Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Josey Wales is a fictional character created by author Asa Earl Carter (writing under the pseudonym Forrest Carter as a supposedly Cherokee writer) for his 1973 novel The Rebel Outlaw: Josey Wales (republished in 1975 as Gone to Texas).
The writings and movie about Josie Wales are based on the real bushwhacker, Bill Wilson. Bill Wilson was born around 1830 in Phelps County, Missouri. His father, Sol Wilson, was a very well-to-do farmer who owned several slaves, but freed them before the Civil War.
How historically accurate is the outlaw Josey Wales?
9 The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
While Wales was a real person — and he did enact violence on Union soldiers — there are some inaccuracies to Eastwood's interpretation of the character. Most notably, the real-life Wales didn't attack Union soldiers because he lost his family to them (via Notes From the Frontier).
Ten Bears, played by the Muscogee actor Will Sampson, is portrayed in the film The Outlaw Josey Wales as a Comanche chief defending his home who then makes a "live and let live" peace with the title character, portrayed by Clint Eastwood.
Ten Bears (1790–1872) was the principal chief of the Yamparika Comanche tribe from 1860 to 1872, and negotiated several treaties with the United States government on behalf of his people.
What was the Indians name in the outlaw Josey Wales?
Dear Ken: Who was the white-haired Native American who starred with Clint Eastwood in "The Outlaw Josey Wales"? That was Chief Dan George who played Lone Watie in the 1976 western. The actor was born Geswanouth Slahoot to a tribal chief on Burrard Indian Reserve No.
The Red Legs were a somewhat secretive organization of about 50 to 100 ardent abolitionists who were hand selected for harsh duties along the border. Membership in the group was fluid and some of the men went on to serve in the 7th Kansas Cavalry or other regular army commands and state militias.
Where does Josey Wales go at the end of the movie?
In the end, he kills Terrill and makes his peace with Fletcher, settling into a quiet life as a rancher with Laura Lee. Fletcher, in turn, persuades his fellow lawmen that Wales was killed in a shootout, allowing his friend to finally live in peace.
Also known as Angel Canyon, the Kanab Canyon Movie Ranch is located at 5001 Angel Canyon Rd, Utah. Even though the Ranch ceased operations in 1985, semblances of the old movie sets remain at the site. That includes one of The Outlaw Josey Wales film sets.
What does Eastwood Rule mean? The Eastwood Rule is a rule in the Director's Guild of America that prohibits someone already working on a film (producer, actor, etc.) from firing a director during production and replacing them with themselves.
Josey and Jamie cross the Missouri river on a ferry (tethered barge). The Union pursuers are on the next barge trip, and Josey shoots the rope sending the barge down the river. Josey was headed South and West towards Texas, and presumably was on the west side of the river.
Wales (Eastwood) carried his signature dual Colt Army Model Whitneyville Walker revolvers with him throughout the film as he hunted the men who killed his family.
One early Kansas history contained this succinct characterization of the Jayhawkers: Confederated at first for defense against pro-slavery outrages, but ultimately falling more or less completely into the vocation of robbers and assassins, they have received the name—whatever its origin may be—of jayhawkers.
The Confederacy recognized Missouri as its twelfth state, but Missouri did not leave the Union. The Battle of Island Mound, a small skirmish that took place on October 29, 1862 in Bates County, marked the first time Black soldiers saw combat in the Civil War.
Braxton Bragg was undoubtedly the worst general of the Confederacy. In positions of high command of the Confederacy's western armies, Bragg was responsible for several costly southern defeats and the loss of thousands of men.
What was one popular nickname for a Confederate soldier?
The Northerners were called “Yankees” and the Southerners, “Rebels.” Sometimes these nicknames were shortened even further to “Yanks” and “Rebs.” At the beginning of the war, each soldier wore whatever uniform he had from his state's militia, so soldiers were wearing uniforms that didn't match.
Robert E Lee was the South's greatest general and the commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, the Confederacy's most successful army during the American Civil War.
Today Bloody Bill Anderson's legacy lives on. He is often referenced in movies and books about Frank and Jesse James. Anderson was also included in the 1976 movie Outlaw Josey Wales, he was portrayed by John Russell. Bloody Bill Anderson is just another casualty in the deadly guerrilla war.
