It is another one of those strange stories that seems unreal but it is true. Some of your comedy mixed in with it might be pretty entertaining! Thanks for watching Santee!
Confederate Solders, Heroes All RIP Rebel Brothers Thank You for making & posting this video on Quantrill and his graves. Very informative for those of us interested and intrigued by all aspects of The War For Southern Independence.
I've watched several of your videos, and I have to say I'm impressed. You stick to the subject, no wandering around off track, and you seem to know what your talking about. I dislike those who say I don't know, look it up if you want. You actually know what you're taking about! And stick to the subject! Subscribing.
Welcome to the channel and I'm glad you are here. I don't claim to know everything but I do try to tell as much as I can. Thank you for watching and letting me know you enjoy the content.
You really know your history! My dad, who was a WW2 vet (survived Battle of the Bulge) was a history buff. I learned so much from him, and also love history. I wonder how many people today are even aware of the story of Quantrill’s Raiders & the Missouri Bushwackers? It’s such a shame that schools today only tend to offer history and civics as electives. I, myself, took every history & civics class offered , but I graduated in 1984. I hope you keep on making your videos- my dad would have loved them, and I truly do as well. Good luck! Regards from Arkansas.
I don't think to many know about the Quantrill's raiders and when they do hear about it then it's usually associated with Jesse James or something like that. I don't think people dive into it much further. There is a lot out there that is just forgotten and strange and that's what I like to cover. Thanks for watching and commenting!
RhettyforFun , you probably already know this, but there is a young adult fiction book titled “Rifles For Waite” that I was made aware of in 5th/6th grade (this book, for me, is a ways back, probably 1976-ish) but it was a full length story about a young man from Kansas whose family has been terrorized by the bushwackers, so he joins the Union army. I thought I saw maybe a daughter of yours about that age in a video when you visited Little Rock, which we live 30 miles from, and if she loves history like you do, it’s a great read- even for adults!😎. You would probably have to look at your library, or order from abebooks.com, Amazon, etc... Also, if this interests you, my uncle served in WW2 Navy, and was one of the original “Frogmen”- the precursor to the Navy Seals. 😎Anyway, I’ll keep watching-keep it up, and keep enjoying it! Regards, AJ from Arkansas.
I wasn't aware of that book but it sounds interesting. Definitely sounds like something I or Sarah would be interested in. Sadly all 4 of our girls are not interested in history. One of them was interested in WW2 history for about a year and then got out of it. Hopefully they will all show an interest in it at some point. One of the reasons I want to do these videos is to help keep this history going. Many of these things are lesser known things and there are too many studying about them in school anymore. I even feel my history classes left a lot out. My favorite time in history is WW2 and the old west as well. So yes I love hearing about those that served during WW2. They truly were a great generation. I used to sit and listed to my grandparents and great uncles for hours. They went thru things in their lifetime that i can't even imagine.
RhettyforFun That was a book that got my interest going around the 5 th grade! My dad never talked much about WW2, at least his part in it) but if you are interested, I’ll send you a little info from his days that my brother and cousins shared. Thanks for your hard work. Oh and there is a little known outlaw hideout in the Ozarks in Arkansas that still exists. It’s a hike, and you would need s GPS, but it’s there.
I'm sorry. I did not see your comment until just now. I guess RUclips never sent me the notification. I'm definitely interested in learning what you have and know.
Hi Rhetty another amazing story and loved hearing the history that only you can explain better. What an interesting video. Keep making more grave yard videos along with.the history bebind them. Thanks Rhetty. Carmela in NY.
I absolutely love your videos man. You’re so thorough and educated on the subject matter. You tell it so well. Admire your research skills. I really enjoyed the story about these bushwhackers. Lol Especially the story about the bones. Igreat video man
Great video! Quantrill was a leader for all the southern people (that wanted some get back) that had been devastated by the northern adversaries. Do one on Bloody Bill or if you have let me know. I appreciate all the bits of great information that you include in your videos. You always say something that I don't know. If you have any good books on this subject or the James Younger gang let me know. As always my respect to you n yours!
Hello Retty' That was great! Ive heard many stories about him and what was said he had done in the war but I never knew about the graves and all you talked abou. Ive been educated today! Thanks and great job...I love these kinds of stories!!!
Thank you Wally! I'm glad to hear you enjoy the stories. These are ones I love to find and share. I think there are a lot of people out there that just don't know about them. Thanks for always watching!
I've been to that cemetery and walked around the beautiful grounds. Very interesting story about William. He did things that even General Robert E Lee did not approve. The Quantrail guerillas. Kansas hated them. I really enjoy these kind of stories and videos. Thank you, sir.
@@RhettyforHistory The tragedy of war is, everyone thinks they're on the right side, yet as the saying goes, history belongs to the victors. In my opinion, as an outsider, for what it's worth, the South had a long list of grievances, and the North was too pig-headed to listen to them, the wealth of Industry was in the North, and the wealth of land was in the South, not a good balance.
I walked the entire St.Mary Catholic Cemetery (now St. John’s 2647 Duncan St) here in Louisville several years ago. I did not see that marker but there is an unmarked stone about 2 feet by one foot with a weathered version of that lion on it. I leave flowers by it around every Memorial Day, risking a $250 trespassing fine as posted by the Louisville Police Dept. Feel free to message me for photos Trailersam@icloud.com
You didn't mention it , but Col Duval is also a Knights Templar, that is what that last cross is across the top, love your videos! Cool that you seem interested in a lot of the historical people that I like. This last May 2019, I found the graves of Both Hatfield, and Randall McCoy, my grandpas father married Cynthia or Cyntha Hatfield,
Your videos are so thorough and interesting. Had no idea Quantrill was captured in Louisville, K. (my hometown). Wondering if his grave is still unmarked. Keep up the good work! Very interesting site!
Thank you! I appreciate you watching as well as commenting. His grave in Louisville is still marked now. Someone that was a civil war buff had it marked in 1982. Some people were upset he did that and others just wondered why. Since its right there it would be interesting for you to see!
He was shot on the Wakefield farm near Louisville. James Wakefield (a friend of mine in the American Legion Post 6 Madison IN) told me all about it in the 1990's. His grandfather owned the farm.
Another really interesting video! I understood that what started Quantrill on a tear was when his sister was killed accidently in Kansas as she was being held to help lure him and his riders into a trap. That is what I hear got him in a murderous rage, Those were very tough times, indeed!
Thanks for mentioning your visit to the Confederate Veterans Home cemetery at Higginsville. I looked it up --- and enjoyed it. My favorite at the site when I've visited, I think, is the Daughters' monumental adaptation of Bertel Thorvaldsen’s 1820 Lion of Lucerne (Switzerland), sculpted to commemorate Swiss Guards massacred during the French Revolution. Here, the dying lion’s head is resting on the Great Seal of the Confederacy rather than on broken symbols of the French monarchy, as in the original. Similar adaptations are found elsewhere, including Atlanta. My Union ancestors were out there fighting those Missouri bushwhackers --- but Iowans have learned to get along fairly well with Missourians by now.
Thanks for sharing some additional information. I did not know about that monument and it's meaning. It probably old on the sign but It was bitter cold out and we were pressed with time.
My great great grandfather was a confederate. NC 4th Infantry. Caswell Jones. His brother died in the battle of Cold Harbor. My grandmother used to tell me stories about him. My grandmother's father died in 1921 influenza and her grandfather moved in and helped support the family with his veterans pension that Benjamin Harrison got for all veterans...Union and Confederate
Worth mentioning, and lost to history revisionists, is the fact citizens in Lawrence were required to submit their guns for lockup at the local Sheriff's office before the Lawrence Quantrill raid. 150 men and boys lost their lives while the whole town was wide open, and defenseless. Quantrill's raiders escaped without a scratch. A lesson that needs to be shared widely in these times of upheaval.
I believe the house that Quantrill was born in is still standing. During the 1950's the house was moved from it's original location on Tuscarawas ave. to make room for an addition to St. Josephs high school here in Dover. The reason I know this is my father worked with his uncle in helping to move the house. Years later when I was in high school I had a teacher that told me a similar story as well.
No,it wasn't made into school room,it still stands on 8th St, but changed alittle with siding.Im the Nat. Guardian of through Sons of Confederate Veterans Quantrill's Raiders#2087 Ohio Div. Every year July 25th at 1 we do a Memorial for him,many show up.All Welcome to learn Truth.
Another fascinating history, I loved every minute of it! Three graves, now that's something. I read once that composer Frédéric Chopin's body is buried in Paris, but his heart is contained in a jar of cognac located in Warsaw. Thanks once again for sharing another great adventure :)
That's interesting on the composer. I'm wondering if the jar is on display and if there are any others like that? Thanks for sharing that as well as watching!
His heart isn't on display, it's actually entombed inside of a column in Holy Cross Church in Warsaw. However, they recently removed it in secret to determine the cause of the composer's death (they said it was from tuberculosis). I guess there wasn't a special significance to the cognac which was used as a preservative at the time. Wonders never cease!
Thanks for this. I'm a Northerner born and bred, but am totally against tearing down the monuments. History happened, we can learn from it. Also, after the War, all Confederate soldiers were absolved of any treason, the country needed to heal and include *all* citizens. When Northerners say the South should just get over it, they have no idea of what the South went through...it wasn't the North that was invaded and burned. Would love to know what fraternity had his skull.
I'm against it being torn down but I understand if it's on govt. Property. I do think it should be moved to a museum or something. And if it is in a cemetery it just needs to stay. Both sides suffered tremendous atrocities and many places were burned or destroyed. Both sides did it to each other but good or bad it is a part of our history. You cannot explain history without good and bad especially in the U.S. The skull was given to a group of Dover, Ohio teenage boys, which later became the Zeta Chapter of the Alpha Pi fraternity.
You should do one about Joseph O. Shelby,The leader of the Iron Brigade. They fought against two union armies at the battle of Westport then marched all the way to Mexico and never surrendered to the union.
Union General Alfred Pleasonton said General Jo O Shelby was the best Calvery General the South had. At least two of General Shelby men are burried in this cemetery.
If you ever decided to make a trip to Dover Ohio to see the Quantrills, look up Son of Confederate veterans camp 2087 Quantrills Raiders. Thats my camp im part of. We'd love to give you a tour of Quantrills home town.
I often think about wether the Missouri-Kansas War of the 1850's isn't a precursor to what is going on today. Simmering tensions and outbreaks of violence that suggests something inevitable needs to be decided.
The 27-year old hero of the Confederacy was buried without fanfare in an unmarked grave, in what later became known as St. John's Cemetery, Louisville. In 1887, a newspaperman and Quantrill's boyhood friend, William W. Scott, dug up the grave at the prompting of Quantrill's mother, a Dover school teacher.
Rhetty, I think Daniel and his wife Rebbeca Boone, were moved to Kentucky from Missouri, but that may make a good video, sure would like to know a bit about that....thanks and we enjoy the videos!
Yes from what I understand Daniel Boone has two graves...one in Missouri and one in Kentucky.... depending on which story you believe that he died at his son's home and was buried near there but later someone from Kentucky came to Missouri to bring his remains back there. The story goes that the group from Kentucky dug up the wrong grave and took bones of someone other than Daniel Boone. Missouri has a gravesite marked in Marthasville and Kentucky has a gravesite marked there! Truly interesting!
Paul Peterson has Great Accurate info about W.C. Quantrill Books ,ect. He wasn't a bad Man,just fighting against a Tyrannical Gov. just like U.S. and Revaluationary War.It was Second War of Independence.
The Confederate government granted Quantrill a field commission under the Partisan Ranger Act, which means he was a legitimate combatant and therefore, so was anyone under his command. So they were All veterans.🙄
The unmarked grave of Jake Blough is buried in the Evergreen Cemetary in my home town of Leadville, Colorado. The grave location is documented but not marked. Jake was a member of the James (& Younger) gang that came out of Contraill's Raiders. Jakes father was murdered by Jesse James and their is a question of Jakes true loyality to the gang because of that fact. Jesse James best friend from the Raiders was the Sheriff of Salida, Colorado at that time. The James Gang actually staked out a mining claim and worked it on Carbonate Hill just South of Leadville. That information is documented in an old Leadville newspaper article that tells about a conflict there when the gang displayed a Confederate flag. Leadville was neutral during the Civil War. The population was mostly southerners in what became, through politics, a Union State. Both Union and Confederate people coexisted pretty peacefully (taking into account that it was the real Wild West) in the Colorado Territory to seek and mine Gold and not to fight a war.
That's pretty interesting history. Jake needs a marker there. I would say everyone there was smarter just trying to work hard and establish themselves rather than fight a war amongst themselves. Thanks for sharing that tidbit of history.
I think Gen. "Mad" Anthony Wayne, had a similarly story about his bones. After Wayne's died he was burried. Then a few years later Wayne's son went to retrieve his father's body. When he got there he realised that his cart wasn't long enough to haul the coffin back home in. So he cut his father's body up and boiled the flesh off the bones. The son reburried the boiled matter into the original grave. He then placed the bones in a box and started home. On the son drove the wagon over the rough road that lead home, not realizing that he lost a few bones with every bump. By the time we got home there was little left of the General to burry. Fearing to tell his widowed mother what had happened, the son qickly placed the remaining bones of Anthony Wayne into a new coffin and had it burried. So like the Captain, his bones are here, there and every where.
I have not heard that story before but thank you so much for telling me that. What an interesting tale. I'll certainly have to do some research on that one and learn more.
Being from Kentucky I was always told he was from Kentucky and bloody Bill Anderson was from Shelbyville near by and they met up in the war. True or not I have no idea
It’s sometimes said that those who don’t know their past are doomed to repeat it, but I say those who dwell on the past and glorify the past are doomed to never leave it.
My great great grandfather has 2 different headstones in 2 different states. Do you know why they did that in the older days? Kansas and I can't remember where else.
Who is your great grandfather? It could be there was an original location where he had a plot and marker prepared but then he had either moved or passed away somewhere else? Sometimes you will see cenotaphs that a relative may have placed. I know my grandparents have a marker in a cemetery that a couple of my aunts had placed but they aren't buried in there.
Our family farm is in Chilhoe Missouri and Quantrill Radiers came through and killed my great grandfathers indentured workers and burned a lot of farms in the area I learned of this from my grandmother (1871-1971) This massacre is still remembered today.
My 4/5 great grandfather was hung from a tree In front of his family by mauraders in VA. Thus to my family turning Union and leaving VA to come to MN. Still finding more info
Just grazing on RUclips. I had relatives fight on both sides. Surprised that this video is still up. Byzantine culture has gripped this country. I'm a disabled Republic of Vietnam combat veteran, '68. The time will come that our veteran cemeteries are bulldozed over. Some Youngers' changed their names to Young. Eaglegards ya saps...
He has four graves. His name was Charles P. Hart. He was a graduate of a Kentucky military academy. He was teaching school when the war broke out. He tried to remain neutral because his brother joined the south. Union militia beat him nearly to death, so he changed his name and took out his revenge. He had taught school in Lawrence Kansas and he was treated badly there because of his politics. He spent the rest of his life after the war in Osceola Texas teaching school. He is buried in that area.
You missed showing the grave of John t. Graves (1842-1950), "The last of Shelby's men." He was discharged in 1863 for reasons of "poor health." He was the last veteran to reside at the Confederate Home. At least two of Quantrill's men, James Cummins (believed by many historians to also been a member of Jesse James' gang) and David Edwards are also buried there. For what it's worth, I attended Quantrill's funeral & burial there.
Frankly silvers husband in North Carolina is buried in three or four graves his wife was the first woman hanged in Morgantown N C it is a very interesting book añd a true historical fact
Did you see the flat marker of John T. Graves Last of Shelby's men 1842-1950 I find this fascinating as some of us know someone that was alive in the 50's. Its difficult to comprehend a civil war veteran was alive 70 yrs ago.
Yes it is. At some point I will probably revisit that cemetery. There are some other stories in there that I would love to tell. Thank you for watching.
Very interesting. Thank you for your research. Glad I’m not a person of note. My remains wont be worthy of coveting I enjoy cemetery explorations. The history is facinating
The best part about exploring cemeteries is the history. Every so often something unexpected is found and I always enjoy that as well. Thanks for watching and commenting.
You'll find this paper on the same subject, from the AGS' 2001 annual journal "Markers XVIII", of interest, too. Reburial photos, etc. included. credo.library.umass.edu/view/pageturn/murb004-01-i018/#page/8/mode/1up
A back note about the Lawrence Raid, Quantico Raiders only lost 1 man, his name was Larkin Skaggs, he was a drunken preacher, his body was mutilated and thrown in a ditch, dogs supposedly ate the body, supposedly he is a Cousin of mine, thats why we know of him!!!
Quantrill was prominent in the border war history. Killing civilians isn't something to be proud of. He did many raids on civilians in Kansas. I'm surprised to see a CSA headstone for this grave as the CSA had disowned him after learning of his mass murdering.
Many if not all of the raiders were sort of a love hate type thing by the CSA. They hated what seemingly was them being unorganized or independent but at the same time they were fighting the same enemies. Those that opposed the South breaking away. Congress is the one that determined years later that CSA veterans were in fact veterans and it was the VA who issued those markers based on that. Who knows those things could change though. If it does it will sure be costly. I'm a big proponent of leaving the markers in the cemeteries the way they are. It's a part of history good or bad.
@@RhettyforHistory Ah, that's interesting. And I agree that we shouldn't rewrite history and remove any of the CSA markers or objects due to current sensitivities. It's almost better if these historical areas kept a low profile for the time being.
There was no such a thing as a terriorist during the times of the Civil War! Unconventional warfare is very old indeed, and still exists today! He also was a hero and a true patriot! The union were the true criminals!
This is crazy to think people can sell and trade a dead person's body parts and know who the purchasers were that done this..and who the seller's were..God forbid...Isn't anything sacred when it comes to burying your dead? I'm at a loss for words.
Thankfully, at least in the U.S. this isn't done anymore. This is done in places like China though. The Bodies exhibit is a good example of that happening. Thanks for watching!
The Kansas and Missouri area was certainly a hotspot of the Civil War. Many say that it was the start of the War and others point to Harper's Ferry. Either way both sides went back and forth in similar manners.
They were on South roles as soldiers, but after Lawrence they wanted to distance self. My kin Perry Hoy rode with them and was hung. They were as much heroes as Picket or Cleburne. Kin were killed, yankees are scum end of. They brought war to them. Shermans march to sea killed a lot more.
Fascinating about his different burial sites.
It is another one of those strange stories that seems unreal but it is true. Some of your comedy mixed in with it might be pretty entertaining! Thanks for watching Santee!
Confederate Solders, Heroes All RIP Rebel Brothers
Thank You for making & posting this video on Quantrill and his graves. Very informative for those of us interested and intrigued by all aspects of The War For Southern Independence.
I've watched several of your videos, and I have to say I'm impressed. You stick to the subject, no wandering around off track, and you seem to know what your talking about. I dislike those who say I don't know, look it up if you want. You actually know what you're taking about! And stick to the subject! Subscribing.
Welcome to the channel and I'm glad you are here. I don't claim to know everything but I do try to tell as much as I can. Thank you for watching and letting me know you enjoy the content.
You really know your history! My dad, who was a WW2 vet (survived Battle of the Bulge) was a history buff. I learned so much from him, and also love history. I wonder how many people today are even aware of the story of Quantrill’s Raiders & the Missouri Bushwackers? It’s such a shame that schools today only tend to offer history and civics as electives. I, myself, took every history & civics class offered , but I graduated in 1984. I hope you keep on making your videos- my dad would have loved them, and I truly do as well. Good luck! Regards from Arkansas.
I don't think to many know about the Quantrill's raiders and when they do hear about it then it's usually associated with Jesse James or something like that. I don't think people dive into it much further. There is a lot out there that is just forgotten and strange and that's what I like to cover. Thanks for watching and commenting!
RhettyforFun , you probably already know this, but there is a young adult fiction book titled “Rifles For Waite” that I was made aware of in 5th/6th grade (this book, for me, is a ways back, probably 1976-ish) but it was a full length story about a young man from Kansas whose family has been terrorized by the bushwackers, so he joins the Union army. I thought I saw maybe a daughter of yours about that age in a video when you visited Little Rock, which we live 30 miles from, and if she loves history like you do, it’s a great read- even for adults!😎. You would probably have to look at your library, or order from abebooks.com, Amazon, etc...
Also, if this interests you, my uncle served in WW2 Navy, and was one of the original “Frogmen”- the precursor to the Navy Seals. 😎Anyway, I’ll keep watching-keep it up, and keep enjoying it!
Regards, AJ from Arkansas.
I wasn't aware of that book but it sounds interesting. Definitely sounds like something I or Sarah would be interested in. Sadly all 4 of our girls are not interested in history. One of them was interested in WW2 history for about a year and then got out of it. Hopefully they will all show an interest in it at some point. One of the reasons I want to do these videos is to help keep this history going. Many of these things are lesser known things and there are too many studying about them in school anymore. I even feel my history classes left a lot out. My favorite time in history is WW2 and the old west as well. So yes I love hearing about those that served during WW2. They truly were a great generation. I used to sit and listed to my grandparents and great uncles for hours. They went thru things in their lifetime that i can't even imagine.
RhettyforFun That was a book that got my interest going around the 5 th grade! My dad never talked much about WW2, at least his part in it) but if you are interested, I’ll send you a little info from his days that my brother and cousins shared. Thanks for your hard work.
Oh and there is a little known outlaw hideout in the Ozarks in Arkansas that still exists. It’s a hike, and you would need s GPS, but it’s there.
I'm sorry. I did not see your comment until just now. I guess RUclips never sent me the notification. I'm definitely interested in learning what you have and know.
Interesting videos you post mister, thanks. Enjoying the slower pace of them in this adhd world.
Thank you! I appreciate you taking time to watch and comment.
Hi Rhetty another amazing story and loved hearing the history that only you can explain better. What an interesting video. Keep making more grave yard videos along with.the history bebind them. Thanks Rhetty. Carmela in NY.
I love visiting cemeteries and I always have. There are ton of stories out there and I don't plan on stopping any time soon. Thanks for watching!
This is a good one grade history. Quantrill was quite the remarkable guy. (from a fellow content producer).
Always nice to see the place where our boy are laid to rest is so well cared for. Brave young men every one.
Great video. Being a history buff and missourian. You done justice to story and history of the people buried there.
Thank you! There are a lot of interesting stories in Missouri!
I absolutely love your videos man. You’re so thorough and educated on the subject matter. You tell it so well. Admire your research skills. I really enjoyed the story about these bushwhackers. Lol Especially the story about the bones. Igreat video man
Thank you Jay! I'm glad you enjoyed it and I appreciate you watching! It's definitely the strangest burial story that I have ever heard.
This was the first video I saw and then I got hooked to your channel. Have a good day, Rhetty!
Thank you for watching and letting me know which video you saw first. I always like hearing that.
Great video! Quantrill was a leader for all the southern people (that wanted some get back) that had been devastated by the northern adversaries. Do one on Bloody Bill or if you have let me know. I appreciate all the bits of great information that you include in your videos. You always say something that I don't know. If you have any good books on this subject or the James Younger gang let me know. As always my respect to you n yours!
I do have one on Bill Anderson. It's around this same time period of videos.
Being from the south,this was very interesting.You told it very well.Great video.
Thank you for watching Michael!
Thank you for all the history you bring to us!
You're welcome and thank you for watching Barbara!
Very interesting and very strange. Another great piece of history Rhetty, thanks 😊
It is a strange story and I'm not aware of another like it. Thank you for watching!
Hello Retty' That was great! Ive heard many stories about him and what was said he had done in the war but I never knew about the graves and all you talked abou. Ive been educated today! Thanks and great job...I love these kinds of stories!!!
Thank you Wally! I'm glad to hear you enjoy the stories. These are ones I love to find and share. I think there are a lot of people out there that just don't know about them. Thanks for always watching!
Weird, but so interesting! Another person I've never heard of but enjoyed learning about. Thanks!
I've been to that cemetery and walked around the beautiful grounds.
Very interesting story about William. He did things that even General Robert E Lee did not approve.
The Quantrail guerillas.
Kansas hated them.
I really enjoy these kind of stories and videos.
Thank you, sir.
You're welcome and thank you so much for watching. They were a group that saw things their own way believing they were right.
@@RhettyforHistory The tragedy of war is, everyone thinks they're on the right side, yet as the saying goes, history belongs to the victors. In my opinion, as an outsider, for what it's worth, the South had a long list of grievances, and the North was too pig-headed to listen to them, the wealth of Industry was in the North, and the wealth of land was in the South, not a good balance.
I was able to visit and document his grave in Dover, Ohio. Nice to see one of his other graves! Thanks for the video and info!
It's interesting how he has three. So strange. Thank you for watching!
I walked the entire St.Mary Catholic Cemetery (now St. John’s 2647 Duncan St) here in Louisville several years ago.
I did not see that marker but there is an unmarked stone about 2 feet by one foot with a weathered version of that lion on it. I leave flowers by it around every Memorial Day, risking a $250 trespassing fine as posted by the Louisville Police Dept. Feel free to message me for photos
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Now I want to go there..Thank you..really love when you add the historic photos..
Thank you! I appreciate you watching and commenting.
I love American history, very interesting video, and hi from the UK.
Hi William! Thanks for watching and commenting. Glad to hear you love American History. I cover a lot of little different pieces of it.
Close to home for me, though I've never visited there. Thanks so much for this wonderful tour.
You're welcome and thank you for watching!
Wow! What a interesting story! I enjoy this type of obscure history... another A Plus video Rhetty!!
Thank you! I'm right there with you! I love odd and unique stories.
Thank you for the video and hard work you put into it. You are a wonderful person.
Thank you.
Thanks for all your hard work. Love your videos.
You're welcome and I'm glad you're enjoying them. Thanks for watching!
Just Love these, Thank you for posting..
You're certainly welcome!
Thanks for posting!
You're welcome and thanks for watching!
“A little bit controversial”, this man has mastered understatement.
Thank you so much. I really enjoy your videos.
Thank you Bonnie! Nice to know you do and great to have you along for the journey.
Thanks for all your hard work ! Very interesting content.
You're welcome! I'm glad you enjoyed it and thank you for watching!
Another great video. I've heard parts of this story before but never knew all of it. Thanks for showing and telling a bit of history.👍👍
Thank you! I appreciate you watching and commenting!
You didn't mention it , but Col Duval is also a Knights Templar, that is what that last cross is across the top, love your videos! Cool that you seem interested in a lot of the historical people that I like. This last May 2019, I found the graves of Both Hatfield, and Randall McCoy, my grandpas father married Cynthia or Cyntha Hatfield,
Your videos are so thorough and interesting. Had no idea Quantrill was captured in Louisville, K. (my hometown). Wondering if his grave is still unmarked. Keep up the good work! Very interesting site!
Thank you! I appreciate you watching as well as commenting. His grave in Louisville is still marked now. Someone that was a civil war buff had it marked in 1982. Some people were upset he did that and others just wondered why. Since its right there it would be interesting for you to see!
thank you, will check this out when I go home!
Awesome! It's an odd piece of history!
He was shot on the Wakefield farm near Louisville. James Wakefield (a friend of mine in the American Legion Post 6 Madison IN) told me all about it in the 1990's. His grandfather owned the farm.
Another really interesting video! I understood that what started Quantrill on a tear was when his sister was killed accidently in Kansas as she was being held to help lure him and his riders into a trap. That is what I hear got him in a murderous rage, Those were very tough times, indeed!
That was Bloody Bill Anderson his Lieutenant. Bill's youngest sister died and another one was crippled.
Love these videos!
that was an awesome movie young man. Thank you
Thank you! I appreciate you watching!
I got up to the cemetery today. It is a beautiful place ti visit in Higginsville MO.
Yes it is. There is a lot of history there!
Thank you for that video my Great Great Grandfather Robert Newton Scott Co. K Hunter's Reg. is buried in that cemetery.
Very interesting to know. Thanks for sharing some of your family history. I appreciate you watching!
Hi i love all history and anything about the civil war. You are so interesting.I will look forward to your videos.greeting from Africa
Thank you Yvonne! It's always nice vfc to meet bvb others who love history too! Thanks for watching and commenting!
Thanks for mentioning your visit to the Confederate Veterans Home cemetery at Higginsville. I looked it up --- and enjoyed it. My favorite at the site when I've visited, I think, is the Daughters' monumental adaptation of Bertel Thorvaldsen’s 1820 Lion of Lucerne (Switzerland), sculpted to commemorate Swiss Guards massacred during the French Revolution. Here, the dying lion’s head is resting on the Great Seal of the Confederacy rather than on broken symbols of the French monarchy, as in the original. Similar adaptations are found elsewhere, including Atlanta. My Union ancestors were out there fighting those Missouri bushwhackers --- but Iowans have learned to get along fairly well with Missourians by now.
Thanks for sharing some additional information. I did not know about that monument and it's meaning. It probably old on the sign but It was bitter cold out and we were pressed with time.
Wish the south would have had 100 more like him!!!
My great great grandfather was a confederate. NC 4th Infantry. Caswell Jones. His brother died in the battle of Cold Harbor. My grandmother used to tell me stories about him. My grandmother's father died in 1921 influenza and her grandfather moved in and helped support the family with his veterans pension that Benjamin Harrison got for all veterans...Union and Confederate
You definitely have some interesting family history there. I'm glad it was passed on and you know it.
Very interesting video. Thanks for the facts
You're welcome. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Worth mentioning, and lost to history revisionists, is the fact citizens in Lawrence were required to submit their guns for lockup at the local Sheriff's office before the Lawrence Quantrill raid. 150 men and boys lost their lives while the whole town was wide open, and defenseless. Quantrill's raiders escaped without a scratch. A lesson that needs to be shared widely in these times of upheaval.
I believe the house that Quantrill was born in is still standing. During the 1950's the house was moved from it's original location on Tuscarawas ave. to make room for an addition to St. Josephs high school here in Dover. The reason I know this is my father worked with his uncle in helping to move the house. Years later when I was in high school I had a teacher that told me a similar story as well.
I did not know that. That's fascinating though! Thanks for sharing that information!
You are correct. My wife use to live across the street from the house.
No,it wasn't made into school room,it still stands on 8th St, but changed alittle with siding.Im the Nat. Guardian of through Sons of Confederate Veterans Quantrill's Raiders#2087 Ohio Div. Every year July 25th at 1 we do a Memorial for him,many show up.All Welcome to learn Truth.
another great program !
I appreciate that Ron
Another fascinating history, I loved every minute of it! Three graves, now that's something. I read once that composer Frédéric Chopin's body is buried in Paris, but his heart is contained in a jar of cognac located in Warsaw. Thanks once again for sharing another great adventure :)
That's interesting on the composer. I'm wondering if the jar is on display and if there are any others like that? Thanks for sharing that as well as watching!
His heart isn't on display, it's actually entombed inside of a column in Holy Cross Church in Warsaw. However, they recently removed it in secret to determine the cause of the composer's death (they said it was from tuberculosis). I guess there wasn't a special significance to the cognac which was used as a preservative at the time. Wonders never cease!
That's fascinating though and I can't believe they could tell the cause of death after all that time and cognac.
Thanks for this. I'm a Northerner born and bred, but am totally against tearing down the monuments. History happened, we can learn from it. Also, after the War, all Confederate soldiers were absolved of any treason, the country needed to heal and include *all* citizens. When Northerners say the South should just get over it, they have no idea of what the South went through...it wasn't the North that was invaded and burned. Would love to know what fraternity had his skull.
I'm against it being torn down but I understand if it's on govt. Property. I do think it should be moved to a museum or something. And if it is in a cemetery it just needs to stay. Both sides suffered tremendous atrocities and many places were burned or destroyed. Both sides did it to each other but good or bad it is a part of our history. You cannot explain history without good and bad especially in the U.S. The skull was given to a group of Dover, Ohio teenage boys, which later became the Zeta Chapter of the Alpha Pi fraternity.
Thank you for those kind words.. Horrible things happened on both sides.
I love history and also hate that it is being rewritten..
You should do one about Joseph O. Shelby,The leader of the Iron Brigade. They fought against two union armies at the battle of Westport then marched all the way to Mexico and never surrendered to the union.
Union General Alfred Pleasonton said General Jo O Shelby was the best Calvery General the South had. At least two of General Shelby men are burried in this cemetery.
Great video and awesome content.
Thank you Tom!
If you ever decided to make a trip to Dover Ohio to see the Quantrills, look up Son of Confederate veterans camp 2087 Quantrills Raiders. Thats my camp im part of. We'd love to give you a tour of Quantrills home town.
I'd love to see that. Would be fascinating to check out. Thanks for watching and offering that!
I often think about wether the Missouri-Kansas War of the 1850's isn't a precursor to what is going on today. Simmering tensions and outbreaks of violence that suggests something inevitable needs to be decided.
In one way I guess you could say nothing was fully decided from the Missouri-Kansas War.
The winners always get to write the history the way they want.
Thank you for your post Joanne NZ
You're welcome and thank you for watching Joanne!
They didn't teach me everything I'd like to know,thanks great video!
The 27-year old hero of the Confederacy was buried without fanfare in an unmarked grave, in what later became known as St. John's Cemetery, Louisville. In 1887, a newspaperman and Quantrill's boyhood friend, William W. Scott, dug up the grave at the prompting of Quantrill's mother, a Dover school teacher.
And that began his journey of having three graves.
Thank you very much for the added information, I defiantly glad to now have that knowledge.
Rhetty, I think Daniel and his wife Rebbeca Boone, were moved to Kentucky from Missouri, but that may make a good video, sure would like to know a bit about that....thanks and we enjoy the videos!
Yes from what I understand Daniel Boone has two graves...one in Missouri and one in Kentucky.... depending on which story you believe that he died at his son's home and was buried near there but later someone from Kentucky came to Missouri to bring his remains back there. The story goes that the group from Kentucky dug up the wrong grave and took bones of someone other than Daniel Boone. Missouri has a gravesite marked in Marthasville and Kentucky has a gravesite marked there! Truly interesting!
Interesting. Thanks for sharing.
You're welcome. Thanks for watching!
Paul Peterson has Great Accurate info about W.C. Quantrill Books ,ect. He wasn't a bad Man,just fighting against a Tyrannical Gov. just like U.S. and Revaluationary War.It was Second War of Independence.
The Confederate government granted Quantrill a field commission under the Partisan Ranger Act, which means he was a legitimate combatant and therefore, so was anyone under his command. So they were All veterans.🙄
The unmarked grave of Jake Blough is buried in the Evergreen Cemetary in my home town of Leadville, Colorado. The grave location is documented but not marked. Jake was a member of the James (& Younger) gang that came out of Contraill's Raiders. Jakes father was murdered by Jesse James and their is a question of Jakes true loyality to the gang because of that fact. Jesse James best friend from the Raiders was the Sheriff of Salida, Colorado at that time. The James Gang actually staked out a mining claim and worked it on Carbonate Hill just South of Leadville. That information is documented in an old Leadville newspaper article that tells about a conflict there when the gang displayed a Confederate flag.
Leadville was neutral during the Civil War. The population was mostly southerners in what became, through politics, a Union State. Both Union and Confederate people coexisted pretty peacefully (taking into account that it was the real Wild West) in the Colorado Territory to seek and mine Gold and not to fight a war.
That's pretty interesting history. Jake needs a marker there. I would say everyone there was smarter just trying to work hard and establish themselves rather than fight a war amongst themselves. Thanks for sharing that tidbit of history.
Thanks. I enjoyed. Dover is close by.
ThAnkyou that was very interesting 😊
I think Gen. "Mad" Anthony Wayne, had a similarly story about his bones. After Wayne's died he was burried. Then a few years later Wayne's son went to retrieve his father's body. When he got there he realised that his cart wasn't long enough to haul the coffin back home in. So he cut his father's body up and boiled the flesh off the bones. The son reburried the boiled matter into the original grave. He then placed the bones in a box and started home. On the son drove the wagon over the rough road that lead home, not realizing that he lost a few bones with every bump. By the time we got home there was little left of the General to burry. Fearing to tell his widowed mother what had happened, the son qickly placed the remaining bones of Anthony Wayne into a new coffin and had it burried. So like the Captain, his bones are here, there and every where.
I have not heard that story before but thank you so much for telling me that. What an interesting tale. I'll certainly have to do some research on that one and learn more.
Being from Kentucky I was always told he was from Kentucky and bloody Bill Anderson was from Shelbyville near by and they met up in the war. True or not I have no idea
Wow this is realy interesting i never heard of anyone haveing 3 graves i realy loved this
Thank you! I have never heard of anyone else having three graves either. If there is anyone I would sure love to know about it.
It’s sometimes said that those who don’t know their past are doomed to repeat it, but I say those who dwell on the past and glorify the past are doomed to never leave it.
Would love to take a road trip to see this
My great great grandfather has 2 different headstones in 2 different states. Do you know why they did that in the older days? Kansas and I can't remember where else.
Who is your great grandfather? It could be there was an original location where he had a plot and marker prepared but then he had either moved or passed away somewhere else? Sometimes you will see cenotaphs that a relative may have placed. I know my grandparents have a marker in a cemetery that a couple of my aunts had placed but they aren't buried in there.
Our family farm is in Chilhoe Missouri and Quantrill Radiers came through and killed my great grandfathers indentured workers and burned a lot of farms in the area I learned of this from my grandmother (1871-1971) This massacre is still remembered today.
Oh my God what a Story,,,, wow, !
It's pretty unique and strange.
Long time ago it was unheard of to have a pad lock on churches
Quantrill died in my home town Spencer County KY. He also burned down our original court house.
My 4/5 great grandfather was hung from a tree In front of his family by mauraders in VA. Thus to my family turning Union and leaving VA to come to MN. Still finding more info
What a horrific thing for the family to witness.
General Lee, had a very low opinion of Quantrill and today yes he would be a war criminal.great vids.
I want to visit there one day, I just visited his grave in Dover, Ohio and saw the model of his head made from his skull.
Just grazing on RUclips. I had relatives fight on both sides. Surprised that this video is still up. Byzantine culture has gripped this country. I'm a disabled Republic of Vietnam combat veteran, '68. The time will come that our veteran cemeteries are bulldozed over. Some Youngers' changed their names to Young. Eaglegards ya saps...
A strange story behind that mans grave, but interesting!
Yes it is. It's definitely unique!
Besides I no u are trying to help me I love listen to u your history it's great the things I'm learning god bless 💦
Thank you Sandy! I appreciate you watching and commenting.
He has four graves. His name was Charles P. Hart. He was a graduate of a Kentucky military academy. He was teaching school when the war broke out. He tried to remain neutral because his brother joined the south. Union militia beat him nearly to death, so he changed his name and took out his revenge. He had taught school in Lawrence Kansas and he was treated badly there because of his politics. He spent the rest of his life after the war in Osceola Texas teaching school. He is buried in that area.
That chapel is so pretty
Yes it is! I love stuff like that!
Very cool place 👍
Ray one of his graves is sort of out your way. Have you ever been there?
RhettyforFun No never have before
I hope to make it out there. It's quite the story.
RhettyforFun I will check it out one day
You missed showing the grave of John t. Graves (1842-1950), "The last of Shelby's men." He was discharged in 1863 for reasons of "poor health." He was the last veteran to reside at the Confederate Home. At least two of Quantrill's men, James Cummins (believed by many historians to also been a member of Jesse James' gang) and David Edwards are also buried there. For what it's worth, I attended Quantrill's funeral & burial there.
You're right. There is a lot of history in that cemetery. I will be back there some day. Thanks for watching!
Frankly silvers husband in North Carolina is buried in three or four graves his wife was the first woman hanged in Morgantown N C it is a very interesting book añd a true historical fact
Oh wow! I had no idea about that. I've never even heard of the name of the story. I would love to do a story on that one though.
The war was bitter out west - young men became violent and bloody - on both sides
Did you see the flat marker of
John T. Graves
Last of Shelby's men
1842-1950
I find this fascinating as some of us know someone that was alive in the 50's. Its difficult to comprehend a civil war veteran was alive 70 yrs ago.
Yes it is. At some point I will probably revisit that cemetery. There are some other stories in there that I would love to tell. Thank you for watching.
Cool
Thanks!
Three Graves that just goes to show you you can't keep a good man down
Very interesting. Thank you for your research. Glad I’m not a person of note. My remains wont be worthy of coveting
I enjoy cemetery explorations. The history is facinating
The best part about exploring cemeteries is the history. Every so often something unexpected is found and I always enjoy that as well. Thanks for watching and commenting.
You'll find this paper on the same subject, from the AGS' 2001 annual journal "Markers XVIII", of interest, too. Reburial photos, etc. included.
credo.library.umass.edu/view/pageturn/murb004-01-i018/#page/8/mode/1up
That's a great article.
Have been there it is pretty cool
It is a great little cemetery to visit. Thank you for watching!
Wars a hell of a thing, ya do things you think are right for all the right reasons only to curse yourself later...
So, what did the sign by the church say?
A back note about the Lawrence Raid, Quantico Raiders only lost 1 man, his name was Larkin Skaggs, he was a drunken preacher, his body was mutilated and thrown in a ditch, dogs supposedly ate the body, supposedly he is a Cousin of mine, thats why we know of him!!!
Quantrill was prominent in the border war history. Killing civilians isn't something to be proud of. He did many raids on civilians in Kansas. I'm surprised to see a CSA headstone for this grave as the CSA had disowned him after learning of his mass murdering.
Many if not all of the raiders were sort of a love hate type thing by the CSA. They hated what seemingly was them being unorganized or independent but at the same time they were fighting the same enemies. Those that opposed the South breaking away. Congress is the one that determined years later that CSA veterans were in fact veterans and it was the VA who issued those markers based on that. Who knows those things could change though. If it does it will sure be costly. I'm a big proponent of leaving the markers in the cemeteries the way they are. It's a part of history good or bad.
@@RhettyforHistory Ah, that's interesting. And I agree that we shouldn't rewrite history and remove any of the CSA markers or objects due to current sensitivities. It's almost better if these historical areas kept a low profile for the time being.
Some local historian should use GPS and record names on Graves before they are lost!!!
Wow I don’t see how he’s rip at all being spread around
Yeah there is no way and I think that's what everyone wanted.
There was no such a thing as a terriorist during the times of the Civil War! Unconventional warfare is very old indeed, and still exists today! He also was a hero and a true patriot! The union were the true criminals!
This is crazy to think people can sell and trade a dead person's body parts and know who the purchasers were that done this..and who the seller's were..God forbid...Isn't anything sacred when it comes to burying your dead? I'm at a loss for words.
Thankfully, at least in the U.S. this isn't done anymore. This is done in places like China though. The Bodies exhibit is a good example of that happening. Thanks for watching!
I believe that he was a hero and that he protected Southern Missouri land from the Yankees
The Kansas and Missouri area was certainly a hotspot of the Civil War. Many say that it was the start of the War and others point to Harper's Ferry. Either way both sides went back and forth in similar manners.
I know that with absolute certainty.
They were on South roles as soldiers, but after Lawrence they wanted to distance self. My kin Perry Hoy rode with them and was hung. They were as much heroes as Picket or Cleburne. Kin were killed, yankees are scum end of. They brought war to them. Shermans march to sea killed a lot more.