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Re: Capt. Tucker Wayne Co. Area Fall-Winter 63-64

Yep. And it's entirely possible he was some other Tucker who never joined up with a Confederate unit. Leeper described the subject in question as being a horse thief and Jayhawker. Could be he was just simple riff-raff and we may never zero in on who he was. There were plenty of SEMO-natives with a surname of Tucker. Goodspeed's History of Southeast Missouri provides a bio of a Tucker from Madison County. I don't have a copy of the book readily available so maybe someone could look into that angle.

The fact that Bob Tucker belonged to Elliott's command in mid-1864 would have no effect in regard to whether he was recruiting, or simply operating in SEMO during the timeframe in question before then. Bob had to have been doing something during his existance prior to joining up with Elliott. In addition, there were plenty of fellows who were operating on their own hook as independents in SEMO during the war. As 1864 wore on, some of them voluntarily joined up with, or were compelled to join up with formal Confederate units. One prominent example is the McGee/Cato clan, which has received prominent mention on this board. After deserting the Confederate 2nd Mo. Cav. a large number of those boys operated together as independents for almost two years in SEMO before finally landing in Tim Reeves' outfit. By offering Bruce up the name of Bob Tucker I am merely presenting one possible candidate who apparently was a natural leader with a bold disposition. This might fit the profile of an individual who was operating with temerity under the nose of a thug like William T. Leeper.

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