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Re: Capt. James Simmons
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Connie,

Looks like Captain James Simmons was captured and paroled by Colonel Joseph O. Shelby's cavalry during Shelby's famous raid in western Missouri during October 1863. I see by his online military record at the Missouri Secretary of State's Office that he probably lived in Polk County or the nearby area since his 1862 duty was in Bolivar, county seat for Polk County, although his record does not record the capture and parole. Shelby's force would be about the only Confederate troops in that area at that time who could parole prisoners unless one of the guerrilla groups chose to do that. I am reasonably sure Shelby's men bagged Simmons and paroled him since they did not want to be encumbered with prisoners on their raid. On October 6 there was some action or affair involving Shelby's men at Humansville in the northwest corner of Polk County. That is a possibility for Simmons' capture. Does that fit your facts about Simmons?

Bruce Nichols

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