J.M. Waugh
H.R. Waugh

This letter was sent by J.M. and H.R. Waugh in Norwalk, to A.J. Huntoon in Williamsport, Kansas on July 21, 1861. J.M. expresses sympathy for the citizens of Missouri, and says he wants “to hear that the D—ned Mo. rebels ar ‘cleaned out’ with terrible loss of life and property in every engagement.” The Waughs are unsure if they will move back to Kansas, although they enjoyed their time there, “where a fellow can have a farm to live on and a home to go to without paying an enormous rent.”

July 21, 1861

Battle for Missouri, 1861-1865 -- Military History of Missouri and Kansas
Surviving a Guerrilla War

J.M. Waugh
H.R. Waugh

Shawnee County, Kansas

Kansas Historical Society

Huntoon, Andrew Jackson (Coll. #398), Folder 1861, Item 24

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