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Col. Jim Lane’s orderly boasted of the Cottonwood affair in his cups at a banquet one night. The orderly was found dead soon after. Quantrell told a friend that of the 32 who were concerned in the killing of his brother, only two remained alive, and they had moved to California. The fight at Carthage in July 1861, found Quantrell in Capt. Stewart’s company of cavalry.
John will have it that she must drink a glass of wine, and he says never mind it’s being early in the morning, it won’t hurt her: so they shut the door and pour out the wine; and Anne drinking lane’s health, and adding, ‘and here’s wishing you yours, Mr. John,’ drinks it in a great many sips,—Mr. John all the time making jokes appropriate to the occasion. At last Mr.
One of the treasures that we did bring out of Lawrence that day, however, was Jim Lane’s “black flag,” with the inscription “Presented to Gen. James H. Lane by the ladies of Leavenworth”. That is the only black flag that I knew anything about in connection with the Lawrence raid. Lawrence was followed by a feverish demand from the North for vengeance.
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