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General Hunter's Platte County Policy - - A committee of citizens of Platte County visited (Union) General Hunter yesterday. The General said to them:
"Tell the Trustees of Platte County that unless they give up (Si) Gordon and his gang and break up every rebel camp, that I shall order Col. Jennison over there with orders to burn every house in the county. I am getting tired of this whole subject."
Committee: "Will you put that in writing?"
General Hunter: "I will."
That brief interview satisfied Platte County and the policy indicated will satisfy Kansas and the country. - Leavenworth Conservative, Dec. 3d.
(Researcher's note: AI Overview - - "Col. Charles R. "Doc" Jennison was a notorious anti-slavery Jayhawker in "Bleeding Kansas" and a Union cavalry commander during the Civil War. Based out of Kansas City (with headquarters at the state line), his unit - the 7th Kansas Cavalry - raided western Missouri to liberate slaves, burn secessionist property, and disrupt pro-slavery guerrilla networks.
Silas "Si" Gordon (1835–1888) was a Confederate anti-Union guerrilla and bushwhacker in Platte County, Missouri, whose actions led directly to the burning of Platte City twice during the Civil War.)Date(s) of Creation
12/5/1861
