Susan A. Staples

On February 1, ca. 1863, Susan A. Staples writes from Independence, Missouri to Mary W. Mason. After reporting on the health of her family, Susan states that Col. Penick's command is stationed at Independence. "He deals very strict with Southerners," Susan writes, and "he has a great many female prisoners and says that he is going to [banish] every lady that has husbands in the Southern Army or with the bushwhackers." She adds that her family has been "dreadfully Jayhawked."

Women
African Americans
Battle for Missouri, 1861-1865 -- Military History of Missouri and Kansas
Bushwhackers
Guerrillas
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Surviving a Guerrilla War
Missouri military units (Union)

Susan A. Staples

Jackson County, Missouri
Independence, Missouri
Cooper County, Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri

State Historical Society of Missouri – Kansas City

Abner Ford Staples (1790-1868) Family Papers (K0227): f.1

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