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From: David Luff <>
Subject: Re: [MO-CW] PRICE PRESSES MULLIGAN
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 16:21:11 -0700
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Hello All,

No southern camps for these boys. According to my great great grandfather, George H. Palmer, Musician, 1st. Illinois Cavalry, "We laid down our arms and were collected together as prisoners and paroled. All were drawn up in lines and holding up their
hands took an oath not to serve against the Confederacy until duly exchanged. ... The next morning the 21st. Sept. we were landed on the north side of the Mo. River and took up our march north to the Hanibal & St. Joe R.R. ... The Rebels started us off
(about 2000 of us) without a mouthful of food ... We marched 40 miles to reach the railroad where we took cars and moved to Quincy Illinois."

Respectfully submitted,

David Luff
Ventura, CA

wrote:

> GENERAL STERLING PRICE PRESSES COLONEL MULLIGAN's FORCES
> SEPTEMBER 16TH 1861
>
> In the middle of September in 1861, the Confederates continue to
> press all presence of union troops in the state of Missouri. The
> support for southern independency still remains high in Missouri
> at this time.
>
> On the 16th of September, General Sterling Price uses his south-
> ern forces to press an attack on the northern force at Lexington
> Missouri. Colonel Mulligan has sent word to General Fremont ask-
> ing for support. He will never receive a reply or reinforcements
>
> General Price disperses his 8000 soldiers around the city and he
> intends to lay siege on these enemy invaders. They stop everyone
> from coming or going into this city and all local civilians know
> they are in for a long wait.
>
> Does anyone know where most of these northern soldiers ended up?
>
> They are taken prisoner a week later and went to southern camps.
>
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