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In the American Civil War, a pro-Confederacy guerrilla. Infamous for their ruthless methods, the bushwhackers attacked, murdered, and robbed Union supporters and destroyed their land and property. High profile examples include the outlaws William C Quantrill and Jesse James. The bushwhackers' Union counterparts were the jayhawks.



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Tucker is at his best in the central sections of the book describing bushwackers and "Swamp Dragoons" and raids on railroad bridges and oil fields, where Imboden's principal missions were typically expeditions to distract the enemy and gather supplies.
Brigadier General John D. Imboden: Confederate Commander in the ... by Miller, Mark F. / Journal of Southern History
We Bushwackers, as we are wont to be called on this page, possess the intelligence to comprehend that difference.
Letters in the Editor's Mailbag by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
``They're like the Bushwackers from the old-school WWF.
DOUBLE TROUBLE BALL TWINS TO BRUINS' DEFENSE by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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