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Re: Moses McCoy at Richfield and Plattsburg?

Thanks Bruce for your response. Yes Mrs. McCoy "lurena Alder" was the wife of Moses. At the age of about 69 2 articles were written by Lurena (Lou) McCoy and published in Confederate Vereran Magazine. She gives her side of the Richfield conflict and about her arrest and detainment which was in St. Joseph, Mo. It is hard to seperate truth from fiction in these articles and she at 69 was without a doubt still blowing the bugle for the Confederacy. In her article she gives credit to her release to Qualntrill. From her account of what happened, she says Quantrill captured a Union Provost and held him pending the release of Mrs. McCoy. From her account in these articles she says the Richfield fight was because of her arrest that involved a suit of clothes she had made for a confederate. Cpt. Sessions who was a long time resident of Richfield was the person who informed about her and caused the arrest. In the article she does show some sympathy for Capt. Sessions being killed. Saying that he was only doing what he thought was right, and it cost him his life.

Lurena was banished from Missouri in 1864 and I do have documentation of this. Moses died in 1868 and from his estate records Lurena and the children were living in Henderson County, Texas. She died in Tarrant County, Texas in 1916. Lurena's sister was B.A.C Emerson who was very involved with Confederate publications and groups and activites in Denver Colorado. Several articles in Confederate Veteran magazine were written by Mrs. Emerson.

Again Bruce, Thank You For Your Response, Russ Norris

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