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On Sep 11, 10:47 am, " wrote:
On Sep 11, 10:36 am, "William Black"
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"Jack Linthicum" wrote in message

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On Sep 11, 7:24 am, Bill Kambic wrote:

On Wed, 10 Sep 2008 23:46:02 -0700 (PDT), Rob Arndt

wrote:
This is only news if the West chooses to make it news; otherwise,
it
is really nothing extraordinary, nor will it bring back the Cold
War...

The Cold War is over and is as much a part of history as the
American
Civil War.

What you see now is a resurgence of Russian Nationalism and a new
round of the The Great Game. If more prople studied history they
would know what they are looking at.

Yes, think of grandpop back in the 1890s, pulling his old uniform out
of the trunk, brushing it off and wearing it into town on the Fourth
of July.

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Or, more to the point, the men of Quantrill's Raiders dressing up in
their
old uniforms to have a reunion on the date of their raid on Lawrence
Kansas.

During the American Civil War they were treated very like al Quaida
men are
being treated today.

--
William Black

Deservedly so. Actually, al Qaeda guys at least have the
possibility of a trial.

I will say that my grandparents and great grandparents lived for a
while in Jamesport Missouri. I think they would not share your opinion
of the fake colonel. He claimed he got a colonelcy in Richmond but no
one else knew about it.

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Quantrill and Anderson most certainly did have commissions.

The issue of Quantrill's colonel's commission is gone into in great
detail in a book called 'the Devil Knows How to Ride' and the conclusion
seems to be that:

1. He was certainly commissioned, he is noted in several letters by men
who had no reason to admire him as having used it to avoid 'conventional'
military service for his men.

2. He led a group of regimental size with a number of officers under
him.

The title 'colonel' was probably as valid as any other officer of that
rank who commanded a 'locally raised unit'.

It is interesting to note that Anderson, another 'Missouri guerrilla'
who certainly had a valid commission, this one from Sterling Price, is
referred to as 'Major Anderson' in his orders, also from Sterling
Price...

--
William Black


he might have secured a captaincy but there is nothing official to back
that up and he never commanded a regiment,

Both Quantrill and Anderson were undoubtedly commissioned.

Quantrill was called 'colonel' by his men and we have documentary evidence
that Anderson was considered a major by his commanding general.

A lot of people have, over the years, pretended that these men acted
without proper oversight by their government.

The extant evidence, and accounts at the time, seems to indicate that in
fact they operated as units of the confederate 'state'.

After the war it suited the men who had led the confederacy to denounce
them.

--
William Black

They said "There's no real money, do you want the standard fee or a
percentage?"

I looked at the script...
It was six weeks filming in the desert, no women, no dialogue, just men
with guns.
It was an obvious turkey, so I took the fee.

The next time I was ready.
I haven't needed to work since...

Eli Wallach on his roles in 'The Magnificent Seven' and 'The Good, The Bad
And The Ugly'