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Wiley Britton, Memoirs of the Rebellion on the Border 1863., Chapter 20: (search)
n packed. But as it is only about thirty-five miles from Lawrence to the State line, it was soon apparent that he would getmished with the rear of the enemy about twelve miles from Lawrence. He also dispatched couriers to various points where we ween Kansas City and Paola got word of the destruction of Lawrence, and the massacre of her citizens, and made an effort to he section that he passed over between the State line and Lawrence is rather thickly settled, and some of the citizens on hiis reported that Captain Coleman sent a messenger to warn Lawrence that Quantrell had passed into Kansas, and might be movinwas either intercepted by the enemy, or the enemy reached Lawrence before him. Our troops are still continuing the pursuantrell's men have so often threatened the destruction of Lawrence during the last eighteen months, and as the place is secoa place as distant from the scene of active operations as Lawrence. Now that Quantrell has committed his fiendish act an
Wiley Britton, Memoirs of the Rebellion on the Border 1863., Chapter 21: (search)
ow fall into line, so that they may in the future have the pleasure of knowing, that towards the last of this important struggle they were on the side of justice and right, and did something towards maintaining our national life. Captain Coleman, Ninth Kansas Cavalry, had a lively skirmish with a party of Quantrell's men on the 17th instant, killing three of the guerrillas and wounding several others. He also captured from them a considerable amount of the property which they took from Lawrence, such as horses, mules, goods, etc. Two of our soldiers were wounded in the affair, but not mortally. Captain N. B. Lucas, of the Sixth Kansas cavalry, who has just came up from Fort Gibson with his company as an escort for General DuBoice, Inspector General, will continue his escort duty to Kansas City, and then remain in that section for a while to operate against the guerrillas of Jackson and Cass counties. He served with us in the Indian division under Colonel Phillips until Genera