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Note: -- copy from Robert Robertson of Gallatin, a descendant of I.V. Smith; the handwritten memoir is believed to be in the National Archives at Washington, D.C.
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During the Civil War, 1861-1865, Daviess County furnished over 900 men for the Union Army and something over 300 for the Confederate Army. The following account published on June 18, 1936, of the Gallatin Democrat reveals an incident of murder and courage at a home near Pattonsburg, MO.
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Note: -- presented by Frosty Meadows
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Report of Maj. Gen. Alfred Pleasonton, U. S. Army, commanding Provisional Cavalry Division. Headquarters Cavalry Division, Warrensburg
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Note: http://freepages.military.rootsweb.com/~firstmsmcavalry/missouricavalry/1864.htm
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Oct. 6, 1864 -- Daviess Countians involved in the Battle of Westport
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Note: http://freepages.military.rootsweb.com/~firstmsmcavalry/missouricavalry/1864.htm
Note: many other McFerran reports from earlier in the war available on this site
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A letter to the editor submitted to a Colorado Springs, Colorado, newspaper offers a glimpse at the personality of James H.B. McFerran, once a leading citizen of Gallatin, MO, active in Democrat politics and organizer of a Union militia unit which fought in the Civil War.
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Note: This letter forwarded from Tom LeCompte of Cambridge, Mass. (July, 2005)
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The man who organized and led Union soldiers from Daviess County in the Battle of Westport was also the county's prosecuting attorney and a circuit court judge. James H.B. McFerran helped initiate the Daviess County Savings Association, and served as its president when this banking institution was later robbed by Frank & Jesse James in 1869. McFerran eventually left for Colorado Springs, Colorado, where he died.
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Note: The 1882 HISTORY OF DAVIESS COUNTY, Pp. 550-551.
(other references on pages 214, 272, 275, 311, 494, 486, 488, 528, 556, 566)
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A Gallatin, MO, school boy returned home in November, 1898, as a major in the U.S. Fourth Calvary headed to Manilla, Philippines. Charles Morton offered this report of his experiences while visiting with friends in Gallatin -- spanning Civil War and Indian campaigns, fresh from promotion within Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders at Santiago.
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A Civil War pistol displayed at the Squirrel Cage Jail and Visitors' Center in Gallatin is thought to belong to notorious Union Capt. William Brumfield, who was shot to death on the south side of the Gallatin business square in the bitter aftermath of the war.
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Note: Researched by David Stark, Gallatin; written by Darryl Wilkinson, Gallatin North Missourian, March, 1997.
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Eight men dead and fifteen wounded in 1862 skirmish at Cravensville (today's Jameson, MO).
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Note: Prepared by David Stark
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Daviess County cavalry battled at Westport, helped turn the tide against the Confederates in October, 1864
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Note: by David Stark
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