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James Redpath, The Public Life of Captain John Brown 92 2 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 79 5 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 7. (ed. Frank Moore) 34 2 Browse Search
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume I. 30 0 Browse Search
Wiley Britton, Memoirs of the Rebellion on the Border 1863. 24 0 Browse Search
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories 24 6 Browse Search
C. Edwards Lester, Life and public services of Charles Sumner: Born Jan. 6, 1811. Died March 11, 1874. 20 0 Browse Search
John M. Schofield, Forty-six years in the Army 17 3 Browse Search
George P. Rowell and Company's American Newspaper Directory, containing accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and territories, and the dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America., together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published. (ed. George P. Rowell and company) 12 0 Browse Search
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Wiley Britton, Memoirs of the Rebellion on the Border 1863., Chapter 20: (search)
e Government at Fort Scott burning and Sacking of Lawrence by Quantrell murder of one hundred and fifty of h post, on the evening of the 22d, that the city of Lawrence in this State was sacked, burned and nearly two huwith his force, and marched all night, and reached Lawrence Friday morning at four o'clock, and immediately cos, obtained from the public and private stables in Lawrence, and each man led back the horse which he rode inting led. As it is mostly a prairie country between Lawrence and the State line, and as our officers were inforross negligence in failing to inform the people of Lawrence, and our officers, of the enemy's movements. It i Though every loyal person regrets the calamity at Lawrence, it is no time for reckless talk. Nor should men he enormity of the crime committed by the enemy at Lawrence, so that the civilized world might see the barbarofamilies knowing it. Since Quantrell's raid on Lawrence, and the agitations of irregular organizations fro
Wiley Britton, Memoirs of the Rebellion on the Border 1863., Chapter 21: (search)
ve soon come in contact with the Missouri State troops. It is reported that they say with a good deal of emphasis, that they would shoot a Kansas invader, caught in the act of applying the torch to a Union man's property, just as quick as they would a bushwhacker caught in a similar act. It would be strange if they would stand idly by and see their homes destroyed by a mob. The idea of a mob of citizens from this State invading Missouri for the purpose of avenging the crime of Quantrell at Lawrence, has seemed to me wild from the beginning. I may remark, however, that there is an opportunity for those who have been clamoring for invasion to satisfy their martial ardor by enlisting into the service of the United States immediately. They may have an opportunity yet of satiating their thirst for war. Dispatches have just been received here from General Blunt announcing his capture of Fort Smith, and the defeat of General Cooper's army at Perryville, a small town in the Creek natio
Wiley Britton, Memoirs of the Rebellion on the Border 1863., Chapter 23: (search)
ery along the route commence in a week or so. This line is much needed in directing the military operations of this department. Though the rebels may endeavor to destroy portions of it occasionally, it is thought that a small cavalry patrol can protect it quite effectually. It is sure to prove a great assistance to commanding officers along the border, in operating against guerrilla forces when they become troublesome again. Had this line been in operation when Quantrell made his raid on Lawrence last August, troops and citizens might have been collected, and directed to take up such positions as would have made his escape almost impossible. In the next place, had the line been III operation, he probably never would have made the raid. Even if the Government had not taken the matter up, it would have been a good investment for the citizens of Kansas to have taken hold of and completed at an early day. The business which the people of this section will wish to transact over the lin
Wiley Britton, Memoirs of the Rebellion on the Border 1863., Chapter 24: (search)
is after big game. If he could capture and destroy this place, he knows that it would add to his notoriety as much as the Lawrence massacre. Colonel Blair has sent out detachments of cavalry to the south and southeast of this post, so that we shall soon know whether he is intending to attack us here, or is making preparations for a raid into Southern Kansas. It is reported that Quantrell has threatened to visit this State before he goes south again, and to leave a track more bloody than Lawrence, and the section he passes over as desolate as the naked prairies. He seems to glory in his savage cruelty, and of being a terror to the loyal people of the border, just like an uncivilized Indian who is proud of the number of scalps he carries. That a man born and brought up in the great State of Maryland, one of our oldest States, as Quantrell was, with fair advantages, should head a band of fiends, is quite unaccountable to many. But that he should get followers in western Missouri is