J e ss e Wo od son Ja me s (Se pt ember 5, 1 8 4 7 – Apr il 3, 1 8 8 2) wa s an A me r ic an o ut law, ga n g le ader, b an k ro b b er, train ro bb er, a nd mu rd er er fr om th e sta t e of Miss o ur i a nd th e mo st famous me mb er of the Ja me s-You nger Ga n g. Al ready a celebrity when he was alive, he became a legendary figure of the Wild West after his death. Scholars place him in the context of regional insurgencies of ex-Confederates following the American Civil War rather than a manifestation of frontier lawlessness or alleged economic justice.[1] Jesse and his brother Frank James were Confederate guerrillas or Bushwhackers during the Civil War. They were accused of participating in atrocities committed against Union soldiers, including the Centralia Massacre. After the war, as members of various gangs of outlaws, they robbed banks, stagecoaches, and trains. Despite popular portrayals of James as an embodiment of Robin Hood, robbing from the rich and giving to the poor, there is no evidence that he and his gang shared their loot from the robberies they committed.[2]
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