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Title
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Gillis House Hotel Was a Prison in 1864
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Description
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Article about a Civil War experience of a soldier, George M. Noland of Kansas City, at the Gillis House Hotel in 1864 as a prisoner of war, sentenced to death.
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Date
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2000
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Richard Hardesty's Civil War Story: General Order No. 12
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Description
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Article describing the effects of Order Number 12 on owners of homes, warehouses, and business buildings in the Kansas City area, including "William Gillis, Chick, McGee, Benoist Troost, John C. McCoy and others," with illustrations of "the residence of William Gillis, built in 1857 and located at 28th and Holly in Kansas City." Also including a reprint of "General Order No. 12," promulgating the possession or occupation by Union military and refugees of the abandoned houses and business buildings.
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Date
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2000
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
