William Anderson (Canadian Army officer) Date of Birth, Nationality, Hometown, Birth Place, Zodiac Sign, Weight & Height in Meters

William T. Anderson[a] (c. 1840 – October 26, 1864), known by the nickname "Bloody Bill" Anderson, was an American soldier who was one of the deadliest and most notorious Confederate guerrilla leaders in the American Civil War. Anderson led a band of volunteer partisan raiders who targeted Union loyalists and federal soldiers in the states of Missouri and Kansas. Raised by a family of Southerners in Kansas, Anderson began to support himself by stealing and selling horses in 1862. After a Union loyalist judge killed his father, Anderson killed the judge and fled to Missouri. There he robbed travelers and killed several Union soldiers. In early 1863 he joined Quantrill's Raiders, a group of Confederate guerrillas which operated along the Kansas–Missouri border. He became a skilled bushwhacker, earning the trust of the group's leaders, William Quantrill and George M.

William Anderson (Canadian Army officer) Date of Birth, Nationality, Hometown, Birth Place, Zodiac Sign, Weight & Height in Meters

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