"William Black" wrote in message
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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.


undoubted by you. doubted by everybody else.



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


harlan sanders was called colonel by his men too. its a southern thing.



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


they did operate without any oversite.
jeff davis might have been a traitor but quantrill and anderson were not the
type of men he approved of.




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


show this evidence. i've never seen it


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'