I decided to rewrite the story.

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I awoke with a terrible headache. But it wasn't my headache that I was focusing on. The time machine Doctor Valens had been working on actually worked. Not that I should be surprised, with his invention of real life lightsabers using diamonds as crystals, and laser rifles. But still, to be able to go back in time was surprising.

The idea was that I would go back in time, stay there, and wait for him to come get me. But honestly, I thought he just wanted to get rid of me. I was the one who most heavily questioned his rather...strange view of science and the world. I was glad to be gone.

Oh, I'm sorry, where are my manners? My name is Jack Alexander Grant. I was in my senior year of high school before someone framed me for stealing the school's money and I got expelled. Valens took me under his wing, but I never got used to his experiments.

I looked around my surroundings. Based on the flora and temperature, it seemed I was somewhere in the Dinosaur age. Cycads were everywhere, and the climate was hot and humid. I was the first human to come back here.

I was armed with a lightsaber, a backpack which contained all my personal stuff, including some of my favorite movies, games, and my computer. Now you might ask, why bring a computer to the prehistoric age where there was no power? Doctor Valens helped me with that. He created a battery that recycled energy so it never ran out. He said its what kept him from paying the electric bill.

As I moved, I could hear something nearby. What sounded like screeching, and screams of terror. I moved closer, and saw a small Tyrannosaurus, maybe only a few years old, running through the jungle, chased by a pterodactyl. I identified it as a Rhamphorynchus.

Wait...what?! A rhamphorynchus was from the Jurassic, and the T-rex from the Cretaceous, how did...? I sighed. It must be an alternate timeline.

At first, I thought about leaving the little creature to its fate, but my conscience got the better of me. With a roar, I leapt between the two. I activated the Lightsaber, its brilliant blue blade glowing. The Rhamphorynchus stopped, and tried to fly over me.

I swung upward, and cut the wing off the pterosaur. It howled in pain as it fell to the ground. It feebly tried to rise, but it would never fly again. With a sigh, I stabbed it in the heart, ending its suffering.

I turned, the little T-rex was looking up at me in awe. He was dark blue in color, with red eyes, and a white underbelly. "Thank you." He said. "Don't mention it-" I stopped. Did it just talk?!

"Can you repeat that?" I asked politely. "Um, thank you."

I fainted.

When I came to, I felt hot breath on my chest. When I opened my eyes, they got as big as dinner plates. A huge, forty three foot long yellow green Tyrannosaurus was sniffing me. "He saved me mom! He saved my from a sharpbeak!" The baby t-rex cried.

The Rex looked at her youngster, then at me. I was frozen, my hand on my Lightsaber just in case. The Rex lifted her head up. "Thank you for saving my son." The rex thanked. It was official, dinosaurs could talk.

"You're welcome mam!" I said politely. I was in a very bad situation right now. "I'm in your debt, you don't need to act so afraid of me." The T-rex said kindly. I began to relax a little. "What is your name?" The baby asked.

"Uh, Jack." I replied. I still was trying to wrap my head around the fact dinosaurs could freaking talk. "Nice to meet you Jack, I'm Chomper."

"My name is Tyra." The mother stated. "Pleased to make your acquaintance." I replied. "My mate, Bladeclaw, should be back soon, you're welcome to stay with us if you want." Tyra offered.

"Sure, thank you."

Over the next few days, I spent a lot of time with Chomper's family. To be honest, they were pretty nice, well, as nice as two adult T-rexes could be. I found out they lived on an island, and that there were only small sources of food. I even discovered they had an egg that would hatch any day now.

I found at they lived mainly on fish in the rivers of the island, and decided to try a diet of fish as well/ Chomper also showed me where good fruit grew. I actually began to feel at home there.

It was calm, peaceful. No school, no grades, no Valens, just a simple life. Me and Chomper grew quite close over that time. "So you're from the future or something?" He asked. I nodded. "What are the dinosaurs like there? Are sharpteeth and flatteeth friends?"

Suddenly, a roar was heard. "That's not my daddy." Chomper said. A second roar sounded. "That's my mom!" Chomper recognized.

"It sounds like a fight! Stay here!" I ordered. Chomper obeyed, and I ran off to help Chomper's parents.

When I got there, I saw Tyra and Bladeclaw battling a grey T-rex and three utahraptors. Suddenly, the grey T-rex grabbed Tyra by the neck and threw her into a tree. "Tyra!" I cried. A raptor noticed me, and leapt into the air.

I slashed at it, cutting through its stomach. With a cry of pain, it died. That allowed me to get slashed on my left eye by another raptor. I punched it in the jaw, and ran to help Bladeclaw. Then the impossible happened.

The Grey T-rex grabbed Bladeclaw, and bit down hard on the neck. I knew it was over. Tyra roared in rage, and attacked. But the raptors hit her in the neck, and the T-rex bit into her skull. She fell to the ground.

No. No! NO! I let out a cry of anguish. The T-rex family who took me in, was gone. But I could still save their egg! With renewed determination, I knocked a raptor out of my way by slashing at its side.

The T-rex lunged down. I swung my lightsaber. He roared in rage as the Lightsaber made contact with his scales. He ran off in pain. The raptors followed. Finally they were gone. I deactivated my lightsaber, and dropped to the ground.

We were no longer safe here. That monster had killed my new family! Then I rememberd the egg. And Chomper. He was my responsibility now. I wouldn't abandon him.

I walked off to break the news to the little t-rex. "Jack?" He asked, then he cringed. I saw a puddle of water nearby. I looked into it. A scar ran down my eye. A scar similar to that T-rex's.

"Where are my mommy and daddy?" He asked. I looked at him. He was so young, so full of innocence. I could hardly tell him the news. "I couldn't save them." I choked out. He looked at me in shock.

Then he let out a cry of anguish. I walked over, and hugged him. He sobbed. He cried. I felt like doing the same. But I had to stay strong for his sake. "We can't stay here." I decided.

"Come on, lets go."

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After gathering all my things, we began to leave the island. A land path luckily connected us to the mainland. After a long hour of walking across it, we got to the beach. The trip was a silent one. Usually, me and Chomper talked all the time. But we couldn't think of anything to say.

When we got to the mainland, the two of us began to head inland. Apparently, Chomper had some friends in a place called the "Great Valley", so we decided to go there. As we moved, I kept thinking about that horrible T-rex. That monster.

I would avenge Tyra and Bladeclaw. One day.

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Chomper and I sat in the tent after a long day of walking. Chomper was still visibly shaken by the loss of his parents. "They were always there for me. They saved me and my friends from sharpteeth and eggstealers once." He said sadly.

"I lost my parents in an accident before I left high school." I replied. "But like you said, they were always there."

"Always there, someone you can count on to comfort you." Chomper sang quietly. I put a hand on his shoulder. "I'll always be here for you, don't worry." I said. "Thanks." Chomper replied. "You know, you and one of my other friends are the closest things to brothers I've ever had."

I stopped. Brother? I always wanted a little brother. I guess I had found one. I let out a small sigh. We had been through so much today. We had lost so much.

"Chomper, one day, we will avenge your parents." I vowed. Chomper smiled a little. "Tommorow, we'll go to this valley of yours, and hopefully live away from that monster."

As we lay there I thought of a song that I loved.

I am a question to the world
Not an answer to be heard
Or a moment that's held in your arms

And what do you think you'd ever say
I won't listen anyway
You don't know me
And I'll never be what you want me to be
Chomper looked at me for a minute, before starting to hum along.

And what do you think you'd understand
I'm a boy - No, I'm a man
You can't take me and throw me away
And how can you learn what's never shown
Yeah you stand here on your own
They don't know me
'Cause I'm not here

And I want a moment to be real
Wanna touch things I don't feel
Wanna hold on and feel I belong
And how can the world want me to change
They're the ones that stay the same
They don't know me
'Cause I'm not here

And you see the things they never see
All you wanted I could be
Now you know me and I'm not afraid

And I wanna tell you who I am
Can you help me be a man
They can't break me
As long as I know who I am

And I want a moment to be real
Wanna touch things I don't feel
Wanna hold on and feel I belong
And how can the world want me to change
They're the ones that stay the same
They can't see me
But I'm still here

They can't tell me who to be
'Cause I'm not what they see
Yeah, the world is still sleepin'
While I keep on dreamin' for me
And their words are just whispers and lies
That I'll never believe

Chomper joined in.

And I want a moment to be real
Wanna touch things I don't feel
Wanna hold on and feel I belong
And how can they say I'll never change
They're the ones that stay the same
I'm the one now
'Cause I'm still here
I'm the one
'Cause I'm still here
I'm still here
I'm still here
I'm still here

After that, Chomper asked if I had anymore songs.

I set the song "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" to play on my computer.

It was true, the both of us were alone, but we were still here.

The next morning, we continued our trek. However, I was a bit nervous that the valely would accept us, especially since one of us would be an animal they never seen and the other was a predator.

As we moved, however, I got the sense we were being watched. When we finally came within sight of the valley, I ordered Chomper to head over there, while I confronted whatever was following us.

"I'm not leaving you!" Chomper declared resolutley. "Don't worry, I'll be fine, just go!" I ordered. I could see in his eyes he thought he would lose another. "I promise, I'll be fine." I said as I headed off.

As I moved, I suddenly screaming, Chomper was among them.

No.

No!

NO!

I ran at full speed, and activated my Lightsaber. I saw one of the raptors from before chasing a group of young dinosaurs, Chomper among them. Just as the Raptor was upon them, I slammed into the raptor. I tackled it to the ground.

"Run for it, I'll keep him busy!" I cried. The raptor got up, and upon recognizing me, it's eyes went red with rage. "Its me you want you son of a bitch!" I snarled. Suddenly, a series of roars and screeches were heard.

That T-rex and another raptor had found us. I ran to the kids, and got between them and the predators. "Stay behind me!" I ordered.

The Rex closed in. "When I give the order run." I whispered. "What?" Chomper squeaked. "I'll hold them off, just run!" I repeated. "No!" Chomper said. "Get him out of here!" I cried, and to my surprise, the herbivores followed my instructions, and ran. "Jack! No!" Chomper yelled.

One of the raptors lunged, and I slammed my saber into its chest. Then I cut through its comrade. That left just me and the rex. Suddenly, a rock hit the T-rex. I looked up. The kids were rolling rocks at the T-rex.

With renewed determination, I charged at the Rex. I slashed at his claws, which brought the scar all the way to his claws. The Rex roared in pain. Then at his feet, then at his stomach.

Then I hit him square in the leg. The attack caused him to lose his footing, and he rolled down the hill.

When he got up, he let out a roar of rage. I panted under my breath. It was over.

I'll be Owen and Blue.

Greetings, I am currently writing a fanfic for Jurassic World and Jurassic Park. The story is that Owen Grady is Alan Grant's son, and travels with him through an alternate version of the JP universe. I currently have 50 chapters on Fanfiction.net, so for simplicity's sake I will combine 4 or 5 chapters into one post. Please let me know what you think. If you want to see the full version, go to fanfiction.net.
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Owen Grady hadn't known his father until just a month ago, when his mother tragically died in a train crash, and he was sent to live with his father, Alan Grant, who had no idea he even had a son.
Since he got there, the relationship between him and his father was awkward to say the least, but atleast Alan tried to be a good father to his newly discovered son. But there was one thing about his dad that was cool; he was a paleontologist.
He always loved dinosaurs, specifically predators, like T-rex, and Raptors. To find out his dad loved dinosaurs as much as he had was a pleasent surprise, and allowed them to bond a little.
"And look at the half moon shaped bones on the wrist. No wonder these guys learned how to fly." Alan mused, pointing to a a radar image of a velociraptor skeleton. This earned a laugh from the group. "No seriously, now maybe dinosaurs have more in common with birds then they do with reptiles. Look at the pubic bone, turns backward just like a bird. Look at the vertebrae, full of air sacs and hollow just like a bird, and even the word raptor means, bird of prey."
"That doesn't look very scary!" A kid dismissed the dinosaur. "More like a six foot turkey."
Uh oh. Owen thought.
"Turkey. Now, just imagine yourself in the cretaceous period. You get your first look at this six foot turkey as you enter a clearing. He moves like a bird, lightly bobbing his head. And you keep still because you think his sight is based on movement like T-rex; he'll lose you if you don't move. No, not Velociraptor!"
"You stare at him, and he just stares right back. And that's when the attack comes, not from the front, but from the side." Alan brought his two hands together in demonstration. "From the other two raptors, you didn't even know were there."
"Because Velociraptors are pack hunters, they use coordinated attack patterns, and he's now enforced the day." Alan pulled out a wicked claw from his pocket. "And he slashes at you with this; a six inch retractable claw like a razor, on the middle toe. He doesn't bother to bite your jugular like a lion, see, he slashes you...here! Or here!"
"Oh Alan." Ellie groaned.
"Or maybe across the belly, spilling your intestines. See, you're alive when they start to eat you. So you might want to show a little respect."
"Okay." The kid said a bit nervously.
Alan smiled triumphantly and began to walk away. "Hey Alan, if you wanted to scare the kid you could have pulled a gun on him." Ellie commented. "Kids... You really want to have one of those?" Alan asked.
"I don't want that kid, but a breed of a child Doctor Grant could be intriguing." Ellie stated. "Honey what's so wrong with kids?"
"They're messy and expensive." Alan replied. "They smell."
"We do not!" Owen replied. "Some of them smell! Babies smell!" Alan retorted. Owen rolled his eyes, when Ellie turned to him. "It's okay, honey, he'll come around, don't worry." She consoled, trying to make Alan's son feel a little better.
Their thoughts were interrupted when a helicopter landed at the digsite.
It had turned out that the owner of the helicopter, John Hammond, had built some biological preserve as he called it, and wanted Alan, and Ellie to come down and visit it. He also invited Owen along as well, as he was part of the target audience of kids. Owen didn't like being called a kid, despite being almost 13.
As the helicopter flew over the pacific, they got to know the other passengers. One was an eccentric mathematician named Ian Malcolm, and the other was a lawyer named Donald Gennaro.
"So you two dig up...dig up dinosaurs?" Ian asked, trying to make conversation.
"We try to to." Alan sighed.
Apparently, Ian found this amusing, and began chuckling. "You'll have to get used to Doctor Malcolm, he suffers from a deplorable excessive personality. Especially for a mathematician." John stated.
"Chaotician! Chaotician, actually." Ian corrected. "Now John doesn't subscribe to Chaos, especially what it has to say about his little science project."
"I bring scientists, you bring a rockstar." Hammond laughed at Gennaro. Apparently the lawyer didn't find this very amusing. "There it is!" Hammond declared, and they began to fly over an island covered in tropical rainforest and mountains.
It was beautiful to say the least. "Now we drop pretty fast, so..." Hammond was cut off by a shake. "Yahoo!" He laughed. Owen was able to buckle up quickly, but his technoligically challenged dad failed to do so.
"You connect the two straps together, like this." Owen mocked. Alan shot his son a glare, and simply tied the two straps together.
Within a minute, the helicopter had landed, and the group began to disembark onto a platform. They had landed behind a large waterfall. Owen got a good look at the island, and saw nothing but trees for miles around.
"This way, into these jeeps here." Hammond instructed. Ian, Alan, and Ellie got into one car, and Hammond, Grant, and Owen got in another. They began driving on a small dirt road towards what Hammond said was the visitor center.
As they drove, Gennaro turned back to Hammond. "And I can confirm the 50 miles of perimeter fencing are in place?"
"And the concrete moats, and the automated turrets, Donald dear boy relax! Try to enjoy yourself." Hammond replied. "Yeah Donald, relax." Owen repeated. Hammond smiled in amusement, while the lawyer shot him a glare.
"First off John, this is not a weekend excursion. This is a serious investigation into the stability of the island. Your investors who I represent are deeply concerned. Forty eight hours from now if they're not convinced, I'm not convinced, we'll shut you down John." Gennaro pointed out.
"In forty eight hours, I'll be accepting your apologies." Hammond laughed. Owen was surprised, what was with all this big talk about stability and perimeter fences, and concerned investors?
"Wait, wait, stop, stop, stop!" Hammond exclaimed suddenly.
Owen sat back to relax, when, out of the corner of his eye, he saw something incredible. Something big. Something he never expected to see in his life. Something extinct.
A dinosaur.
An enormous, living, breathing dinosaur.
It came on great scaly legs, carrying its eighty ton body and 30 foot neck off the ground. Brachiosaurus, Owen deduced. His dad and Ellie had gotten out of the car to observe, and Owen joined them.
"25, 30 foot neck, Brachiosaurus." Hammond identified "How fast are they?" Alan asked. "We clocked the T-rex at 32 miles an hour." Hammond replied. "T-rex? You got a T-rex?!" Owen asked.
"We have a T-rex. Doctor Grant, my dear doctor sattler, and young Owen, welome to Jurassic Park!"
Owen, Alan, and Ellie turned, and saw a whole herd of Parasaurolophus and Brachiosaurus near a lake. It was amazing. "They're moving in herds. They do move in herds." Alan observed.
"How did you do this?" Owen asked.
"I'll show you."
"Welcome to the most advanced amusement park in the entire world. I'm not just talking about rides you know, everybody has rides. But we have made living bioligical attractions, so astounding that they'll capture the imagination of the entire planet."
They were in a large museum like facility, where a huge tyrannosaurus skeleton was attacking a sauropod. It was quite impressive. Above it was a banner that said 'When Dinosaurs ruled the Earth'.
"So what are you gonna do now?" Ian asked. "We're out of a job." He said a bit sadly. "Don't you mean extinct?" Ian asked, laughing a little. After a fairly boring video on how dinosaurs were made, the group visited the lab where the magic happens.
"Good day Henry." Hammond greeted an asian man. "Oh, good day sir." Henry Wu replied. While they were moving, Alan noticed the egg clutch nearby. "It's turning the eggs." Ellie observed, watching a machine turn the eggs to keep them warm.
Suddenly, one of them started to stir. "Oh, good, I was hoping they'd hatch soon!" Henry stated. "Henry, Henry, Henry why didn't you tell me? I insist on being here when they're born." Hammond declared.
Everyone's attention was focused on the little egg that stirred. A small squeaking sound was heard, and the eggshell started to crack. Hammond encouraged the little dinosaur hatching, while Owen and the others got to see the little creature hatching.
"They imprint on the first creature they come in contact with. I've been present for the birth of every single creature on this island." That provoked an arguement about if the animals would breed between Hammond and Malcolm, though Alan and Owen focused more on the hatchling.
As they observed it, however, they began to recongize features. A bird like body, with long arms and a long tail. But there was one thing that confirmed it, a tiny talon on its feet. Alan's face paled.
"What species is it?" He asked, dreading the answer. "Its a Velociraptor." Henry replied nonchalantly. "You bred raptors?" Alan asked. Owen was surprised by this, how could anyone think to breed these creatures, they were more dangerous then a t-rex.
Henry nodded slowly. Alan turned back to the creature in his palms, knowing it would one day become a super predator capable of ripping him to shreds.
Wanting to see these raptors, Alan and the group headed to the Raptor pen nearby. As they approached, they heard a loud screeching and growling from what could only be the full grown velociraptors in the pen.
"Dr. Grant I must insist we have lunch before we set out into the park, Alejandro our gourmet chef has prepared a wonderful dish, Chilean Sea Bass I believe-"
"What are they doing?" Owen asked, spotting a cow being lifted towards the pen. "Feeding them." Hammond replied casually.
Alan moved to the pen, hoping to see the spectacle that would follow. For what seemed like an eternity, the cow was lifted into the pen, making nervous sounds, as if sensing what was about to happen.
When it was landed, there was silence, then shrill screeching, and the plants in the pen shook with terrible fury. Roaring and screeching raged in the pen, and the group looked with muted horror.
My god... Owen thought, watching the frenzy. "They should all be destroyed." A voice spoke. The group turned to see Robert Muldoon, the park warden, approaching.
"This is Robert Muldoon, my Game Warden from Kenya, knows more about Raptors then anyone." Hammond introduced. Alan immediatley began asking questions on the raptors to the warden, who happily answered them.
Owen, meanwhile continued to look into the pen, before spotting one of the raptors looking up at him. It was spooky, looking into those cold yellow eyes, which reflected only one emotion: Hunger.
"How many are there?" Alan asked. "Six. We bred ten originally, but when the big one came in she took over and killed foiur of the smaller raptors. The three remaining, the little ones as we call them are much more docile. We were actually able to feed them by hand before the big one came." Muldoon replied.
"How intelligent?"
"Extremely intelligent, even problem solving intelligent. Especially the Big One. When she looks at you, you can see she's working things out. She had them attack the fences when the feeders came."
"The fences are electric aren't they?" Ellie asked. "Yes, but they never attacked the same place twice. They were testing the fences for weaknesses systematically. That's why we have to feed them like this. They remember." Muldoon continued.
A rattling sound indicated the crane bringing the cow holder back up. Well what was left of it anyway.
After the raptors, no one really felt like eating. Instead, they decided to set out into the park. But not before they were joined by Hammond's grandchildren. After meeting them, they got into the land cruisers, which would be giving the tour around the park.
Owen, the kids, and Gennaro got into the first jeep, while Alan, Ian, and Ellie got into the second jeep.
"So you're Dr. Grant's Son?" Tim, Hammond's grandson asked in surprise. "Yeah." Owen replied. "Cool, though I don't know why he thinks that dinosaurs evolved into birds, I heard that there was this, uh, meteor, that hit the earth, which-"
Owen stopped listening, instead, he was focusing on the gate they were approaching. On top was a picture of a T-rex skeleton, with the sign "Jurassic Park" below it. "We gonna hit that?" Lex, Hammond's granddaughter asked nervously.
They didn't and drove through the gate.
Soon, they were supposed to see their first dinosaur. But as they looked into the dense undergrowth, they didn't see a single Dilophosaurus, which, according to the tour guide, was supposed to be there.
However, there was nothing there. The most was a bit of growling, but that was it. No Dilophosaurus or anything dinosaur looking. "Man." Tim grumbled in frustration.
"Well, it says the next one is the T-rex, so I guess we'll see something better." Lex said. T-rex?! Owen thought in surprise. "T-rex?! Awesome!" Tim cried happily. Owen couldn't wait to see the big predator.
Well, if it was there.
Sadly, just as with the Dilophosaurus, the T-rex was a no show. So, with dissapointment, they continued.
That, was, until his dad jumped out of the car. Owen quickly followed. Apparently, Alan heard something. As they trekked through some tall grass, Owen could hear it to. Suddenly, they found a clearing, and a Triceratops lying on the ground.
"Woah." Owen breathed in wonder. "She's sick." Alan observed. Wow. Just wow.
Owen moved over, and slowly stroked the creature on its head. The Triceratops snorted in happiness. "This was my favorite when I was a kid." Alan murmured.
Ellie chuckled a little in happiness. Then she observed something in the creature's tongue. Apparently she began to recognize signs of some sort of poison. A little later, she saw some West Indian Lilac, and asked the scientist caring for the Trike, Gerry Harding, about them.
Meanwhile, Owen, Alan, and the kids continued to look with wonder at the triceratops.

Granted, I myself was guilty of this view, but I now find it appalling that so many of my fellow Americans believe they did everything in the war. As most historians know and believe, the war was not fought and won in the western front, but in the east. It was the Russians who gave everything they had to defeating the Nazis. To put in perspective, while American casualties were roughly 400,000 overall, total Russian casualties, both civilian and military, were well over 25 Million! The battles that decisively turned the tide of the war, Stalingrad and Kursk, were far more decisive then the Normandy Landings or the Battle of Britain. Why do western nations not recognize the role of the red army in its defeat of the Nazis?

Several sounds that are terrifying to me are the horn of the Tripods in War of the Worlds by Steven Spielberg. It sounded like the roar of a predator that had just found its prey. I have a fear of noises when I sleep, so I always have a fan on. I cannot sleep in silence. :unsure:

I know how to run compatibility mode, though that's not the actual problem. When I put any disk in the computer, there isn't even any sign its even in there. The computer just doesn't read the disks. I tried the DVD drive, and it said there was no space left.

Recently, I tried to load a game on my computer. It did not work, and I checked to make sure the disk was not scratched. It wasn't, so I checked the CD rom drive. It said there was no space left. How do I get more space? I tried deleting programs, trying to refresh, nothing worked.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Which of these battles do you think gave the advantage to the North?

When most of us hear war crime, we think of the Germans and Japanese in world war II, though I have come across several war crimes that occured during the American Civil War. (Sherman's march to the sea and Sheridan's valley campaigns are not war crimes, but campaigns to end the war, similar to the bombings of Germany and Japan during World War II)

On the other hand, the prisoner of war camps were very similar to the Concentration Camps, especially with the brutality and mortality rates. I saw a picture of a Union prisoner of war soldier that if you showed to someone, they would think it was from world war II.

Many confederates commited war crimes in attacks on the North. Jubal Early's burning of Union towns is one, as were the atrocities commited by Silas Gordon, Champ Ferguson, James Keith, William "Bloody Bill" Anderson, Nathan Bedford Forrest, and William Clark Quantrill.

Don't know about these? I have a link right here: 10 War Crimes of the American Civil War

Does anyone know of any others?

What do you think would have happened had the Permian extinction never occurred? It occurred at a time when mammal like reptiles, Gorgonopsians, Dycynodonts, and Cynodonts were at their height. The dinosaurs would probably still evolve, though they would probably be small animals, maybe they would evolve alongside them, and mammals would arise and rule until the asteroid hit the earth.

The asteroid would have hit regardless of the Permian extinction, so the only difference are the big animals that go extinct, probably large mammals, though a few tiny ones would survive.

If that occurred, then perhaps the dinosaurs would become the dominant species, but with the lower oxygen level, animals would probably be similar in size to the animals of today.

If the ancestors of primates survived, then perhaps humans would evolve, and become the dominant animal, though instead of lions, there'd be animals like Allosaurus or T-rex. Of course this is just a guess, as alternate history gets harder to predict the further back. What do you think?