'''JesseДжеси WoodsonУудсън JamesДжеймс ''' (SeptemberСептември 5, 1847 – AprilАприл 3, 1882) wasбунтовник anот [[AmericanДивия Oldзапад West|American]]от [[outlaw]]щата fromМисури theи stateнай-известния ofчлен [[Missouri]]на andбандата the most famous member of the [[James-Younger Gang]]. Already a celebrity when he was alive, he became a legendary figure of the [[American Old West|Wild West]] after his death. Some recent scholarship places him in the context of regional insurgencies of ex-[[Confederate States of America|Confederates]] following the [[American Civil War]] rather than a manifestation of [[frontier]] lawlessness or economic justice.<ref name="stiles">{{cite book |last=Stiles |first=T.J. |title=Jesse James: Last Rebel of the Civil War |publisher=Knopf Publishing |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=uAINAAAACAAJ |year=2002 |ISBN 0375405836}}</ref>
The James brothers, [[Frank James|Frank]] and Jesse, were Confederate guerrillas during the Civil War, during which they were accused of participating in atrocities committed against Union soldiers. After the war, as members of one gang or another, they robbed banks and murdered bank employees or bystanders. They also waylaid stagecoaches and trains.
