Ben McCulloch was a Tier 1 Frontier Partisan — a highly capable scout and spy, and an outstanding combat leader. He was also an ardent pro-slavery Southern patriot, who died in battle in service of the Confederate States of America. All that makes him... complicated... for folks in the 21st Century, but he’s a man who should be remembered.

(Note: I know that there’s a weird repeat at the end. Couldn’t figure out how to get rid of it, and it doesn’t do any harm, so there it is, is, is).

Sources: Ben McCulloch and the Frontier Military Tradition by Thomas W. Cuttrer

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