.jpg)
Dark Command, a John Wayne and Claire Trevor vehicle, is loosely based on the Civil War career of William Clarke Quantrill, the Confederate guerrilla operating mostly in Missouri and Kansas during the Civil War. When I write loosely, I should probably capitalize, bold, and underline that word. While the movie is entertaining if you like […]
Dark Command: John Wayne, Roy Rogers, and the Butchering of Civil War History
June 23rd, 2008 · 3 Comments
Categories: Best of TOCWOC - 2008 · Best of TOCWOC - A Civil War Blog · Movies
Tags: · bleeding kansas, Civil War Memory, civil war movies, claire trevor, john wayne, roy rogers, the sack of lawrence, walter pidgeon, william quantrill
@CivilWarBlog