William Anderson was a tall, bearded man with piercing eyes often described as burning coals. He came from a family of horse thieves, dressed with panache, and when the Civil War started ...

Jesse James rode with Bill Anderson's bushwhackers into the small Missouri town of Centralia. There the 16-year-old James took part in one of the worst atrocities of the Civil War. The ...

and stop using prisoners of war for political and propaganda purposes. "We remain in close contact with Mr Anderson's family and are providing consular support." Mr Anderson's three-day trial was ...