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others of the 14th Kansas.•• i ^AWounded—Dennis Berryman, G. Smith, James Haimcrson, II. ITayes4and Win. Sanger. '_ i . *Up to this morning, one hundred*and twentj-'-eight bodies have beenburied, but it is still utterly impossible to obtain a complete list of theirnames, as many'are so much disfigured as to prevent recognition, while others are still missing, and are supposed to be concealed in the woods4near by, or they may be in the ruinsof the buildings j besides, many left ' with Lane in pursuit of the marauders, and have not yet returned.Citizens are continually., passing back and forth between this place, and Lawrence, and the details they bring of the scenes that occurred in^ k • ‘• • * istreets and houses of the doomed city, are heartrending and sickening. The,last account we have ofr « ,trell and his men, is up to Saturday-’• I Vnight, at which time he was being' closely pursued by Lane, whobeen skirmishing with him ever sihlt;bN *he left Lawrenco. Lane’s force was1* .... • ‘ . : • *being increased rapidly, by farmers,-who were flocking to him with Ibeir'” irms, and it was the determination'% • •to follow him into Missouri, and, if; • y; . ' • •ho disbanded his gang; they wouldhunt them down and shoot them*• 1 •One of their number was captured near Olathe, and he gave the names ofV . ,fifty of Quantrill’s |fang who are citizens of Jackson county, Missouri,• ■' • -and are well known here, and havev » jalways been considered. Union men.
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Cape Girardeau Weekly Argus
Cape Girardeau, Missouri, US
Thu, Aug 27, 1863
Page 2
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Clipped by
Courtney T.
NA, 16 May 2023
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