Identifier: battlesbiographi00webb (find matches)
Title: Battles and biographies of Missourians, or, The Civil War period of our state
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Webb, W. L. (William Larkin), b. 1856
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Publisher: Kansas City, Mo. : Hudson-Kimberly Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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sapeiicr devils. When the warcame up, some of the best men of Missouri, such asGenerals Frost and Bowen and Colonel Up. Hays,were standing guard with armed forces to preventincursions of Kansas marauders. After the greatCivil War was well on, the guerrillas of Missouriundertook to checkmate these marauders and toretaliate upon Kansas for the misdeeds in Missouriof such men as Pennock, Jennison, and others.Jim Lane burned Neosho, Missouri, and Quantrellburned Lawrence, Kansas. General Schofield, who, with headquarters atSt. Louis, commanded the x\rmy of the Frontierfrom April 1 to September 20, 1863, held that theborder counties of Kansas could be immunedagainst the Missouri guerrilas if the border coun-ties of Missouri were depopulated. He explainedthat the guerrillas would quietly assemble at apoint agreed upon, then boldly ride over the coun-try, harassing Union men, attacking detachmentsof Federal troops and occasionally making foraysinto Kansas. If chased by superior forces, they
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ORDER No. 11. 249 dispersed and scattered in the border counties ofMissouri and were reabsorbed by the peaceableportion of the community or were safely harboredby non-combatants, from whom they became in-distinguishable. General Schofield determined,therefore, to remove all the inhabitants, loyal anddisloj al alike, from certain counties, and to seizeall the proAdsions and provender which the citi-zens in departing might be forced to abandon. ^General Order No. 11.Headquarters District of the Border, Kansas City, August 25, 1863. 1. All persons living in Jackson, Cass, andBates counties, Missouri, and in that part of Ver-non included in this district, except those livingwithin one mile of the limits of Independence,Hickmans Mills, Pleasant Hill, and Harrisonville,and except those in that part of Kaw Township,Jackson County, north of Brush Creek and west ofBig Blue, are hereby ordered to remove from theirpresent places of residence within fifteen daysfrom the date hereof. Those who wit

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