Currently reading Jesse James: Last Rebel of the Civil War by T. J. Stiles. It’s very eye opening on the details of the Civil War in Missouri. I had no idea the kind of atrocities being committed by Confederate bushwhackers, including Jesse James. A lot of Union sympathizers were murdered, some of them being German immigrants. I had ancestors in Missouri at the time who were German immigrant farmers that supported, one even fighting for, the Union. Luckily they lived just outside the area of operations of the bushwackers. Stiles also demonstrates how the nature of the Civil War in Missouri crafted Jesse James into the outlaw we all know him for. It’s a very good read and I definitely recommend it for anyone interested in Jesse James or the Civil War in Missouri.