John F. Youngs

This letter is from Lt. John F. Youngs, Company E, 5th Regiment, to his family. Youngs writes from camp in Fort Scott, Kansas on September 18, 1861 and gives a detailed account of the Battle of Dry Wood Creek. He describes hiding in a ravine and firing on thousands of advancing troops. Since then, "we have been buisy scouting with an occasional scirmish," and says that an infantry company has gone to "break up a secession camp."

September 18, 1861

Battle for Missouri, 1861-1865 -- Military History of Missouri and Kansas
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John F. Youngs
James Henry Lane
James Montgomery

Fort Scott, Kansas
Bourbon County, Kansas
Vernon County, Missouri

Letter

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John F. Youngs Letters, A413

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