Cullen Montgomery Baker, Reconstruction Desperado

Historians have detailed the exploits of desperadoes and outlaws in the latter part of the 19th century, those who emerged immediately after the Civil War have been overlooked. These outlaws, who were most active in the tri-state area of Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas, harassed the Union army and Freedmen's Bureau agents and terrorized the black population. Considered the most notorious was, Cullen Montgomery Baker. In this biography, the authors researched local folklore, legend, and fact to provide an accurate account of the southern desperado, whose strong resentment towards the North created a coined New Rebellion that led rise to many outlaw gangs including indirectly assisting in the formation of the Ku Klux Klan.