Patrolling the "Border"

Saturday, April 4, 2009

It's the Kansas-Missouri border again! Previously it has been mentioned that after Quantrill's successful raid and destruction of Lawrence, Kan. on August 21, 1863, the Union Army in Kansas and Missouri established a line of posts or camps to defend their respective borders. Establishing these posts, or camps, was the first step in securing the border and this was accomplished in the late summer & fall of 1863. However, connecting these camps or dots on the map was another matter and this was not accomplished by conducting irregular patrols between these camps until the beginning of April, 1864.

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