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Newspaper
Rolla Express
Location
Rolla, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1861
Page
4
Several reports describe armed forces under Col Schable and Johnson moving in the vicinity. Sightings place them a few miles away and at their camp on Big Piney. Estimates of their numbers range from 7 to 500, with claims of about 800 more horses than men. The text portrays them as roving thieves and notes the prize for capturing them.
A narrative from a rural household recalls soldiers assaulting a family three miles from town, menacing them throughout the night, and being driven off by a nearby man with pistols. The piece laments alcohol sales to troops and notes regiments encamped on a ridge, with broader Civil War-themed dispatches from Rolla and St. Louis.
The report accuses General Jas S Raines of extreme depravity in the current conflict. It claims he seized Springfield medicine stores affecting 100 sick and wounded and refused to render them to the official order of General Price.
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