Wildwood boys
(Book)

The poignant and brutally honest story of William Anderson -- a lover or music, poetry, and horse-thievery -- who was drawn into a savage conflict of state against state. As Kansas "redlegs" spread terror under the Union banner, and Missouri "bushwackers" fly the black flag of no quarter, Bill and his brother Jim take up will the infamous Quantrill's raiders, the most notorious of the bushwacker bands. When a catastrophic loss unleashes a fury in his anguished soul, Anderson becomes the most fearsome guerilla captain of them all and earns a name some whisper in reverence, some in terror: "Bloody Bill".