| Summary: | "The American Civil War produced the real guerrilla; reckless, capable of immense physical endurance, more deadly, and more enterprising than those gone before. To many, William Quantrill was a saint in guerrilla's garb, to others a savage. To some he was a gallant Confederate soldier carrying on his own breed of war against the Yankees; to most, he was a depraved assassin. He dedicated himself to killing and attracted to his cause the most unprincipled band of cutthroats ever; the James Boys, "Bloody Bill" Anderson, Arch Clemens, Dick Maddox and many others"--Publisher's description.
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