John Jarrette joined William Clarke Quantrill’s guerrillas in October 1861. He was with Quantrill during the raid on Lawrence, Kansas, on August 21, 1863, and with William Anderson during the massacre at Centralia, Missouri, on September 27, 1864. After the war, Jarrette joined the Jesse James gang, and was a suspect in the robbery of the bank at Russellville, Kentucky, on March 21, 1868.

In this photograph, Jarrette sports a captured Union waistbelt plate.

Tintype by Unknown Photographer.

Image Courtesy Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield; WICR 30205