Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-09-30

homes y, fought. History OF the
would 0.,i n %. 45O-lO 40 they drove
ChuIv"'. away, but the Missourlans
the pa" sse Tie outbreak OF a clyil
lNea t,s..r state that was one OF the
Waf "' ,rlIIlng men ever witnessed
most 'It,n-i when an things are con-
and 3" and especially western Mis-
fleI ',,Tarel more than any other
gouih stEe Union. I'm other states the
say, ,vs.tsd nj most but four years: but
war - Ear western border warfare
coun,."7s ,ruggle for Kansas, the war
80 Hs ,.l i'm western Missouri from
N3' lsf,. 10 years; and for many
1900 ",fiar the close Of the civil war,
years r.in, warfare was intermittently
sIei nm by bands OF outlaws harbor-
o.'''' o.sstern Missouri specially In
ed . RAY. Caldwell and clay coun-
Jiy''h3t ferr0rzed the community ana
Us'-,sj tbc world by the daring and
S.ySoIt, of their crimes-including bank
ays5srias IN open day. express train
Ioos,JIog and r0bberies, and murders
W., '"r,l 1881 was this effectually stop
30 tg tbp betrayal and murder Of the
...f1.c chief of these bands
~,Gs.ofiri sent into the Union armies
.,s06l MI her sons, including 5000 me-
" About 10000 enlisted I'm the cons
,ssr5fe army According 20 official
...'orfs ,he percentage Of troops 10 pop
.ll,i5n lg he western states and ter-
...-ss Vfg 1876 per cent, and Ia tha
w., England states ~ per cent whilst
d., vss5urI n there be added 10 her
gu6,a sent 10 the northern army the
HnI sent 90 the confederate army her
l.r, M those who were subject 10 MILL
ry duty OF the deaths among these
enlisted men, only approximate esli-
mates may DE made, since OF the NOR
,,iHy among the Confcuerates no Of
es',l records were kept But Of those
Mo entered the Union service 18,SS5
i.sths are officially reported. The rate
n mortality in the Confederate forces
og'rg 10 the greater hardships they
endured and the lack OF medical at
tt7dants 20 care for the wounded Wgs
much higher and is generally estimate
"a al l2OW. most Of whom were from
western Missouri, which added TO the
daths of those in the Union army
would aggregate the loss among the
troops from Missouri TO 25,6S5. "This
estrata' SAYS Lucieu Carr does not
cover those who were KILLED in tho
ssirmishes that took place between tie
htme guards and the guerriIlas nor
does 70 include those who We're not iu
either army but who were shot down
by "bushwhackors' and "bushwhagk-
nr" Federal soldiers. or these latter
there Is mo- record, though there We're
but Few sections Of the state iu which
such scenes were not more or less fire.
ogert Assuming the deaths from
these two sources 20 have boon l.21O,
and summing up the results. 1t will be
found that the number Of Missouriaus
who were killed I'm the war and died
nom disease during their term Of ser
vice amounted 10 not less than 1900
men, History OF Missouri, Carr, p.
$50
BLOOD AND PROPERTY LOSSES,
The loss in treasure was in fun pro.
portion 10 the loss IN blood. The state
expended Sf0o),OO IN fitting out ana
maintaining her Union troops I'm the
fed It Is but proper however. 10
say that the state was afterwards re-
imbWsci for this amount by the gen.
tml goyernmeut) She lost $4,000 00D
h slave property; and four years after
he close Of the war-two OF which,
lhi'N We're remarkably prosperous
The taxable wealth OF tie state was
WN000) less than It was In 1850. an
many portions of the state" says the
historian 20 whom / am indebted for
70 many Of the facts relating to Mis- |
souri, IN these pages, especially In the |
southern and western borders, whole |
1WtIc8 had been devastated The /
h,,s'' We're burned, me ieuees de- |
SS m2' . GUU lAe I3rlus Ialo waste |
Nl,A OF The live stock Of the state had |
ttose sections that we're comparative |
y 9O'e' ana leaceIuN the quantity of |
Has .,,'. ~. ~, w llu'Il I.sa tlhn
IiSsd to ~, $500, 49, y', s 1917 WI tnC ""i
IN sor,, ,,,s,,' =, 80. VI ,i'l,.e' ol,u
,Ss rorsj5crsFi0 q a, 49, ", ',e, HeS
s,st. ,rSt'L r'.',. s.li ,e ,',Ioil tloiiI tu' |
,,,rI,rry fr,,, -, 'VoN p,,ye, "uu par
Z, he y,ti,,,.... '' Nv ~. iesIo,s 'nal lay |
,bo.e 5oigbholbc ''V tb u,t'''e'7, vi lLu,.
over m 1bs 'l,,.b w 49, e,rr-sn
sropr, of loys Sro,,, '','s,>, DE- ,ic,,l,tt
sou,ces r,p,'9t IA " n,,, 49, Ua,ivte,l'
but some i5o, NOV, h VI 49, 80, s'usoG
ana m Inc ,,Dgatti17 .,I9i, - 20 ~ |
fairs frou, thr go 81 -. A. |
mi NJ tbo t ,i- , ~ oh1t guy a.
rsCsl,,t.5 ~, $50 90, -o . ~ sne StaIe
ana In tbos, .,.,,, '', D1oNS %, doo
~ tbS teoo 6oo ','st'ys, o,'y s1oVvVV OUT
,gsrs ,oilac,l8n vi, 80 uB,'I.St tIleIn
csrr , 5-, '''7Io'y Oh Mlssourh
Tbis oTl,. 10, a $500, ,-,,.-,
tbs loss,s 70, 81 " sy,,''a WY ul0lcateS
State d,rirg ,opg,,y aus,alileo py we
tratlo1 b"5 '' pJl!ou uhugr ooI'sla-
yts05 sor,S,.ss. v ,t, olle 10 unaeI-
ldssas WIN ''''' ''' e'o'Inlly OF lhoSe
THE WARS or MISSOURI,
Il Is, No ,,,.,. ., -,.-.,.
,,or ,bs, ~ o p W. OF sioatlhg eNulta-
tori me- ra 49, nus III MIsSoulla ms
rstiG,s,i,g1.' .,.u 10 mere, II gives no
he Woes W. N NJ tue writer 10 recount
hat ~ ,D o 'a'ssourl, ana nus nope IS
these Gs,s ,'t none TO the reader
oglv bsr,Hs, w. w. history are SET ooWn
e,son tfsr .. s"t' are arr NaluaD'e lor lhe
M retrI,,,t,.,a II may DC mat Nl5-
III me wa Is', NY y u9eS not aiWays Follow
ioInp Lmt d, ''''g vi "aslohal wrong