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Missouri Confederate Ambulance Escape in 1861 Memoir
In 1861 a Missouri unit called Price's army the Missouri State Guard is described as a loosely disciplined force. A sick narrator traveled with an ambulance crew escaping Fremont’s Union advance by posing as part of Price’s men and crossing Osage terrain toward Sedalia and Lexington. He recounts aiding a slave nurse and narrowly avoiding Union scrutiny during a perilous retreat toward home and later rejoining Confederate artillery and ending the war in MazatlanMexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T.C Smith
Missouri
Gen. Price
Missouri State Guard
Rains
Kansas Freesailers
Jim Lane
Kansas
Gard
Mulligan
Price
Lexington
Bledsoe
McDonald County
Dade County
Greenfield
Coffee
Fremont
Price Fron Sedalia
Osage
Warsaw
Papinville
Col. Coffee
Lane
Osceola
Bolivar
Prairie Citizens
Ogeeola
Gentremont
Dr. Smith
Darkey
Sedalia
Kentucky
Union
Tatur
Sutler
Mr. Tatur
St. Louis
Hermitage
Hickory County
Collins
Shelby