From Cyrus Leland, Jr. to Dear Mother

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Title: From Cyrus Leland, Jr. to Dear Mother
Creator: Cyrus Leland, Jr.
Description: Cyrus Leland, Jr. writes a letter to his mother in Troy, Kansas on September 16, 1863. Leland, a lieutenant of the 10th Kansas Infantry, Company F, reports that he recently arrived in Kansas City, Missouri from Atchison, Kansas. He tells his mother that a colonel fought a band of Bushwhackers the previous day: “He killed several and captured forty Horses.”
Date: September 16, 1863
Local Subject: Bushwhackers
Guerrillas
Battle for Missouri, 1861-1865 -- Military History of Missouri and Kansas
Kansas military units
People: Cyrus Leland, Jr.
Geographic Subject: Leavenworth, Kansas
Atchison, Kansas
Kansas City, Missouri
Leavenworth County, Kansas
Jackson County, Kansas
Atchison County, Kansas
Doniphan County, Kansas
Owning Organization: Kansas Historical Society
Location: Misc.: Leland, Cyrus Jr., Letters 1862-1864, Item 29
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