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None of the within prisoners should be treated as prisoners of
war - they
comprise the meanest men that can ever lived in our country.
If you will talk to Co. C, they can tell you what they would
have done with me and my Co. if they could have got us in their possession. Look at
the men -
no men who look as they do should be allowed to live.
They in general are a curse to the country when times were
peaceable.
W. T. Leeper
Capt. Comdg.
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Decalb White |
1st Serg. - Guerrilla - Stole McCumber's mule - Jayhawked for Waggon and Stain Witnesses: A. Dunkin & McCumber of Wayne Co. |
A. J. McCullough |
Guerrilla - bad |
Andrew Martin |
do not know |
S. W. Catton |
Guerrilla - very bad man Witnesses: William Copeland - Barnesville, Mo. - Warren Roberts- Co. D., 3rd Cav. M. S. M. |
Benj. Lewis |
lives on Big Creek, Iron Co., Mo. |
Charles Huffington |
do not know |
Jesse Gabbard |
Guerrilla - bad man |
Marion Keses |
Guerrilla - horse thief - bad man |
A. T. Lindsey |
do not know |
E. J. Bunyard |
Guerrilla - thief - very bad man |
Ennis Hooper |
Guerrilla - thief - outlaw Witnesses: W. T. Leeper, Warren Roberts, F. W. Paul |
Henry Green |
Guerrilla - thief |
George W. Tucker |
Guerrilla - bad man |
H. H. Toler |
Guerrilla - thief |
Robt. Tindle |
Guerrilla - thief |
George Oliver |
Guerrilla - thief & violation of oath |
Elijah Forrester |
Guerrilla - thief |
Jake Foster |
Guerrilla - thief |
Henry Webb |
Guerrilla - thief - robber - very bad |
W. M. Ross |
Violator of oath & bond - Guerrilla - thief |
Thomas Wall |
Guerrilla - thief |
Thomas Powell |
Guerrilla - thief |
A. G. Joplin |
Guerrilla - thief - violator of oath - all things bad |
John C. Lawson |
Guerrilla - thief & murderer - very bad |
W. Williamson |
Guerrilla - thief |
Joshua Epps |
Guerrilla - thief |
Henry Burnett |
Guerrilla - thief |
J. C. Turner |
Guerrilla - thief |
Jake Caughran |
Guerrilla - thief |
John Walton |
Guerrilla - thief |
John Roberts |
Guerrilla - thief |
N. H. Wisscarver |
Deserted Reeves about Aug. 1863 & married about 20 Nov. 1863 & was captured and taken back to Reeves Command about 27 Nov. 1863 & is said to have been under guard untill captured about Dec. 25, 1863. |
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W. T. Leeper, Capt. |
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C. C. Cunningham |
Captain |
B. E. Hughs |
1st Lt. - Guerrilla - violation of oath & many bad acts |
Henry Stephenson |
3rd Lt. - violation of oath & many bad acts |
A. S. D. Anthony |
Serg. - violation of oath & many bad acts |
W. Grifface |
Violator of oath - guerrilla |
A. L. Hart |
Guerrilla |
James Camp |
Guerrilla |
George Copeland |
Bushwacker - guerrilla - thief |
Wiley Johnson |
Bushwacker - guerrilla - thief |
Charles Johnson |
Bushwacker - guerrilla - thief |
John McGunnigal |
Bushwacker - guerrilla - thief |
Miles W. Beys |
Bushwacker - guerrilla - thief |
John Griffis |
Bushwacker - guerrilla - thief |
Wm. E. Chetword |
Bushwacker - guerrilla - thief |
Asbury Smith |
Bushwacker - guerrilla - thief |
A. B. Bolton |
Bushwacker - guerrilla - thief |
James Baze |
Bushwacker - guerrilla - thief |
Ichabod Sligton |
Bushwacker - guerrilla - thief |
Carroll Langby |
Bushwacker - guerrilla - thief |
James Allen |
Bushwacker - guerrilla - thief |
S. Y. York |
Bushwacker - guerrilla - thief |
Theodore Bennett |
Bushwacker - guerrilla - thief |
Wm. Lathen |
Bad man - look at him good |
Jessee Snodgrass |
Bad thief - guerrilla |
Taylor Hensly |
Bad thief - guerrilla |
Philip Tyler |
Very bad man - guerrilla - thief |
In fact all the Jayhawkers in the county are in the Co. of
Reeves and Cunningham - many of them are not comprised in this list - some
being killed and others absent - They should not be treated as soldiers
but as thieves and highwaymen - several of them are guilty of murder and
perhaps guilty of theft. I do not know the men composing the Co.'s of
Capt. Harden and Israel - they are from Arkansas. If you could send Reeves
and Cunningham Co.'s back to me I would like to try them, condemn them and
execute them.
W. T.
Leeper |
HEADQUARTERS POST
Pilot Knob, Mo. Jan. 1st, 1864
Gen. C. B. Fisk
Cmdg. St. Louis, Mo.
Sir:
I will enclose Capt. Leeper's comments on some of the prisoners
sent up, for your information, and will also have Lt. Macklind send on why
of the same to the Prov. Mar. Genl. for such action as you and he think
necessary.
I prefer sending them to St. Louis to keeping them here, for
further inquiry, for several reasons. 1st, as they know every foot of
ground from here to central Arkansas, escape would be much easier from
this point, 2nd My guard house is so open and facilities for warming it so
poor, I can't keep them here during such severe weather without extreme
suffering, 3rd Possibly Capt. L. carries his personal feelings of
animosity towards his potential enemies too far, but still as he has
personal knowledge of nearly all these men, I think his information is
entitled to considerable weight.
You will find his comments confined to two Companies, that of
Reeves and Cunningham, who are mostly Missourians, the others, from
Arkansas, Israel's and Hardin's, he says he knows little about. Some
others have violated their oaths and several were wearing Federal
uniforms.
Most Respectfully,
R. G. Woodson
Col. 3 Cav. M.S.M.
Cmdg. Post
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James R. Baker Jr.
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