The Younger brothers present a classic example of how the war destroyed families. If any family could be called "Rebels with a Cause," it would be them. They were solid American frontier stock. Like many other Missourians, their roots were in Virginia. Their father, Henry Washington Younger, was related to General Robert E. Lee. Family members had fought with Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans. T
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