The slaughter was more like 850,000. At least 80,000 non-combatants, elderly men, women, children, both black and white, were slaughtered by William Tecumseh Sherman at the behest of Grant and Lincoln. He then went on to slaughter the buffalos and the Indians and called it the "final solution." The old stats are 620,000, but adding the non-combatants made it 700,000. The latest updates from researchers has the figures at 850,000. The original figures added up to more Americans lost in that war than in WWII.
Absolutely correct. Lincoln was the greatest mass murderer in American history. It was not just combatants, but civilians killed by direct action or as a result of disease, startvation and pestilance. Few folks realize that the Emancipation Proclamation only affected the South. Slave markets continued in New York City into the early 1870s, on Wall Street no less. We need to disabuse ourselves of the hero worship cult around Lincoln. Booth did the world a favor.
In the 1970s, I lived under martial law in Colombia. I lived in Bogota where the government had soldiers posted everywhere. They had a civil war at the time and for quite some time before and after. Latin America has a long tradition of martial law mitigated by the poor pay of soldiers who would take low level bribes to look the other way. The US still has at least one Colombian "guerilla" (Gorillas on the Plain of Jars, for those who read Mad Magazine during Vietnam) in the super max prison in Florence, Colorado. You can see remnants of this idea in Mexico, where one sees soldiers and cops in pickup trucks with submachine guns and often with 50 caliber machine guns driving around like good old boys. People mostly ignore them and they mostly ignore the people, with the occasional road side checkpoints.
I've never lived under overt martial law, but I've been through countries where it is quite obvious, Guatemala being one, and post-Franco Spain being another. We had a brief stint of it here in Jakarta in the early days of the Frankenflu, with soldiers running around clearing out malls. It didn't go over well and quickly faded away. It is often a clear sign that the political class is deeply afraid for their lives, so really it's a sign of weakness, not strength. You also make a good point about bribes. Soldiers often do not have the same qualms about poicket money that civilian police do.
In 1878, Congress passed the Posse Comitatus Act, which forbids US military involvement in domestic law enforcement without congressional approval. Throughout history, martial law has been imposed at least 68 times in limited, usually local areas of the United States.
They are now messing with Posse Comitatus and likely will allow military to go after citizens without congressional approval.
Funny thing about laws -- if government and "authorities" can ignore them with impunity, then obviously laws have no power but what we surrender to them.
The hey, as you say, was limited application. A nationwide declaration would fail miserably, because of the logistics and costs involved. If the majority resist, then the problems mulitply exponentially. Posse Comitatus does not apply to the National Guard, which is why voting for governors, sheriffs and legislators is far more important than the president will ever be.
They did it to the southern states for 12 years...military were there the whole time. In 1876, they told the south that if they voted for Republican Rutherford B. Hayes, they'd lift the Martial law. They still voted democrat, but it was very close, one electoral vote. So a bunch of republicans go together, I've written about this, look it up, and they swung the vote so Hayes got in. Yeah, they cheated, and got rid of Martial law, but not until the carpetbaggers had raped and pillaged the entire south. That filthy president hated blacks and the south. The war was over economics, nothing more.
If you read the history, you know Karl Marx wrote to Lincoln and pushed the slavery issue. Why? Because slaves are private property and we know what Marx thinks of personal private property. He also pushed the war because he knew the infiltration of the centralized federal govt., would be far easier than all the state governments. So, yes, back then we were influenced by Marx. In fact, 13 high ranking Union officers were Marxists and wrote to Marx about the war. Those letters are in the Smithsonian, which by the way passed and was built because of a socialist Democrat Congressman by the name of Robert Dale Owens. His father came here in 1825 and started a socialist school in New Harmony, Indiana. The son believed like his father.
Supposidly ,thru the porous southern border planned by the great border czar Skamalaya , there is an army of UN global mlitary operatives that have been oozing in ready to protect the corporation.l
Of course we need more fear mongering from MSM . as the JB just gave us another Hillory moment ,so us deplorables are now garbage that must be dealt with. Put a clown in charge and U end up with a circus!
Even if that was the case, there are 150 million gun owners in the US just itching to shoot at foreign soldiers, and gangs who would defend their territory to the death, and the mafia who won't put up with anyone disturbing their business operations. I wouldn't be pretty, but I think I know who would win.
I've heard merkan officials are worried, they expect tens of thousands of suicides over Donald Trumps election victory and they're just not prepared...
I think it's all a bunch of pious poppycock suitable for enriching lawns. One of my favorite characters. Welcome Jubal.
A unique perspective and one which wouldn't surprise me, given the absurd amount of hyperbolic rhetoric concerning Trump. The Bumbledicks have their minions so worked up that even the prospect of another Trump term is turning them into Tennessee fainting goats. Perhaps we will see scenes from "Life of Brian" re-enacted on street corners across the nation.
Yup, typical 90s post-Reagan glorification of federal oppression in the form of an action flick. Another in the same vein was Tommy Lee Jones running around tearing up LA a a FEMA goon in "Volcano". Even in its most memorable moments, it's forgettable. And I even like Jones (Texas boy).
Rufus, I watched "Blown Away" a couple of nights ago. It stars Jeff Bridges as a Bomb Squad officer in Boston and Tommy Lee Jones as the mad IRA bomber. Listening to these two actors trying to Irish accents is hilarious.
I'm watching "The Siege". I thought I'd never seen the movie, but then came the three terrorists who only eat pizza scene. I remember that. The rest of the movie I have forgotten, but terrorists who only eat pizza is memorable.
I had long forgotten about the film. When I pulled it up, I had vague moments of recognition, but I had certainly wiped most of it from my memory to make room for more pressing data. For every hit Willis had, there are about five "meh" outings. I still think his best role was in "The Orville".
After reading your link of historical events in KS, MO it goes to illustrate the mindset of those taking part in either side of the warring. We will see the same kinds of factions that will try to take advantage of any situation that they think will benefit them in the short term. The fed.gov will prolong whatever happens. It will be horrible for anyone in the area. It will be 2040-50 before America will cease to be.
Thanks for the link. I wish more people would take advantage of reading historical records.
If more people read history, we wouldn't be in our current position. One historical event that should never be forgotten is the Bonus Army, and the slaughter that Patton, McArthur and Eisenhower wreaked on those poor men and their families. Once you read what happened, you'll never see those three men the same way.
alison, Harry Truman knew the story of the Border War very well. One of his relatives was in the collapsed jail. At the end of WWII, Truman didn't want another Reconstruction like in the South after the Civil War. Truman knew personally how long people remember persecution and injustice. Truman dropped the nuclear bombs, but then he gave Gen. MacArthur free reign to rebuild Japan. MacArthur knew Asia and Asians. The General was a good Governor of Japan.
If you want to find a true Southerner, even today, just say the word Reconstruction and the reaction will tell you. Just the term "Yankee Carpetbagger" will stir up a hornet's nest in the crowd with long memories.
"A Council of National Defense is established, for the coordination of industries and resources for the national security and welfare, to consist of the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy, the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Secretary of Labor." Doesn't say anything about martial law, which is civil, not military.
Martial law is a weapon of tryrants who stole the legal system of 'merika. Its a power play to continue the mechanism of power, 9/11 really started the patriot act, which is an intro to the events day. Considering the state of DOJ and FbI, under DHS, unprecedent powers have been granted to government oversight. Know the enemy and the agenda 2030!
There are many incidents of fear-mongering -- duck 'n' cover, red scare, polio and swine flu, Gulf of Tonkin, JFK, economic ruin,. It's all BS, since humans are obviously still here and doing fine. The key is to stop listening to the government "news" and reconnect with actual humans.
We always need a new pot of fear cooked up by the spooks of the company. The golden golum of greatness is going to save the day and the bloodshed will be avoided , His next act of saviourism after rollout of Deathvaxx against an enemy so great!
The point is always to keep the herd uneasy and anxious. That feeds the instinct to turn to leaders and rally round the flag. It is all irrational and part of our hindbrain, but it can be conquered. There's plenty of free-floating anxiety to around, and it is self-defeating, and that's what the overlords want. They create ghosts, and we tramble in fear and run to them for help.
Wasn't the Covid Lockdown a from of Martial Law? The Sheriff and his men raided businesses, well, small business, and churches that stayed open. The owners were arrested and jailed. Preachers were jailed. Wasn't that Martial Law?
The sheriff is an elected official, so it doesn't rise to the level of martial law, though the effect is hardly different. When you see pairs of soldiers standing on street corners in full battle gear with rifles,, the difference will become clear. When you go to court and don't see black robes, but full military regalia, that's martial law. Perhaps it's a matter of semantics, but hardly a whit's worth of difference in the end.
Rufus, Look up the painting "Martial Law" also called "Order 11" by George Caleb Bingham. Under Martial Law the Union Officer in charge of the KC area declared Order #11 which forced everyone in the countryside to leave. As soon as the people left, innocent or guilty of helping the bushwackers, the Jayhawkers came and stole everything then burned every homestead and the crops. It became known as the "Burnt Lands." This is Bingham's painting of that time. Bingham's art studio was on the top floor of the makeshift jail that collapsed killing the Missouri women.
Martial law would be a gamble here in the good ole USA, but maybe not so much as may be thought. Today there are still a few people that can still be seen wearing masks. These would immediately conform. But for the most part, the mask game is played out. When the covid mandates ploy was put into play there were still probably around eighty percent of people that did not question and immediately complied. I've read some that considered that the pandemic and the mask 'mandates' were really a test of the boundaries. Maybe this is the case. A simple declaration of martial law could have the same eighty percent holed up inside again. Some of those eighty percent did learn some lesson and began to prep for some kind of disaster. So now we have many folks, maybe more than eighty percent holed up inside. Some afraid, sure, but many just planning to ride it out. Only a few would be venturing out: those that aren't prepped, those that just don't give a crap, or those with nowhere to go. The streets would likely be scant for a period of time and anyone out much more easily identified and/or gathered early while the rest of the population is getting their permission slip download. With rumors of white hat UN forces being embedded for years and armies of paid political immigrant miscreants stationed around the nation, a martial law seems like something feasibly annoying.
These plans have been the works for years with too much invested. Any probable or possible scenarios ought to be considered.
Fear and pain are the two greatest motivators. Governance institutions use them to great effect to keep the rubes in line. Don't speed, it will cost you. Pay your taxes or lose everything. The System is based entirely on fear and pain. Without them, there is no control system and "authorities".
Some people will never get over their fear. They are true bovines and pretty much deserve anything they get. For the rest of us, we may have that flash of panic, but focus and discipline will overcome every time.
In the 1960s, women burned their bras. In the 2020s, everyone else burned their masks!
In the shadows where whispers turn to shouts. truth is a ghost that nobody wants to talk about, the real question is do you wake up the 70 percenters to the tricks of the foolers?
I repeat, Martial Law is no joke. Americans who think their arsenal of guns and ammo along with their prepper gear and supplies will save them, are delusional. Those who resist the State will have to fight, suffer, and risk imprisonment, loss of assets (including home), and death.
About five years ago, my Dad drove us to Independence, Missouri. This is the town where Harry S Truman grew up and lived. It's also the town where the pioneers headed west in their covered wagons. Independence, MO was also the center of the Border War between the Kansas Jayhawkers who were anti-slavery and the pro-slavery folks of Missouri.
Dad hired a local who did mule wagon tours of Independence. We saw the jail where Bloody Bill Anderson and his gang broke out of jail some of his men. Bill killed the pro-Union guard dead.
You'd be surprised how big a mule can get. They are fast, too. Independence was surrounded by mule farms. The mules would be sold to the pioneers going west.
Back to the Border War, which pre-dated the Civil War by a few years and continued (James Gang) after the Civil War ended.
The Kansas Jayhawkers would raid Missouri farms ( "The Outlaw Josey Wales"). The Missourians would keep a horse saddled and be ready to ride at any time day or night to react to a raid. Bloody Bill Anderson went to Lawrence, Kansas and damn near killed everyone. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_T._Anderson
On the mule tour of Independence, we saw a house, still used and occupied, with bullet holes from a Jayhawker raid on Independence.
Missouri was placed under martial law in August of 1861.
Martial Law was so oppressive, the locals, like the James brothers, became guerillas. Many joined Bloody Bill Anderson's outfit. The local Union Army officer then rounded up the women of the area to get back at the guerillas. The women were held in a courthouse. The courthouse collapsed through mysterious circumstances. The women died. The Missouri men became even angrier at the Union troops and the Jayhawkers. It was a bloody business.
Read the link above if you want to know what martial law is like. People were armed and yet, the Union troops did their "assessments" stealing money and land. They kidnapped and killed the women. Martial Law is no joke. The Army will come at you in force.
The slaughter was more like 850,000. At least 80,000 non-combatants, elderly men, women, children, both black and white, were slaughtered by William Tecumseh Sherman at the behest of Grant and Lincoln. He then went on to slaughter the buffalos and the Indians and called it the "final solution." The old stats are 620,000, but adding the non-combatants made it 700,000. The latest updates from researchers has the figures at 850,000. The original figures added up to more Americans lost in that war than in WWII.
Absolutely correct. Lincoln was the greatest mass murderer in American history. It was not just combatants, but civilians killed by direct action or as a result of disease, startvation and pestilance. Few folks realize that the Emancipation Proclamation only affected the South. Slave markets continued in New York City into the early 1870s, on Wall Street no less. We need to disabuse ourselves of the hero worship cult around Lincoln. Booth did the world a favor.
Rufus, All you say is true, but I don't think Lincoln, Nebraska (where I grew up) is going to change its name.
A statement after my own heart...spot on. Thank you!
In the 1970s, I lived under martial law in Colombia. I lived in Bogota where the government had soldiers posted everywhere. They had a civil war at the time and for quite some time before and after. Latin America has a long tradition of martial law mitigated by the poor pay of soldiers who would take low level bribes to look the other way. The US still has at least one Colombian "guerilla" (Gorillas on the Plain of Jars, for those who read Mad Magazine during Vietnam) in the super max prison in Florence, Colorado. You can see remnants of this idea in Mexico, where one sees soldiers and cops in pickup trucks with submachine guns and often with 50 caliber machine guns driving around like good old boys. People mostly ignore them and they mostly ignore the people, with the occasional road side checkpoints.
I've never lived under overt martial law, but I've been through countries where it is quite obvious, Guatemala being one, and post-Franco Spain being another. We had a brief stint of it here in Jakarta in the early days of the Frankenflu, with soldiers running around clearing out malls. It didn't go over well and quickly faded away. It is often a clear sign that the political class is deeply afraid for their lives, so really it's a sign of weakness, not strength. You also make a good point about bribes. Soldiers often do not have the same qualms about poicket money that civilian police do.
Martial Law has been called 68 times in the US.
In 1878, Congress passed the Posse Comitatus Act, which forbids US military involvement in domestic law enforcement without congressional approval. Throughout history, martial law has been imposed at least 68 times in limited, usually local areas of the United States.
They are now messing with Posse Comitatus and likely will allow military to go after citizens without congressional approval.
Funny thing about laws -- if government and "authorities" can ignore them with impunity, then obviously laws have no power but what we surrender to them.
The hey, as you say, was limited application. A nationwide declaration would fail miserably, because of the logistics and costs involved. If the majority resist, then the problems mulitply exponentially. Posse Comitatus does not apply to the National Guard, which is why voting for governors, sheriffs and legislators is far more important than the president will ever be.
They did it to the southern states for 12 years...military were there the whole time. In 1876, they told the south that if they voted for Republican Rutherford B. Hayes, they'd lift the Martial law. They still voted democrat, but it was very close, one electoral vote. So a bunch of republicans go together, I've written about this, look it up, and they swung the vote so Hayes got in. Yeah, they cheated, and got rid of Martial law, but not until the carpetbaggers had raped and pillaged the entire south. That filthy president hated blacks and the south. The war was over economics, nothing more.
If you read the history, you know Karl Marx wrote to Lincoln and pushed the slavery issue. Why? Because slaves are private property and we know what Marx thinks of personal private property. He also pushed the war because he knew the infiltration of the centralized federal govt., would be far easier than all the state governments. So, yes, back then we were influenced by Marx. In fact, 13 high ranking Union officers were Marxists and wrote to Marx about the war. Those letters are in the Smithsonian, which by the way passed and was built because of a socialist Democrat Congressman by the name of Robert Dale Owens. His father came here in 1825 and started a socialist school in New Harmony, Indiana. The son believed like his father.
Supposidly ,thru the porous southern border planned by the great border czar Skamalaya , there is an army of UN global mlitary operatives that have been oozing in ready to protect the corporation.l
Of course we need more fear mongering from MSM . as the JB just gave us another Hillory moment ,so us deplorables are now garbage that must be dealt with. Put a clown in charge and U end up with a circus!
Even if that was the case, there are 150 million gun owners in the US just itching to shoot at foreign soldiers, and gangs who would defend their territory to the death, and the mafia who won't put up with anyone disturbing their business operations. I wouldn't be pretty, but I think I know who would win.
What if the foreign enemies don't wear military uniforms but business suits?
In that case, I refer you to the previous column.
Making it not worth my time to bother.
I've heard merkan officials are worried, they expect tens of thousands of suicides over Donald Trumps election victory and they're just not prepared...
I think it's all a bunch of pious poppycock suitable for enriching lawns. One of my favorite characters. Welcome Jubal.
A unique perspective and one which wouldn't surprise me, given the absurd amount of hyperbolic rhetoric concerning Trump. The Bumbledicks have their minions so worked up that even the prospect of another Trump term is turning them into Tennessee fainting goats. Perhaps we will see scenes from "Life of Brian" re-enacted on street corners across the nation.
Okay, Rufus. I just watched the ending of "The Siege". The movie should be called "Fantasy Island."
Yup, typical 90s post-Reagan glorification of federal oppression in the form of an action flick. Another in the same vein was Tommy Lee Jones running around tearing up LA a a FEMA goon in "Volcano". Even in its most memorable moments, it's forgettable. And I even like Jones (Texas boy).
Rufus, I watched "Blown Away" a couple of nights ago. It stars Jeff Bridges as a Bomb Squad officer in Boston and Tommy Lee Jones as the mad IRA bomber. Listening to these two actors trying to Irish accents is hilarious.
I'm watching "The Siege". I thought I'd never seen the movie, but then came the three terrorists who only eat pizza scene. I remember that. The rest of the movie I have forgotten, but terrorists who only eat pizza is memorable.
I had long forgotten about the film. When I pulled it up, I had vague moments of recognition, but I had certainly wiped most of it from my memory to make room for more pressing data. For every hit Willis had, there are about five "meh" outings. I still think his best role was in "The Orville".
Here is a link to more details about Martial Law in Missouri and the building/jail collapse that killed the women:
https://showmemo.civilwarvirtualmuseum.org/war-conflict/a-desolated-country-the-union-jail-collapse-lawrence-massacre-and-general-order-no-11/
Fascinating. I've never heard this story before. Tucking this one away for future reference.
After reading your link of historical events in KS, MO it goes to illustrate the mindset of those taking part in either side of the warring. We will see the same kinds of factions that will try to take advantage of any situation that they think will benefit them in the short term. The fed.gov will prolong whatever happens. It will be horrible for anyone in the area. It will be 2040-50 before America will cease to be.
Thanks for the link. I wish more people would take advantage of reading historical records.
If more people read history, we wouldn't be in our current position. One historical event that should never be forgotten is the Bonus Army, and the slaughter that Patton, McArthur and Eisenhower wreaked on those poor men and their families. Once you read what happened, you'll never see those three men the same way.
Would like to know. Any books or reference material you can provide.
alison, Harry Truman knew the story of the Border War very well. One of his relatives was in the collapsed jail. At the end of WWII, Truman didn't want another Reconstruction like in the South after the Civil War. Truman knew personally how long people remember persecution and injustice. Truman dropped the nuclear bombs, but then he gave Gen. MacArthur free reign to rebuild Japan. MacArthur knew Asia and Asians. The General was a good Governor of Japan.
If you want to find a true Southerner, even today, just say the word Reconstruction and the reaction will tell you. Just the term "Yankee Carpetbagger" will stir up a hornet's nest in the crowd with long memories.
Martial law has been declared multiple times but never revoked.
Ergo, Title 50 USC. It has been and still is the law of the land for the past 165 years.
"A Council of National Defense is established, for the coordination of industries and resources for the national security and welfare, to consist of the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy, the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Secretary of Labor." Doesn't say anything about martial law, which is civil, not military.
Martial law is a weapon of tryrants who stole the legal system of 'merika. Its a power play to continue the mechanism of power, 9/11 really started the patriot act, which is an intro to the events day. Considering the state of DOJ and FbI, under DHS, unprecedent powers have been granted to government oversight. Know the enemy and the agenda 2030!
There are many incidents of fear-mongering -- duck 'n' cover, red scare, polio and swine flu, Gulf of Tonkin, JFK, economic ruin,. It's all BS, since humans are obviously still here and doing fine. The key is to stop listening to the government "news" and reconnect with actual humans.
We always need a new pot of fear cooked up by the spooks of the company. The golden golum of greatness is going to save the day and the bloodshed will be avoided , His next act of saviourism after rollout of Deathvaxx against an enemy so great!
The point is always to keep the herd uneasy and anxious. That feeds the instinct to turn to leaders and rally round the flag. It is all irrational and part of our hindbrain, but it can be conquered. There's plenty of free-floating anxiety to around, and it is self-defeating, and that's what the overlords want. They create ghosts, and we tramble in fear and run to them for help.
Wasn't the Covid Lockdown a from of Martial Law? The Sheriff and his men raided businesses, well, small business, and churches that stayed open. The owners were arrested and jailed. Preachers were jailed. Wasn't that Martial Law?
The sheriff is an elected official, so it doesn't rise to the level of martial law, though the effect is hardly different. When you see pairs of soldiers standing on street corners in full battle gear with rifles,, the difference will become clear. When you go to court and don't see black robes, but full military regalia, that's martial law. Perhaps it's a matter of semantics, but hardly a whit's worth of difference in the end.
Rufus, Look up the painting "Martial Law" also called "Order 11" by George Caleb Bingham. Under Martial Law the Union Officer in charge of the KC area declared Order #11 which forced everyone in the countryside to leave. As soon as the people left, innocent or guilty of helping the bushwackers, the Jayhawkers came and stole everything then burned every homestead and the crops. It became known as the "Burnt Lands." This is Bingham's painting of that time. Bingham's art studio was on the top floor of the makeshift jail that collapsed killing the Missouri women.
Martial law would be a gamble here in the good ole USA, but maybe not so much as may be thought. Today there are still a few people that can still be seen wearing masks. These would immediately conform. But for the most part, the mask game is played out. When the covid mandates ploy was put into play there were still probably around eighty percent of people that did not question and immediately complied. I've read some that considered that the pandemic and the mask 'mandates' were really a test of the boundaries. Maybe this is the case. A simple declaration of martial law could have the same eighty percent holed up inside again. Some of those eighty percent did learn some lesson and began to prep for some kind of disaster. So now we have many folks, maybe more than eighty percent holed up inside. Some afraid, sure, but many just planning to ride it out. Only a few would be venturing out: those that aren't prepped, those that just don't give a crap, or those with nowhere to go. The streets would likely be scant for a period of time and anyone out much more easily identified and/or gathered early while the rest of the population is getting their permission slip download. With rumors of white hat UN forces being embedded for years and armies of paid political immigrant miscreants stationed around the nation, a martial law seems like something feasibly annoying.
These plans have been the works for years with too much invested. Any probable or possible scenarios ought to be considered.
I'm going to add: That day that eighty percent rolled over for the covid con job was the most disappointing day of my life.
Fear and pain are the two greatest motivators. Governance institutions use them to great effect to keep the rubes in line. Don't speed, it will cost you. Pay your taxes or lose everything. The System is based entirely on fear and pain. Without them, there is no control system and "authorities".
Some people will never get over their fear. They are true bovines and pretty much deserve anything they get. For the rest of us, we may have that flash of panic, but focus and discipline will overcome every time.
In the 1960s, women burned their bras. In the 2020s, everyone else burned their masks!
In the shadows where whispers turn to shouts. truth is a ghost that nobody wants to talk about, the real question is do you wake up the 70 percenters to the tricks of the foolers?
I repeat, Martial Law is no joke. Americans who think their arsenal of guns and ammo along with their prepper gear and supplies will save them, are delusional. Those who resist the State will have to fight, suffer, and risk imprisonment, loss of assets (including home), and death.
About five years ago, my Dad drove us to Independence, Missouri. This is the town where Harry S Truman grew up and lived. It's also the town where the pioneers headed west in their covered wagons. Independence, MO was also the center of the Border War between the Kansas Jayhawkers who were anti-slavery and the pro-slavery folks of Missouri.
Dad hired a local who did mule wagon tours of Independence. We saw the jail where Bloody Bill Anderson and his gang broke out of jail some of his men. Bill killed the pro-Union guard dead.
You'd be surprised how big a mule can get. They are fast, too. Independence was surrounded by mule farms. The mules would be sold to the pioneers going west.
Back to the Border War, which pre-dated the Civil War by a few years and continued (James Gang) after the Civil War ended.
The Kansas Jayhawkers would raid Missouri farms ( "The Outlaw Josey Wales"). The Missourians would keep a horse saddled and be ready to ride at any time day or night to react to a raid. Bloody Bill Anderson went to Lawrence, Kansas and damn near killed everyone. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_T._Anderson
On the mule tour of Independence, we saw a house, still used and occupied, with bullet holes from a Jayhawker raid on Independence.
Missouri was placed under martial law in August of 1861.
http://civilwarmo.org/educators/resources/info-sheets/martial-law
Martial Law was so oppressive, the locals, like the James brothers, became guerillas. Many joined Bloody Bill Anderson's outfit. The local Union Army officer then rounded up the women of the area to get back at the guerillas. The women were held in a courthouse. The courthouse collapsed through mysterious circumstances. The women died. The Missouri men became even angrier at the Union troops and the Jayhawkers. It was a bloody business.
Read the link above if you want to know what martial law is like. People were armed and yet, the Union troops did their "assessments" stealing money and land. They kidnapped and killed the women. Martial Law is no joke. The Army will come at you in force.