Defeat of Jesse James last gasp of the civil war

[struggle4progress]

By Ron Way
SEPTEMBER 2, 2016 — 6:28PM

One of Minnesota’s largest festivals, Northfield’s “Defeat of Jesse James Days,” observes a famous failed bank robbery 140 years ago. The Sept. 7-11 event took shape in 1948, and ever since, the town has annually realized a handsome financial reward ...

The botched heist by the notorious James-Younger Gang was a very big deal .. at the time. It featured .. scintillating elements of a Wild West shootout by notorious bad guys with blazing guns on horseback, good citizens who shot back, and a posse that tracked the thieves for two long weeks before their capture ...

Before the James and Youngers turned into robbers, they rode with fierce guerrillas in border-state Missouri to zealously defend the Confederate South before and during the war, and avenged its defeat long afterward. For them, the war never ended ...

Banks were easy pickings for the James-Younger Gang, often staged to avenge the defeated Confederacy. At Gallatin .. the gang robbed a small bank where Jesse fatally shot an unarmed cashier in the mistaken belief he was the Union militiaman who killed “Bloody Bill” ...

http://www.startribune.com/northfield-s-defeat-of-jesse-james-last-gasp-of-the-civil-war/392207251/

[hlthe2b]

1. I spent a lot of my early years in the heart of Jessie & Frank James / Younger Bros. territory...

and from an early age knew all the lore about them, the local sites associated with them and their burial spots. While my parents/grandparents never made them out to be anything more than "infamous outlaws", looking back, the "hero" myth was very very strong.

Today, as I look at the racism, anti-government sentiment, and sometimes violence of the far "RW", I tend to think we've not come very far in terms of who we make our "heroes".... sigh....

[upaloopa]

2. There is a good movie called "The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Northfield_Minnesota_Raid

The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid (1972) - Cliff Robertson - YouTube

[marble falls]

3. "Long Riders" may be just a bit better ....

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[upaloopa]

4. I am sure it is better but the other has some good

humor but along with violence.