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I thought you might be interested in some new material I've just posted on my Web site, relating to families from Barren County who moved to Harrison County, Missouri before the Civil War (Johnson, Stallsworth, Samples, Chapman, et al.). After a few false starts and a lot of digging through Oxley Johnson's Civil War pension papers and running down leads, I've finally posted a couple of essays about some of the events that happened to men of the 23rd Missouri during their first few months on Federal duty, before they were shipped off to Shiloh. I've included first person accounts by Johnson and a lengthy account (almost two thousand words) by Lt John A. Fisher that brings alive the confusion afflicting the Army of the West in the first months of the war, as well as shorter quotes from several comrades and neighbors.
The story of the regiment's expedition to Central Missouri to counter pro-Southern activity in "Little Dixie" somehow never made it into any of the histories, formal or informal.
The main page is at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~greenwolf/johnson/johnson.htm with links to the new material.
Please take a look and let me know what you think.
Neil Allen Bristow, San Diego
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