The Dark Corner of the Confederacy. . . The Civil War in Northeast Texas began long before a shot was fired in the east. The battle between those opposed to slavery and the slave owners began with the "Texas Troubles" and resulted in the hanging of forty men in Gainesville in 1862 and did not end until after reconstruction. The characters included James Bourland, who became known as the "Hangman of Texas," Sophia Butts earned the title of the "Paul Revere of Texas," William Clark Quantrill of Missouri, Bloody Bill Anderson, ...
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The Dark Corner of the Confederacy. . . The Civil War in Northeast Texas began long before a shot was fired in the east. The battle between those opposed to slavery and the slave owners began with the "Texas Troubles" and resulted in the hanging of forty men in Gainesville in 1862 and did not end until after reconstruction. The characters included James Bourland, who became known as the "Hangman of Texas," Sophia Butts earned the title of the "Paul Revere of Texas," William Clark Quantrill of Missouri, Bloody Bill Anderson, who found a wife in Sherman at the Iron Post Saloon, Jesse James, who was supposedly buried in at least three Texas graveyards, his brother Frank, who sold shoes at Sanger Department Stone after the war, and Martin Hart who formed a company to fight for the Confederacy but took them north to join the Union. After the war when the Confederate soldiers came home, they found themselves under Yankee and carpetbagger rule. Bob Lee returned from the war a hero, but was killed by those who wanted the gold he supposedly had. Others such as Ben Biggerstaff, Cullen Baker, Belle and Sam Starr, and John Wesley Hardin turned into bandits and killers, robbing and killing with equal enthusiasm Negroes or Federals. It was a bloody time and it was difficult to tell the good guys from the bad.
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