My great, great, great grandpa was killed by the bushwackers also. They burned down the house. Supposedly, a Leonard had stolen a horse from him and they went and killed the Leonard and buried in the woods near Cobb, MO. In retaliation, they killed Aquilla Pritchard. >From: "M Nickless" <unicorn1950@comcast.net> >Reply-To: "M Nickless" <unicorn1950@comcast.net> >To: MOCEDAR-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [MOCEDAR] Cedar County during the civil war. >Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2006 16:31:55 -0700 > >My great-great-grandfather, James B. Crawford was a Union man who served in >the Missouri Militia. My understanding is that his brother-in-law served >with "Shelby's Raiders" on the side of the Confederacy. > >James died after his mother's home was burned by "bushwhackers" in Oct. >1863. Transcripts of a letter written by him shortly before his death >and two written by his mother after the family fled Cedar Co. in May 1864 >can be found on the Cedar Co. page >http://www.rootsweb.com/~mocedar/index.htm Click on the link to >"Letters...1865...Pictures" on the Cedar Co. page. > >Marilyn Nickless > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Tim and Dianne Erwin > To: MOCEDAR-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Saturday, July 08, 2006 4:08 PM > Subject: RE: [MOCEDAR] Cedar County during the civil war. > > > My gg-grandfather was James Hartley, III. He was in the Union Army and >has > a GAR symbol on his grave at Martin Cemetery in Cedar Co. > > Military service: He enrolled in the Civil War Union army at Stockton on > November 1, 1863 in Company M. 15th Regiment Missouri Cavalry and was > honorably discharged at Springfield, Missouri June 30, 1865, as 8th > Sergeant. > > I think the Hartley brothers were about evenly split during the >war--half > Union and half Confederate. > > Dianne Erwin > erwin@cox.net > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dan Honeycutt [mailto:danhoneycutt@earthlink.net] > Sent: Saturday, July 08, 2006 5:52 PM > To: MOCEDAR-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: RE: [MOCEDAR] Cedar County during the civil war. > > There were locals that fought on both sides. The Union soldiers were > particularly concerned with defending Stockton's houses and buildings. >The > Confederates threatened to burn the courthouse and I believe they >actually > made an attempt at one point. The Union side seemed to be predominant >during > the war and one prominent citizen that sided with the CSA had to flee >Cedar > County for his life. > > Go here for a start on the history of Cedar County: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~mocedar/index.htm > > Dan Honeycutt > > > -----Original Message----- > From: gc-gateway@rootsweb.com [mailto:gc-gateway@rootsweb.com]On Behalf >Of > pianotwo@aol.com > Sent: 07/08/2006 12:52 PM > To: MOCEDAR-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [MOCEDAR] Cedar County during the civil war. > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YMB.2ACI/1193 > > Message Board Post: > > I am seeking to learn of the political status of Cedar County during the > civil war, and whether local men sided with the Union or the CSA. Were >there > irregulars (guerrillas) engaged in the war against Kansas Jayhawkers? > Thank You, > Rogers Worthington > pianotwo@aol.com > > > ==== MOCEDAR Mailing List ==== > To UNSUBSCRIBE send to: MOCEDAR-L (OR -D)-request@rootsweb.com > Only one word, unsubscribe in the message area > Turn off your signature. The email you subscribed with > will have to be used to unsubscribe > > > >==== MOCEDAR Mailing List ==== >Remember to add dates and places to you query. > >Listowner: mailto:MOCEDAR-admin@rootsweb.com > >============================== >Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >

My second great grandfather, Obediah SMITH, was assassinated 18 Apr 1863 by Quantrill's raiders at the behest of another guerrilla, Bill Marchbanks, who said he was a 'fiery' Unionist who recruited for the Missouri Militia and harassed secessionist sympathizers. The prime accusation against him was that he had guided Sen. Jim Lane's Kansas Jayhawkers to the town of Osceola, which they sacked and burned, contributing to Quantrill's retaliatory burning of Lawrence, Kansas. He had just returned home from a session of the Missouri Legislature. Accounts vary, but it seems he had between 20 and 38 bullets in him. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda and Robert Leonard" <suzyqrob2@msn.com> To: <MOCEDAR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 8:29 AM Subject: Re: [MOCEDAR] Cedar County during the civil war. > My great, great, great grandpa was killed by the bushwackers also. They > burned down the house. Supposedly, a Leonard had stolen a horse from him > and they went and killed the Leonard and buried in the woods near Cobb, > MO. In retaliation, they killed Aquilla Pritchard. > > >>From: "M Nickless" <unicorn1950@comcast.net> >>Reply-To: "M Nickless" <unicorn1950@comcast.net> >>To: MOCEDAR-L@rootsweb.com >>Subject: Re: [MOCEDAR] Cedar County during the civil war. >>Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2006 16:31:55 -0700 >> >>My great-great-grandfather, James B. Crawford was a Union man who served >>in the Missouri Militia. My understanding is that his brother-in-law >>served with "Shelby's Raiders" on the side of the Confederacy. >> >>James died after his mother's home was burned by "bushwhackers" in Oct. >>1863. Transcripts of a letter written by him shortly before his death >>and two written by his mother after the family fled Cedar Co. in May 1864 >>can be found on the Cedar Co. page >>http://www.rootsweb.com/~mocedar/index.htm Click on the link to >>"Letters...1865...Pictures" on the Cedar Co. page. >> >>Marilyn Nickless >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Tim and Dianne Erwin >> To: MOCEDAR-L@rootsweb.com >> Sent: Saturday, July 08, 2006 4:08 PM >> Subject: RE: [MOCEDAR] Cedar County during the civil war. >> >> >> My gg-grandfather was James Hartley, III. He was in the Union Army and >> has >> a GAR symbol on his grave at Martin Cemetery in Cedar Co. >> >> Military service: He enrolled in the Civil War Union army at Stockton >> on >> November 1, 1863 in Company M. 15th Regiment Missouri Cavalry and was >> honorably discharged at Springfield, Missouri June 30, 1865, as 8th >> Sergeant. >> >> I think the Hartley brothers were about evenly split during the >> war--half >> Union and half Confederate. >> >> Dianne Erwin >> erwin@cox.net >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Dan Honeycutt [mailto:danhoneycutt@earthlink.net] >> Sent: Saturday, July 08, 2006 5:52 PM >> To: MOCEDAR-L@rootsweb.com >> Subject: RE: [MOCEDAR] Cedar County during the civil war. >> >> There were locals that fought on both sides. The Union soldiers were >> particularly concerned with defending Stockton's houses and buildings. >> The >> Confederates threatened to burn the courthouse and I believe they >> actually >> made an attempt at one point. The Union side seemed to be predominant >> during >> the war and one prominent citizen that sided with the CSA had to flee >> Cedar >> County for his life. >> >> Go here for a start on the history of Cedar County: >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~mocedar/index.htm >> >> Dan Honeycutt >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: gc-gateway@rootsweb.com [mailto:gc-gateway@rootsweb.com]On Behalf >> Of >> pianotwo@aol.com >> Sent: 07/08/2006 12:52 PM >> To: MOCEDAR-L@rootsweb.com >> Subject: [MOCEDAR] Cedar County during the civil war. >> >> This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. >> >> Classification: Query >> >> Message Board URL: >> >> http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YMB.2ACI/1193 >> >> Message Board Post: >> >> I am seeking to learn of the political status of Cedar County during >> the >> civil war, and whether local men sided with the Union or the CSA. Were >> there >> irregulars (guerrillas) engaged in the war against Kansas Jayhawkers? >> Thank You, >> Rogers Worthington >> pianotwo@aol.com >> >> >> ==== MOCEDAR Mailing List ==== >> To UNSUBSCRIBE send to: MOCEDAR-L (OR -D)-request@rootsweb.com >> Only one word, unsubscribe in the message area >> Turn off your signature. The email you subscribed with >> will have to be used to unsubscribe >> >> >> >>==== MOCEDAR Mailing List ==== >>Remember to add dates and places to you query. >> >>Listowner: mailto:MOCEDAR-admin@rootsweb.com >> >>============================== >>Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >>areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >>Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >> > > > > ==== MOCEDAR Mailing List ==== > To UNSUBSCRIBE send to: MOCEDAR-L (OR -D)-request@rootsweb.com > Only one word, unsubscribe in the message area > Turn off your signature. 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