Bruce Nichols wrote: "In middle June 1864 guerrillas evidently of Clifton Holtzclaw's band killed four northern sympathizers near Keytesville in direct retribution for the Terman killing spree. Holtzclaw was a former southern company grade officer, and was not usually identified with such brutality, but some of his subordinate leaders had no such qualms. Kentucky-born James H. Jackson, who hooked up with Holzclaw's band while they were wintering in Texas the winter of 1863-1864, and came back with them to Missouri perhaps for the thrill of such a daring life was likely one of the leaders of the vengeance killing. Jim Jackson had little regard for life and no known Missouri connections. He seemed to enjoy killing, and attracted to himself several other bushwhackers of similar nature who thought Holtzclaw's gentlemanly nature got in the way with what they thought ought to be done. After Jim Jackson broke away from Holtzclaw later in 1864, he made a name for himself in the large number of men that his small band murdered right up to the amnesty program in June 1865 offered by the Federals when he surrendered."

I would add: After Jim Jackson surrendered and was given parole, he and one of his men (Farley) held up a stage coach and killed on of the stage men. Jackson and Farley then began to travel toward Illinois. They detoured around the city of Santa Fe. This alerted the home guard that something was suspicious. They rode after the pair and captured them. When the parole papers were produced, a message was sent to Columbia to verify the papers. The papers were authentic, but word was returned that they were responsible for yet another murder.

Jackson and Farley were both executed and are buried in an "unmarked grave" outside of a cemetery near a large rock.

Not long before, on 12 OCt 1864, Jackson entered Davis County, Iowa on the northernmost raid of the civil war. He murdered three men there: Thomas Hardy, Eleazor Small, and Phillip Bence. Thomas Hardy was my Great Great Grandfather. This is one report of the raid: http://www.bdemo.com/Tourism%202011/Page%2032-Tourism-11.pdf.