Jesse James was born on September 5, 1847 in Kearney, Missouri. His father was a
minister at a local Baptist church.
When Jesse was seventeen he joined
the Confederate Army to help fight for independence from the union. He served
the entire Civil War in a group of raiders led by the notorious William Clarke
Quantrill. The group of men rode horseback into Kansas, conducting raids and
harassing union sympathizers. The raids were quite violent and he once killed
eight people on the same day.
When the unit finally surrendered to union
forces, Jesse suffered minor wounds. After the war ended, he returned to
Missouri and formed a gang of outlaws. The gang became known as the James Gang
and included his brother Frank and several people that had been in Quantrill's
Raiders.
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