It is good to recall history, but it must be true to what happened and not paint antiheroes as heroes to some extent. This is what one can see in the film. The protagonists are the brothers James and Cole, Kit Dalton and the infamous Col. William Clarke Quantrill, all criminals if we stick to the story.
So it was not better to have as protagonists those of the Union army who persecuted and finally defeated those rebels? Anyone who watches the film and doesn't know the story gets a picture of Quantrill's boundless bravery. The only positive aspect was that it was clearly demonstrated how these Confederate hordes killed every human being in their path. From a historical point of view the film is a mediocrity in my opinion, which does not teach anything positive. The value of the film is its presentation in technicolor and the actors who make up the cast.
So it was not better to have as protagonists those of the Union army who persecuted and finally defeated those rebels? Anyone who watches the film and doesn't know the story gets a picture of Quantrill's boundless bravery. The only positive aspect was that it was clearly demonstrated how these Confederate hordes killed every human being in their path. From a historical point of view the film is a mediocrity in my opinion, which does not teach anything positive. The value of the film is its presentation in technicolor and the actors who make up the cast.