Thank you so much for your response! This is more than I've been able to discover about the 77th EMM!! I was inquiring because Stephen B. Elkins (Secretary of War 1891-1893) said he fought in the Battle of Lone Jack and I do not believe that to be true. Below is an excerpt from his bio and a quote from him. The 77th was no where near Lone Jack on August 16, 1862. The troops that came here, came from Lexington and consisted of the 7th MSM, Co. H; 7th MO Cav, Co A,C,E,I & F; 2nd Batt. MSM, Co A,C,&F; 6th MSM, Co A,B&E; 8th MSM, Co F&H; & a section of the 3rd Indiana Battery. I think he felt like he needed some CW history and picked a battle that no one would question whether or not he was here.

I'm also skeptical whether he argued for Cole Younger's pardon. The only two names I've come across that I'm sure petitioned for Cole's release were Emory Foster and Warren Bronaugh, but I've not done a whole lot of research on this one.

FROM THE BIO:

~~Elkins entered the Union Army as a captain of militia in the 77th Missouri Infantry. He served under Kersey Coates and only saw action once in the Battle of Lone Jack, which he said filled him with disgust for war. Elkins noted that his good fortune of being protected by Quantrill matched a fear of being butchered by Quantrill for becoming a Union soldier as Quantrill's Raiders were thought to be present at the battle.

"Foster thought the Confederates were the guerrilla hands who raised the black flag, and never gave any quarter. So he refused to surrender, and every one of his officers was picked off. The guerrillas were victorious. I went over the battlefield afterward, the blood, the cries for water and death, the naked bodies stripped of their clothing, the dead horses which served for ramparts, gave me a disgust for war, which makes it seem strange that I am here at the head of the war department of this great government."

Elkins and Foster from the Lone Jack Battle were to argue for a pardon for Younger following his conviction in the Northfield, Minnesota bank robbery (Younger had rescued Foster from execution by Quantrill's Raiders in the battle).~~

Alinda