Volume 12 , Issue 14

The James-Younger Gang

The James-Younger Gang had its origins in a group of Confederate "bushwhackers" who fought in the bitter partisan conflict that wracked the divided state of Missouri during the American Civil War.

This group's postwar crimes began in 1866, though it did not truly become the "James-Younger Gang" until 1868 at the earliest, when the authorities first named Cole Younger and both the James brothers as suspects in the robbery of the Nimrod Long Bank in Russellville, Kentucky.

The James-Younger Gang dissolved in 1876, after the capture of the Younger brothers in Minnesota after the ill-fated attempt to rob the Northfield First National Bank. Three years later, Jesse James organized a new gang and renewed his criminal career, which came to an end with his death in 1882.

During the gang's period of activity, it robbed banks, trains, and stagecoaches in Missouri, Kentucky, Iowa, Texas, Arkansas, Kansas, and West Virginia.

See Also: James & Younger Gang: Outlaws for more information and members of the James-Younger Gang: Thomas Coleman (Cole) Younger, James Hardin (Jim) Younger, Robert Ewing (Bob) Younger, James Harrison (John) Younger, Alexander Franklin (Frank) James, Jesse Woodson James, Arthur C. McCoy, John Jarrette, George Shepard, Oil Sheperd, Fletcher Taylor, Arch Clements, Jim Cummins, Dick Liddil, Clell Miller, Charlie Pitts, Bill Chadwell, Allen Parmer, Bud Pence, Donny Pence, James Wilkerson, Clarence Hite, Wood Hite, Bill Wilkerson, Red Monkers, Joab Perry, Frank Gregg, Ben Cooper, Tucker Bassham, Ed Miller, Hobbs Kerry, bob Ford, Charlie Ford, Bill Ryan.
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