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Nailed It

Nice work John. The John White 1864/O.R. White 1876 theory sounds spot on. And in looking back at the posts, you were right on top of this White family angle back on July 31, and now it's proven out.

This all is a very interesting development regarding the very very closely missed collision of 160+ veteran guerrilla hunters of the 9th MSM Cavalry occupying the same ground as a similarly numbered collection of a major who's who of Missouri guerrillas the same day. First the 9th MSM arrive en masse during the day of Sept. 23, 1864, and wipe out the small Confederate unit under James Bissett that had the bad luck of having arrived there early. The 9th MSM mops up and then unknowingly saunters on down the road, and just hours later and just as unknowingly Tom Todd, Bill Anderson, George Todd, John Thrailkill, Caleb Perkins, Frank James, and even William Clarke Quantrill saunter into the very same site en masse in a prearranged rendezvous.

What a historic dust-up that would have been if the timing had been just a little bit different.

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Scalping of Bill Anderson's Men--What We Know Now
Capt. Bissett's Men -- additional info
'Noted Guerrillas' list of scalped--better details
Re: 'Noted Guerrillas' list of scalped--better det
More On The Post-Scalpings Big Rendezvous
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Nailed It
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John R. White -- Slaveholder, Slave Dealer
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The Whites Were Members of O.A.K.
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Slave Broker Lower than Saloon Keeper
Anderson Men's Burials on White's Land
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Sept. 6 date
Bissett appearance
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