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Three Years With Quantrill: A True Story Told by His Scout

von John McCorkle, O. S. Barton

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Biography & Autobiography. History. Military. Nonfiction. HTML: This famous memoir by John McCorkle is the best published account by a scout who "rode with Quantrill." John McCorkle was a young Missouri farmer of Southern sympathies. After serving briefly in the pro-Confederate Missouri State Guard, he became a prominent member of William Clarke Quantrill's infamous guerrillas, who took advantage of the turmoil in the Missouri-Kansas borderland to prey on pro-Union people. McCorkle displayed an unflinchingly violent nature while he participated in raids and engagements including the massacres at Lawrence and Baxter Springs, Kansas, and Centralia, Missouri. In 1865 he followed Quantrill into Kentucky, where the notorious leader was killed and his followers, McCorkle among them, surrendered and were paroled by Union authorities. Early in this century, having returned to farming, McCorkle told his remarkable Civil War experiences to O. S. Barton, a lawyer, who wrote this book, first published in 1914. .… (mehr)

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Three Years with Quantrill: A True Story Told By His Scout by John McCorkle, O. S. Barton is a true history read. I love history and this is a pretty good book. Although the harsh and brutal times show through, it is true to the times of the day. It is a little slow in a couple of spots but makes up for it in others. Overall it is a great read if you are a history nut like me. (

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MontzaleeW | Feb 16, 2017 |

Despite being written many years after the war, I found his reminiscences truthful and not as biased as I expected. I read this doing research for a writing project and thought the book would be full of the "glory of the cause" and all the other phrases that were used to justify the horrid attrocities committed by Quantrill and his men. It did try to justify some of the actions taken but McCorkle also seemed uncertain and maybe a little remorseful. I found it to be a good read. It was written with the help of a ghost writer which might account for the how well it was written. I found McCorkle's grave after I finished the book. It's located on a high hill overlooking the Missouri River valley. (

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Barton, O. S.	—	Hauptautor	alle Ausgaben	bestätigt

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Biography & Autobiography. History. Military. Nonfiction. HTML:

This famous memoir by John McCorkle is the best published account by a scout who "rode with Quantrill."

John McCorkle was a young Missouri farmer of Southern sympathies. After serving briefly in the pro-Confederate Missouri State Guard, he became a prominent member of William Clarke Quantrill's infamous guerrillas, who took advantage of the turmoil in the Missouri-Kansas borderland to prey on pro-Union people. McCorkle displayed an unflinchingly violent nature while he participated in raids and engagements including the massacres at Lawrence and Baxter Springs, Kansas, and Centralia, Missouri.

In 1865 he followed Quantrill into Kentucky, where the notorious leader was killed and his followers, McCorkle among them, surrendered and were paroled by Union authorities.

Early in this century, having returned to farming, McCorkle told his remarkable Civil War experiences to O. S. Barton, a lawyer, who wrote this book, first published in 1914.

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