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Re: MO partisan rangers in Illinois

I also forgot that Sam Hildebrand had moved back and forth into Illinois across the river during the war in an effort to find sanctuary there when things got too hot in Missouri. In April of 1864 one Landon Green was picked up in Illinois in a sweep of Guerrilla's. He was a follower of Hildebrand. Brig. Gen. Thomas Ewing , the author of the infamous General Order # 11 ordered Colonel John Tyler at Pilot Knob, Mo. to find and Kill the Bushwhackers "whether found in Illinois or in this state". The Official Records of the War is a good place to find such information. You could try Cornell Univ. digital site that has a search engine for the O.R.'s

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