The movie portrays Native Americans and especially an old Cherokee man as very sympathetically and fellow renegades and free spirits, like Wales. When he transitioned to western fiction, McKnight speculates, Carter combined the stories of Champ Ferguson and Bloody Bill Anderson to create Josey Wales. Josey Wales was based on a real man and one that was reputedly as tough, violent and vengeful as Wales. When the men who have been hunting Wales, finally think they have found him in a bar in Santa Rio, a prostitute and other locals cover for the outlaw, saying that Wales was killed in a shoot-out in Monterrey. They're with the Union. Shortly before his death, ... Kansas Raiders, The Bushwackers, and The Outlaw Josey Wales, in which the 24-year-old Anderson was played by the 55-year-old John Russell. The Outlaw Josey Wales is a 1976 American revisionist Western DeLuxe Color and Panavision film set during and after the American Civil War. A very poor sequel, The Return of Josey Wales, was made (without Eastwood). But his family. He's appeared in many movies and books since then, including The Outlaw Josey Wales and my Civil War novel A Fine Likeness. Like the book’s protagonist, the author of the book had his own notorious personal history. There’s no doubt that Josey Wales is out for revenge, so much so that he joins the notorious Confederate guerrilla soldiers led by infamous “Bloody Bill” Anderson. He was born William “Bill” Wilson in the Ozarks in Missouri of a well-to-do family. Nominally this was in support of Confederate General Sterling Price's invasion, but in reality it was to quench Bloody Bill's thirst for revenge. You'll find them up in Kansas. "Bloody Bill" Anderson He was born William “Bill” Wilson in the Ozarks in Missouri of a well-to-do family. The Outlaw Josey Wales is a 1976 American revisionist Western DeLuxe Color and Panavision film set during and after the American Civil War.It was directed by and starred Clint Eastwood (as the eponymous Josey Wales), with Chief Dan George, Sondra Locke, Sam Bottoms, and Geraldine Keams. The movie, “The Outlaw Josie Wales,” was released in 1976. He rode to Texas with as many as 150 other Quantrill Raiders to hide out. "The True Story Behind Josey Wales" was first published on Facebook on April 1, 2020. With fresh memories of his family's slaughter by Red Leg soldier Terrill (Bill McKinney), Confederate Josey Wales (Eastwood) refuses to join his captain Fletcher (John Vernon) and the rest of his comrades in surrender to a U.S. Army regiment. They're with the Union. The first victims were the four Union soldiers who had raided his farm. | He is someone whose desire for revenge has turned him into a monster. In 1972, he wrote “The Rebel Outlaw: Josey Wales.” Carter sent the book to Clint Eastwood’s office as an unsolicited submission. You'll find them up in Kansas. Sheb Wooley, a Rawhide veteran, appears in a small part as … During his childhood, Anderson's family moved to Huntsville, Missouri where his father found employment on a farm and the family became well respected. William T. Anderson[lower-alpha 1] was born in 1840 in Hopkins County, Kentucky, to William C. and Martha Anderson. In 1972, he wrote “The Rebel Outlaw: Josey Wales.”. When the war ends, Wales is one of the few from his group of raiders to escape the betrayal of the Union-associated redlegs and, most importantly, his former comrade Fletcher. They were quick on the trigger as well. Filming & Production But his family was rousted from their house and their homestead burned to the ground by Union soldiers. And we're goin' up there and set things aright. Despite its ignoble origin, the film was a great commercial and artistic success and has become a cult classic. Wilson”... You may find these related posts interesting: https://www.notesfromthefrontier.com/post/the-true-story-of-katie-elder, https://www.notesfromthefrontier.com/post/happy-father-s-day, https://www.notesfromthefrontier.com/post/daniel-boone-frontier-icon. In response, Wales joins up with Bloody Bill Anderson and his raiders, committing acts of gruesome vengeance against the citizens of Kansas. Josey Wales Cox went on to a successful business career, dying in 1913. That was the end of Bill’s “neutrality.”. The movie received a Direct to Video sequel in 1986, The Return of Josey Wales, starring Michael Parks as Josey Wales instead of Eastwood, with Parks also taking over as director.It was based on the second Wales book, The Vengeance Trail of Josey Wales, which … Bloody Bill's what they call me. In 1976, the book was adapted into a film, The Outlaw Josey Wales, which portrays a man who joins Anderson's gang after his wife is killed by Union-backed raiders. But, unlike the movie, the real man did not have as his driving force a vengeance for losing his family to murder by Union soldiers. Josey Wales is a smallholding farmer in the American south during the Civil War. And we're goin' up there and set things aright. Wales agrees to ride with the group to "set things right" by killing the Redleg guerrilla (based on William Sloan Tough, though named after William R. Terrill) who killed his family. Red Legs? (The same book was later re-released by the publisher with a new name, "Gone to Texas," and that is the title that is credited in the movie credits.) A great memorable quote from the Outlaw Josey Wales movie on Quotes.net - "Bloody Bill" Anderson: Name's Anderson. (The same book was later re-released by the publisher with a new name, "Gone to Texas," and that is the title that is credited in the movie credits.) Despite its ignoble origin, the film was a great commercial and artistic success and has become a cult classic. Bloody Bill's what they call me. He hid in the trees by the trail leading back to the Union headquarters at Rolla, Missouri, and waited for the soldiers. On this day in 1864, the notorious Confederate guerrilla leader William Bloody Bill Anderson is killed in Missouri in a Unionambush. Release Dates "Bloody Bill" Anderson: Name's Anderson. More than a grain...more like a bushel basket. Forrest Carter, born Asa Earl Carter, was a KuKluxKlan leader. Then he became a speechwriter for George Wallace. Bodies of Union soldiers started showing up everywhere. Famously, in modern times, when The Outlaw Josey Wales, as portrayed by Clint Eastwood in the 1976 film, seeks revenge for the murder of his family by Kansas raiders, he casts his lot with the man who identifies himself by saying, "My name is Anderson. : I'll be comin' with you. His nimble fingers were not only quick on the fiddle, however. His name, they say: “Mr. Eastwood’s partner read it and suggested buying the rights. In the movie The Outlaw Josey Wales the title character, played by Clint Eastwood, is visited by a band loosely structured around Anderson's bushwhackers. The Outlaw Josey Wales chronicles the hero's violent journey westward after the Civil War. And we're goin' up there and set things aright. When the War ended, there was a $300 bounty on him, an immense amount at that time. Bloody Bill's what they call me. there were atrocities committed by " Bloody Bill " Anderson under the guise of fighting for The Confederacy just like there were atrocities committed by the " Red legs " who supposedly fought for the Union. [Missouri guerillas come upon Josey sitting by his family's graves]. Neither Client Eastwood or his partner knew the author’s real identity as a rabid segregationist and would not for some years. The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) John Russell: Bloody Bill Anderson. But, in the summer of 1861, just after the War had started, some horses were stolen from the Union government in the area by a Confederate guerilla gang. The movie portrays Native Americans and especially an old Cherokee man as very sympathetically and fellow renegades and free spirits, like Wales. Then he became a speechwriter for George Wallace. Later, Carter ran unsuccessfully for lieutenant. A few days later, a group of Union solders raided his home, threw out his family, stole everything they could and set the entire homestead on fire. And, here, we get into truly strange territory. The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) John Russell as Bloody Bill Anderson. In 1958, he quit the Klan group he had founded after shooting two members over finances. Bloody Bill Anderson in Death, Still Wearing a Guerrilla Shirt. : And, in another strange twist of fate, despite the concealed but reprehensible ideology of its author, in 1996, the film was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress for being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.”. Josey Wales, Quantrill, Blood Bill Anderson & Others. He grew into a very tall, dark and handsome man—6’2”, with jet black curly hair and sparkling crystal blue eyes. The film is based on the novel "Gone To Texas" by Forrest Carter. Suggested Reading: Castel, Albert E. and Thomas Goodrich. The Real Outlaw Josey Wales was Bill Wilson, a Confederate Bushwhacker from the Ozarks Wales was portrayed by Michael Parks in the 1986 sequel The Return of Josey Wales. Eastwood’s partner read it and suggested buying the rights. But Bill’s grave was never found. He was a deadly shot and always had on both hips two .44-calibre six shooters. grandfather, a man named Wales—the very name of his outlaw hero! Then the New York Times broke an expose about him. "Bloody Bill" Anderson: Red Legs? Josey immediately joined up with a group of Confederate Missouri guerillas led by a motherfucking madman known as "Bloody Bill" Anderson. "Bloody Bill" Anderson: Red Legs?