in the War, many knew no other life, and didn't know how to return to a normal one. But I imagine the Northern Carpetbaggers & Scalawawags that moved into the South where Angel's and only had goodness in their hearts. Changing the Subject a little: During the War Northern Soldiers came to my GG-Grandparents farm to steal their horses, which were hidden. They threw a rope around my 12 year old G-Grandfather's neck and ran him behind their horses to get him to tell them where they were. But hurriedly left with their rope when the men ran in from the fields. Thanks for your interesting research. I often watch your videos.
You could spend two lifetimes trying to separate fiction from fact when it comes to the myths surrounding historical figures from the Wild West. Think about what has come to light about Buffalo Bill Cody and Gen. Custer, just to name two.
As always informative and interesting video. Keep them coming.
Good video. I enjoyed it.
Very well done. Excellent research, and thank you for pointing out indirectly that immediately after the Civil War criminals/gunfighters (everybody for that matter) were using cap and ball handguns. There is a tendency to mix together the times and put guns from the 1870s in their hands. The one thing I wonder about, that I would like to see more research on, is just how many of the citizens at Northfield actually had any Civil War experience. I have wanted to believe since I was a kid, that this was a factor in how events turned out, but it was 11 years after the end of the formal fighting. Odds are, yes, some of those present were veterans, but I have never seen a breakdown.
I would imagine times were very hard post Civil War for most Southern people, especially with the local pre-war history between Missouri and Kansas. Years of hate built up would have been hard to set aside for some. With all the years of the fighting in the War, many knew no other life, and didn't know how to return to a normal one. But I imagine the Northern Carpetbaggers & Scalawawags that moved into the South where Angel's and only had goodness in their hearts.
Changing the Subject a little: During the War Northern Soldiers came to my GG-Grandparents farm to steal their horses, which were hidden. They threw a rope around my 12 year old G-Grandfather's neck and ran him behind their horses to get him to tell them where they were. But hurriedly left with their rope when the men ran in from the fields.
Thanks for your interesting research. I often watch your videos.
The Younger brothers were once incarcerated at Stillwater Prison in Minnesota. I later worked in the “new” prison as a CO.
Nice tattoos there cowboy!
You could spend two lifetimes trying to separate fiction from fact when it comes to the myths surrounding historical figures from the Wild West. Think about what has come to light about Buffalo Bill Cody and Gen. Custer, just to name two.