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Tough times challenged a boy like Jesse mob developing up in Missouri. Internal conflicts during the Civil fight devastated the state. Missouri, a rebound state, tried to stay neutral, tho it seemed that the people of Missouri held different ideas. personnel broke out between secern sympathizers who wanted to secede and those patriotic to the compass north. Jesse James, best known as a dangerous and ruthless thief, off many unacquainted(p) people, but many in the deep south continued to regard him as a hero. Some compared James to redbreast Hood and admired him for his daring deeds. Jesse James, like many of his contemporaries, experienced an innocent early childhood, until the atrocities of the Civil War transformed him into the marauder that history portrayed. innate(p) in Clay County Missouri on September 5, 1847 to Zerelda and Robert James, Jesse Woodson James entered his flavour in innocence. Only three years after the birth of Jesse, Robert James contracted choler a and died shortly after leaving the family in debt. To conserve the family afloat Zerelda married a wealthy farmer Benjamin Simms, but the marriage ceremony proved to be an unhappy union. In 1854, after Zerelda odd Simms, Simms died from the injuries related to being thrown from his horse. Jesse, yet again, became fatherless. Zereldas final marriage took place in 1855 when she married Dr. Ruben Samuel. Conflicts between Secessionists and Loyalists erupted throughout Missouri. Unlike in former(a) states where neighbors joined together in arms to fight for the Union or the Confederacy, in Missouri neighbors and lifelong family friends eyed each other with suspicion as they enlisted in regiments on opposites sides. Missouri also have a strong unionist influence from the German immigrants in St. Louis he... ..., the origin of the letter is not verified but is assumed to be written by Jesse James. The letter showed the mindset of the robbers or was written to give underpin to th e idea that the bold-robbers were not thieves and indeed resembled robin hood. In the letter, Jesse James apologized for the sad accident of wounding the young girl, and said that he would personally correct for the medical treatment which helps his image with the public. He later compares himself with other capital leaders such as Ceasar, Napoleon, and Alexander the Great, as they were all bold-robbers. finally he contrasts his actions with that of the president, trying to prove his resemblance to robin hood. He says that he is theft from the rich, and giving back to the poor, while the Grant Party is stealing from the poor and giving to the rich. (Jesse James Last Rebel of the Civil War Online)