The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-12-19

Memories of the Civil War as
Carried On in Mis-.
souri,.
Court Martial Sentences Passed
Upon SouthernerS in
Pettis County.
OepredationS and Deaths in
the Neighborhoods of
Windsor and War
saw.

We nave before lis the sNti3llt
Aia rfiSer o. Nov. II, lS6i-2g years
ago
/ II WAS published by Geo. Il. and
I. J. Lingle, recently of the Henry
county Democrat.
The paper OF the above date con
taiIs the following which will be re-
fre.iin. TO read, as ii will refresh the
memories Of }. NJ. Otfield q. l..
FalIhaber o. \. CrandaIl }. ID.
Crawford and 4 few Others OF the old
suard:
During the raid of General Price
and while on the Pacific railroad they
destroyed the magnificent Usage
bridge, eleven hundred and twenty
twn feet in length. with six spans. aud
draw one hundred and eighty one
feet il width.-Only one span Is
LEFT. The loss j. estimated Il; S61. =
00. The destruction of the Ga>con-
All bridge. seven hundred and fifty
ns,e feet long. and eighty-e,gh; miles
ipm II. Louis, will cost S45,0O0 Ia
repair. The Boeui' creek bridge
viined ut Sl3.S0o; the Big Berger
atd Cole creek bridges, which cost
respectively Sll, 400 AID Sl6,000,
and the Baily creek bridge, valued AT
Sc, 600, complete the list of bridges on
the main line OF the road. Thirty
three ears valued at so. 900; three
locomotives valued nj 1000 in the
aggregate five water tanks, valued
atSl2, 600. aud six or seven depots
ald engine houses. valued at Il total
of $50. 600. were also destroyed. en-
tia Southwest i.ranch were destroyed
ilrec bridges. worth : 5000; five
deaot,. S12. 800. and two other water
>ta.icus. 81. o00 al~r fifteen thousand
cords 0t wood.
iii, ioe> not embrace the whole
damage done to the railroad. 4 iuil
estimate being miSlaii. The Lamine
bridge. hear Oiterviiie. was burned
by rebel force. and the water tank
nj this place ou the 18th ult.. hy the
force under JET Thompson.
Here j. another thai sounds >tran-
ger now:
COURT MARTIAL SENTENCES
Before the General Court MARTA,
which convened at II. Louis. Mi>Sou-
ri, pursuant IT, Special Order No.
257. current series from those head
quarters, and OF which Colonel W.
A. Blrstow. of the 18th Regiment of
Cavalry, Wisconsin Volunteers. Is
President. were arranged and tried.
Charles w. Fristoe, Il citizen OF
Missouri, for violation of the oath of
allegiance and forfeiture of bond,
sentenced 10 imprisonment at hard
labor during the war, and the
Government OF the United States
shall recover 81, 900, the amount of
his bond from the lands, goods, chat
ties and effects of the said Charles w.
Fristoe, John NJ. Glascock and
EerinO +. Cravens, securities. n
military commission has no power to
enforce the collection of bonds given
to the United States or t. declare
their forfeiture. That portion OF The
proceedings which relates to forfeit
ture of bond is therefore void. The
military prison at Alton is designated
as the place of confinement.
.'Bv the Court of Warrensburg,
Colonel John +. Philips. 9TH Missouri
State Militia cavalry, President;
William b. Williams, citizen of
Morgan county. Missouri, for being Il
guerrilla and abetting in the robbery
of Josiah Shrumm, i,arson Longan ;.
l.. Cheatham, Mrs. Margaret Shrumm
and Others. To he imprisoned in the
Missouri penitentiary ten years.
Some of the old timers about Wind
Sor and Warsaw will read and remem-
her when they read about it:
REBELS GOING SOUTH.
"'On Saturday. the 22d Of lat
large force of rebels. estima-
tti III c"' If;>>eh tHi"ue" ii'i>N';
Henry county, on their way south.
While in the possession of that place
they robbed the store of Mr.. Emmit;,
they wished. They also
visited private houses, taking such
articles as they needed. After leav-
inc that place they started in the
direction ot Warsaw. About six
miles south of Windsor they killed
Chas. A. Overshiner, ahighly respect
Ell citizen of Benton county, and a
of Captain J. Morgan Ellis
Citizen Guards. On Sun
day morning the I'D, they were in
where they wounded Mr..
James ID. Perkins, OF Hickory county