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Daily National Republican
Washington, District Of Columbia
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In Independence, Missouri, rebel guerillas murdered and mutilated 10 Union soldiers from the Ninth cavalry on or about early January. Guerillas threaten Union women in Jackson County, leading to arrests of guerillas' relatives and levies on loyal men.
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Union Women Threatened by the Rebels.
St. Louis, Jan. 22.-General Loan, commanding at Jefferson City, sends the Missouri Democrat a letter from Colonel Pennock, Ninth cavalry, Missouri militia, dated Independence, January 11, stating that ten of his men were murdered the week previous by rebel guerillas. The soldiers were all shot, and their heads and bodies horribly mangled, and some of their faces were cut to pieces with boot heels. On many, both ears were cut off. Whether these barbarities were committed before or after death is unknown. Colonel Pennock says that ten of these men, with their wives and children acting as spies, were equal to twenty-five of his troops.
The guerillas are threatening the Union women of Jackson county, and the wives and sisters of some of the most notorious ones have been arrested to prevent them executing their threats. They have also levied assessments upon the loyal men of the county, and are collecting it rapidly. Some of those assessed claim to be Southern sympathizers to avoid paying. Colonel Pennock advises that guerillas wives be sent out of the country.
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Independence, Missouri
Event Date
January 11
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ten union soldiers murdered, shot, heads and bodies mangled, faces cut with boot heels, ears cut off. wives and sisters of guerillas arrested. assessments levied on loyal men.
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Ten Union soldiers from Ninth cavalry, Missouri militia, murdered by rebel guerillas the week previous to January 11; bodies horribly mutilated. Guerillas threatening Union women in Jackson county; some assessed loyal men claim Southern sympathies to avoid payment. Colonel Pennock advises sending guerillas' wives out of the country.