As a teenager Jesse James watched his stepfather tortured at the hands of Federals. This experience embittered the young man even further against the Union.
With the formal outbreak of war in 1861, Frank joined a local Confederate company and fought at the Battle of Wilson’s Creek. In May of 1863, a Union militia company raided the James’ farm looking for members of Frank’s unit. They tortured Jesse’s stepfather the physician Reuben Samuel by hanging him by the neck from a tree and lowering him only when death was imminent. They also flogged young Jesse mercilessly.
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Article @ Guns America
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