Judy,

I think there are people on this board who have specialized on the Battle of Morristown and are better qualified to pronounce on it than I am. Here are some citations about the battle:
Glenn, p. 137; Hist. of Cass Co., pp. 151, 152.))

(For additional information concerning the battle, it is suggested that the History of Cass Co., Glenn, p. 137

In my book, however, I report that a battle took place in the town on September 16, 1861, in which Colonel Hampton P. Johnson was killed. Because of the killing of Johnson, so much animosity developed in the Union forces that "seven Confederate prisoners, according to Simeon M. Fox, who was a Jayhawker present, were subjected to a 'drum-head courtmartial' and were shot at the edge of their graves." Capt. Henry E. Palmer, another Jayhawker present, said, 'Their graves were dug, and they were compelled to kneel down by the edge of the graves, when they were bindfolded, and shot by a regualrly detailed file of soldiers; the graves were then filled up and we marched away.'" It should be noted that these were seven regular Confederate soldiers so that their executions were tantamount to war crimes.

My sources:

Fox, "The Early History of the Seventh Volunteer Cavalry," Collection of the Kansas State Historical Society, 1909-1910, Edited by George W. Martin, Vol. 11. Topeka, Kans.: State Printing Office, 1910,page 250; and H. E. Palmer, "The Black Flag Character of the War on the Border," Transactions of the Kansas State Historical Society, 1905-06. Edited by George W. Martin, Vol.9. Topeka, KS: State Printing Office, 1906, pp. 455-56.

In writing my book, I much favored using legitimate Kansas citations like the above so that no one could accuse me of making up the astonishing and horrible facts described above. You will notice that both accounts were written by Union soldiers who fought at the battle and later related what happen unabashedly.

I would prefer for one of our many experts on this board to provide the other causualties suffered by both sides in this engagement. I will just emphasize the above atrocities for now. They are part of the undeniable public record.

Don G.