The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-27
Author of "Order No. 11'' That
DepOpulated Missouri.
Infamous Proclamation Made
Rich Men Only Paupers.
WAS IS YEARS OLD.
Exposure and Fatigue RespOn-
sibIe for His Death.
Other Items of General Interest
to Kansas Readers.

Denver, Feb. 27.-Major Harrison;
Hannah, treasurer of the Hannah
Dry Goods company, author of the in
famous general order No. IL, is
dead in his Denver home from pneu-
monia and complications. He was more
than rs years old. Lately he return
ed from an eastern trip, and 1t IS
thought that exposure and fatigue in
cident to travel was responsible for
his attack.
Harrison Hannah was the author of
the most Infamous document that was
promulgated during the entire conflict
between the states of the Union. AT
that time it was known as General
Order No. H. by which was depopu-
lated a vast territory comprising all
of Jackson County, outside of Kansas
City, Independence and Hickman
Mills, all of Cass county, all OF Bates
county and part Of Vernon county.
Federal and Confederate historians
alike concede that this was the most
partisan and inexpiicable document in
the entire history Of the war between
the states.
In the Stirring Days.
General Order No. H. was made
towards the end of the civil war. In
those days guerilIas and Jayhawkers
had made the Missouri-Kansas border
a place of terror. Recently had been
enacted the terrible raid on Lawrence.
General Thomas Ewing was in COM
mand of the troops in this part of the
country. He gave to Harrison Han
nah an order to prepare a rescript
which would effectually clear the sit
uation. This rescrtpt, as written by
Harrison Hannah, was known as Cen
eraI Order No. H. 1t practically de-
vastated a territory of incalculable
richness and caused to burn embers
of civil strife which have not yet died.
1t was in text as follows:
"F'irst-AJl persons living in Jackson,
GaSs and Eates counties, Missouri, and
in that part of Vernon included in
this district, except those living with
in one mile of ~ limits of Hickman's
Gdill, Pleasant hill and Harrisonville,
and except those living north Of Brush
creek and west of the Big Blue, are
hereby ordered to remove from their
present places of residence within 10
days of the date thereof. Those who,
within that time, esta blish their 10y
atty to the satisfaction of the com
mandinS officer OF the military sta
ton nearest their present place of
residence will receive from him GER
tiicates stating the fact of their 10y
atty and the names of the witnesses
by whom it can be shown. All who
receive such certificate will be permit
ted to remove to any military station
in the district or any part Of the state
of Kansas except the counties on the
eastern border of the state. All 9TH
ers shall remove out of this district.
Officers commanding companies and
detachments serving in the counties
named will see that this paragraph is
Ubeyed.
ordered Crops Destroyed.
"Second-Al grain and hay in the
field or under shelter in the dis
trict from which inhabitants are re-
quired to move in reach of military
stations, after the ninth day of Sep
TENDER next, it will be taken to such
stations and turned over to the rlrO
per officers there and proper report of
the amount SO turned over made to the
district headquarters, specifying the
names of all loyal owners and the
amount Of such produce taken from
them. All grain and hay found in
such districts after the 9Th of Sep
TENDER next will be destroyed
''Third-The provisions of General
Order No. IL from these headquarters
will be vigorously executed by officers
commanding in parts of the district
and at the stations not subject to the