Who Were the Bushwhackers?

Who Were the Bushwhackers?

Kenneth W. Noe’s article was basically trying to prove that the men who were called “Bushwhackers” during the civil war, were not the men that you would expect it to be. These men were mostly middle to upper class men who were also land owners. Most people expect the Bushwhackers to be poor, homeless men who wanted nothing more than to cause a ruckus. Noe does a great job to support his theory that most of the men involved were upper class landowners by giving the names and relationships of certain men.

A few of the men that Kenneth Noe talks about is Samuel Fox, Allen Gartner and James Ridle. All three of these men are older gentlemen who are also landowners. These men are not young, rowdy men like most expected. These were well respected men of a significant age.

Noe also goes on to talk about why the Bushwhackers decided to attack like they did. He said that most of them that were part of this group were in it to stop the Yankee invasion.