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Re: Hiram Newton Ashley
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Memory, such a fleeting attribute. It was the Matthews/Lindberg article I was thinking of. Did find it posted on line at duh... the Lone Jack Historical site. I think I was remembering a passing non sourced comment in the side bar on Capt Long's death. http://www.historiclonejack.org/shotalltopieces.pdf

"Among the civilians who voluntarily
fought alongside Confederate troops
in the battle was a group of brothers from
Pleasant Hill, Missouri, a community approximately
a dozen miles southeast of
Lone Jack. James Henley, with ten other
boys, raced to the scene of the fight, anxious
to get a shot at the Yankees. A
brother, Andrew Henley, was also involved
in the fight as a recent recruit of
Vard Cockrell."

Obviously not a list of confederate dead but a passing comment about civilian involvment and death oh well...

John R.

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