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Title
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Under Moonlight in Missouri
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Description
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Reprinted reminiscences of John Benton Hart, as dictated to his son between 1918 and 1923. Born in Pennsylvania in 1842, Hart and his family settled in Kansas in 1854. In 1862, he volunteered for the Eleventh Kansas Infantry (later converted to calvary) and spent the next few years clashing with Indians on the frontier and Confederates and guerrillas along the Missouri Border. The article includes two versions of Hart's account of the Battle of Westport in October 1864.
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Date
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2014
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Witness to History
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Description
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Excerpts from John Benton's Hart's recorded recollections of his Civil War experiences as a member of the 11th Kansas Cavalary from October 19-23, 1864. Hart describes a skirmish with Confederate soldiers on October 19th, the Battle of the Little Blue on October 21st, the Battle of the Big Blue on October 22nd, and the Battle of Westport on October 23rd. The author states that Hart's account is now in the posession of his great-grandson and that a more complete version will be published in January of 2015.
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Date
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2014-10-12
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
