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(Excerpt from article titled "From Missouri. Rebel Incendiaries at Work - Another Rebel Force in Missouri - Court House Destroyed by Rebels - Advantage gained by Radicals - Guerrillas, Etc., Etc.") - - Accounts from the border justify the reports of Colonel Moss on the young Union men in Platte County.
No excuse seems to be made for the arming returned Rebels who are under bonds and some who are not. Putting arms into the hands of these men is simply a provision against the escape of Negroes.
A number of slaveholders are now in that vicinity buying Negroes, with a view to shipping them to Kentucky. The Negroes have taken the alarm, and are hurrying toward Kansas quite rapidly.
Colonel Moss is opposed to this, but the only men he can rely on to prevent it are Rebel sympathizers, and hence the policy of warning them, in preference to others.
(Researcher’s note: Colonel James H. Moss was a Union leader and military commander in Platte and Clay counties during the Civil War, best known for leading the 82nd Regiment of the Enrolled Missouri Militia, frequently called the "Pawpaw Militia.")Date(s) of Creation
10/13/1863
