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ed to (lie camp or the guerillas ueter-mined to secure revenge for their ac-ti in. The buttle in described by Stewart, youngest of Quantrell's men. as follows:'•We let the federal* know that we were there and they came under John-soa to clean us up. We were on the Prairies near Columbia. When Johnson and his men came through Cen-tralia the citizens warned him not to continue.“Hut he brought his men down there, and we killed the most of them. That was because we were armed so much better than the federals. Each of us had from six to eight pistols, while the Union soldiers carried only powder and hall muskets.Men Shat and Hurled, llorses Taken.* Two-thirds of the Federals were shot through the head. The last man killed was shot by Frank James. We
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The Evening Missourian
Columbia, Missouri, US
Sat, Sep 27, 1919
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