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196 NOTED GUERRILLAS, OR
were gone, and she rushed wildly to the well's mouth and called
aloud for her husband. No answer. Then she called again
with a voice pitiful in its agony and its hopelessness. No answer,
nor would there ever be answer more this side the river that
runs beyond the valley called the Valley of the Shadow of
Death. The wretched woman cowered down in her desolate
woe and prayed for some one to help her husband. There
might be hope yet; life might be lingering yet; silent, perhaps
he did not know that the danger was over and the soldiers gone.
Melted by her entreaties, a man by the name of Lowe descended
into the fatal well. They called him also, but he did not
answer. Instead of bringing up one corpse from the bottom,
there were two.
Judge Carpenter was killed in the yard of H. S. Clarke, and
Col. Holt, one of the Confederate officers with the expedition,
saved Clarke. Holt saved others there besides Clarke. He
had been a Union man doing business in Vernon county, Mis-
souri, as a merchant. Jennison raided the neighborhood in
which he lived, plundered him of his goods, burnt his property,
insulted his family, and Holt joined the Confederate army. S.
A. Riggs was saved by his heroic wife. Peyton Long, one of
the best pistol shots in the command, had him covered with a
heavy dragoon. Mrs. Riggs seized the horse of the Guerrilla
by the bridle and caused him, a high-spirited animal, to rear up
suddenly. A woman could do anything with Long, and he
relented when Mrs. Riggs explained why, to save her husband,
she had caused his horse to disconcert his aim. Cole Younger
saved at least a dozen lives this day. Indeed, he killed none
save in open and manly battle. At one house he captured five
citizens over whom he put a guard, and at another three whom
he defended and protected. The notorious General James H.
Lane, to get whom Quantrell would gladly have left and sacri-
ficed all the balance of the victims, made his escape through a
corn-field, hotly pursued but too splendidly mounted to be
captured. Ex-Governor Shannon and Judge George W. Smith,
were absent from the city; their houses escaped destruction.
Some were saved through the mysteries of the Masonic Order,
notably Gen. C. W. Babcock.
There were two camps in Lawrence at the time of the attack,
one-the camp of the negro troops-being located at the south-
Object Description
| Title | Noted guerrillas, or the warfare of the border |
| Author | Edwards, John N. (John Newman), 1839-1889 |
| Description | A history of the lives and adventures of Quantrell, Bill Aderson, George Todd, Dave Poole, Fletcher Taylor, Peyton Long, Oll Shepherd, Arch Clements, John Maupin, Tuch and Woot Hill, Wm. Gregg, Thomas Maupin, the James Brothers, the Younger Brothers, Arthur McCoy and numerous other well known guerrillas of the West |
| Subject.LCSH |
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Underground movements Missouri -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 Southwest, Old -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 Quantrill, William Clarke, 1837-1865 Kansas -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 Guerrillas |
| Subject.Local | Quantrell, William Clarke, 1837-1865; Quantrell, Charles William, 1837-1865; Quantrill, W. C. (William Clarke), 1837-1865; Hart, Charley, 1837-1865 Anderson, William T. |
| Coverage | United State -- Missouri |
| Source | St. Louis, Mo. : Bryan, Brand & Company, 1877. |
| Language | English |
| Date.Original | 1877 |
| Date.Digital | 2004 |
| Type |
Books and pamphlets |
| Format | JPEG |
| Collection Name | Civil War in Missouri - Monographs |
| Editorial Note | All blank pages have been eliminated |
| Publisher.Digital | University of Missouri Digital Library Production Services |
| Rights | These pages may be freely searched and displayed. Permission must be received for subsequent distribution in print or electronically. Please contact contributing institution for information. |
| Contributing Institution |
University of Missouri--Columbia. Libraries |
| Copy Request | Contact Ellis Library Special Collection, University of Missouri - Columbia at (573) 882-0076 or email: SpecialCollections@missouri.edu |
Description
| Title | civm000003p0196 |
| Description | 196 NOTED GUERRILLAS, OR were gone, and she rushed wildly to the well's mouth and called aloud for her husband. No answer. Then she called again with a voice pitiful in its agony and its hopelessness. No answer, nor would there ever be answer more this side the river that runs beyond the valley called the Valley of the Shadow of Death. The wretched woman cowered down in her desolate woe and prayed for some one to help her husband. There might be hope yet; life might be lingering yet; silent, perhaps he did not know that the danger was over and the soldiers gone. Melted by her entreaties, a man by the name of Lowe descended into the fatal well. They called him also, but he did not answer. Instead of bringing up one corpse from the bottom, there were two. Judge Carpenter was killed in the yard of H. S. Clarke, and Col. Holt, one of the Confederate officers with the expedition, saved Clarke. Holt saved others there besides Clarke. He had been a Union man doing business in Vernon county, Mis- souri, as a merchant. Jennison raided the neighborhood in which he lived, plundered him of his goods, burnt his property, insulted his family, and Holt joined the Confederate army. S. A. Riggs was saved by his heroic wife. Peyton Long, one of the best pistol shots in the command, had him covered with a heavy dragoon. Mrs. Riggs seized the horse of the Guerrilla by the bridle and caused him, a high-spirited animal, to rear up suddenly. A woman could do anything with Long, and he relented when Mrs. Riggs explained why, to save her husband, she had caused his horse to disconcert his aim. Cole Younger saved at least a dozen lives this day. Indeed, he killed none save in open and manly battle. At one house he captured five citizens over whom he put a guard, and at another three whom he defended and protected. The notorious General James H. Lane, to get whom Quantrell would gladly have left and sacri- ficed all the balance of the victims, made his escape through a corn-field, hotly pursued but too splendidly mounted to be captured. Ex-Governor Shannon and Judge George W. Smith, were absent from the city; their houses escaped destruction. Some were saved through the mysteries of the Masonic Order, notably Gen. C. W. Babcock. There were two camps in Lawrence at the time of the attack, one-the camp of the negro troops-being located at the south- |
| Source | Noted Guerrillas, or the Warfare on the Border |
| Type | Books and monographs |
| Format | JPEG |
| Identifier | civm000003p0196.jpg |
| Collection Name | Civil War in Missouri - Monographs |
| Editorial Note | All blank pages have been eliminated |
| Publisher.Digital | University of Missouri Digital Library Production Services |
| Rights | These pages may be freely searched and displayed. Permission must be received for subsequent distribution in print or electronically. Please contact koppk@umsystem.edu for more information. |
| Copy Request | Contact Ellis Library special collection at: SpecialCollections@missouri.edu |
