Well we're taught that he was a confederate, but a show on the history channel found substantial evidence which leads me to believe he be have been working for the union.
During the US Civil War James Longstreet was a general in the Confederate Army.
Skirmishes are small fights, sometimes inconclusive. Confederate guerillas were men like William Quantrill, Jesse James, and Cole Younger who fought guerrilla warfare against the Union Army without actually being part of the Confederate Army. They were unable to fight battles, so they fought a succession of hit and run skirmishes to wear down the Union Army.
He fought on the Confederacy side.
· Jackson, Thomas "Stonewall" (Confederate General)· Jefferson Davis (Confederate President)· Johnson, Andrew (appointed by Lincoln to be the military governor of Tennessee during the war)· Joseph Hooker (Union General)· James Island (South Carolina), battle of· Jenkins' Ferry (Arkansas), battle of· Jerusalem Plank Road (Virginia), battle of· Johnsonville (Tennessee), battle of· Jonesborough (Georgia), battle of· Jackson, Thomas "Stonewall" (Confederate General)· James Island (South Carolina), battle of· James Kemper (Confederate General)· James H. Lane (Confederate General)· James A. Logan (Union General)· James S. Wadsworth (Union General)· James A. Walker (Confederate General)· Jefferson Davis (Confederate President)· Jenkins' Ferry (Arkansas), battle of· Jerusalem Plank Road (Virginia), battle of· John Brown· John G. Walker (Confederate General)· Johnson, Andrew (appointed by Lincoln to be the military governor of Tennessee during the war)· Johnsonville (Tennessee), battle of· Jonesborough (Georgia), battle of· Joseph Hooker (Union General)· Jackson, Thomas "Stonewall" (Confederate General)· James Island (South Carolina), battle of· James Kemper (Confederate General)· James H. Lane (Confederate General)· James A. Logan (Union General)· James S. Wadsworth (Union General)· James A. Walker (Confederate General)· Jefferson Davis (Confederate President)· Jenkins' Ferry (Arkansas), battle of· Jerusalem Plank Road (Virginia), battle of· John Brown· John G. Walker (Confederate General)· Johnson, Andrew (appointed by Lincoln to be the military governor of Tennessee during the war)· Johnsonville (Tennessee), battle of· Jonesborough (Georgia), battle of· Joseph Hooker (Union General)· Jackson, Thomas "Stonewall" (Confederate General)· James Island (South Carolina), battle of· James Kemper (Confederate General)· James H. Lane (Confederate General)· James A. Logan (Union General)· James S. Wadsworth (Union General)· James A. Walker (Confederate General)· Jefferson Davis (Confederate President)· Jenkins' Ferry (Arkansas), battle of· Jerusalem Plank Road (Virginia), battle of· John Brown· John G. Walker (Confederate General)· Johnson, Andrew (appointed by Lincoln to be the military governor of Tennessee during the war)· Johnsonville (Tennessee), battle of· Jonesborough (Georgia), battle of· Joseph Hooker (Union General)· Jackson, Thomas "Stonewall" (Confederate General)· James Island (South Carolina), battle of· James Kemper (Confederate General)· James H. Lane (Confederate General)· James A. Logan (Union General)· James S. Wadsworth (Union General)· James A. Walker (Confederate General)· Jefferson Davis (Confederate President)· Jenkins' Ferry (Arkansas), battle of· Jerusalem Plank Road (Virginia), battle of· John Brown· John G. Walker (Confederate General)· Johnson, Andrew (appointed by Lincoln to be the military governor of Tennessee during the war)· Johnsonville (Tennessee), battle of· Jonesborough (Georgia), battle of· Joseph Hooker (Union General)
Colonel James A. Garfield's Union forces vs. Brigadier general Humphrey Marshall's Confederate Forces. Garfield defeated Marshall
Jesse James led the life of a Confederate hero while riding with Quantrill's Raiders and robbing trains. After the robbery of the Platte City, Missouri Bank a reward was posted in that state.
· Jackson, Thomas "Stonewall" (Confederate General) · James Island (South Carolina), battle of · James Kemper (Confederate General) · James H. Lane (Confederate General) · James A. Logan (Union General) · James S. Wadsworth (Union General) · James A. Walker (Confederate General) · Jefferson Davis (Confederate President) · Jenkins' Ferry (Arkansas), battle of · Jerusalem Plank Road (Virginia), battle of · John Brown · John Newton (Union General) · John G. Walker (Confederate General) · Johnson, Andrew (appointed by Lincoln to be the military governor of Tennessee during the war) · Johnsonville (Tennessee), battle of · Jonesborough (Georgia), battle of · Joseph Hooker (Union General)
· Alexander Stephens (Vice President of the Confederate States of America) · Braxton Bragg (Confederate General) · Cadwallader Washburn (Union General) · Davis, Jefferson (Confederate President) · Edward M. Stanton (Union Secretary of War) · Forest, General Nathan Bedford (Confederate General) · General George McClellan (Union General) · Hannibal Hamlin (Lincoln's Vice President during the war) · Jackson, Thomas "Stonewall" (Confederate General) · Kane, Thomas (Union General) · Lee, Robert E. (Confederate General) · Mallory, Stephen R. (Confederate Secretary of the Navy) · Philip Kearny (Union General) · Quantrill, Confederate Captain William · Richard Taylor (Confederate General) · Stuart, James Ewell Brown "Jeb" (Confederate General) · Taliaferro, William B. (Confederate General) · Ulysses S. Grant (Union General) · Van Cleve, Horatio (Union General) · Wadsworth, James S. (Union General) · Zook, Samuel (Union General)
Civil War people who have a name that starts with the letter W:Wadsworth, James S. (Union General)Walker, James A. (Confederate General)Walker, John G. (Confederate General)Walker, Leroy P. (Confederate Secretary of War)Wallace, Lewis (Union General)Walthall, Edward C. (Confederate General)Washburn, Cadwallader (Union General)William S. Rosecrans (Union General)William B. Taliaferro (Confederate General)
Yes, he was. He and his brother were so-called "Bushwhackers," men sympathetic to the cause of the Confederacy, who engaged in guerrilla warfare during the period from 1861-1865. Jesse James participated in a number of attacks against Union soldier; some of these attacks were quite brutal, most notably the Centralia (Missouri) Massacre in 1864, in which 24 unarmed Union men were captured and then executed.
Confederate.
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