Jesse Woodson James, born on the 5th of September in Kearney, Missouri, grew up in the mid-1800s. Jesse and his brother Frank James were educated and hailed by a very prestigious group of family and farmers. Five years prior to the birth of Jesse James, His father and mother, Robert and Zerelda Cole James, moved from Kentucky to Missouri in 1842. When Jesse turned 16, he and his brother Frank joined the confederate guerrilla soldiers, riding alongside “Bloody Bill”, A.K.A William T. Anderson and William Quantrill. After the war, many people believed that the brothers were cruel to Union Soldiers, while others argued that it was brutal treatment that turned the brothers into criminals. The brothers started a career in robbing stagecoaches, banks, and even trains that were owned or operated by the northern company. …show more content…
Even thought people imagined that, there’s a greater chance that Jesse and his gang kept the money for themselves. By the middle of his career the Jesse Gang was the MOST feared in the American Old West, with about 20 trains, banks, and northern stagecoach robberies. Even thought they had stolen an estimated 200,000 dollars stolen, the brothers turned into legends of their own time, popular in Missouri, trying to further the confederate causes.
One of the most remembered bank robberies was on the day of December 7, 1869. Jesse James and the James gang rode into Gallatin, Missouri planning on rodding the bank. Jesse walked in and asked the banker if he had change for a 100 dollar bill, and assuming that the banker was the killer of a mentor to Jesse, Bloody Bill, he pulled his weapon and shot the man in the chest. When the local newspapers printed, they described the actions as bloodthirsty and vicious. After that day in American history, every possible member in the Jesse Gang had a price for their heads, DEAD or
One occurred when Jesse tried to surrender to Union troops. Instead of accepting his white flag, the union soldiers opened fire and shot him in the chest. He managed to escape; however, this added to his hatred, his desire for revenge and thus his accumulation of strains. Another event which occurred later in his life was the bombing of his mother’s house. Pinkerton men were trying to see if Jesse was at the house. They threw in a smoke bomb to force the inhabitants out. Unfortunately, Jesse’s brother, Archie, thought it was a stick from the fire, and tried to put it back. It exploded, killing him instantly. It also severely injured their mother, leading to the amputation of her arm. This event further added to the strains accumulating in his life. He exacted revenge upon several of the men present at the event. Although he was already a well-established outlaw by this time, the murder of his brother cemented his resolve to continue his criminal
	. Ironically Jesse’s father was a Baptist preacher, but he did not have much if any influence on Jesse considering that his mother married three times. Jesse’s childhood abruptly ended when he was 14 years old. During this time, Civil War had broken out, dividing the United States into two parts. Not wanting to be left out, Jesse joined a Confederate regiment led by Lieutenant Bloody Bill Anderson. Unlike most other confederate regiments, Bloody Bill Anderson’s regiment would "use small gang hit-and-run attacks" and raid mostly northern cities in Kansas and Missouri (Bruns 35). James rode with Anderson until he was wounded and sent home in 1865.
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Although he claimed Missouri as his home state, his place of birth is uncertain but it likely was Kentucky. During the 1850s, his family moved to Kansas where his family co-owned a 320 After a mishap with a United States Marshal, they split into small groups. Anderson set up his own guerrilla group alongside Jesse James. Anderson had barbaric ways of torturing men he terrorized, though ironically, he did spare women. He would scalp Union soldiers, decorating his horse with the bloody scalps.
Have you ever had big dreams of playing football or baseball for the National Football League or Major League Baseball? Many young kids have this dream but not many attain their dreams. Vincent Edward Jackson better known as Bo Jackson is one of the few men who achieved the goal of getting to play not only one, but both of those sports at the same time. He was born on November 30, 1962 in Bessemer, Alabama. Bo is the son of A.D. Adams and Florence Bond. Bo was one of 10 children in the family. He graduated from McAdory High School and attended Auburn University. Bo Jackson is a phenomenal multi-sport athlete participating in three sports while attending college and two in the professional leagues. Bo was a running back with the Auburn Tigers
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Born on September 5, 1847 in Clay County, Missouri was probably the most famous criminal in all of America Jesse James. Jesse was the highlight when it came to criminology and still is his name comes up and anyone can tell you who he is in America. His life of crime began not at a young age but later on during his campaign in the civil war as a confederate soldier. Jesse and what he then started as his gang would capture unarmed Union Soldiers and put them through cruel torture sessions, but they would usually capture them and kill them without orders of their commanding officers and scalping them like game. However this did not help Jesse and his brother when they were trying to do this to what they thought were Union Soldiers who were unarmed,but Jesse found out that they were not unarmed he was shot in the chest near Lexington, Missouri. This was not all bad for Jesse this event is what lead him to marrying his wife; his cousin Zerelda Mimms (1874–1882).
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He was born in Moreland, Ohio. His father died while he was an infant, and James was often teased by his peers for this. He ran away from home, but had to return because he got sick. His mother convinced him to go to school. James graduated from Williams College as a salutatorian, as well as Hiram College, where he later became College President. In 1861, he was commissioned as a lieutenant colonel in the Union Army. He rose through the ranks and became brigadier general, and commanded a brigade during the Battle of Shiloh. While the war was going on, he won a seat in the Senate and continued to stay there for 9 terms.
Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson was born on January 21, 1824 in Clarksburg, Virginia. When Jackson turned two years old, his older sister died of typhoid fever. His father, Jonathan Jackson died of the same disease a short time later, leaving his wife, Julia Neale Jackson, with three children and immense amounts of debt. Julia Jackson remarried in 1830 to a man who supposedly disliked his stepchildren. Thomas Jackson and his siblings were sent to live with various relatives due to this mutual disliking between the children and their new stepfather. The future Civil War hero was raised by an uncle in the town of Jackson’s Mill, which is located in present-day West Virginia. In 1842, Jackson enrolled at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Older
At one point, the otherwise constantly armed Jesse, emit his holster and walks away from his guns to dust off a painting. That is the opportunity needed for Bob to kill Jesse by shooting him from behind. The proud Bob makes a big deal out of his feat, but the expected effect is missing. He becomes famous, but rather as a c...
After the Civil War, Jesse was an Outlaw. He rode with Frank, his cousins the Younger brothers, and many other men such as Bob and Charlie Ford, Jesse’s supposed killers.
So the main gang that was working with Boyd was not making every much money so they thought of a way to make money. They came up with the idea to steal the body of Lincoln they plan was a group would go to the monument were the body was a steal it then go up North from Springfield and burry it in a shallow grave. Then another gang member would stay in a place near the place and have witnesses that he was in town the night of the crime, then go fishing and find the shallow grave then collecting the reward and ask for the release of Boyd.The first time the gang tried to do it was 4th of July the 200th Anniversary of America but someone in the gang got drunk and talked about it in bar and it got around town so they could not do
... a fugitive, a bank robber, and a murderer, but he was also an iconic outlaw and one of the toughest to be put to justice. In an interview of Mark Lee Gardner, author of “Shot All to Hell”, the true story of the robbery that lead to Jesse’s death, Gardner gives his insight on the outlaw. “One of the reasons I was fascinated with the real Jesse James was because the things he did were so nearly superhuman and larger than life, and they still remain incredible deeds--even in the 21st century. But I certainly don't want to preserve the idea that someone who's a murderer is someone who should be looked up to.” This is a great way to sum up the life and impact that Jesse James had on our society. Most people wouldn’t argue that he did some very immoral things, but to many people, he seemed like such a force to be reckoned with that all you can do is respect him for it.
As you can tell, Jesse James was a very famous young man in his time, and he's still quite famous today. Some people said he did all this stuff for money. Others believe that he did this stuff so he would become well known, and obviously, it worked. Some people also say that he was not killed on April 3, 1882. They say he lived on, and there has been some pretty good evidence that he did live on, but we will never truly know. Jesse James gained fame through his criminal ways and remains as an american icon even today.