I am in the Kansas City Area. he is buried near Richmond Missouri, near where he was killed. He definitely came a little unhinged after the yankees dropped a building on his sisters.
On my grandmothers side, most of my people are originally from Columbia, Missouri. The other side of my family, the Beckwiths, are from Iowa. They supported the Union, while the Taylor side of my family, the Missouri side, were southern supporters. We've never had a family reunion...
The "Yankee's" as you put it, did not purposefully "drop a building," on Anderson's sisters. His sisters were put in a decrepit old building, for safe keeping, which collapsed on them, killing his sisters. An unfortunate thing to happen to them. However, Anderson was a SOB before the building incident, which is why pressure was being put on his family, by Union authorities.
Anderson is seen by a small coterie of supporters, as a hero. He wasn't a hero..., He was a terrorist, and nothing can be said, or done, that will detract from that stigma.
Anderson, and others, randomly attacked and butchered people, based on local politics and unsupported belief, in their Union sympathys. Anderson's and Quantrill's actions were one reason the Kansas, Missouri areas, were so bloody, which brought intense union attention to the area. Do you know what happened in Lawrence, Kansas?
Can you understand the term "Fit Shappens?" War is hell, and a lot of unwanted things happen. Then many people, on both sides of an incident, with an axe to grind, will start lies and rumors about incidents, which with the passsage of years, take on unwarrented creedence.
Bill